mencoder assert failure: mencoder: /build/gauvain-ffmpeg-extra_0.6-2ubuntu3+medibuntu1-amd64-dInzuL/ffmpeg-extra-0.6/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c:694: ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion `picture_number<rcc->num_entries' failed.

[imm6]

I was trying to transcode a mpg file when mencoder crashed

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: mencoder 2:1.0~rc4~try1.dsfg1-1ubuntu1+medibuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: mencoder: /build/gauvain-ffmpeg-extra_0.6-2ubuntu3+medibuntu1-amd64-dInzuL/ffmpeg-extra-0.6/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c:694: ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion `picture_number<rcc->num_entries' failed.
CrashDB: medibuntu
Date: Mon Mar 14 18:34:05 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/mencoder
ProcCmdline: mencoder -idx -noskip /tmp/mythnuv2mkv912/vidout -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo w=1920:h=1088:fps=29.970 -audiofile /tmp/mythnuv2mkv912/audout -audio-demuxer rawaudio -rawaudio rate=48000:channels=2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:threads=4:mbd=2:trell:v4mv:last_pred=2:dia=-1:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:cmp=3:subcmp=3:precmp=0:vqcomp=0.6:vrc_maxrate=10000:vrc_buf_size=1835:vbitrate=3686:vpass=2 -passlogfile /tmp/mythnuv2mkv912/2pass.log -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=2:br=256 -vf yadif=0,softskip,crop=1904:1072:8:8,scale=1024:576,harddup -sws 7 -aspect 1.77777777778 -force-avi-aspect 16:9 -o /var/lib/mythtv/recordings//10953_20110314163000.avi
ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user)
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: mplayer
StacktraceTop:
 raise (sig=<value optimized out>) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 __assert_fail (assertion=0x7fb968b06868 "picture_number<rcc->num_entries", file=<value optimized out>, line=694, function=0x7fb968b06b40 "ff_rate_estimate_qscale") at assert.c:81
 ff_rate_estimate_qscale () from /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.52
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.52
Title: mencoder assert failure: mencoder: /build/gauvain-ffmpeg-extra_0.6-2ubuntu3+medibuntu1-amd64-dInzuL/ffmpeg-extra-0.6/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c:694: ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion `picture_number<rcc->num_entries' failed.
UserGroups: audio cdrom dialout video

[Gauvain Pocentek (gpocentek)]

Hello,

Could you test the ubuntu package to see if the problem exists there too?

Thanks.