OK i've gotten 770-encode and Media Converter to work on some files but not on others...

here is the example output of mencoder if started directly with 770-encode produced command line:

>> mencoder in.avi -o out.avi -srate 44100 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=0:br=128 -af volnorm -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=400 -vf-add crop=484:242 -vf-add scale=352:176 -ofps 23.976 -ffourcc DIVX -noidx
MEncoder 1.0rc1-4.1.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 7)
MMX2 supported but disabled
CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compilé pour CPU x86 avec les extensions: MMX 3DNow SSE SSE2

succès: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x2bc1d800
Fichier de type AVI détecté.
VIDEO: [DX50] 580x242 12bpp 23.976 fps 810.6 kbps (98.9 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x30355844 size:580x242 fps:23.98 ftime:=0.0417
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 24000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
================================================== ========================
Ouverture du filtre vidéo: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Ouverture du filtre vidéo: [scale w=352 h=176]
Ouverture du filtre vidéo: [crop w=484 h=242]
Crop: 484 x 242, -1 ; -1
================================================== ========================
Ouverture du décodeur vidéo: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Codec vidéo choisi: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
================================================== ========================
Code fourcc de sortie forcé à 58564944 [DIVX]
Audio MP3 sélectionné
VDec: requête de config de vo - 580 x 242 (espace colorimétrique préferé: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
L'aspect du film est 2.40:1 - pré-redimensionnement à l'aspect correct.
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 7 -> 8
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 7 -> 8
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 7 -> 6
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 7 -> 6

SwScaler: BICUBIC scaler, from yuv420p to yuv420p using 3DNOW
SwScaler: using 8-tap MMX scaler for horizontal luminance scaling
SwScaler: using 8-tap MMX scaler for horizontal chrominance scaling
SwScaler: using n-tap MMX scaler for vertical scaling (YV12 like)
SwScaler: 484x242 -> 352x176
videocodec: libavcodec (352x176 fourcc=58564944 [DIVX])
Instruction illégale( 0%) 0.00fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:0.000 [0:0]


if I remove the "-vf-add scale=352:176" then mecoder goes on an ddoes his thing (but scale is bad )

Any ideas ? Thanks a bunch.

P.S. I'll try an find a small video that produces the same problem for posting here.

Here is an example of a fiel that won't be encoded

here is the mencoder command generated by

>> mencoder in.avi -o out.avi -srate 44100 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=0:br=128 -af volnorm -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=400 -vf-add crop=484:242 -vf-add scale=352:176 -ofps 23.976 -ffourcc DIVX -noidx

MEncoder 1.0rc1-4.1.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 7)
MMX2 supported but disabled
CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compilé pour CPU x86 avec les extensions: MMX 3DNow SSE SSE2

succès: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x2bc1d800
Fichier de type AVI détecté.
VIDEO: [DX50] 580x242 12bpp 23.976 fps 810.6 kbps (98.9 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x30355844 size:580x242 fps:23.98 ftime:=0.0417
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 24000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
================================================== ========================
Ouverture du filtre vidéo: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Ouverture du filtre vidéo: [scale w=352 h=176]
Ouverture du filtre vidéo: [crop w=484 h=242]
Crop: 484 x 242, -1 ; -1
================================================== ========================
Ouverture du décodeur vidéo: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Codec vidéo choisi: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
================================================== ========================
Code fourcc de sortie forcé à 58564944 [DIVX]
Audio MP3 sélectionné
VDec: requête de config de vo - 580 x 242 (espace colorimétrique préferé: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
L'aspect du film est 2.40:1 - pré-redimensionnement à l'aspect correct.
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 7 -> 8
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 7 -> 8
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 7 -> 6
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 7 -> 6

SwScaler: BICUBIC scaler, from yuv420p to yuv420p using 3DNOW
SwScaler: using 8-tap MMX scaler for horizontal luminance scaling
SwScaler: using 8-tap MMX scaler for horizontal chrominance scaling
SwScaler: using n-tap MMX scaler for vertical scaling (YV12 like)
SwScaler: 484x242 -> 352x176
videocodec: libavcodec (352x176 fourcc=58564944 [DIVX])
Instruction illégale( 0%) 0.00fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:0.000 [0:0]


removing the "-vf-add scale=352:176" makes mencoder accept to encode (but scaling is no good...)

Any ideas ? thanks a bunch.

Looks like you are using a wrong build of mencoder, it tries to use 3DNOW instructions in scaler, but your CPU does not support them.

Thanks alot, Never would have thought of that one... Don't no how that 3Dnow got selected in the first place. Works great now.