AutoMKV hangs with message "first normalizing volume - WAIT" message :(

[Jackie]

Hi,

I have ripped a DVD source to HDD, and try to convert it to XVid with AutoMKV, I have tried to convert Audio to MP3 or AC3, but no matter which one I use, I get the sollowing status bar message:

"Encoding Audio with Aften - first normalizing volume... wait", and nothing else happens. Here is a log:


00:29:41 0.98.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - START JOBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
00:29:41 Selected Input file: D:\Videos\MyMovie_S06DISC1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
00:29:41 Selected Output dir: D:\Videos\temp\
00:29:41 Selected Final Name: MyMovie_S06DISC1
00:29:41 Selected Container type: AVI
00:29:41 Selected Encoder: XviD
00:29:41 Selected Size: 1500 / 1
00:29:41 Selected Profile: 2_Pass_Extreme_Quality.xml
00:29:41 Selected Resizer: NONE / Original
00:29:41 Selected Filters: RemoveGrain(mode=2)
00:29:41 Selected Deinterlacer: AUTO
00:29:41 Selected Field Order: AUTO
00:29:41 NeroAACEnc.exe: not present
00:29:41 Activate PGC Ripping: 1
00:29:41 Using Matrix: Sharktooth's EQM v3LR.cqm
00:29:41 Working by Command Line: queue1.ini
00:29:41 Track Language 1: 81: Deutsch (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x81) [0,1,2,4,5]
00:29:41 Audio Codec 1: AC3
00:29:41 Audio Quality 1: 224
00:29:41 Audio Channel 1: Stereo
00:29:41 Track Language 2: 80: English (AC3 2ch, 0xBD 0x80) [0,1,2,4,5]
00:29:41 Audio Codec 2: AC3
00:29:41 Audio Quality 2: 224
00:29:41 Audio Channel 2: Stereo
00:29:41 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 1
00:29:41 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
00:29:41 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
00:29:41 Lame Settings: ABR
00:29:41 Audio Normalization: 1
00:29:41 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
00:29:41 Advanced Audio Settings DUMP Track 2
00:29:41 Nero Option Profiles: AUTO --- Encoding Mode: Quality
00:29:41 CCT Option Profiles: AUTO --- Channel Options: AUTO
00:29:41 Lame Settings: ABR
00:29:41 Audio Normalization: 1
00:29:41 Frequency: AUTO --- Tempo: NONE --- Pitch: NONE --- Other Add:
00:29:41 Selected 1' Sub tracks: Deutsch 1 (0xBD 0x21) [0,2,4,5]
00:29:41 Selected 2' Sub tracks: English 0 (0xBD 0x20) [0,1,2,4,5]
00:29:41
00:29:41 Starting SubRipping
00:30:04 para.lst file:
00:30:04 D:\Videos\MyMovie_S06DISC1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
00:30:04 D:\Videos\temp\VTS
00:30:04 1
00:30:04 1
00:30:04 1 0 cc
00:30:04 CLOSE
00:30:04 Subtitle Size: 5146624 bytes
00:30:04 Finished SubRipping
00:30:04 Activate PGC processing: PGC 1 [1:03:39:06]
00:30:04 D:\Programme\AutoMKV\exe\Vsrip\pgcdemux.exe -pgc 1 -nocellt -nolog -noaud -nosub -nom2v -vob "D:\Videos\MyMovie_S06DISC1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO" "D:\Videos\temp"
00:31:15 Dgindex CMD: D:\Programme\AutoMKV\exe\dgindex\dgindex.exe -FO=0 -OM=1 -TN=81,80 -YR=2 -AIF=[D:\Videos\temp\VTS_01_1.VOB] -OF=[D:\Videos\temp\movie] -exit -minimize
00:31:37 D2V file size: 445447 bytes
00:31:37 Audio 2: movie t80 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3
00:31:37 Pre Audio 2' Size: 91660800 bytes
00:31:37 Audio 1: movie t81 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3
00:31:37 Pre Audio 1' Size: 91660800 bytes
00:31:39 Applying DelayAudio of 0 to audio file: movie t81 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3
00:31:39 Encoding D:\Videos\temp\movie t81 2_0ch 192kbps delay 0ms.ac3 to AC3 with 224 quality


What am I doing wrong?

[Guest]

How long did you wait?

[Jackie]

How long did you wait?

Really long, went to bed and the computer was still on, 12hours at least!

I guess this is a common problem, since I found many people describing that problem in various forums, but no solution so far :( Please, can anybody imagine what is going so terribly wrong here?

[Atak_Snajpera]

can you disable audio normalization in automkv?

[Jackie]

can you disable audio normalization in automkv?

That was one of my first thoughts too, but I cannot find an option to do so. I don't even know which tool AutoMKV uses for this purpose :( The logging seems crappy, too, because you cannot really see what's going wrong.

I think this is a conceptual problem with tools like AutoMKV: if everything works, all is fine, but if only one of dozens of components changes, it is very difficult to find the error.

[Edit] Using Process Explorer, I already found out that VirtualDubMod is actually hanging, which is obviously also used when another tool like FFMpeg is selected for demuxing :(

I already tried reinstalling AutoMKV, but I believe this is an issue related with this specific DVD-image I try to convert.

It would be great if an AutoMKV developer could have a look at this.

In the meantime, do you have any alternatives? I was thinking about Staxrip, but for some strange reason, they only support Blueray structures, not DVD structures :(

So I need a good tool to create a mlutilanguage, multisubtitle XVid or MKV from a VIDEO_TS folder.

[Wizecat]

It's a problem on win 7 64 bit. Replacing all of the bass dlls in the BeSweet folder with the same bass dlls from BeHappy will solve the issue. But keep in mind that x264 in the last automkv is not up to date with newer mbtree and some other options.

BeHappy can be found here: http://behappy.codeplex.com/

BeHappy - also a good app :)