the bug description really sounds like a hardware problem. in no way mencoder should be able to hang your whole system.
I also see that this is a pretty old report. did you try a newer copy of mencoder? ** Changed in: mplayer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: mplayer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- mencoder hangs system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs