[MPlayer-users] mencoder divx segmentation fault

[Rich Felker]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 09:19:51AM -0700, Ding Li wrote:
> Actually, I'm trying to convert my .rmvb files to .avi by using divx
> or xvid so that my dvd player Philips DVP642 can play the video files.
> I've successfully convert some files by using xvid, but it takes too
> long to convert a 300M file, say more than 12 hours. So I tried to use
> divx, but it didn't work. What's the fastest way to convert .rmvb to
> .avi with good quality? Thanks

1. do not top-post
2. do not reply off-list
3. try turning off all the slowass options that are on by default for
xvid, or use lavc which has all the fast/lowquality options by
default.

rich



> 
> Ding
> 
> On 6/29/05, Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 04:34:50PM -0700, Ding Li wrote:
> > > I used this command to make a avi file, but got a segmentation
> > > error.:( How to avoid this?
> > >
> > > $mencoder Thank_You.rmvb -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -ovc divx4
> > > -o thankyou.divx.avi
> > 
> > I dunno, but divx is deprecated. Use lavc or xvid.
> > 
> > Rich
> > 
> >