[MEncoder-users] mencoder error: Assertion `len > 0 && len <= asf->packetsize' failed

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 09:28:31AM -0400, sam wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying unsuccessfully to convert a wmv file to a avi file using mencoder.
> It's a Fedora Core 8, AMD 64 machine.
> mplayer gives the same error when I try to view the clip but it works fine with xine.
> Here's the main error message:
> 
> mencoder: libmpdemux/demux_asf.c:519: demux_asf_fill_buffer: Assertion `len > 0 && len <= asf->packetsize' failed.
> 
> Here's command output:
> 
> $ mencoder test.wmv -ofps 23.976 -ovc lavc -oac copy -o output.avi -noskip -mc 0
> MEncoder dev-SVN-r26936-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team

SVN update, this should be fixed since a few weeks already...