MEncoder SB43&SB44 Issue

[CardcaptorRLH85]

When I try to stream a file that requires transcoding to my Xbox360 using the MEncoder engine, I get the following error on the Logs screen:

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11-25 03:04:45  Starting transcode/remux of [UTW]_Shinsekai_Yori_-_09_[h264-720p][FE13B7D6].mkv
11-25 03:04:45  Process C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe has a return code of 3! Maybe an error occurred... check the log file
11-25 03:04:51  Started playing [UTW]_Shinsekai_Yori_-_09_[h264-720p][FE13B7D6].mkv on your Xbox 360
11-25 03:04:55  Stopped playing [UTW]_Shinsekai_Yori_-_09_[h264-720p][FE13B7D6].mkv on your Xbox 360

When I replace the copy of mencoder.exe in the \win32 folder with the SB42 build, everything works just fine. I'm just trying to figure out if this is a problem with my setup or with the latest mencoder build. I'm attaching my ums_dbg.zip so that the full log file the message there speaks of is available.

EDIT: I've changing the subject of this topic to reflect the fact that I'm having this issue with both the SB43 and SB44 MEncoder builds.

[CardcaptorRLH85]

Since it's been about a week since my original post and there's been a new release of UMS, I think it's best if I post again rather than edit my OP. If this is incorrect please just combine my posts.

I'm having the same issue with the SB44 build of MEncoder that I was having with the SB43 build. Namely, when I try to stream a file that requires transcoding to my Xbox360 using the MEncoder engine, I get the following error in the Logs tab:

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12-02 04:23:51  Starting transcode/remux of [WhyNot] Robotics;Notes - 08 [A7A99128].mkv
12-02 04:23:52  Process C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe has a return code of 3! Maybe an error occurred... check the log file
12-02 04:23:58  Started playing [WhyNot] Robotics;Notes - 08 [A7A99128].mkv on your Xbox 360
12-02 04:24:02  Stopped playing [WhyNot] Robotics;Notes - 08 [A7A99128].mkv on your Xbox 360

When I replace the copy of mencoder.exe in the \win32 folder with the SB42 build, everything works just fine again. I'm attaching my ums_dbg.zip file from today here in the hopes that this provides enough information to help fix the problem.

[jam1324]

I get the exact same problem, I was just using version 1.5.2 to get around it. tried using SB42 with release 2.2.1 and it works great.

[singlecell]

I am having the same problem also, running windows 8. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
Here is my log.

DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.958 [mencoder.exe-4] Starting "C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "D:\Episodes\Make it or Break it\Season 2\Make.It.or.Break.It.S02E04.720p.HDTV.x264.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac lavc -of lavf -lavfopts format=asf -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 2 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=4 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=wmv2:acodec=wmav2:abitrate=448:threads=1:keyint=5:vqscale=1:vqmin=2:vrc_maxrate=14000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -nosub -noautosub -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -af lavcresample=44100 -srate 44100 -o \\.\pipe\mencoder1356146513813
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.965 [mencoder.exe-4] Reading pipe: \\.\pipe\mencoder1356146513813
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.965 [mencoder.exe-4] Attaching thread: mencoder.exe-4
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.987 [Thread-30] MEncoder SB46 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.987 [Thread-30] Custom build by SubJunk, http://www.spirton.com
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.987 [Thread-30]
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.990 [Thread-30] success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x45f892b9
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.991 [Thread-30] libavformat version 54.49.102 (internal)
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:53.993 [Thread-30] libavformat file format detected.
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.002 [Thread-30] [lavf] stream 0: audio (ac3), -aid 0
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.002 [Thread-30] [lavf] stream 1: video (h264), -vid 0
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.002 [Thread-30] VIDEO: [H264] 1280x720 0bpp 23.976 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.002 [Thread-30] [V] filefmt:44 fourcc:0x34363248 size:1280x720 fps:23.976 ftime:=0.0417
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.002 [Thread-30] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.002 [Thread-30] Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.003 [Thread-30] libavcodec version 54.81.100 (internal)
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.003 [Thread-30] AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 384.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 48000->384000)
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.003 [Thread-30] Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3)
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.003 [Thread-30] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-29] ** MUXER_LAVF *****************************************************************
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-26] Result of \\.\pipe\mencoder1356146513813 : true
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-30] OK, exit.
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-29] REMEMBER: MEncoder's libavformat muxing is presently broken and can generate
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-29] INCORRECT files in the presence of B-frames. Moreover, due to bugs MPlayer
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-29] will play these INCORRECT files as if nothing were wrong!
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-29] *******************************************************************************
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-30] Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-30] Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.004 [Thread-30] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.005 [Thread-30] Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.007 [Thread-30] Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.007 [Thread-30] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.014 [Thread-29] Unsupported AVSampleFormat 8
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.014 [Thread-29] Unsupported AVSampleFormat 8
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.027 [Thread-29] Assertion i>=0 failed at libavcodec/wmaenc.c:384
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.027 [Thread-29]
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.027 [Thread-29] This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:54.027 [Thread-29] Please contact the application's support team for more information.
INFO 2012-12-22 13:21:54.031 [mencoder.exe-4] Process C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe has a return code of 3! Maybe an error occurred... check the log file
DEBUG 2012-12-22 13:21:56.303 [Buffered IO End Checker] Stopping process: ffmpeg.exe-3

[Whythenkill]

I also ran into an issue with the mencoder engine. Whenever I played movies used with external subtitles it would return the same error "mencoder.exe has a return code of 3! Maybe an error occurred... check the log file". I just reverted the mencoder and to my surprise it worked. This problem occurred with the latest build 2.2.1

[phattmatt]

Same issue experienced here.

Using the included version of mencoder.exe (in UMC 2.2.1) results in this error:

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DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.414 [mencoder.exe-2] Starting "C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "G:\Movies\SOMEMOVIE.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac lavc -of lavf -lavfopts format=asf -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 2 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=4 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=wmv2:acodec=wmav2:abitrate=448:threads=1:keyint=5:vqscale=2:vqmin=3:vrc_maxrate=14000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -nosub -noautosub -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -af lavcresample=44100 -srate 44100 -o \\.\pipe\mencoder1356744595222
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.418 [mencoder.exe-2] Reading pipe: \\.\pipe\mencoder1356744595222
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.418 [mencoder.exe-2] Attaching thread: mencoder.exe-2
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.455 [Thread-22] MEncoder SB46 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.455 [Thread-22] Custom build by SubJunk, http://www.spirton.com
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.455 [Thread-22] 
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.460 [Thread-22] success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0xa1f2c128
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.461 [Thread-22] libavformat version 54.49.102 (internal)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.463 [Thread-22] libavformat file format detected.
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.476 [Thread-22] [lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.476 [Thread-22] [lavf] stream 1: audio (dca), -aid 0, -alang eng
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.476 [Thread-22] [lavf] stream 2: subtitle (subrip), -sid 0, -slang eng
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.476 [Thread-22] [lavf] stream 3: subtitle (subrip), -sid 1, -slang eng
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.476 [Thread-22] VIDEO:  [H264]  1920x800  0bpp  23.976 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.476 [Thread-22] [V] filefmt:44  fourcc:0x34363248  size:1920x800  fps:23.976  ftime:=0.0417
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.476 [Thread-22] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.476 [Thread-22] Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-22] libavcodec version 54.81.100 (internal)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-22] AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 1536.0 kbit/50.00% (ratio: 192000->384000)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-22] Selected audio codec: [ffdca] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg DTS)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-22] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-18] Result of \\.\pipe\mencoder1356744595222 : true
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-21] ** MUXER_LAVF *****************************************************************
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-21] REMEMBER: MEncoder's libavformat muxing is presently broken and can generate
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-22] OK, exit.
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-21] INCORRECT files in the presence of B-frames. Moreover, due to bugs MPlayer
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-21] will play these INCORRECT files as if nothing were wrong!
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.478 [Thread-21] *******************************************************************************
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.479 [Thread-22] Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.479 [Thread-22] Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.479 [Thread-22] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.479 [Thread-22] Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.482 [Thread-22] Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.482 [Thread-22] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.492 [Thread-21] Unsupported AVSampleFormat 8
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.492 [Thread-21] Unsupported AVSampleFormat 8
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.536 [Thread-21] Assertion i>=0 failed at libavcodec/wmaenc.c:384
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.536 [Thread-21] 
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.536 [Thread-21] This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:29:55.536 [Thread-21] Please contact the application's support team for more information.

Same file, but this time using mencoder.exe release SB42:

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DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:47.901 [mencoder.exe-5] Starting "C:\Program Files (x86)\Universal Media Server\win32\mencoder.exe" -ss 0 "G:\Movies\SOMEMOVIE.mkv" -msglevel statusline=2 -oac lavc -of lavf -lavfopts format=asf -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 2 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=4 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=wmv2:acodec=wmav2:abitrate=448:threads=1:keyint=5:vqscale=2:vqmin=3:vrc_maxrate=14000:vrc_buf_size=1835 -nosub -noautosub -ofps 24000/1001 -lavdopts fast -mc 0 -noskip -af lavcresample=44100 -srate 44100 -o \\.\pipe\mencoder1356745247729
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.522 [mencoder.exe-5] Reading pipe: \\.\pipe\mencoder1356745247729
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.522 [mencoder.exe-5] Attaching thread: mencoder.exe-5
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.745 [Thread-37] MEncoder SB42 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.745 [Thread-37] Custom build by SubJunk, http://www.spirton.com
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.745 [Thread-37] 
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.751 [Thread-37] success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0xa1f2c128
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.751 [Thread-37] libavformat version 54.29.105 (internal)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.754 [Thread-37] libavformat file format detected.
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.769 [Thread-37] [lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.769 [Thread-37] [lavf] stream 1: audio (dca), -aid 0, -alang eng
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.769 [Thread-37] [lavf] stream 2: subtitle (subrip), -sid 0, -slang eng
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.769 [Thread-37] [lavf] stream 3: subtitle (subrip), -sid 1, -slang eng
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.769 [Thread-37] VIDEO:  [H264]  1920x800  0bpp  23.976 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.770 [Thread-37] [V] filefmt:44  fourcc:0x34363248  size:1920x800  fps:23.976  ftime:=0.0417
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.770 [Thread-37] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.771 [Thread-37] Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.772 [Thread-37] libavcodec version 54.63.100 (internal)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.773 [Thread-37] AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1536.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 192000->192000)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.773 [Thread-37] Selected audio codec: [ffdca] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg DTS)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.773 [Thread-37] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.773 [Thread-33] Result of \\.\pipe\mencoder1356745247729 : true
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.773 [Thread-37] OK, exit.
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.774 [Thread-36] ** MUXER_LAVF *****************************************************************
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.774 [Thread-36] REMEMBER: MEncoder's libavformat muxing is presently broken and can generate
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.774 [Thread-36] INCORRECT files in the presence of B-frames. Moreover, due to bugs MPlayer
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.774 [Thread-36] will play these INCORRECT files as if nothing were wrong!
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.774 [Thread-36] *******************************************************************************
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.774 [Thread-37] Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.774 [Thread-37] Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.774 [Thread-37] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.776 [Thread-37] Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.780 [Thread-37] Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.780 [Thread-37] ==========================================================================
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.804 [Thread-36] Unsupported PixelFormat 61
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.804 [Thread-36] Unsupported PixelFormat 53
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.804 [Thread-36] Unsupported PixelFormat 81
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.833 [Thread-37] Movie-Aspect is 2.40:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.833 [Thread-37] videocodec: libavcodec (1920x800 fourcc=32564d57 [WMV2])
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.833 [Thread-37] [VE_LAVC] Using constant qscale = 2.000000 (VBR).
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.944 [Thread-36] [asf @ 01104240]Codec for stream 0 does not use global headers but container format requires global headers
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.944 [Thread-37] VIDEO CODEC ID: 19
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.944 [Thread-37] AUDIO CODEC ID: 15008, TAG: 0
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.944 [Thread-37] Writing header...
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:49.945 [Thread-36] [asf @ 01104240]Codec for stream 1 does not use global headers but container format requires global headers
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:53.013 [Thread-36] [wmv2 @ 01129e60]rc buffer underflow
DEBUG 2012-12-29 01:40:53.052 [Thread-36] [wmv2 @ 01129e60]rc buffer underflow

The buffer underflow errors continue while the movie is successfully streaming.

It looks like a Mencoder issue with WMV2 Audio encoding. Something might have changed after SB42 regarding available options for encoding?

[singlecell]

I did the exact same thing as above, I get the buffer underflow errors also, but about half of the mkv movies fail about 10 minutes in with a mencoder.exe has a return code of -1073741819 error.
Anyone got any ideas? I cant seem to find a solution.

[SubJunk]

Thanks for all the reports guys, is it still happening with the latest one (SB47)?

[truman]

I have the same problem, never had this problem before.. PS3.conf doesn't have the line (it's completely empty), so this should be handled through the GUI itself. I Have 'ASS/SSA subtitle styling' unchecked, but 'fontconfig' and 'embedded style' checked.. For now I just remuxed the original subtiles out of the mkv, but that shouldn't be the solution.. So I hope this will be fixed in the next release (I'm using 2.2.1)..

[singlecell]

Thanks for all the reports guys, is it still happening with the latest one (SB47)?

Downloading 2.2.2 now, will let you know in little bit.

With a clean 2.2.2 install still getting a memcoder error 3.