transcode woes

[nitepeople]

I am trying to back up a DVD release aug 15th, I've installed and tried the newest versions of : ripit4me,dvdfab,dvd shrink,vob blanker,dvd clone,any dvd (basically everything) An I've tried every combination. the PC is a p3 384mb ram 120gb hd a 4 day old install of XP w/ sp 2 and all the updates, even directx. I've sucessfully backed up many of my movies I own. However this new release will not go. As soon as I get it to DVD Shrink or Clone DVD it crashes the whole PC, first the timer in the aplication stops counting down it just stays at the same time. A minute or so later my ram buffer in the app decreases slowly, then within a minute the preview stops and this means the whole pc is froze and I have to hit the power button on the tower to get the pc to reboot.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

It would help if you posted the Title and region number of the problematic DVD.

I've sucessfully backed up many of my movies I own.Have you successfully backed up any DVDs on this system, since your 4 day old installation of XP?

[nitepeople]

hi! thanks.
the problematic DVD is Magilla Gorilla disk 1 (and also Hong Kong Phooey same region number I imagine)
from anydvd:
Summary for drive E: (AnyDVD 6.0.6.3)
Drive (Hardware) Region: 1

Media is a Data DVD.
Booktype: dvd-rom (version 1), Layers: 2 (opposite)
Size of first Layer: 1575984 sectors (3078 MBytes)
Total size: 2420278 sectors (4727 MBytes)

Video DVD (or CD) label: MAGILLA_GORILLA_DISC_1
Media is CSS protected!
Video Standard: NTSC
Media is locked to region(s): 1 2 3 4!

RCE protection not found.
DVD structure appears to be correct.
Structural copy protection not found.
Autorun not found on Video DVD.
Bad sector protection not found.
Emulating RPC-2 drive with region 1!

and now that u mentioned it I was so bent on getting theese to work because they had not on my other pc, that I had not tried another disK. OK now I have I tried Transformers disk 1 this box set is a couple years old and WOW it does not work.
So I guess my Question is: Why will my PC not backup? Thanks setarip_old.

[setarip_old]

Sounds like you may have some bad RAM - or, perhaps, your system is overheating...

[nitepeople]

I did add a stick from my dead box, maybe that was not such a good idea. I'll try troubleshooting the ram. What do I do if it overheats?

[setarip_old]

What do I do if it overheats?Clean out the innards. Make sure fans are working properly. Make sure vents aren't blocked...

[nitepeople]

Yup you called it. Overheating it was, whoever was in this pc before me unhooked the fan thats right on the chip!!! and there is a best buy service sticker on the back, damm that geek squad. I've already sucessfully backed up an older disk so, so far so good. now I will try one of the disks that were giving me the problem. Is there anything that can be done to curb cpu usage, mine was at 100% the whole time of the rip, I used anydvd w/ shrink. maybe if I rip first w/ dvdfab then use shrink by itself??:thanks:

[setarip_old]

Yup you called it. Overheating it wasGlad to hear the issue was so easily resolved ;>}Is there anything that can be done to curb cpu usage, mine was at 100% the whole time of the ripMost of the video-related programs (ripping, editing, converting, etc.) greedily grab as much CPU usage as they can - Nothing to be concerned about...

[nitepeople]

ok everything seems fine then got as far as the burn process and made a few coasters, before I used Nero 6 and used DVD video setting so it makes a video_ts folder for u and u just add files. It won't play in a standalone player only pc (and quite good i might add) though. When I made my last backup I just dropped the files from DVD shrink into Toast (my only dvd burner was on my mac) select data udf, new disk and just add 2 folders (video and audio ts). Same media and the ones burt w/ toast play in every player in the house fine.

[jel]

personally i would take nero out of the equation ;)

grab yourself a copy of ImgTools Classic and ImgBurn from the doom9 download page:
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/software2.htm

you can even configure ImgTools Classic to automatically open ImgBurn once it has created the disc image to burn that image onto a blank disc for you.

i have been using this combination for years and it has never failed me yet.

hth
j

[nitepeople]

tried both nero and imgtools/burn but it still wony give me a disk that plays.

[nitepeople]

figured out it was the firmware of the burner ImgBurn works fine now. wish I never installed Nero 700+ MB! holy crap!
thanks for all the help!