[MPlayer-users] Segmentation fault in pre5

[Stefan Sassenberg]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 07:19:32PM -0700, Corey Hickey wrote:
> Stefan Sassenberg wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I frequently have segmentation faults when mencoding a movie.
> > Unfortunately this happens at different positions. I can provide some
> > information about this problem. I should add that I had other problems
> > of similar kind that I only solved by rebuilding mencoder with
> > ./configure --disable-mmx2 which I'm currently using.
> > 
> 
> Are you saying that it happens at a different position each time you try
> the same command on the same file? If so, then you probably have
> unstable hardware. I've found that mencoder is very intolerant of
> overclocking, probably from a combination of working the CPU very hard
> and the time it takes to encode.
> 
> If you are overclocking, try overclocking a little less; or, try cooling
> your CPU better.
> 
Correct. Just like the other problem I once had that I mentioned above.
I also thought about hardware problems, but mencoder is the only application
that shows errors like these and I'm not overclocking. Heat problems
might be the cause anyway.

Regards

Stefan