DVD2SVCD randomly generating errors

[Bond007]

Hi,

I have done a search through the forum and I'm unable to find anybody else with this problem. When I load DVD2SVCD it randomly crashes / generates errors before it finishes loading, usually it will run the first time after installing it but if I quit and then run again it just generates an error, I tried deleting the DVD2SVCD.ini file and that appeared to work at first, everytime it would load, but then stopped, putting an old one back made it work, so didnt appear to be that, then deleting old mpv files generating in the default dir worked, but then that stopped, the only thing that usually (not always works) is removing and reinstalling it. I first thought that it was a hardware fault, my PC would randomly reboot, it turned out to be a driver problem, this is now fixed. I have never had this problem before (on my old PC, 800MHz Duron, KT7A...).
My new system is:

3.06GHz P4 HT enabled
SB51G Shuttle case
512MB Corsair 3200XMS
120GB WD JB HD + 250GB Maxtor 5000XT
Pioneer DVR 104
Gainward GeForce 4 4600
WinXP with SP1

I have reinstalled WinXP 3 times, tried it with and without service packs, tried with various different apps and drivers installed, all with the same affect. Does anybody have any idea as to why it randomly fails to load DVD2SVCD. All other applications appear to run fine, without crashing once. I have also tried it with Hyperthreading turned on and off.

Any help would be appriciated.

Thanks

David

[markrb]

I think I remember reading about problems with DVD2SVCD and the new P4's. I will see if I can find that thread. Have a look at this thread. http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40677&highlight=3.06Ghz

I have also heard of issues with Pop-Up Stopper. Although that was some time ago.

Lastly try and run Prime95 for a few hours to see if there is an error.

Mark

[Bond007]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply, I ran prime95 for just over an hour (after getting dvd2svcd to work and doing some encoding, so the CPU had done a bit of work before hand) and it didnt get any errors. One thing that I did notice with the encoding was, the quality was very poor compaired to what I used to get with the same settings (was set at 4300 max ave, 300 min, 8900 max, DVD res, no filters, 4pass), but this could be due to the source, I will try another DVD and see if I can get DVD2SVCD to work again :-)or I will just get CCE to encode an avi and see what it comes out with, to rule that out for the quality issue too.

God I hate this PC.

If needed I can give you the error code and address where it occured (always the same),will have to do that when I get home.

Thanks again