Possible solutions to CCE crash between passes

[dvd2svcd]

Ok, I have now gone past 39% of Soldier. All I did was lowering the Max. Bitrate (2498) down to 2400 (if you have the time you can experiment with 2400 and go down from there). Could you all please try this too?
Just make sure that the Max. Avg. bitrate is smaller (with about 100) than Max. Bitrate

[cokeboy]

DVD2SVCD ,


I encountered this problem with the 1.0.4 build 2 version... CCE simply hangs between passes or even when i tried to convert with 3pass , it hanged on the 3th pass somewhere at 63% etc... I must say I did not had this problem with the earlier versions of DVD2SVCD after I used the CRC patch on CCE . Is it coincidence I have this problem with the 1.0.4 build 2 or is it just a small bug ? I don't know, I even ran the CRC patch again on CCE but I did not have started a new conversion since.
Hope you'll find the cause of this ! If there's something we could try , I think all of us are happy to test it for you.


greets,


cokeboy

[dvd2svcd]

I have to make one thing completely clear to all of you. This is a bug in CCE not in dvd2svcd. However, since I'm constantly trying to find the optimal encoding settings, I sometimes change the default values. And some time back I changed the max. bitrate from 2300 to 2498, that might have been a mistake.

[cokeboy]

can be , anyways love your proggie , it's thé best out there ! keep up the good work , big respect!

P.S. : i did re-encode the movie that was giving me probs (the watcher) on 2pass , it hanged on 99% , so i have a good rip ;)
i'm gonna run some test though , lowering the max bitrate etc..
and i'll keep checking this forum ;)

regards,


cokeboy

[saber]

I have the same problem. But, if I keep using the machine during the encoding process, everything goes by the book. Believe me, using the PC 16hrs straight just to test that was not a small task... Only for DVD2SVCD... :)

[pgon]

When I run DVD2SVCD I disable all screensavers, scheduled tasks and all daemons and small programs running in windows. I also unchecked all the boxes for monitor power saving and hard drive standby (or something).
Now CCE never hangs. Maybe you can try it too.

[dvd2svcd]

@pgon: Thanks for you suggestion, unfortunately I'm afraid it doesn't apply in all cases. As I have 3 computers with totally different setups (software and hardware) some with a lot of background software and some with none (or next to none). The solution I'm searching for is a solution that will work every time, and so far it seems that I have found it, as described above.

[saber]

I also tried disabling all daemons, tasks, APM, anything you can think of.
I´m trying the DVD2SVCD settings from above. Will see in some 16 hrs...

[fsuk74]

Hi

I did some successful rips with DVD2SVCD, now I have this problem in CCE for the first time (CCE stops, 100% CPU usage)

The calculated bitrate for the movie is ~2100

1. try: Max Rate 2498, Max Avg 2300
-> Stops at 19%
2. try: Max Rate 2400, Max Avg 2200
-> Stops at 19%
3. try: Max Rate 2200, Max Avg 2080
-> Runs right now at 25%, we'll se how far it get

Could the reason be that in the 3. one the Max Avg is LOWER than the calculated bitrate?

[fsuk74]

OK, the conversion went through, so changing the Rate really HAS an effect.
But I'm not sure if it is the direct source for the problem, or if the success is just a side-effect (changing the Bitrate could have MANY effects - who know how CCE internaly works...)

[saber]

I´ve got a partial solution. This is what I´ve done: I rip the movies 4-8 chapters at the time. It is surely not the best way, but have got no CCE crashes till now.
Then joined the parts and went all ok.
Also, the quality is excellent.
Later I'll try to do it more chapters at the time.

[Dropbear]

I'm trying to encode SWORDFISH Region 4, and it stops at 22% for me. Have now tried different bitrate settings such as

Max 2498, 2250 AVG
Max 2498, 2150 AVG
Max 2498, 1950 AVG

and they all fail at the same place

I will try and lower the max bitrate down around 2200 with an average of 2000 and see how that goes! very annoying..