[MEncoder-users] mencoder stops at DVD chapter edge

[mencoder1 at computeca.com]

I've been using mencoder for years to encode the DVDs I own to a smaller
size for playback on my solid-state portable player (I don't own a disc
player).

Recently, mencoder will be happily encoding, and for whatever reason, will
stop at a specific chapter.  It seems to be happening with several
different DVDs.  It does the same thing on different machines running the
same OS (F9 with DVD RPMs from livna) so I don't think its hardware
related.  In this case, its stops encoding when transitioning from chapter
3 to 4.  Xine plays through from 3 to 4 without issue.  I'm not sure how to
interpret the error/output from mencoder (below).

Any ideas on what might be happening?

Here's what I get if I try to encode, skipping chapters 1-3 and starting at
chapter 4:

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# mencoder dvd://1 -aid 128 -chapter 4-12 -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=400:vhq -lavcopts acodec=mp3:abitrate=64 -vf
scale=320:-3,crop=320:212:0:0 -af volume=19 -o King2.avi
MEncoder dev-SVN-r26936-4.3.0 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2400  @ 1.83GHz (Family: 6, Model: 14,
Stepping: 8)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access
There are 14 titles on this DVD.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000141
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x000122a3
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00017c74
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x0031ea1e
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x0034dfc1
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_04_1.VOB at 0x003a0df8
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_05_1.VOB at 0x003ac4da
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_06_1.VOB at 0x003c2b46
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 6 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (unknown) language: unknown aid: 128.
audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (unknown) language: en aid: 129.
audio stream: 2 format: ac3 (unknown) language: unknown aid: 130.
audio stream: 3 format: ac3 (unknown) language: unknown aid: 131.
number of audio channels on disk: 4.
subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: unknown
subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: unknown
number of subtitles on disk: 2
success: format: 2  data: 0x0 - 0x836b6800
MPEG-PS file format detected.
MPEG: FATAL: EOF while searching for sequence header.
Video: Cannot read properties.

Exiting...

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Thanks for any help,

John