Problem with FFmpeg with versions 2728 & 2733

[Randalliser]

Chrissy this may also relate to the other recent problems.
First, SVCD has worked perfectly up to and including v .2718. Had installed 2733 and after trying to copy mu asset my system says that it had an encountered a problem with ffmpeg therefore did not load it. As I had version 2728 I tried it and had the same result. Went back to version 2718 and it is working fine.
I did notice though you had version 2738 up. I'll downlioad it and give it a try.
I'm running Vista 32.

Regards

[Gripweed]

Chrissy,

Any reason why you are using such an old version of FFMPEG in SVCD2DVD with a lot less things enabled?
>ffmpeg -version
FFmpeg version SVN-r7159, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads --ena
ble-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-dts --enable-faad --enable-avisynth
libavutil version: 49.1.0
libavcodec version: 51.27.0
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on Jun 22 2007 16:17:00, gcc: 4.3.0 20061204 (experimental)
ffmpeg SVN-r7159
libavutil 3211520
libavcodec 3349248
libavformat 3345409

Checking some of the other programs that I use that use FFMPEG, it appears that it is now up to version 9000+.
>ffmpeg -version
FFmpeg version SVN-r9017, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-pthreads --enable-libmp3lame --
enable-libogg --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libamr-nb --enable-
libamr-wb --enable-libgsm --enable-libnut --enable-x264 --enable-gpl --enable-sw
scaler --enable-liba52 --enable-xvid --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-
libdts --enable-avisynth --cpu=i686 --disable-shared --enable-static
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.4
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on May 13 2007 17:41:26, gcc: 4.1.2
ffmpeg SVN-r9017
libavutil 3212288
libavcodec 3352580
libavformat 3345409

Just asking. I know I'm probably falling into the trap of believing that "newer is always better" when it may not be in the case of FFMPEG.

[ChrissyBoy]

Chrissy this may also relate to the other recent problems.
First, SVCD has worked perfectly up to and including v .2718. Had installed 2733 and after trying to copy mu asset my system says that it had an encountered a problem with ffmpeg therefore did not load it. As I had version 2728 I tried it and had the same result. Went back to version 2718 and it is working fine.
I did notice though you had version 2738 up. I'll downlioad it and give it a try.
I'm running Vista 32.

Regards

ok Keep us posted please...

Any reason why you are using such an old version of FFMPEG in SVCD2DVD with a lot less things enabled?

The build number for ffmpeg in S2D is a bit misleading as it includes cherry picked code from several versions - including the latest 9453

The reason there are less things enabled is that the goal of S2D is to create DVDs and not xvid and the like.

[Randalliser]

Sorry for not getting back sooner. I was away for the past 3 days and was not able to test version 2.5.2738.
I did notice there was a version change to 2.5.2800, so I had installed this one instead. It is working flawlessly.

Any idea why I had the problem?

Still the best program around for laymen like myself.

Regards

[ChrissyBoy]

Good news.... It was just a problem in vista with certain file paths.