xvid problem

[ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY]

On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 12:01 -0400, Ben Novack wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to rip a DVD with acidrip, since dvd::rip depends on the
> uninstallable transcode.
> c
> I've left all of the options at their default, except for setting the
> codec to xvid. When I click Start, I'm told "Mencoder exited with an
> error code 139." Does anyone have an idea what's going wrong, and how
> I might fix it? Some googling hasn't gotten me any luck trying to
> decipher the error.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> ---Ben
> 
Run "mencoder -ovc help" and see if XviD is one of the supported codecs
by MPlayer's MEncoder.

Here's the output on my system:
        zamb ~ $ mencoder -ovc help
        MEncoder dev-CVS-050706-00:22-3.3.5 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
        CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6, Stepping: 1)
        Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
        CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
        Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE
        
        File not found: 'frameno.avi'
        Failed to open frameno.avi
        
        Available codecs:
           copy     - frame copy, without re-encoding. Doesn't work with filters.
           frameno  - special audio-only file for 3-pass encoding, see DOCS.
           raw      - uncompressed video. Use fourcc option to set format explicitly.
           nuv      - nuppel video
           lavc     - libavcodec codecs - best quality!
           vfw      - VfW DLLs, currently only AVID is supported.
           qtvideo  - QuickTime DLLs, currently only SVQ1/3 are supported.
           libdv    - DV encoding with libdv v0.9.5
           xvid     - XviD encoding
           x264     - H.264 encoding
        
        
        Exiting... (error parsing cmdline)
        zamb ~ 1 $


Ziyad.