I run into nasty program bug .... here is the situation :
I'm doing a transcode of a MPEG4/AVC file with .MKV conatiner to a lower bitrate (from 6100 kbps to about 3800 kbps) .... choosed x264 coder in 3-pass mode .... when the 2-nd pass begins, the x264 coder throws this error :
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MediaCoder Version 0.6.2 build 4275 (built on Feb 18 2009, 02:17:29)
MediaCoder is a free software distributed under MPL license.
(C)2005-08 Stanley Huang <stanleyhuangyc@gmail.com>. All Rights Reserved.
(829Mhz)
Cores: 1 L1: 16KB L2: 256KB SIMD: MMX SSE
# ".\codecs\x264.exe" - 1280x544 --fps 25 --no-psnr --no-ssim --keyint 250 --min
-keyint 25 --level 40 --me esa --merange 19 --non-deterministic --subme 1 --re
f 1 --partitions all --8x8dct --bframes 4 --direct auto --trellis 1 --weightb --
bitrate 4096 --qcomp 0.6 --sar 1:1 --threads auto --stats "K:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1
\LOCALS~1\Temp\mcpass700.log" --pass 1 -o NUL
x264 [info]: 1280x544 @ 25.00 fps
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 Cache32
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0
# ".\codecs\x264.exe" - 1280x544 --fps 25 --no-psnr --no-ssim --keyint 250 --min
-keyint 25 --level 40 --me esa --merange 19 --non-deterministic --subme 1 --re
f 1 --partitions all --8x8dct --bframes 4 --direct auto --trellis 1 --weightb --
bitrate 4096 --qcomp 0.6 --sar 1:1 --threads auto --stats "K:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1
\LOCALS~1\Temp\mcpass700.log" --pass 3 -o NUL
x264 [info]: 1280x544 @ 25.00 fps
x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 Cache32
x264 [error]: ratecontrol_init: can't open stats file
x264 [error]: x264_encoder_open failedI've tried the operation several times with intermediate system restarts .... tried different working folders (not so deep in folder tree) .... but always got this error message.
I've guessed that statistics file name template is "mcpass<PID>.log" .... and will try to "workaround" the situation this way - while the 1-st pass is working (some three hours
) I'll paste in working folder adequately named file from previous attempt.My system is Windows 2000 SP4 + Rollup, codecs - only CCCP-2008-09-21, Netscape 7.2.
I hope, this will be a "mutual" help ....
Kind regards,
Reynard
.... this led to premature (and/or abnormal) termination of first pass of x264 encoder .... leaving statistics file in working folder with .temp suffix (and much shorter than it should be) .... I guess, it's x264's responsibility to rename statistics file adequately .... Everything is working fine, now. 
