[MEncoder-users] MENCODER Hard Locks System - FC14x86

[Bill McClintock]

Maybe someone can help me answer why this is happening.I have been using 
mencoder and a transcode script for MythTV since before FC6.

I just recently upgraded my system from FC6x86 to FC14x86 and installed 
all the previous functions I had running before.One of these was a 
transcode script launched from crontab to compress recordings from 
MythTV.For many years I have had a PCHDTV card in the system and have 
been capturing HDTV via QAM through MythTV, not an uncommon task.I have 
had a compressor script written in Perl that calculates crop settings 
and what type of recording and generates a specific command line for 
that stream.Over the years I have had to add many caveats to the script 
to handle some inconsistencies I see with Comcast over QAM.  This script 
has been running successfully for many years of FC6x86.

Anyway the script still functions properly for SD content but the system 
hard locks during HD encoding and I must physically reset the system to 
cause a reboot.Below is one of the commands that it executes that locks 
the system up.I have tried many variants of the command line but here is 
the original that the script runs.

Can anyone suggest anything to help me isolate the problem.

/usr/bin/mencoder -quiet -ffourcc DIVX -oac mp3lame -lameopts 
cbr:preset=128 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=4000 -vf 
expand=1280:720:0:0:0:0,tinterlace=1,crop=1280:720:0:0,scale=960:544 
-ofps 30000/1001 /storage/mythtv/recordings/2594_20110102185900.mpg -o 
/storage/mythtv/recordings/2594_20110102185900.avi


Simply...be quiet, set FourCC, encode to MP3, use LAVC mpeg4, some 
filters, set output framerate, file names.  Overall fairly simple script.
Filters: Expand: as Comcast would sometimes send two frame sizes in same 
stream, tinterlace allowed a cheap way to skip every other frame and get 
to 30fps)

Let me know what you all want to see and I'll do my best to provide.

FCx86 on an AMD AthlonXP2500 w/ 1.5GBRam and lots of other hardware.Same 
hardware was used for FC6x86 for many years without fail.I simply 
replaced boot drive with another (same make/model) and rebuilt using 
FC14x86.