mencoder crashes with segmentation fault

[asgard2]

mencoder version 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1ubuntu4 from saucy is not working and crashes with segmentation fault.

Input files are from a mpeg file, demuxed by projectx.

The mencoder version in raring worked without any problems.

mencoder cut.m2v -ovc x264 -o cut.h264
MEncoder svn r34540 (Ubuntu), built with gcc-4.7 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team

WARNING: OUTPUT FILE FORMAT IS _AVI_. See -of help.
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x3b4f8093
libavformat version 53.21.1 (external)
Mismatching header version 53.19.0
MPEG-ES file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 7634.4 kbps (954.3 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:1 fourcc:0x10000002 size:720x576 fps:25.000 ftime:=0.0400
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
libavcodec version 53.35.0 (external)
Mismatching header version 53.32.2
Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
==========================================================================
Unsupported PixelFormat 61
Unsupported PixelFormat 53
Unsupported PixelFormat 81
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
x264 [info]: using SAR=16/15
Speicherzugriffsfehler (Speicherabzug geschrieben)

$ dpkg -l | grep x264
ii libx264-123:amd64 2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1ubuntu1 amd64 x264 video coding library

[asgard2 (kamp000x)]

Xubuntu 13.10
3.10.12-031012-generic #201309141044 SMP Sat Sep 14 14:45:24 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ dpkg -l | grep mplayer
ii mencoder 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1ubuntu4 amd64 MPlayer's Movie Encoder
ii mplayer 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1ubuntu4 amd64 movie player for Unix-like systems

[Michael Sommer (tglynx)]

Same problem here after upgrading from Raring to Saucy. Happens with VLC and avconv also when trying to encode x264...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[asgard2 (kamp000x)]

I tried from my other device with lubuntu 13.10 (saucy), but it is the same problem.

[asgard2 (kamp000x)]

I removed libx264-123:amd64 2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1ubuntu1 and replaced it with the older
libx264-123:amd64 2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1 and mencoder is working again.

Can the old version be added to the saucy repository as long as the bug is not fixed?

[asgard2 (kamp000x)]

It is coding with the old libx264-123 package, but I can not mux the files with mp4box. :(

"Cannot find H264 start code
Error importing video.h264: BitStream Not Compliant"

[asgard2 (kamp000x)]

sorry, false alert, it is working wit the old package

[Andrius Tamulis (andriust)]

Sorry, but I have the same problem, am trying the same solution, but I'm getting "E: Version '2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1' for 'libx264-123' was not found". Is it the wrong repositories?

Specifically:
andrius@Ramblys:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list
#############################################################
################### OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS ###################
#############################################################

###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main restricted universe multiverse

###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates main restricted universe multiverse

###### Ubuntu Partner Repo
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu saucy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu saucy partner

# one more, for DVD stuff. I think
deb http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu saucy main multiverse
andrius@Ramblys:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install libx264-123=2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Version '2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1' for 'libx264-123' was not found

[asgard2 (kamp000x)]

The '2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1' version is not in the saucy sources, because of that I asked to add this version to the repository above.

I downloaded the deb package from an older release
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/x264/2:0.123.2189+git35cf912-1/+build/3493053
and installed it manually with dpkg -i, but this is not a permanent solution.

[asgard2 (kamp000x)]

right, this is not a mplayer bug anymore.
Because of that I added a new bug @ x264
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/x264/+bug/1242593

[Stephen Hamer (stephen-hamer-uk)]

Good work, asgard 2. Same bug kills video stream encoding in OGMrip.

[Michael Sommer (tglynx)]

has been fixed for me with the latest libx264 update in ubuntu 13.10