VirtualDubMod crashes randomly with DivX 6

[adobepro]

Hello,

I'm at a loss with getting VDM to run without randomly crashing! This post is for any user with similiar hardware in the message below using AGK and you've experienced non-deterministic crashes with AGK and VirtualDubMod (would crash randomly with NTDLL.DLL during anytime AGK would use VDM (compress test/first pass/second pass, etc...))

Machine details:
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
AGK Version: 2.33
CODEC: DivX 6.25
CPU: Conroe E6600
Motherboard: Asus P5N32 SE SLI
Memory: Patriot DDR II 800 @ 4-4-4-12 / 2.2v

What I tried with no success:
1. Setting CPU affinity
2. Disabled HD caching (always do anyway to prevent corruption on hard resets)
3. Disabled Vanderpool extension (runs with less crashes now (i.e., I can encode a few videos fine now, but will still crash from time to time, even with re-encoding a previous successful encoded video just as a test)
4. Changing DivX codecs 6.1 to 6.25.
5. Running it on a virtual OS.

Notes:
1. The machine is NOT overclocked.
2. XVID works perfectly everytime -- not a single crash after 60 encodes.

I've looked for logging from VDM and apparently it is not logging so I can not provide any further details other than the crash info in the event viewer.

Typical Message: Faulting application virtua~1.exe, version 1.5.4.0, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x0002ae24.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

adobepro.

P.S. My Athlon64 3200+ runs perfectly (albiet with >50% longer encoding times) for years using this (was using AGK .8 beta for four years (starting with my Athlon XP 1700+) and recently upgraded to AGK 2.33 because .8 couldn't use DivX 6.

[jggimi]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

I'm moving this to the VD/VDM forum, since you did not mention using either Gordian Knot or AutoGK (both of which use VDM).

[adobepro]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

I'm moving this to the VD/VDM forum, since you did not mention using either Gordian Knot or AutoGK (both of which use VDM).

Hello jggimi,

Thanks for the welcome -- I'm apologize, I did but as an abbreviation, "AGK"

Thanks,

adobepro

[jggimi]

Ooops! You're right. I missed it. I'll have this moved back ASAP.

[adobepro]

Hi jggimi,

Great, thanks (I'll also make a note of that for future post, such that to use AutoGK or Gordian Knot.)

adobepro.

[BigDid]

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AGK Version: 2.33
CODEC: DivX 6.25
CPU: Conroe E6600
Motherboard: Asus P5N32 SE SLI
Memory: Patriot DDR II 800 @ 4-4-4-12 / 2.2v
...
1. The machine is NOT overclocked.
2. XVID works perfectly everytime -- not a single crash after 60 encodes.
...
P.S. My Athlon64 3200+ runs perfectly (albiet with >50% longer encoding times) for years using this (was using AGK .8 beta for four years (starting with my Athlon XP 1700+) and recently upgraded to AGK 2.33 because .8 couldn't use DivX 6.
Hi,

Hardware or software ?

You'll have to test to pin down the real problem.

Hardware, test at least:
-memory (memtest)
-cpu (cpuburn)
see the sticky: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=54130

Software; what works:
AGK with Xvid (and VDM)
To test:
-VDM by encoding without VDM (DrDIvx?)
-AGK by encoding without AGK: run AGK stop at beginning of first pass and re-use the movie.avs script directly in VDM
-Divx already tested using 6.1 without change... Is there a 6.2x something to test between 6.1 and 6.25?
Depending on the results of the tests, you may be able to get a clearer vision of your problem; or divx user may be able to help more (I use Xvid)...

Did