TMPGEnc closing to desktop

[Corrado]

Hi all,

I have a problem with TMPGEnc 2.5 Pro when encoding DV-AVI files to DVD (MPEG-2) format. The program almost always ends to desktop at the end of the file compression.

The compression is usually complete, but I can't batch encode since the program ends before the next file.

Recently (this morning) the problem worsened, since the crash happens before the file is closed and I'm left with a 0 Bytes MPG file. This was happening rarely before today, but now it's not letting me work at all (I've tried 5 times with the same file and no success).

The RAM is fully checked with DocMem (a 5 hours test without problems and some CPU-MEM stress tests as well).

WHat can I try?

Thanks

[bb]

Hi Corrado,

it's been a long time since I saw you here for the last time. How's the weather in Italy?

Have you tried to feed TMPGEnc via AviSynth frameserver instead of the DV AVI itself? Do you use type-1 or type-2 DV files?

bb

[Corrado]

Hi BB,

wheather is ugly, rain & rain as if we were in London :D

I've been away from the forum for a while, mainly because I was satisfied with my current DV-to-SVCD solution through AVI2SVCD/CCE, until I bought a DVD-burner a few days ago ;)

The DV-AVI are directly produced by Windows Movie Maker: I'm not sure about their format, but they're of the kind that need to be converted by the Canopus DV converter, if I want to convert them via AVI2DVD.

Should I try to convert them, also before passing to TMPGEnc?

I tried also to convert using an Avisynth frameserving through AVI2DVD (the program is DVD2AVI actually, but as you know the caption changes depending on the input-output option you select).

I don't remember of TMGEnc crashing with that method but I tried only twice (not a great statistics base) for the following problems:
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A big audio problem: audio conversion is stopping after 15-30 seconds (I get a short WAV, then a short MP2, finally muxed into an MPG with audio stopping after 15-30 seconds). This was not happening when I used the same program to make SVCDs, but it's happening every time with DVD compressions
You have no batch processing anyway, so the problem is not solved
The control over TMPGEnc quality/bitrate options is less than what you can do with direct use of the program
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Ciao,
Corrado

[Corrado]

Update:
the problem was the DV-AVI format produced by Windows Movie Maker.

Since this format is not read by AVI2DVD, when I used AVI2DVD usually I converted the files with the Canopus DV Converter (using the "Canopus Reference AVI" as output format)

I tried encoding the "Reference AVIs" with TMPGEnc and now everything works: at the end of each MPG the program returns control and eventually proceeds to the next file in the batch. Also the "shutdown at end of the batch" is working correctly :)

Hope this info is useful also for someone else, I'll spread the news around, since I've found several other people in other forums having the same issue.

Bye, Corrado

[bb]

Hi Corrado,

why the heck do you use DVD2AVI? This is typically used for MPEG-2 sources, like VOBs or MPEG-2 program streams (.mpg files). Or are you talking about DVD2SVCD here?

The problem you had was because your DV AVI was type-1. DVD2SVCD (no matter if you want to create SVCDs or DVDs) needs type-2 input, so you can use one of the free type-1/type-2 converters to be found in the DV forum. Well, you have found the solution already.

bb

[Corrado]

Originally posted by bb
why the heck do you use DVD2AVI?
I'm talking about DVD2SVCD, sorry for the confusion.
The problem is that the program is changing caption depending on what you do: DVD2SVCD, AVI2SVCD, DVD2DVD, AVI2DVD....

The problem you had was because your DV AVI was type-1. DVD2SVCD (no matter if you want to create SVCDs or DVDs) needs type-2 input, so you can use one of the free type-1/type-2 converters to be found in the DV forum.
According to my experience, this shouldn't be the case. It's not a matter of type, it's a matter of codecs.

DVD2SVCD accepts both type-1 (under 1GB) and type-2 (under or above 1GB) AVI formats, if I make them with the Canopus DV Converter ( that's outputting both type-1 and type-2) and if you have installed the Canopus codec.

What is not good for DVD2SVCD is the original DV-AVI format, because it requires a DV-AVI codec that is normally not available on a standard PC.

At least, this is what the "AVI Hints" section of DVD2SVCD says ;)