[MEncoder-users] "Too many video packets in the buffer" trying to transcode a .VOB

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 09:07:57PM +0600, Boyandin Konstantin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to transcode a .VOB (made by vobcopy), and mencoder sends the infamous "Too many video packets in the buffer" error endlessly. The command sample and its output:
> 
> $ mencoder  track.vob -oac copy -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1200 -o track.avi -ffourcc xvid -forceidx

Sorry, but AC3 and -oac copy generally just don't work.
Some people had luck with something like -mc 0 -noskip or other
manual fine-tuning but it just doesn't work well.