Try running the video codec with threads=1 to see if we can avoid green stuff in the Aesthetica film.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/ffmpeg_decoder.cc b/src/lib/ffmpeg_decoder.cc
index 034fefeb2..ba875711a 100644
--- a/src/lib/ffmpeg_decoder.cc
+++ b/src/lib/ffmpeg_decoder.cc
@@ -155,8 +155,15 @@ FFmpegDecoder::setup_video ()
 	if (_video_codec == 0) {
 		throw DecodeError ("could not find video decoder");
 	}
+
+	/* I think this prevents problems with green hash on decodes and
+	   "changing frame properties on the fly is not supported by all filters"
+	   messages with some content.
+	*/
+	AVDictionary* opts = 0;
+	av_dict_set (&opts, "threads", "1", 0);
 	
-	if (avcodec_open2 (_video_codec_context, _video_codec, 0) < 0) {
+	if (avcodec_open2 (_video_codec_context, _video_codec, &opts) < 0) {
 		throw DecodeError ("could not open video decoder");
 	}
 }