[MEncoder-users] mencoder issues: xvid/mp3 2-pass hangs at 2nd pass

[Daniel B.]

Hi,

checked out r37199 today, problem gone.
Whoever fixed this: Thank you.

On Fri, 2 May 2014, Daniel B. wrote:

> clarification: r36557 was the last version that worked for me. The bug 
> (if it is a bug) must have sneaked in between r36557 and r37181.
>
> On Fri, 2 May 2014, Daniel B. wrote:
>
>> I have been using mencoder to transcode MPEG video for years, using the 
>> mplayer-package provided by packman.links2linux.de on openSUSE.
>> 
>> Since r37117, encoding hangs just at the end of the second pass using 
>> the following commands:
>> 
>> ---
>> mencoder -noodml -noskip -mc 0 file.m2p -vf dsize=512:288,scale=512:288,pp7 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1200:noqpel:nogmc:closed_gop:pass=1 -oac copy -o test.avi
>> mencoder -noodml -noskip -mc 0 file.m2p -vf dsize=512:288,scale=512:288,pp7 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1200:noqpel:nogmc:closed_gop:pass=2 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3:br=128:q=0 -o file.avi
>> ---
>> 
>> To make sure this is upstream, I checked out MEncoder r37181 and 
>> compiled it myself - same result. This used to work until r36557.
>> 
>> I have been using the above options of mencoder for a long time, and 
>> maybe they are somewhat outdated, however: This could very well be a 
>> bug.


Best regards,

--Daniel.
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Daniel B. <menc at bischof.org>