mencoder amd64 crashes with xvid as a video codec option ("Illegal option (core dumped)")

[9a3eedi]

Binary package hint: mplayer-amd64

When I try to encode something to avi using xvid as a codec, it gives me an error:

"Illegal option (core dumped)"

I tried using 2 different avi files, but to no avail..

I get this error on an amd64. I got mencoder by using synaptic.

When I issued this command, for example:

mencoder -o "output.avi" -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts fixed_quant=4 -lameopts cbr:br=128 "video file.avi"

I get this:
MEncoder 2:0.99+1.0pre8-0ubuntu8 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz (Family: 15, Model: 6, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xc81e000
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO: [DX50] 640x480 24bpp 29.970 fps 984.7 kbps (120.2 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x30355844 size:640x480 fps:29.97 ftime:=0.0334
==========================================================================
Requested audio codec family [mp3] (afm=mp3lib) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 160.0 kbit/11.34% (ratio: 19999->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffmp3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG layer-3 audio decoder)
==========================================================================
xvid: using library version 1.1.0 (build xvid-1.1.0)
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
MP3 audio selected.
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
videocodec: XviD (640x480 fourcc=44495658 [XVID])
xvid: par=0/0 (vga11), displayed=640x480, sampled=640x480
xvid: Fixed Quant Rate Control -- quantizer=4/1=4.00
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

on an x86 kubuntu edgy, I dont have this problem. I have this problem on an amd64 ubuntu edgy..

[Rory McCann (rorymcc)]

The same problem occurs on powerpc ubuntu.

[Marco Alfonso (maop)]

Same here, powerpc ibook G4 < Linux lotus 2.6.20-16-powerpc #3 Sun Sep 23 19:20:00 UTC 2007 ppc GNU/Linux >
totem also, crash, vlc is the only running but problems with subtitles files.

$ mplayer somefile.avi
MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu9.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
AltiVec found
CPU: PowerPC
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
Can't init input joystick
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing somefile.avi.
[Ogg] stream 0: video (FOURCC XVID), -vid 0
[Ogg] stream 1: audio (Vorbis), -aid 0
Ogg file format detected.
VIDEO: [XVID] 480x352 24bpp 25.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Language: English
SUB: Detected subtitle file format: subviewer
SUB: Read 297 subtitles.
SUB: Adjusted 145 subtitle(s).
SUB: Added subtitle file (1): ./somefile.srt
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
[VO_TDFXFB] This driver only supports the 3Dfx Banshee, Voodoo3 and Voodoo 5.
[VO_3DFX] Unable to open /dev/3dfx.
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16be, 0.0 kbit/0.00% (ratio: 0->192000)
Selected audio codec: [ffvorbis] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Vorbis decoder)
==========================================================================
AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 2ch s16be (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
[mpeg4 @ 0x1080c930]looks like this file was encoded with (divx4/(old)xvid/opendivx) -> forcing low_delay flag
VDec: vo config request - 480 x 352 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.36:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 480x352 => 480x352 Planar YV12
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 beta?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.