[FFmpeg-user] FFV1 multi-pass: Could not allocate file buffer

[Paul B Mahol]

On 10/21/13, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:
> Peter B. <pb <at> das-werkstatt.com> writes:
>
>> I've tried to run a 2-pass encoding with FFV1.3 on a 4h
>> computer-generated video, but I'm getting the following
>> error message when I try to run the 2nd pass:
>>
>> "Could not allocate file buffer
>
> This is the relevant code:
>     *size = ftell(f);
> ...
>     *bufptr = av_malloc(*size + 1);
>     if (!*bufptr) {
>         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Could not allocate file buffer\n");
>
> I wonder if there is anyrhing we can do...
> (But you could increase ram.)
>
> Allocating 1.6G should be possible with the code in
> libavutil/mem.c (at least from a quick look).
>
> What does free report on your system?
> Is this 32 or 64bit?

Are you telling that whole file is kept in memory?

>
> Carl Eugen
>
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