vf_sab mirrors coefficients past the edge of the picture instead of cropping: if (iy<0) iy= -iy; if(iy>=h) iy= h-iy-1; This produces -1,-2,-3... as it goes further past the end of an image, which crashes. Change this to h-1,h-2,h-3.. to avoid the crash. patch by Alexander Strange, astrange ithinksw com