[MEncoder-users] Bug: floating point exception when converting to DV

[Corey Hickey]

Levente Novák wrote:
> I would like to transcode a mpeg2 material to DV (raw DV, not DV Avi),
> but mencoder gets a floating point exception before writing any frame.
> This happens with all types of input files when output is set to DV;
> however, DV Avi works OK (at least it gives playable files).
> 
> Here is my command line:
> 
> mencoder birthday.mpg -of lavf -lavfopts \
> i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames:format=dv \
> -oac pcm -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=dvvideo -o birthday.dv
> 
> 
> 
> Here is the gdb output:

[cut]

> Writing header...
> [dv @ 0x862fe48]Can't initialize DV format!
> Make sure that you supply exactly two streams:
>      video: 25fps or 29.97fps, audio: 2ch/48Khz/PCM
>      (50Mbps allows an optional second audio stream)


I didn't reply earlier because I don't know what I'm talking about in 
this case, but...

Did you notice the above error? mencoder shouldn't SIGFPE, of course, 
but following those particular instructions may fix your problem.

-Corey