[MPlayer-dev-eng] problem with -chapter option using mencoder

[Rick]

In a recently downloaded cvs version of mplayer (1 or 2 nights ago), the 
-chapter option to mencoder is not functioning properly.  It follows the 
starting chapter correctly, but the ending chapter number does not work.  I 
have tried using it as follows:

mencoder -dvd 4 -aid 128 -chapter 1-13 -ovc divx4 -divx4opts br=1200 -ofps 24 
-oac mp3lame -lameopts br=160 -o qwerty-1of2.avi

mencoder -dvd 4 -aid 128 -chapter 14 -ovc divx4 -divx4opts br=1200 -ofps 24 
-oac mp3lame -lameopts br=160 -o qwerty-2of2.avi


on the 1st command, mencoder outputs that it has about 300 minutes  and 950M 
remaining to encode (a new feature I really like by the way)....  this is the 
same time it reports if I do not specify a chapter at all

The second command reports the expected values for the second half of the 
movie.


As an experiment, I did:

mencoder -dvd 4 -aid 128 -chapter 1-2 -ovc divx4 -divx4opts br=1200 -ofps 24 
-oac mp3lame -lameopts br=160 -o qwerty.avi

As I expected, the resulting movie went past chapter 2.

So... the -chapter option for mencoder has somehow been broken.  I checked 
with mplayer, and the same problem exists with it to.

I'm going to try to fix it and make a patch, but I don'
t know if I'll be able to do it before someone else..  I'm going on a 
business trip in a couple of days and I'm very busy.