Can't open the d2v file

[rmatei]

After a long carreer in mpeg4, I finally decided to try SVCD now that I have a standalone, on the first episode of the Sopranos. I also tried it on another DVD.

Invariably following internal ripping and starting DVD2AVI I get an error: Cannot open file C:\[divx]\_sopranos-svcd\DVD2AVI_Project_file.d2v. When DVD2AVI is started, no d2v file seems to be created and the minimized DVD2AVI is unresponsive. I tried not touching the PC at all after pressing start, I tried on previously ripped files (by DVD2SVCD), I tried the Auto and On settings in NTSC operations, I tried redownloading the commandline DVD2AVI, I tried in 1.0.7 and 1.0.6, all to no avail. You can imagine that this is driving me crazy. Yes I did read the guide and FAQ and search the forum.

My system: Athlon XP 1800+, 512 DDR, 120GXP 80 GB IBM hard drive, Epox 8KHA+ (VIA kt266a), Radeon 8500, SB Audigy platinum, Win XP pro.

Here's the log file when ripping internally:

Key found: D9028B01FE
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- 2/22/2002 8:43:41 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.7 build 1
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 2/22/2002 8:43:43 PM
- Free on drive C: 42030.81 mb
- Internal rip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_7.vob
- D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_8.vob

Ripping: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
Ripping: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
Ripping: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
Ripping: D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_8.vob
Ripping finished. Speed: 1809

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- 2/22/2002 9:03:54 PM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\[divx]\dvd2svcd\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\[divx]\dvd2svcd\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -IA=1 -CS=2 -YR=1
   -EXIT -OF=[C:\[divx]\_sopranos-svcd\DVD2AVI_Project_file]
   -IF=[C:\[divx]\_sopranos-svcd\VTS_01_1.vob,C:\[divx]
   \_sopranos-svcd\VTS_01_2.vob,C:\[divx]\_sopranos-svcd
   \VTS_01_3.vob,C:\[divx]\_sopranos-svcd\VTS_01_4.vob]

I'd be grateful for any suggestion...

[Web Junkie]

Try not to use brackets '[]' in the DIVX Dir name, see if that helps!!

[markrb]

I agree. I believe the special characters are throwing the program off. If at all possible try not to use them or numbers in your directory structure.

Mark

[rmatei]

Yes, that did solve the problem. Hooray!