Prevent trying to encode over 2048 px wide, or re-compile mencoder

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Mencoder doesn't handle over 2048px wide as currently compiled

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kee...@gmail.com on 23 Apr 2012 at 4:44

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Issue 52 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by kee...@gmail.com on 8 Feb 2013 at 8:21

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I guess I'm experiencing this.  (assume it's not yet fixed)
As I noted in Issue #41, it's difficult to tell why it's failing.

Original comment by Rupert....@gmail.com on 18 Feb 2015 at 9:49

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I definitely need to be able to record wider than 2048px wide. I like the 
option to record dual monitors but when I go to try to create a video it simply 
fails because each of my monitors is 1920x1080 pixels. This results in 
3840x1080 screenshots that can't be encoded into a video. I have attached a 
screenshot of the mencoder error.

I really need to be able to record both my screens so my vote is for a 
recompile of mencoder rather than limiting the user to 2048px. A limit of 
2048px wide when recording dual monitors implies that people have their 2 
monitors set at a max resolution of 1024x768, which is extremely unlikely 
nowadays.

Original comment by jwdo...@gmail.com on 3 May 2015 at 11:02

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• fatal_error.png

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You can get the high resolution mencoder (or compile it yourself) and point 
chronolapse to that when building video. The actual encoding is all done in 
mencoder, so you need to update that if you want the higher resolution limit.

Original comment by kee...@gmail.com on 3 May 2015 at 11:06

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Ah, that worked like a champ. Just dragged and dropped mencoder from mplayer 
website right over top of mencoder provided with chronolapse and worked no 
problem. Thanks!

Original comment by jwdo...@gmail.com on 3 May 2015 at 11:34