[MEncoder-users] Purple blocks visible in xvid encode

[Christopher Moore]

One more thing ...
I just built the latest version of mplayer using mplayer-vdpau-3532130, 
which uses:
mplayer_rev=28348
ffmpeg_rev=16726
dvdnav_rev=1166


Christopher Moore wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> This just started happening to me during my last encodes (they were 
> over the past month so it's hard to exactly trace what went wrong).
>
> I'm encoding from either a m2ts or a mkv -> xvid file, like I've done 
> a million times before, but now I'm getting these small purple squares 
> popping up frequently and in random locations in the video.  I thought 
> maybe it was the software, but it appears to be occurring in totem,vlc 
> and mplayer.
>
> Here is the command I've been using:
>
> mencoder "$1" -alang eng -ovc xvid -ffourcc XVID -xvidencopts 
> bitrate=4000:chroma_opt:quant_type=mpeg:vhq=4:bvhq=1:threads=4 -noskip 
> -mc 0 -vf pp=md,harddup,scale=1280:720 -forceidx -oac copy -channels 6 
> -o $1.avi -quiet
>
>
> I've just updated to the latest video driver (180.44) and it still 
> occurs.
>
> Some stats about my system:
>
> kernel: 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64
> nvidia driver - 180.44 (this also happened with 180.29)
> video card - GeForce 8500GT
>
> xorg.conf settings:
>    Option        "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Modes    "nvidia-auto-select"
>    EndSubSection
> Section "Extensions"
>    Option        "Composite" "Enable"
> EndSection
>
>
> Anyone have ideas ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Christopher
>