megui crashes in vista [Archive]

lpvtech

26th April 2007, 19:40

Well. I don't use Vista, so I'm sorry I cannot provide you with the exact solution.. But that is what I heard from my friends [which I had seen myself] and I read about it in someother places too. But try this:
Create a simple AVS with DirectShow Source and no other filter,
Sample:

DirectShowSource("D:\Movies\Sample.avi")

Then open it MediaPlayer. If it plays it will confirm that there is no problem with DirectShowSource.

It'll confirm the problem.

Out Of Topic:
And Kurtnoise13, I really really was looking forward to thank you for your excellent tools YAMB and BeLight.:cool: :thanks: They are simply awsome and I can't thank you enough. And I would suggest that you could consider them to be OpenSourced. It will help its rapid improvement, though you already programmed it to be perfect:) :)

akby

26th April 2007, 22:58

"Script error: ther is no function named "DirectShowSource"

when opening and avs in media player classic, windows media player

i reinstalled avisynth but nada

any crash message?

no there isnt. theres just a window that comes up that says "megui has stopped working" and then it closes

lpvtech

26th April 2007, 23:21

"Script error: ther is no function named "DirectShowSource"

Now that's interesting... Are you sure that the DirectShowSource.dll file is in the Avisynth plugins directory..
Try loading it through the LoadPlugin statement..
Try if this works..

Sample..

LoadPlugin("C:\Avisynth\DirectShowsource.dll")
DirectShowSource("D:\Sample.avi")

Since you say that there is no problem with MPEG2Source function [used with d2v], this should mostly fix your problem.. Or perhaps you don't have the DirectShowSource DLL in the plgins directory..

And I would very much suggest you to change the title to something like 'DirectShowSource problem in Vista', since this actually has nothing to do with meGUI [only it uses AviSynth].

akby

27th April 2007, 10:29

Sample..
Code:

LoadPlugin("C:\Avisynth\DirectShowsource.dll")
DirectShowSource("D:\Sample.avi")

this worked it on media player classic
but megui still crashes

ohh and incidentally
the avs without the load plugin statement runs fine on nero recode. whats even more annoying is that recode never picked up the avs files before, least not on XP

lpvtech

27th April 2007, 14:36

Well. Atleast we know one thing.. The problem is definetely not with the DirectShowSource or AviSynth..

fight2win

27th April 2007, 19:32

megui is not updating in vista, all it tries to download, it says path is invalid, even i did not install in program files, pls help...

akby

5th May 2007, 11:27

i formatted and reinstalled vista

dont have the problem of megui crashing
i have no idea why but it works fine now

another problem thats come up is this log error

"Log for job job2-2

avis [error]: unsupported input format (YUY2)
x264 [error]: could not open input file 'D:\ty\1\1.avs'"

the file is an avi file with a divx5 codec
the avisynth works fine in media player classic

foxyshadis

5th May 2007, 15:57

That just means you have to add a ConvertToYV12() at the end of your script. MeGUI will normally ask you to do this in the scriptcreator if the script is returning YUY2.

akby

5th May 2007, 16:52

it used to ask that before

maybe the new version skips on that

uncertainty

6th May 2007, 17:57

I recently built a new fileserver and decided to use my Vista license for it as its still too beta for my HTPC. I did a clean Vista install then added megui and have not had any crashes as others have reported here.

akby

6th May 2007, 19:34

i did a clean install as well
working just fine now

just hope they dont crop up again

kikker

17th May 2007, 23:26

ChronoCross

21st May 2007, 19:02

Hmm..I have the same problem both with MeGUI and Xvid4PSP, both of which I really wanted to learn. I don't know if I want reformat though...

I wonder what the problem could be where both apps just shut down for no apparent reason...

fresh install or upgrade? I've seen alot of conflicting dll problems that crop up with upgrades.

trooper11

14th October 2007, 03:02

I have been looking through alot of threads for help on this very issue trying to run this in Vista.

MeGui crashes when Im in the avisynth script creator. When I try to load any video, wether its avi or mkv, it crashes immediately.

Anyone found any methods for getting around this?

Im running the most current stable release of MeGUI (2.5.1007) and have tried the current beta version as well, same issue.

Sharktooth

14th October 2007, 04:36

we're aware of the multiple problems with Vista, but we dont know how to fix them. as a workaround try disabling the preview in the settings. it usually works...

amirkhan

14th October 2007, 16:05

Hmm..I have the same problem both with MeGUI and Xvid4PSP, both of which I really wanted to learn. I don't know if I want reformat though...

I wonder what the problem could be where both apps just shut down for no apparent reason...

I have the same problem on XP64... the shell encoder still keeps going but the gui disappears (crashes)

Atak_Snajpera

14th October 2007, 16:12

Both applications use .NET extension so problem must in .NET library

Sharktooth

15th October 2007, 21:26

berrinam found (dont ask me how!) what was causing the crash in mediainfo... but still we have to fix the directshow code.
practically speaking it still crashes, but one of the two causes of those crashes is fixed.
however, my hate for Vista is growing...

Zulithe

26th October 2007, 01:27

Sharktooth, hate it if you must, but there are a lot of us using it. Please don't give up on us! :D

berrinam

26th October 2007, 04:12

I'll tell you of one of my frustrations when I tried this DirectShow bug on a Vista computer: I could initially reproduce the crash, and then Vista "recovered" it. So now I can no longer reproduce the crash, and I have no way to debug it.

Anyway, Zulithe, I noticed you're using Nero MP4 Splitter. Try installing Haali Media Splitter (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv) and giving it MP4 splitting support. Then, see if that works, and if not, check in GraphEdit whether DirectShow is actually using the Haali Splitter instead of the MP4 splitter.

berrinam

26th October 2007, 04:28

@Zulithe and anyone else who still has problems on Vista with the AVS creator: please try using the version of megui at http://www.megui.org/vista-directshow.zip because it contains diagnosis information.

When you try to open the file which causes megui to crash, it will show you dialog boxes containing messages about its progress. Please note which box is the last that displays before the crash, and post here.

Sharktooth

26th October 2007, 04:34

it will be hard, since from what i heard megui closes itself immediately

Zulithe

26th October 2007, 06:00

hello. yes it is now using haali splitter. graphedit doesn't specifically note it on the graph but the nero one is no longer there, and the haali icon appears in the system tray.

However I have had some explorer crashes while using haali when looking at thumbnails in folders. Not sure I will keep it around unless I am forced to...

okay i used the version linked above. the first box it shows upon opening a file in the avisynth window is 'opening directshow interface'.

The last one it shows before it closes is 'Opening MediaInfo file'

then it closes as it always does. i checked the logs, they are pretty useless :P no details given.

berrinam

26th October 2007, 06:18

If you go to Tools->Muxer->Adaptive Muxer, and you select this file as your video input, does it also crash in the same way?

Zulithe

26th October 2007, 11:02

berrinam: yes.

berrinam

26th October 2007, 14:13

Do you have libs version 0.2.6.1028? If not, please try updating to that version (ensure that Tools->Settings->Extra config->Configure servers->Autoupdate servers is set to development, not stable) and report back.

Does Avisynth preview work for you in the main window? I mean, when you select an Avisynth file for video input, if you have does it crash when it tries to show the video preview (if it doesn't crash but shows no preview window, please try changing Settings->Open Preview after Avisynth script selection to true)

Zulithe

27th October 2007, 01:24

berrinam. Thanks for your further replies. Yes I have 0.2.6.1028 libs (and all others up-to-date; i am using the development update)

select avisynth file? How do I even create one. I thought WAS trying to create one.

berrinam

27th October 2007, 03:20

You can test a simple Avisynth script by copy-pasting ColorBars(width=640, height=480, pixel_type="YV12") into a new plain-text file, and then changing the extension to ".avs". Then, try selecting that file from the main window.

Can you try also doing a clean install of megui: uninstall megui, then reinstall it fresh from SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156112), then run autoupdate, and see if that works?

If that still doesn't work, another thing I would like you to try is replacing your MediaInfoWrapper.dll file with this one (http://www.megui.org/MediaInfoWrapper.zip). That will pop up heaps of dialog boxes telling you the fields of MediaInfo it is querying. The first time through, click "no" when it asks if you want more detailed information, as that will take forever to click through all of them. As before, notice where it crashes. Then, run it again, but this time, when you get to the field that caused it to crash, click "yes" for more information, and record the pointer and how far it gets in the text before it crashes. That should help give more information.

Sharktooth

27th October 2007, 03:39

damnit, this vista thing is crazy. you have my respect for your patience in debugging...

trooper11

27th October 2007, 18:46

Just thought I would chime in here.

I took the advice here and reinstalled MeGui and performed the latest updates, etc.

It still crashed so I tried the mediainfowrapper.dll file posted and went through each dialogue box hitting no. Unfortunately it didnt crash at any point until after I had gone through the entire process (after hitting ok for the 'File Closed' box).

I also tried just loading up a test script and it does load that correctly.

Hopefully this info helps getting through whatever these Vista issues are. I appreciate the work thats been done so far on it.

Zulithe

28th October 2007, 04:26

I apologize for my delay. I'm just getting frustrated.

berrinam, I created the simple script you suggested. If preview is OFF, i can open it in the main window and nothing crashes (selecting it as "AviSynth Script" in the Input tab, is this what you mean?)

However if I go to options and turn preview on, and re-select it, it will close with no error message as it usually does from the Script Creation window.

I have tried multiple uninstall/re-installs over the days, including a fresh install with the new installer for 0.2.6.1033 (and then updated in-full using developer update channel)

I will continue to cooperate as much as I can. I would love to be able to use MeGUI for my encoding needs.

Zulithe

28th October 2007, 04:41

re: mediawrapper test.
1. clicked 'no' everytime it wanted detailed information. Finally, I reach "Info Read" with an okay box. And then "File Closed" After clicking OK on this one it launches the preview!
http://i20.tinypic.com/mx1pgo.jpg

Since It never crashed I guess I don't need to do the second part you requested.

berrinam

28th October 2007, 11:52

As far as I know, I haven't changed anything about the library's behaviour, so there's no reason the bug is fixed. Just to confirm: this does currently work for you, right? (Other than the message boxes, of course). I've uploaded the same library as before, but without the message boxes. Please tell me if this works: http://www.megui.org/MediaInfoWrapper2.zip

@trooper11: You appear to have a different problem from Zulithe. Could you please try this version of megui and tell me what the last messagebox that showed before the crash was? http://www.megui.org/vista-directshow.zip

Zulithe

29th October 2007, 08:49

berriam: with your latest file i no longer crash in either of the test cases we attempted. Thank you. Although the aspect ratio of the preview after selecting my .d2v file is WAY wrong (i'm still experimenting with settings here!), at least nothing closes/crashes! I will attempt to reencode some things now. Thanks!

*edit* I should mention that if I attempt to open virtually anything other than a .d2v file from the Script Creator I get messages similar to this:
AviSynth script error:
DirectShowSource: RenderFile, the filter graph manager won't talk to me
Also, selecting .avi files tends to cause megui to close every time (no errors, log references, etc.)
Is this normal? Perhaps I should try using the haali splitter again (though it causes other unrelated crashes for me in explorer.exe at times)

I do have the correct codecs installed for all of these, if it matters.

Sharktooth

29th October 2007, 13:28

to fix the explorer crashes with the haali media splitter, open the options and set Explorer Integration -> Enable thumbnails extraction to No.

berrinam

29th October 2007, 21:36

Well, I'm pleased that the last library I uploaded works. However, I think it is pretty much exactly the same as the library distributed with MeGUI, so I suspect there's just something up with your update process which causes MeGUI not to correctly update the library.

Zulithe

30th October 2007, 00:37

berrinam: my update process? Any ideas what it could be? As I stated, I completely uninstalled megui, reinstalled (latest installer from sourceforge), set the update 'channel' to development, and updated through there. I'm not sure what I could be doing wrong that everyone else is doing right.

Not to harp here, but the problem is definitely not fixed (totally, anyway), as selecting .avi files almost always (always?) results in causing megui to crash without prompt, or errors like I pasted above (that particular error I got from a .mpg file)

I am a bit unclear as to rather one is supposed to be allowed to select files other than .dv2 at the AviSynth Creator screen. If that is not supported, perhaps you can force megui to ONLY accept .dv2 files to prevent people from encountering issues like this.

Also, I reinstalled Matroska Splitter (this time disabling explorer integration, thanks sharktooth), but it has no effect as to these crashes. Same behavior as before.

I apologize. I was a bit hasty when I said it was fixed. I have now tried more than a dozen files, both with your new file and the one distributed with 0.2.6.1034's installer/dev update. I am getting the same behavior as originally.

trooper11

30th October 2007, 00:43

sorry about the late reply, this is the first chance Ive had to try it again.

I uninstalled megui and downloaded the version suggested.

Now, berrinam, did you want me to just download that version of megui you linked to and run it without installing anything else? (i.e. updates, pointing it to all apps, etc, just trying to load it as is )

If so, when I did that, it failed when trying to open the preview (even though I had disabled that in the settings before I started) with this message:

The file DirectShowSource("H:\****.mkv", audio=false) cannot be opened. Please make sure its a valid AviSynth script and that AviSynth is properly installed.

Error Message for your reference: Unable to load DLL 'AvisynthWrapper': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

thanks agian for taking the time to look at this

Kurtnoise

30th October 2007, 17:34

@trooper11: are you sure that you have AvisynthWrapper.dll in the same MeGui.exe folder ?

berrinam

30th October 2007, 21:18

Now, berrinam, did you want me to just download that version of megui you linked to and run it without installing anything else? (i.e. updates, pointing it to all apps, etc, just trying to load it as is )

No, that won't work, as it won't have the updates -- so you'll get errors like 'missing AvisynthWrapper.dll'. What I meant was that you install megui from SourceForge, get all the updates, and then replace the file, megui.exe, with the one I linked to.

fight2win

1st November 2007, 18:11

when i try to create avs file, avisynth script creator, megui crashes.....

Tacio

2nd November 2007, 06:23

same problem... again... but in winxp

fatxy

3rd November 2007, 11:36

i fixed my vista (64bit) issues with these steps:

log in as 'real' admin

dont install megui and avisynth under these paths

C:\Programme
C:\Programme (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x86)

after that, everything is workin very well :)

trooper11

3rd November 2007, 22:25

No, that won't work, as it won't have the updates -- so you'll get errors like 'missing AvisynthWrapper.dll'. What I meant was that you install megui from SourceForge, get all the updates, and then replace the file, megui.exe, with the one I linked to.

Sorry about the confusion there.

I reinstalled the latest version of MeGUI and now a new problem has occured. I am getting an error when trying to update the program (I changed the update options to look for development files). This happens after the program finishes downloading the updates and applying by restarting the application:

Fatal Error:

Reason: could not load file or assembly 'ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib, Version=0.85.4.369, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1b03e6acf1164f73' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) Source of exception:
megui stacktrace: at
MeGui.UpdateWindow.SaveNewFile(iUpgradeable file, Stream data)
at MeGui.UpdateWindow.InstallFiles(SortedDirectory`2 groups)
at MeGui.UpdateWindow.BeginUpdate()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

Now what I did try is changing the download setup to only stable releases and can get all of those updates fine. Im not sure what has changed since I last installed it that would cuase it to fail to update with development versions of files, but something has.

But just running on the stable release, I was able to do a test and the process fails at the 'Opening AVS Preview' step. I did set the avs preview to off in the settings, but maybe this preview is something different.

PS: I got to update on the stable releases but once I restarted it prompted me for another update (encaaplus only), this same error comes up when I tell it to update.

Sharktooth

3rd November 2007, 22:53

the sharpziplib 0.85 was added in the dev version (since 0.2.6.1028) but the stable build requires the 0.84...

trooper11

4th November 2007, 00:24

well Ive only been installing the latest dev version.

it just wont complete the updates when I try to run them. the first time I try right after installing it, it restarts as normal, but it says it couldnt update 'libs' or 'avswrapper'. then it gives the error message I listed above.

is there something i should move? I just dled the latest dev version and installed it, sitll getting this error.

noapp

4th November 2007, 16:18

berrinam, I am not sure if you are still interested in solving the mediainfo related problem but I can confirm that even with proper installation and update, both 0.2.6.1033 and 0.2.6.1034 failed under Vista when loading d2v file in AvisynthCreator.
If I replace the MediaInfo.dll 0.7.5.3 (which is shipped in megui-libs_1028) with 0.7.4.4, everything is fine. BTW, I have also tried the avisynth you gave, and just the same.
Do let me know what I can help to solve the problem as it is very annoying. I am a developer but unfortunately not speaking in C# (yet).

trooper11, I have also encountered the problem you described. Just copy the ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll manually from megui-libs_1028.zip under your update_cache directory and it will be fine.

trooper11

6th November 2007, 07:38

thanks for the tip there noapp, that got rid of the update issue.

but im still getting the failure in avs creation at the 'Opening AVS Preview' step.

im sure this is a tough one to get around, but i appreciate the time you guys are putting into this great app. Ill definitely be using it heavily once I get past this issue.

winnydows

6th November 2007, 09:54

Hello everybody.
This problem hangs on Vista with Microsoft Office Groove installed and only with DirectShowSource when AviSynthWrapper start using generated script. Bugs hang in AviSynthWrapper only. Some where in
int __stdcall dimzon_avs_init(SafeStruct** ppstr, char *func ,char *arg, AVSDLLVideoInfo *vi, int* originalPixelType, int* originalSampleType, char *cs).

I try fix it now, but no luck. Can`t debug breakpoints in this dll. Hope this information helps you fix Wrapper. Anyway will try self fix it. But i`m 0 in C++.

For all who want use MeGUI or XviD4PSP now: solution is uninstall Groove. But will be much better fix AviSynthWrapper (for developers).

Added
Wow! I can now in to dll debuging. Hope it let me fix problem.

bug hangs in AVSValue res = pstr->env->Invoke(func, AVSValue(&arg, 1));
and than in AVSValue(const AVSValue* a, int size) { type = 'a'; array = a; array_size = size; } in avisynth.h

Kurtnoise

6th November 2007, 10:53

Strange...I don't have MS Office Groove on my Vista box.

winnydows

6th November 2007, 11:41

Add-Remove programs - MS Office 2007 - Change - Groove - Kill.
All default installations of Office 2007 have Groove.

Kurtnoise

6th November 2007, 14:17

I don't have MS Office 2007, only 2003...

winnydows

6th November 2007, 16:39

Anyway I get one more close step to bug solution. Problem not in AviSynthWrapper and not in avisynth.dll and not even in MediaInfo. Problem some where in MeGUI and XviD4PSP source. Some of step lock avisynth.dll and dll unlock again only after reboot. Hope found this place today.

Kurtnoise

6th November 2007, 17:39

let me know when you find the trick...

noapp

6th November 2007, 18:41

Not meant to be rude but could you consider the fact that changing mediainfo.dll back to the previous version solves the problem?
There must be some explanation about this, right? Hope this hint will help you lock the problem.

winnydows

6th November 2007, 18:54

Problem is here even if don`t use MediaInfo.
But I found where is it:

If one time use OpenFileDialog() - standart dialog for files opening, then AviSynthWrapper will crash with DircetShowSource.

Solution is don`t use OpenFileDialog (use alternative if this exists). Or other solution is use OpenFileDialog outside of main code or use AviSynthWrapper outside of main code.

Will try get it work with this two ways now.

Added
Found confirmation what problem is in OpenDialog.
Use DragNDrop and file opening work fine.
Don`t know use MeGUI DD or don`t, but in XviD4PSP you can check this. Just drag file to main window and import will be ok. SaveDialog don`t have this problem. So this is fast and simple tmp solution. Will work now on get working OpenDialog.

Added
I made it :). Work perfect with opendialogs in external console application. Also this is more safe, if opendialog crash, application don`t crash and dont kill all work. So XviD4PSP 5.026 will be with this fix and you can test it.

berrinam

7th November 2007, 04:12

I'll make a build of megui that runs OpenFileDialog through an external application soon, and see if that fixes it for people.

But why on earth is OpenFileDialog causing Avisynthwrapper to crash?

Sharktooth

7th November 2007, 04:31

dunno... and it is really freaking weird.

winnydows

7th November 2007, 09:33

I too don`t know. I live with this bug from november 2006, and only after one year founded sollution. Probably something wrong in Vista+OpenFileDialog. But in 99% of cases this bug add Microsoft Groove. Probably it tweak OpenFileDialog. Also in Vista I get sometime crash app after "new OpenDialog()" even if no Groove installed. And if encoding was in progress everything will be killed. So I`m very glad for solution with console SafeOpenDialog. Think a lot of user will be glad too.

Fix done:
XviD4PSP 5.025 beta full (http://winnydows.com/download/xvid4psp/XviD4PSP_5025_beta_full.exe)
XviD4PSP 5.025 beta update (http://winnydows.com/download/xvid4psp/XviD4PSP_5025_beta_update.exe)

Install full version and than install update.

Sharktooth

9th November 2007, 19:45

@berrinam: could you please add mediainfo 0.7.5.5 to your vista test builds and see if it still crashes? (look here: https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1063838#post1063838)

Yoshiyuki Blade

17th November 2007, 03:58

Is this issue exclusive to 64-bit OSes? I've used MeGUI on vista32 just fine, but it does immediately stop responding on vista64.

burfadel

17th November 2007, 04:11

I'm using Vista x64 and it works fine, I'm also using mediainfo 0.7.5.5.

I found a problem with ffdshow though. Try downloading the latest rev number from ffdshow.info then uninstall your current one. When you reinstall the new one, DON'T select the avisynth options, just the default top option only. It still can be used with MEGUI etc, or it does here.

pernas

17th November 2007, 12:31

burfadel

17th November 2007, 22:24

I'm using Vista 32bit and I got the "preview issue" after updating to 1038. I've read about MediaInfo Version 0.7.5.5 in the other thread and wonder if it's possible to get hold of that version and try it?

Br,
Per

Here is the download section on the offical mediainfo sourceforge website. For Vista and x64 (XP x64, Vista x64), unless you're specifically using a 64 bit programme use the normal mediainfo.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86862&package_id=90614

pernas

18th November 2007, 11:14

Thanks, but it didn't work - if I only had a complete backup of 0.2.6.1036..

Br,
Per

Kurtnoise

18th November 2007, 11:58

Did you replace MediaInfoWrapper.dll by the old one as stated in this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1066016#post1066016) ?

pernas

18th November 2007, 13:52

Did you replace MediaInfoWrapper.dll by the old one as stated in this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1066016#post1066016) ?
Oh, missed that -thanks!
Going to try that (if I only get through 4FileHosting)

Br,
/Per

pernas

18th November 2007, 14:15

Oh, missed that -thanks!
Going to try that (if I only get through 4FileHosting)

Br,
/Per

Due to problems with 4FileHosting would it be possible to get a copy of MediaInfoWrapper.dll.rar to mail @ mandoline_m-dot-hotmail-dot-com

edit: got it from an old installation

Br,
Per

Guru1234

3rd December 2007, 05:54

Is avisynth crash on vista is solved. Most of the people are reporting that it crashes due to MS-Groove installed with MS-Office.

Sharktooth

3rd December 2007, 14:15

the problem has been fixed.

chiklit

16th December 2007, 11:52

Is the fix in a released version? I was still getting the crash with the latest dev release. Fixed it by uninstalling Groove (among other Office 2007 things I don't use).

Sharktooth

16th December 2007, 15:22

the fix is in the auto-update...
however this M$ groove thing makes me mad...

fatxy

17th December 2007, 14:24

no problems here anymore, didnt crash in a long time, preview window is workin again properly too, thanks guys :thanks:
(PS: the vista update .net framwork thingy which popped up is pointing to win xp framework updates)

there is still a minor problem here:
Job not started. Reason: Calling setup of processor failed with error 'The file D:\__VIDEO\vdr2avs_1.avs cannot be opened.
Error message for your reference: AviSource: Could not locate video stream.
(D:\__VIDEO\vdr2avs_1.avs, line 1)'

i always get this when i am trying to encode sth via vdub frameserver (.avs -> vdub -> .vdr -> .avs -> megui)
double click on error -> waiting -> start works but its not that comfy ;)

fatxy

Sharktooth

17th December 2007, 14:42

i guess something is going nuts in your chain... :)

fatxy

17th December 2007, 16:14

i guess something is going nuts in your chain... :)

yeah i know its evil (but the only way to keep things easy & workin)

nevertheless, it worked on my xp system and its workin when starting the job manually

Sharktooth

17th December 2007, 19:13

does the .avs (the rightmost one in your chain) play in a DS media player (WMP, MPC, whatever...)?

fatxy

17th December 2007, 23:12

sure, as i said megui will encode it, but it seems the source stream is only temporally available

after audio stream is finished it should start with the 1. pass -> 'error'

i reset 'error' to 'waiting', push start its workin till 2nd pass should start

then again 'error' -> 'waiting' -> start till the file should got muxed

error popup, i click ok, file is getting muxed afterwards properly

dunno whats wrong, but ie. loading the avs is working very well too, the preview window appears, everything seems normal

PS: is there any easy to use logo filter for avs available yet?

Sharktooth

18th December 2007, 02:16

uhm... there is some sort of timeout in the chain. maybe buffering problems. try to set a higher amount of memory in the avisynth script and see if it gets better.
concerning the logo filter, remember avisynth can load the vdub filters too. however i never needed such filters so maybe someone in the avisynth forum can help you better than me.

matrix40

19th December 2007, 22:09

Has anyone ever tried to open megui and gotten an error could not load previous settings?

Kurtnoise

20th December 2007, 11:17

reinstall the complete megui package.

Sharktooth

20th December 2007, 14:11

uninstall previous versions first...

dicen

1st January 2008, 16:55

Uninstalled Microsoft Groove from Office 2007 and no more crashing on Vista Ultimate 32bit.

You can't use Groove anyway without a Microsoft Groove server. It is worthless. Yet another thing for companies to buy. With Google you just use the Google service.

Does this thing run on Linux (Ubuntu)?

Sharktooth

1st January 2008, 17:04

megui can be run on top of mono, but you also should carefully setup a recent version of wine, install avisynth (using wine) and hope everything works :)

dicen

1st January 2008, 18:57

I spoke to soon. I can run the AviSynth script creator to create a script. But, once I try to load that script MeGUI either crashes or creates 1000s of handles until it crashes. What is weird is that I can load the script automatically after I create it in the script creator.

So it is broke on Vista. Xvid4PSP works fine so I guess I am going back to that.

dwm4444

6th January 2008, 14:51

Thought I'd report my experience in case it offers any clues. I've been using MeGUI for a few months to back up DVDs to H264/AAC mp4 files. No problems, worked fine. Thanks for the great program.

Last night, for the first time, I tried to re-encode an xvid/mp3 AVI to the same format as above and encountered immediate shut-down of MeGUI as soon as I opened the Avisynth Script Creator. MeGUI version 0.2.6.1040; Vista Home Premium 32-bit.

Found this thread. Tried suggestions in the earlier pages (replacing MediaInfoWrapper, updating from the development servers to 0.3.0.1004). I also shut down the GrooveMonitor process in Task Manager. No luck.

So I finally tried uninstalling Microsoft Groove, and now all works fine. I can create the script and encode with no problems so far.

Office version is MS Office 2007 Enterprise (I got it free through my employer via MS's "Home Use Program"; I don't know what Groove does and never used it anyway).

Hope this helps. And thanks again for MeGUI.

Sharktooth

6th January 2008, 15:40

before reporting problems, please let megui auto-update to the latest stable or dev version. thanks.
however, seems MS Groove that comes with Office 2007 Enterprise in conjunction with Windows Vista is causing problems to megui (dunno why? ask M$...).

fight2win

7th January 2008, 11:49

groove? whta's that?

Sharktooth

7th January 2008, 17:12

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/groove/default.aspx

asarian

28th May 2008, 19:22

Fatal Error:

Reason: could not load file or assembly 'ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib, Version=0.85.4.369, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1b03e6acf1164f73' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) Source of exception:
megui stacktrace: at
MeGui.UpdateWindow.SaveNewFile(iUpgradeable file, Stream data)
at MeGui.UpdateWindow.InstallFiles(SortedDirectory`2 groups)
at MeGui.UpdateWindow.BeginUpdate()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

I get the exact same error. And the one about avisynth wrapper missing. And the one about being unable to update 'libs' and 'avswrapper' (which it lists no previous version for). And I have no Groove installed (but do have Office Professional Plus 2007).

A truly sad day. I *really* needed this prog to trancode VC-1 -> AVC, and now it looks like the Vista issue is unsurmountable. :( Or are folks still working on it?

Kurtnoise

29th May 2008, 06:37

I *really* needed this prog to trancode VC-1 -> AVC, and now it looks like the Vista issue is unsurmountable. :( Or are folks still working on it?
To transcode your vc-1 streams to avc, just remux them into M2TS/TS or MKV container, that should be fine if (and only if) you have the right decoders filters chain.

About Vista issues: well...I need to reinstall it once again and this is not a funny game. :rolleyes:

asarian

29th May 2008, 06:41

To transcode your vc-1 streams to avc, just remux them into M2TS/TS or MKV container, that should be fine
Except that the PS3 won't stream m2ts files with vc-1 content in it (nor will it play mkv, for that matter). Hence, my need to have it transcoded somehow to AVC, so I can remux the AVC stream into an m2ts file, which is PS3-streamable.

Kurtnoise

29th May 2008, 06:45

asarian

29th May 2008, 06:50

did you read carefully what I wrote ?

I meant :
1/ remux vc-1 to mkv or m2ts (with TSmuxer or mmg)
2/ transcode this mkv (or m2ts) to avc (with MeGUI)
3/ remux this avc to m2ts (with TSmuxer)

but for #2, you need to have all the decoders because MeGUI needs them (by using DirectShowSource(...)) to work properly.

I read it carefully, but why would I need step 1? The vc-1 stream is already inside an m2ts file (bluray).

And yes, step 2 is of course the hard part; especially when I can't get MeGui to install properly under Vista. :)

asarian

29th May 2008, 07:30

Hey now, this is encouraging! :) I've reinstalled MeGUI to something other than "C:\Program Files\" (to C:\megui); and lo and behold, it installs and updates (!) properly! Haven't done all tests yet, but things are looking up. :)

EDIT: It couldn't be something as trivial as having spaces in a path name (= improperly quoted paths, internally), like in "Program Files", could it??

Kurtnoise

30th May 2008, 07:44

I read it carefully, but why would I need step 1? The vc-1 stream is already inside an m2ts file (bluray).
in this case, speak about m2ts...not about vc-1. I thought it was the raw stream.

Kurtnoise

30th May 2008, 07:45

mckiejohn

30th May 2008, 17:08

Could someone tell me how to uninstall Groove on its own. Or will I need to uninstall the whole Office package?

dwm4444

31st May 2008, 08:17

mckiejohn,

You can uninstall Groove independently of Office. In Vista, open Control Panel; click "Programs and Features", click on Microsoft Office, then click "Change" on the menu bar above. A pop-up will popup with "Add or Remove Features" selected. Click "Continue". Click the down-arrow on the "Microsoft Office Groove" box and choose "Not available" then click next.

Not sure what happens after this as I've already uninstalled it but as I remember it's pretty obvious.

mckiejohn

31st May 2008, 13:01

Thanks for that, but I ended up removing the whole package, and have reverted back to Office 2003 (a better program if you ask me). The good think is meGUI now works. And it only took me six months to make it work... Great fun!

shuffle2

1st July 2008, 07:04

hey i thought i'd jump on this thread instead of creating another...for me, on vista x64 ultimate with megui stable or dev (up to date), whenever i try to load a video into the avisynth script creator, megui crashes. windows output is this, although stackhash doesn't allude to much:
Problemereignisname: APPCRASH
Anwendungsname: MeGUI.exe
Anwendungsversion: 0.3.0.1010
Anwendungszeitstempel: 485fafa6
Fehlermodulname: StackHash_2a66
Fehlermodulversion: 6.0.6001.18000
Fehlermodulzeitstempel: 4791a783
Ausnahmecode: c0000374
Ausnahmeoffset: 000aada3
Betriebsystemversion: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Gebietsschema-ID: 1033
Zusatzinformation 1: 2a66
Zusatzinformation 2: 6451a58300378d3769e578402fe758f6
Zusatzinformation 3: 2f9a
Zusatzinformation 4: fc6bfc61c5f8ff9626f2071c417f756f
(same sort of thing with the stable build)

Kurtnoise

1st July 2008, 07:25

1) did you have installed the last .net Framework ?

2) did you have installed Avisynth ?

shuffle2

1st July 2008, 17:29

I have avisynth 2.5.7 installed (latest stable)
and I have a range of .NET installed (I have VS2008 installed and up to date)...so i think that covers from 2.0 to 3.5

Sharktooth

1st July 2008, 17:35

update to 0.3.0.1013 and check again.
ensure to set the auto-update server option to "development" (Options->Settings->Extra Config->Configure Servers).

shuffle2

1st July 2008, 23:24

changed the server to developement, updated and restarted. still happens.
side note: this has happened for as long as i've tried to use megui. :'(

Sharktooth

2nd July 2008, 04:26

try with a clean installation.
also, throw the video in graphstudio or graphedit and post a screenshot.

shuffle2

2nd July 2008, 07:31

try with a clean installation.

have done; no difference
also, throw the video in graphstudio or graphedit and post a screenshot.
this happens on any video i try and open....I have over 1TB of video. anyways, here's the most recent thing i wanted to use megui for: http://shawnh.arcynic.net/images/megui.png

gurubhai

2nd July 2008, 07:39

try a different build of avisynth

shuffle2

2nd July 2008, 08:24

well wtf. tried avisynth 2.5.5 and it works. woot. could have sworn i tried that months ago, but whatever. now i can finally see if i like megui better than automkv ;p
thanks to all

Weirdo

13th July 2008, 11:43

This is driving me crazy, MeGUI crashes ("DEP has closed MeGUI" etc.) while loading the AVS script in Vista 32bit. Tried AVS 2.5.5 and 2.5.7, removed Groove, NET framework 3.5 installed, re-installed MeGUI 0.3.0.1015 (and run as admin), turned off preview in MeGUI...., installed MeGUI and AVS in folder E: instead of C:/Program Files... nothing.

check

13th July 2008, 11:56

DEP causing crashes? Disable DEP.

Weirdo

13th July 2008, 14:13

I don't know if it's a DEP issue. I disabled it completely (following this (http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/120778-dep-enable-disable.html)) and at the same point I now get:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5386/errorrm5.th.jpg (http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errorrm5.jpg)

check

13th July 2008, 16:05

Can you open this AVS script in a media player successfully? What is the AVS script?

Weirdo

13th July 2008, 16:26

The script plays ok in Media Player Classic (the Nero Resize filter starts up), the text is:

LoadPlugin("D:\DGDecode.dll")
DGDecode_MPEG2Source("E:\euro1.d2v",cpu=0)

Also tried without LoadPlugin, and putting the dll into the AVS plugins folder, but same thing happens.
"Euro1.d2v" was created with DGIndex.

Weirdo

13th July 2008, 16:48

Thanks for your answers, I seemed to have fixed it. The MeGUI window didn't recognise the script as an AVS file and I had to select "all files" to load it. So, I renamed it from "script.avs" to "script.avs.avs"... and it worked. I also gave DGDecode.dll modify and full control permissions so I'm not quite sure which made the trick.

edit: It doesn't work. The script loads in the initial MeGUI window but it crashes in the Script creator window. (which requires "all files" to open the script)

Weirdo

15th July 2008, 15:56

Still nothing. Funny thing is when I first installed it, it worked for a couple of times.
Seems like there are lots of Vista issues...

Sharktooth

15th July 2008, 17:11

Are you running megui as an admin?

Weirdo

15th July 2008, 18:50

Yes, tried with and without right-click=>"run as admin". The user account also is an admin account. Uninstalled and reinstalled and now 2 new problems. 10-15 items won't update ("invalid path" error if I remember correctly) and while trying to load the script it doesn't crash but I get "cannot render the file, probably codec problem" etc.

Sharktooth

15th July 2008, 18:55

ok, uninstall megui and try reinstalling it into c:\megui (do not use weird chars or spaces in the folder name)...
always execute megui.exe as admin....
dont ask me why... but sometimes it works.

rebkell

15th July 2008, 19:28

ok, uninstall megui and try reinstalling it into c:\megui (do not use weird chars or spaces in the folder name)...
always execute megui.exe as admin....
dont ask me why... but sometimes it works.

I use to have a similar problem with the On-Air software, for some reason when values got written into the registry, paths with spaces didn't get written in with quotes around them and if you modified the registry and put it back in with quotes around the path it would work, but everytime the program touched the registry the quotes would get wiped out and it was left with a fubared system/registry value.

Weirdo

15th July 2008, 20:33

ok, uninstall megui and try reinstalling it into c:\megui (do not use weird chars or spaces in the folder name)...
always execute megui.exe as admin....
dont ask me why... but sometimes it works.

Thanks, I'll try c:\megui but I've already did that on another HD, e:\megui... check my post on the previous page (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1158443#post1158443), I've also put an error screen in the following one.

@rebkell: I've applied a couple of registry cleaners after the various uninstalls.

rebkell

15th July 2008, 20:55

Thanks, I'll try c:\megui but I've already did that on another HD, e:\megui... check my post on the previous page (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1158443#post1158443), I've also put an error screen in the following one.

@rebkell: I've applied a couple of registry cleaners after the various uninstalls.

The only reason I brought it up about the registry was because the On-Air software glitch was similar, it would work sometimes when I installed it, but it would never last and I kept finding that the path kept getting corrupted in the registry, probably totally unrelated, just thought I'd mention it. The same software worked just fine on hundreds of similar machines, but it just kept screwing up on mine, probably some kind of Windows internal thing that didn't want to work on my machine, it never did make any sense.

Sharktooth

15th July 2008, 20:57

@rebkell: megui uses the registry for reading the avisynth install dir and very few other things. i dont think it's a registry problem.

@Weirdo: when installing to c:\megui or whatever, ensure you run it as an admin and do all the updates.

Weirdo

15th July 2008, 21:17

Reinstalled to c:\megui and this is the result of the update:

Trying server: htt_p://mewiki.project357.com/auto/stable/ (changed htt_p to remove link)
Retrieving update file from server...
File downloaded successfully...
Loading update data...
Update data loaded successfully...
Finished parsing update file...
There are 37 files that can be updated.
Updating core. File 1/37.
Updating data. File 2/37.
Updating libs. File 3/37.
Updating avswrapper. File 4/37.
Updating updatecopier. File 5/37.
Updating x264. File 6/37.
Updating mencoder. File 7/37.
Updating dgindex. File 8/37.
Updating mp4box. File 9/37.
Updating avimux_gui. File 10/37.
Updating xvid_encraw. File 11/37.
Updating faac. File 12/37.
Updating mkvmerge. File 13/37.
Updating ffmpeg. File 14/37.
Updating oggenc2. File 15/37.
Updating avc2avi. File 16/37.
Updating yadif. File 17/37.
Updating enc_aacplus. File 18/37.
Updating lame. File 19/37.
Updating encaudxcli. File 20/37.
Updating aften. File 21/37.
Updating convolution3dyv12. File 22/37.
Error: The path to save convolution3dyv12 to is invalid.
Updating undot. File 23/37.
Error: The path to save undot to is invalid.
Updating fluxsmooth. File 24/37.
Error: The path to save fluxsmooth to is invalid.
Updating eedi2. File 25/37.
Error: The path to save eedi2 to is invalid.
Updating decomb. File 26/37.
Error: The path to save decomb to is invalid.
Updating leakkerneldeint. File 27/37.
Error: The path to save leakkerneldeint to is invalid.
Updating tomsmocomp. File 28/37.
Error: The path to save tomsmocomp to is invalid.
Updating tdeint. File 29/37.
Error: The path to save tdeint to is invalid.
Updating tivtc. File 30/37.
Error: The path to save tivtc to is invalid.
Updating dgdecode. File 31/37.
Error: The path to save dgdecode to is invalid.
Updating simpleresize. File 32/37.
Error: The path to save simpleresize to is invalid.
Updating colormatrix. File 33/37.
Error: The path to save colormatrix to is invalid.
Updating nicaudio. File 34/37.
Error: The path to save nicaudio to is invalid.
Updating STx264. File 35/37.
Updating STAudio. File 36/37.
Updating TXviD. File 37/37.
Update completed.
24 files were completed successfully
13 files had problems.

Restarted and it still won't update. Tried to load a script { DGDecode_MPEG2Source("E:\euro1.d2v",cpu=0) } in the script creator and I get "cannot render the file".
The script used to open in mpc (the filter Nero Resize took over) but I uninstalled Nero (for some other reason) and now I get audio only.
The VOB file referenced in the d2v file opens fine in mpc.

Sharktooth

15th July 2008, 21:47

ok... then it's the avisynth installation path.
remove avisynth and do a clean install into into c:\avisynth
if it works, we have found an avisynth installer or avisynth bug :)

Weirdo

15th July 2008, 23:51

Reinstalled to c:\avisynth and megui now updated fine, but still it crashes when I load the script in the script creator. ("meGUI has stopped working...")
Could this be filter/codec related? The script played fine on mpclassic (before uninstalling Nero, now it doesn't). I have disabled preview for the script creator in meGUI.

Sharktooth

16th July 2008, 03:08

you can safely re-enable the preview.
if the script doesnt play in mpc then the problem IS filter/codec related.
the avs have to work, so install the necessary filters/decoders to make it play into MPC or any other directshow media player. usually the haali media splitter and ffdshow combo should do the trick.
btw, what filtype is the source?

~bT~

16th July 2008, 03:20

Weirdo

16th July 2008, 09:51

After uninstalling Nero I can't get the avs to open in a player. Haali media splitter and Ffdshow are installed (even checked 'Avisynth script serving' during install). The file is a dvd/vob file which opens fine in the player.

Sharktooth

16th July 2008, 15:49

then something's wrong with dgindex/dgdecode.
make sure the dgdecode dll (version 1.5.1) is in the avisynth plugin dir.

Weirdo

16th July 2008, 16:52

The version of the .dll included in the DGMPGDec Version 1.5.2 archive at the author's site, is 1.5.0.0. It's also the one I get when updating through meGUI. Still crashes, still can't open the script in mpc.

Sharktooth

16th July 2008, 17:52

im sorry, this is no longer a megui problem.
try recreating the .d2v with the d2v creator and recreting the avisynth script to.
then see it the avs can be played in mpc. if it does, then everything should be fine.

Weirdo

16th July 2008, 17:58

Thanks for looking into this. I've done that several times... Note that even when the script played fine in mpc (I had nero installed and the "Nero resize" filter was in the mpc filter chain) meGUI still crashed.

Sharktooth

16th July 2008, 18:01

nero filters are weird. dont count on them....
re-create the dv2 now that megui is fully upfated and working,
also recreate the avs without using weird filters.\
it should have possibly only the source filter.
then see if it works on MPC.... and then on MeGUI.

Weirdo

27th July 2008, 14:16

Downloaded v0.3.0.1020 today and it works ok. Nothing else was changed, even the script will now play on mpc with ffdshow.

cengique

12th February 2009, 16:57

Hi,

I've been using MeGUI for a long while and doing the updates every time they pop up. It was working yesterday, but today when I run it it causes an exception and does not even start up. I keep getting the Windows 'send error report' dialog.

I downloaded a fresh installer from SF.net, but it resulted in the same behavior. I suspect a Windows or MeGUI update gone bad. My XP is SP3 on a 64-bit Core2Duo machine.

Just wanted to report it. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I depend on MeGUI for all my transcoding needs.

-Cengiz
---
I have OCD -- Obsessive Compressive Disorder.

Sharktooth

13th February 2009, 04:59

have you uninstalled megui before reinstalling?

cengique

13th February 2009, 06:47

have you uninstalled megui before reinstalling?

I just did, I downloaded and installed 0.3.1.1006 and same thing happens.

After uninstalling all the tools are gone, so it seems to be in the initialization process of MeGUI. Unfortunately the windows crash dialog only has raw stack dumps and no legible information.

Can I pass any command line options to megui to get some diagnostics?

Sharktooth

13th February 2009, 17:12

nope. megui has no commandline options.
try reinstalling the .net framework (2.0 along with SP1).

cengique

16th February 2009, 17:47

nope. megui has no commandline options.
try reinstalling the .net framework (2.0 along with SP1).

I uninstalled .net 3.0 and was left with 2.0 SP1. Uninstalled, re-installed MeGUI, but no luck. I also tried yesterday's stable version 0.3.1.1014.

Any other suggestions? Can there be leftover stuff in the registry?

rica

16th February 2009, 18:57

With this basic tweak after a fresh installation of Vista 32, MeGui always worked for me. (don't forget NetFramework-i have 3.5)

Please uninstall MeGui, make this tweak and reinstall it back;
you will see autoupdate function is working as well:

From the Start Menu find the "Command Prompt" and right click on it. From the popup
menu select "Run as Administrator". A Command window will start.
Write "regedit"
Regedit popup window will open.
Go to the key
HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/WinLogon.
Now add (from the Edit menu) a new key.
Name this new key "SpecialAccounts".

In HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/WinLogon/SpecialAccounts
create a key named "UserList".

In HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/WinLogon/SpecialAccounts/UserList
create a new DWORD entry ;
Name this entry "Administrator" and
set the value to "1"

exit and boot

You should see this after the tweak:

Kurtnoise

16th February 2009, 19:31

what is it exactly ?

rica

16th February 2009, 20:36

what is it exactly ?

For permanent admin rights.

nosnoop

17th February 2009, 01:11

For my setup with Vista 64 bit Home Premium, MeGUI kept crashing on loading any video or avs file (with no error messages), until I install an earlier version of Avisynth 2.5.6. Now it works well.

Sharktooth

17th February 2009, 03:10

for those experiencing crashes, have you Microsoft Groove installed?
If yes, uninstall it and try again.

Kurtnoise

17th February 2009, 08:34

For permanent admin rights.
you shouln't need this honestly...

Warrex

17th February 2009, 18:38

Hi there!

Had the crashing problems on Vista x64:

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1248401&postcount=3755

Uninstalled Groove as Sharktooth said and the crashes are gone. :)

@Sharktooth/Kurtnoise: Any new ideas how Groove and MeGUI crashes are connected (AviSynthWrapper?)? Any fixes in sight (from your side) without uninstalling Groove?

Sharktooth

18th February 2009, 04:42

i have absolutely no idea why it crashes. however it is somewhat related to Groove AND Vista since on XP everything is fine even with groove installed.

cengique

18th February 2009, 17:21

i have absolutely no idea why it crashes. however it is somewhat related to Groove AND Vista since on XP everything is fine even with groove installed.

My MeGUI crashes although I am using XP and I don't have Groove installed. As I remember, I installed MS Office 2007 a few days after MeGUI started crashing, and Groove is not one of the installed components.

cengique

18th February 2009, 17:46

I just deleted all registry entries related to MeGUI after uninstalling it, but no help. It's a witch hunt if I cannot see error messages. I guess I will have to learn to compile the source. So no megui for me for a while... :(

Sharktooth

19th February 2009, 02:39

a bit more details about the crash would be helpfull

cengique

19th February 2009, 06:20

a bit more details about the crash would be helpfull

Thanks for asking, Sharktooth. Unfortunately, there's not much to report other than what I wrote above about my system (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1248684#post1248684).

Basically, I click on MeGUI and I get 'MeGUI has encountered a problem and it needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience' window. It wants to send an error report about it. The Error Signature says:

AppName: megui.exe AppVer: 0.3.1.1014 AppStamp:4999683d
ModName: kernel32.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.5512 ModStamp:4802a12c
fDebug: 0 Offset: 00012aeb

It lets me view the contents of the error report, but I cannot save or copy its contents. There is a list of modules involved, such as: MeGUI, ntdll, mscoree, kernel3, advapi3, rpctr4, etc up to 23 modules. I am not sure if you would be interested in the stack dump because there is no symbol information. I can try to debug it further if there's a procedure that I can follow. It would be great if you could add debug messages during MeGUI's initialization process that I could follow from the command window.

Sharktooth

19th February 2009, 13:41

if you use Norton AV... dump it.
also, try reinstalling the .net framework 2.0 and the SP1 update then reinstall megui from scratch.

cengique

19th February 2009, 16:59

if you use Norton AV... dump it.
also, try reinstalling the .net framework 2.0 and the SP1 update then reinstall megui from scratch.

It worked when I reinstalled .net 2.0 + SP1! Thanks a lot! Last time I tried it didn't let me uninstall .net completely for some reason. But this time I wiped it and reinstalled from scratch.

I was also suspecting the two windows updates that happened on the night MeGUI stopped working: Update Rollup for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB960715). I couldn't test this, though. MeGUI is already working :)

Thanks again!