I get the same error with null for in and out: ju...@dhcp216:~/src/tc$ transcode -i /dev/null -x null,null -y V=null,A=null,M=null transcode v1.2.0-dev3 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2009 Transcode Team libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable. ************************************************ ** ** ** No css library available. See ** ** /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/README.Debian ** ** for more information. ** ** ** ************************************************ libdvdread: Can't seek to block 256 libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed libdvdread: Can't seek to block 256 libdvdnav:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO. [fileinfo.c] warning: [fileinfo.c:128] file read error: Success [probe_ffmpeg.c] critical: unable to open '/dev/null' (libavformat failure) [transcode] V: auto-probing | /dev/null (FAILED) [transcode] V: import format | (null) in WAV audio, PCM format (module=null) [transcode] A: auto-probing | /dev/null (FAILED) [transcode] A: import format | AC3 in WAV audio, PCM format (module=null) [transcode] V: AV demux/sync | (1) sync AV at initial MPEG sequence [transcode] V: import frame | disabled [transcode] V: bits/pixel | 0.000 (unknown) [transcode] V: decoding fps,frc | 25.000,0 [transcode] V: video format | YUV420 (4:2:0) aka I420 [transcode] A: import format | 0x2000 AC3 [48000,16,2] [transcode] A: export format | 0xffffffff unknown [48000,16,2] 128 kbps [transcode] V: export format | (null) [transcode] V: encoding fps,frc | 25.000,3 [transcode] A: bytes per frame | 7680 (7680.000000) [transcode] A: adjustment | 0...@1000 [transcode] H: worker threads | 2 (2 hardware) [transcode] H: IA32/AMD64 accel | sse3 sse2 sse mmx cmove asm [transcode] warning: no option -o found, encoded frames send to "/dev/null" [transcode] V: video buffer | 10 @ 0x0 [0x30323449] [transcode] A: audio buffer | 10 @ 48000x2x16 [import_null.so] v0.2.0 (2002-01-19) (video) null | (audio) null [encode_null.so] v0.0.4 (2009-02-07) null (fake) A/V encoder [encode_null.so] v0.0.4 (2009-02-07) null (fake) A/V encoder [multiplex_null.so] v0.0.2 (2005-12-29) discard each encoded frame [tcframes.c:230] tc_bufalloc(): can't allocate 9223372036854775936 bytes [export.c] critical: can't allocate encoder buffers [transcode] critical: failed to init encoder
-- Carl K
