[MPlayer-users] convert rmvb file to mpeg

[benjamin yau]

$ mencoder /mnt/cdrom/16.rmvb -o 16.mpg -oac copy -ovc lavc lavcopts 
vcodec=raw -idx -ni 

Tried and failed to use the above command for converting a RealPlayer 10 
rmvb video file to mpeg file.  Output message as follows:

MEncoder 1.0pre7-3.4.3 (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
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0xa480ade
REAL file format detected.
Stream description: Audio Stream
Stream mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio
Stream description: Video Stream
Stream mimetype: video/x-pn-realvideo
Stream mimetype: logical-fileinfo
Something went wrong, no index chunk found on given address (172493514)
VIDEO:  [RV40]  512x384  24bpp  23.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:11  fourcc:0x30345652  size:512x384  fps:23.00  ftime:=0.0435
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1  (-1=autodetect) osd: 1
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
opening shared obj '/usr/local/lib/codecs/drvc.so'
Selected video codec: [rv3040] vfm:realvid (Linux RealPlayer 10 RV30/40 
decoder)
==========================================================================
audiocodec: framecopy (format=6f63 chans=2 rate=44100 bits=16 bps=32041 
sample-465)
Writing AVI header...
ODML: Aspect information not (yet?) available or unspecified, not 
writing vprp header.
VDec: vo config request - 448 x 336 (preferred csp: Planar I420)
VDec: using Planar I420 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
videocodec: libavcodec (448x336 fourcc=34504d46 [FMP4])
ODML: Aspect information not (yet?) available or unspecified, not 
writing vprp header.
Pos:   0.9s     21f ( 0%)   0fps Trem:   0min  31mb  A-V:0.087 [0:256]
Skipping frame!
Pos:   1.1s     27f ( 0%)   0fps Trem:   0min  30mb  A-V:0.070 [1590:256]
Skipping frame!
Pos:   1.3s     31f ( 0%)   0fps Trem:   0min  32mb  A-V:0.087 [1526:256]
Skipping frame!
Pos:   1.7s     41f ( 1%)   0fps Trem:   0min  28mb  A-V:0.087 [1311:256]
Skipping frame!
Pos:   2.0s     51f ( 1%)   0fps Trem:   0min  29mb  A-V:0.087 [1397:256]
Skipping frame!

// a lot more of this stuff

Pos:   9.1s    241f ( 5%)  67fps Trem:   1min  26mb  A-V:0.087 [992:256]]
Skipping frame!
Pos:   9.4s    248f ( 5%)  67fps Trem:   1min  26mb  A-V:0.074 [993:256]
Too many video packets in the buffer: (1733 in 8389178 bytes).
Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?
For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option.

Skipping frame!
Pos:   9.5s    251f ( 5%)  67fps Trem:   1min  25mb  A-V:0.087 [993:256]
Skipping frame!
Pos:   9.9s    261f ( 5%)  68fps Trem:   1min  25mb  A-V:0.087 [979:256]
Too many video packets in the buffer: (1735 in 8389165 bytes).
Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?
For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option.

// a lot more of these Too many ... messages
// a few minutes later, the mouse and the screen became very 
unresponsive and needed to be rebooted.


Please advise.

BY