[MEncoder-users] index failure

[Corey Hickey]

Unknown wrote:
> 
> For some reason my encodings are not creating proper indexes...
> Whenever I try to fast forward or rewind I get this:
> 
> Cannot seek in raw AVI streams. (Index required, try with the -idx
> switch.)
> 
> options:
> -vf harddup -oac copy -ovc x264 -x264encopts 
> qp=22:subq=6:partitions=all:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:direct_pred=auto:turbo:pass=1
> 
> -vf harddup -oac copy -ovc x264 -x264encopts qp=22:subq=6:partitions=all:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:direct_pred=auto:pass=2 
> 
> 
> Any ideas why?

My guess would be that your mencoder is crashing before it finishes 
encoding and writes the index, but there's really no way I can know for 
sure from the information you gave. Please fill out a full bugreport 
according to the instructions:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html

-Corey