[MPlayer-users] mencoder: ratecontrol.c:591: ff_rate_estimate_qscale: ...

[Corey Hickey]

Paolo wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> I get a similar bug reported in
> http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~maxi/html/mplayer-users/2003-05/msg00347.html
> 
> Running:
> mencoder $INPUT -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=565:vpass=1
>     -oac copy -o $OUTPUT.avi  -vf pp=lb -ofps 23.976  -vop crop=720:370:0:52
> mencoder $INPUT -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=565:vpass=2
>     -oac copy -o $OUTPUT.avi  -vf pp=lb -ofps 23.976   -vop crop=720:370:0:52
> 
> 
> During the second pass I get:
> 
> Pos:6226.4s 186604f (75%)  44fps Trem:  22min 672mb  A-V:0.033 [563:115]
> Skipping frame!
> mencoder: ratecontrol.c:591: ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion
> `picture_number<
> rcc->num_entries' failed.
> 
> I am using MEncoder 1.0pre2-3.2.3
> 
> 	Paolo

If I recall correctly, that error often shows up during the second pass
if for some reason mencoder can't read what it wants from divx2pass.log.
This in turn usually occurs when the first pass dies for some reason.
Are you sure the first pass completes sucessfully?

-Corey