ffmpeg core dumps on FreeBSD 6.2

[Rick C. Petty]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 09:17:57PM -0400, Dave wrote:
> Hello,
>    I've got a cvsupped ports tree and am trying to convert a .avi file to 
> .mpg specifically a vcd so i can burn it on to a dvd. I've included the 
> command output at the end of this message, both the ffmpeg command and the 
> file command showing what freebsd thinks the .avi file is in question. The 
> result is the ffmpeg started then core dumped. I've got the .core file if 
> it would help, but i'm not a programmer so don't know where to go with 
> this. Any assistance is appreciated as i'd really like to get this .avi 
> file converted.

Does it play in mplayer?  I've often had better luck using mplayer to
output the separate streams and then converting each stream separately,
then multiplexing it back together.

-- Rick C. Petty