[MEncoder-users] Mencoder just exits silently

[Andrew McCloud]

mencoder a.mov -o b.h264.avi -vf scale=640:360 -ovc x264 -x264encopts  
bitrate=800:pass=1:nr=2000:bframes=1:threads=auto:turbo -oac faac - 
faacopts br=192:mpeg=4:object=2:raw -channels 2 -srate 48000 -ofps  
24000/1001

MEncoder 1.0rc2-4.0.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T8300  @ 2.40GHz (Family: 6,  
Model: 23, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2

success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0xbf1ae50
ISO: File Type Major Brand: Original QuickTime
Quicktime/MOV file format detected.
[mov] Video stream found, -vid 0
[mov] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO:  [avc1]  1280x720  24bpp  25.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:7  fourcc:0x31637661  size:1280x720  fps:25.00   
ftime:=0.0400
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Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16be, 1411.2 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 176400- 
 >176400)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
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========================================================================
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [scale w=640 h=360]
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========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
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========================================================================

Exiting...



I've tried a combination of things but no luck. It creates  
"b.h264.avi" but the file is empty. I have x264 and faac installed and  
they both were found when I configured mencoder. If I remove all of  
the oac stuff everything works fine.