On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Alexander Roalter wrote: > > when looking for something similar, I get the following thread: > http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/x264-devel/2009-September/006338.html > In which for multi-threaded encoding > param.i_sync_lookahead = 0; > is suggested... Apparently, mencoder should do the same. (?) param.i_sync_lookahead = 0 was suggested as a way to reduce latency, not to fix anything. > Pos:8332.8s 199800f (99%) 68.03fps Trem: 0min 634mb A-V:0.018 [513:119] > x264 [error]: Incomplete MB-tree stats file.0min 634mb A-V:0.013 [511:120] > x264_encoder_encode failed Are you using any mencoder options that could cause different numbers of frames in each pass? > Oh, and BTW, I used to reach 120fps on the 2nd pass with identical > settings, now I only reach 70... Identical commandline, or identical x264 settings? --Loren Merritt