[MEncoder-users] x264 encoder broken?

[Xi Chen]

Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> Hello.
>
> For the last few days I havn't been able to encode to x264. Even the 
> simpliest command fails:
>
> $ mencoder-cvs -of rawvideo -v dvd://1 -ovc x264 -oac copy -o /dev/null
> MEncoder dev-SVN-r19918-4.1.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ (Family: 15, Model: 31, 
> Stepping: 0)
> CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2
>
Snip.
> ========================================================================== 
>
> Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??...
> [libaf] Adding filter dummy
> [dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
> [dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
> audiocodec: framecopy (format=2000 chans=2 rate=48000 bits=16 
> B/s=48000 sample-1)
> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
> Trying filter chain: expand x264
> Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
> Opening video filter: [scale]
> SwScale params: -1 x -1 (-1=no scaling)
> Trying filter chain: scale expand x264
> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO Config (720x480->720x540,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x32315659)
> Unsupported format Planar I420
> swScaler: Unknown format is not supported as output format
> Couldn't init SwScaler for this setup
> FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
>
> Exiting...
>
> I have revision 564 of x264. Known problem, or just my problem?
>
> Fredrik Eriksson
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Same here. The recent CVS broke x264 encoding. I reverted it to an older 
version and it was fixed.