[MEncoder-users] "Too many video packets in the buffer"

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:10:48PM -0500, Andrew Berg wrote:
> On 6/3/2010 11:55 AM, Andrew Berg wrote:
> > I set it to 300 since I typically deal with NTSC
> > content and I didn't want the default 250, but since this is a PAL
> > capture, am I correct in thinking that the higher keyint value will
> > throw off hardware players? Oddly enough though, I have done 24p Blu-ray
> > titles with the same settings and those are in sync.
> >   
> I tried again with keyint=250/keyint_min=25, and I get the same results.
> I'm stumped. I have no idea why the PS3 would play these out of sync
> while it plays encodes with the same settings from other sources just fine.

Have you compared the bitrate of these files?
Since you are using CABAC you might be reaching the maximum bitrate it can
decode. Try using either VBV mode or without CABAC.