[MEncoder-users] [SPAM] Re: Trouble with enabling B-frames f orDVD-compliant MPEG-2

[James Hastings-Trew]

Francois Visagie wrote:
>> From: On Behalf Of Giacomo Comes
>> Sent: 02 October 2007 01:06
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 12:27:56AM +0200, Francois Visagie wrote:
>>     
>>> Dear List,
>>>
>>> I am using MEncoder 1.0rc1-3.4.2 on Windows for making 
>>>       
>> DVD-compliant 
>>     
>>> encodes. The trouble I'm having is that it crashes when I enable 
>>> B-frames with vmax_b_frames<>0. By process of elimination, the only 
>>> way to prevent it from crashing is to remove from -lavcopts both 
>>> vrc_buf_size=1835 and vrc_maxrate=9800, which are necessary 
>>>       
>> for DVD compliance.
>>     
>
> << snip >>
>
>   
>> The problem you are experiencing is a known issue of 1.0rc1.
>> It as been fixed many months ago in svn.
>> If you use a more recent version from svn you wont have the crash.
>>     
>
> Dear Giacomo,
>
> Many thanks for clearing this up for me. As much as I love development, I
> have now become a user and am not in a position to whip out a quick
> MPlayer/MEncoder build (this is, after all, why I posted to the
> mencoder-users list ;-)).
>
> Can you point me to such a recent Windows build, or alternatively to an
> authorative and current recipe for setting up an open-source Windows
> development environment as well as building MPlayer?
>
> Many thanks,
> Francois
>   
Unofficially, I have had good results with the builds from here: 
http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php. YMMV.