EclCCE: Adds ECL support to CCE 2.66/2.67 trial - Page 9

quinn · 16th July 2003, 07:13

I am using ECL 2.67.0.11 on 2.67.0.9 CCE. Whenver I save the ECL - it saves it on top of my AVS file instead of onto an ecl file with the same root name - this is really annoying - It works fine if I remember to type a file name, but by default it overwrites the avs file.

digitalman · 17th July 2003, 17:59

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Originally posted by RB
I have seen this myself, but it is definitely not an EclCCE bug. Happens also when you don't run CCE via EclCCE. But IIRC I have seen it also when not fiddling with the bitrates in the advanced screen, it seems to be related to the final stream size, maybe a "2 GB barrier" problem.

I saw this problem in 2.67.09 and it is still there in 2.67.11. No one must have reported this to them.

RB · 21st July 2003, 08:36

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Originally posted by quinn
I am using ECL 2.67.0.11 on 2.67.0.9 CCE. Whenver I save the ECL - it saves it on top of my AVS file instead of onto an ecl file with the same root name - this is really annoying - It works fine if I remember to type a file name, but by default it overwrites the avs file.

I don't see how that could happen. Please describe the exact steps to reproduce this.

RB · 25th July 2003, 09:26

CCE-SP 2.67.00.13 Trial was released and here is a new EclCCE version that supports it.

History:

Code:

25/07/2003 v1.6

	- Added support for CCE-SP 2.67.00.12 and CCE-SP 2.67.00.13

SeRiaL · 4th August 2003, 10:57

I downloaded trial 266.01.07 CCE, installed the EclCEE 1.6 patch, and when DVD2SVD trys to save an ECL file this message poops up (trial version limitation),then everything stops. What am I doing wrong here?

r6d2 · 4th August 2003, 15:19

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Originally posted by SeRiaL
I downloaded trial 266.01.07 CCE, installed the EclCEE 1.6 patch, and when DVD2SVD trys to save an ECL file this message poops up (trial version limitation),then everything stops. What am I doing wrong here?

Did you make sure you selected ECL's exe in DVD2SVCD as CCE?

SeRiaL · 4th August 2003, 19:06

I found the problem. It turns out that Cinema craft and or AVI2SVCD did not like the avi file I loaded in. After trying other avi files ect... it worked fine.

raj53 · 5th August 2003, 00:40

Hey, does anyone know where to get the latest version of cce? The official webpage only has updates...

Thanks.

r6d2 · 5th August 2003, 01:51

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Originally posted by raj53
Hey, does anyone know where to get the latest version of cce? The official webpage only has updates...

Thanks.

Hi raj53 and welcome to the forum.

There is a software download section in www.doom9.org you may check. It lists CCE 2.50 and CCE 2.66 (left panel, "Download").

RB · 12th August 2003, 08:21

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Originally posted by raj53
Hey, does anyone know where to get the latest version of cce?

The latest trial version can always be found at http://www.cinemacraft.com/jpn/download.html

Bonex · 16th August 2003, 21:35

I have found a problem in EclCCE 1.6: when the encoding is finished, the PC, instead of shutting down correctly, simply restarts, like if I chose to close the current session of Windows and restart with a new user, and stays there waiting for me to put a password in or to click Cancel.
I'm using Windows ME, CCE SP Trial 2.66.01.07 and I don't use login and password for different users (I'm the only user of this PC).

Maybe the shutdown function called by EclCCE works in a different way on WinMe than WinXP?

Anyway thank you!! Your program rocks!!

RB · 18th August 2003, 18:52

I'm sorry, I can't reproduce this here in Windows ME, nor can I see how this can possibly happen. The code definitely calls for "poweroff" rather than "log off". Can you power off your system successfully via the start menu?

Bonex · 18th August 2003, 23:23

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Originally posted by RB
I'm sorry, I can't reproduce this here in Windows ME, nor can I see how this can possibly happen. The code definitely calls for "poweroff" rather than "log off". Can you power off your system successfully via the start menu?

Yes, usually I turn it off via the start menu, some other times with the power button, but always works...
Very strange...
Anyway I selected the option from the window where it shows the encoding statistics, and there was no other program open. It was a 4pass encoding and the priority was set to normal.

The problem happened all the two times I tried to use the option.
When the count down window closes the desktop is cleared and the log on window appears, it doesn't restart everything like when you chose the restart option from the start menu.
Hope this helps.
Anyway I'll try to make some other experiment and see. I'll try to write a little program in C++Builder and see what it does

*** EDIT ***
OK, I did the tests...

I did a little encoding in CCE and after it the login window popped up again.
So I investigated with a little program made in Borland C++Builder 1.0. I checked the Win32 Reference help guide provided with it. What it does is just enable a timer that decreases an integer, when it is 0, it calls a Windows API function.

Test 1:
With ExitWindows(0,0) the desktop is cleared and the login windows appears.
(it was the guide to say that the two parameters must be 0, see below)
The program isn't even closed, and the timer goes under zero ;-)

Test 2:
with ExitWindowsEx(EWX_SHUTDOWN,NULL) the PC was correctly shut down and turned off.

Test 3:
with ExitWindowsEx(EWX_POWEROFF, NULL) I get again the login window exactly like Test 1.

Test 4:
with ExitWindowsEx(EWX_REBOOT,NULL) the system was restarted correctly.

Test 5:
with ExitWindowsEx(EWX_LOGOFF,NULL) again the damn login window, as expected.

It seems like that Win32 Reference I have is outdated with WinME (ehm... it speaks only of Win95

) as the first parameter does not always work as its name suggests. I checked the winuser.h sources and I found these declarations:

#define EWX_LOGOFF 0
#define EWX_SHUTDOWN 1
#define EWX_REBOOT 2
#define EWX_FORCE 4
#define EWX_POWEROFF 8

#define ExitWindows(dwReserved, Code) ExitWindowsEx(EWX_LOGOFF, 0xFFFFFFFF)

WINUSERAPI
BOOL
WINAPI
ExitWindowsEx(
UINT uFlags,
DWORD dwReserved);

etc...

So, what ExitWindows(0,0) does is just the same as EWX_LOGOFF.

RB · 20th August 2003, 12:47

Right, EclCCE uses ExitWindowsEx(EWX_POWEROFF, 0) to shut down and power off the system. It looks like your system does not support the (software) power off feature. Is that an older system without an ATX power supply? When you shut down your system manually, it doesn't actually power off but shows the "It is now safe to turn off the computer" screen, right?

Bonex · 20th August 2003, 23:14

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When you shut down your system manually, it doesn't actually power off but shows the "It is now safe to turn off the computer" screen, right?

No... it is really turned off by Windows, I don't have to switch the power off manually. Now I'm starting to suspect that maybe something is a bit screwed on my Windows install?

RB · 22nd August 2003, 08:17

Weird. Anyway, I don't think there is something wrong with your system. Unfortunately, it's not possible for me to know in advance whether EWX_POWEROFF will work or not, so in the next version I'll support a "ShutdownMode" setting in EclCCE.ini that you can set to 0 or 1 and it will use EWX_POWEROFF or EWX_SHUTDOWN, respectively.

Bonex · 22nd August 2003, 20:33

Quote:

Originally posted by RB
in the next version I'll support a "ShutdownMode" setting in EclCCE.ini that you can set to 0 or 1 and it will use EWX_POWEROFF or EWX_SHUTDOWN, respectively.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Gumbie · 24th August 2003, 20:24

I used to run W2K and CCE 250 worked like a charm, upgraded to XP about 10 months ago and that was the last of DVD2SVCD with CCE for me. (any ver) I used TMPGEnc for about 6 encodes then got pissed off with time and quality so I spent the next 7 months configuring dvd2svcd & CCE with no luck at all, finally last night I installed CCE2.50 to a new folder in the same dir as CCE 2.66.1.7.well fuck me, tests 1 thru 4 were flawless!So I got brave and tried 2.66.1.7 with the new ecl 1.6 and ripped a small chapter from Spiderman.It worked perfect. un-installed 2.50 and tried the same test and same old grief, about 10,000 loop errors pop up till I crash,lol.Re-installed 2.50 and 2.66.1.7 is working just fine after I ran force aspi again,odd that it said drivers were gone and aspi chk said they were ok but dvd2svcd said not found.Drivers were run, rebooted & CCE is auto everything,lmfao! CCE is 18 hrs for 4 pass VBR compared to 46 hrs with only 2 pass VBR in TMPGEnc, I'm a happy camper even if I have to run force aspi before starting a new project everytime. Any idea's why this is? Or how to get dvd2svcd to see that winaspi32 4.60 is really there and working?

RB · 26th August 2003, 15:57

When you want to use a different version of CCE with EclCCE, make sure to delete EclCCE.ini and run EclCCE manually once to have it pick up the new CCE executable.

ExSport · 30th August 2003, 09:29

Hello
Could I have a question, please?

When I am using DVD2AVI 1.2.1 build 1 and CCE version 2.67.0.11 trial with eclCCE, need I switch DVD2SVCD to safe mode(2.66 and up can handle avs files as 2.62-2.64 cannot)?
Thanks for answer.
P.S.
I used SEARCH button

but nothing found

25th July 2003, 09:26	#164 \| Link
RB Retired Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,349	CC-SP 2.67.00.13 CCE-SP 2.67.00.13 Trial was released and here is a new EclCCE version that supports it. History: Code: 25/07/2003 v1.6 - Added support for CCE-SP 2.67.00.12 and CCE-SP 2.67.00.13 __________________ EclCCE CCE SP Plugin \| SceneImport Scenarist Plugin

4th August 2003, 10:57	#165 \| Link
SeRiaL Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 2	This don't work!!!!!!!!!!! I downloaded trial 266.01.07 CCE, installed the EclCEE 1.6 patch, and when DVD2SVD trys to save an ECL file this message poops up (trial version limitation),then everything stops. What am I doing wrong here?

18th August 2003, 18:52	#172 \| Link
RB Retired Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,349	I'm sorry, I can't reproduce this here in Windows ME, nor can I see how this can possibly happen. The code definitely calls for "poweroff" rather than "log off". Can you power off your system successfully via the start menu? __________________ EclCCE CCE SP Plugin \| SceneImport Scenarist Plugin

20th August 2003, 12:47	#174 \| Link
RB Retired Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,349	Right, EclCCE uses ExitWindowsEx(EWX_POWEROFF, 0) to shut down and power off the system. It looks like your system does not support the (software) power off feature. Is that an older system without an ATX power supply? When you shut down your system manually, it doesn't actually power off but shows the "It is now safe to turn off the computer" screen, right? __________________ EclCCE CCE SP Plugin \| SceneImport Scenarist Plugin

22nd August 2003, 08:17	#176 \| Link
RB Retired Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,349	Weird. Anyway, I don't think there is something wrong with your system. Unfortunately, it's not possible for me to know in advance whether EWX_POWEROFF will work or not, so in the next version I'll support a "ShutdownMode" setting in EclCCE.ini that you can set to 0 or 1 and it will use EWX_POWEROFF or EWX_SHUTDOWN, respectively. __________________ EclCCE CCE SP Plugin \| SceneImport Scenarist Plugin

16th July 2003, 07:13	#161 \| Link
quinn Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 66	I am using ECL 2.67.0.11 on 2.67.0.9 CCE. Whenver I save the ECL - it saves it on top of my AVS file instead of onto an ecl file with the same root name - this is really annoying - It works fine if I remember to type a file name, but by default it overwrites the avs file.

4th August 2003, 19:06	#167 \| Link
SeRiaL Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 2	I found the problem. It turns out that Cinema craft and or AVI2SVCD did not like the avi file I loaded in. After trying other avi files ect... it worked fine.

5th August 2003, 00:40	#168 \| Link
raj53 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1	Hey, does anyone know where to get the latest version of cce? The official webpage only has updates... Thanks.

16th August 2003, 21:35	#171 \| Link
Bonex Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: into the wired Posts: 5	I have found a problem in EclCCE 1.6: when the encoding is finished, the PC, instead of shutting down correctly, simply restarts, like if I chose to close the current session of Windows and restart with a new user, and stays there waiting for me to put a password in or to click Cancel. I'm using Windows ME, CCE SP Trial 2.66.01.07 and I don't use login and password for different users (I'm the only user of this PC). Maybe the shutdown function called by EclCCE works in a different way on WinMe than WinXP? Anyway thank you!! Your program rocks!!

24th August 2003, 20:24	#178 \| Link
Gumbie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alberta Posts: 7	strangest thing, XP,CCE 2.66.1.7 &ecl 1.6 I used to run W2K and CCE 250 worked like a charm, upgraded to XP about 10 months ago and that was the last of DVD2SVCD with CCE for me. (any ver) I used TMPGEnc for about 6 encodes then got pissed off with time and quality so I spent the next 7 months configuring dvd2svcd & CCE with no luck at all, finally last night I installed CCE2.50 to a new folder in the same dir as CCE 2.66.1.7.well fuck me, tests 1 thru 4 were flawless!So I got brave and tried 2.66.1.7 with the new ecl 1.6 and ripped a small chapter from Spiderman.It worked perfect. un-installed 2.50 and tried the same test and same old grief, about 10,000 loop errors pop up till I crash,lol.Re-installed 2.50 and 2.66.1.7 is working just fine after I ran force aspi again,odd that it said drivers were gone and aspi chk said they were ok but dvd2svcd said not found.Drivers were run, rebooted & CCE is auto everything,lmfao! CCE is 18 hrs for 4 pass VBR compared to 46 hrs with only 2 pass VBR in TMPGEnc, I'm a happy camper even if I have to run force aspi before starting a new project everytime. Any idea's why this is? Or how to get dvd2svcd to see that winaspi32 4.60 is really there and working? __________________ http://members.shaw.ca/gumbie11/walkingumbie.gif

26th August 2003, 15:57	#179 \| Link
RB Retired Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,349	When you want to use a different version of CCE with EclCCE, make sure to delete EclCCE.ini and run EclCCE manually once to have it pick up the new CCE executable. __________________ EclCCE CCE SP Plugin \| SceneImport Scenarist Plugin

30th August 2003, 09:29	#180 \| Link
ExSport Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 91	DVD2AVI and CCE Hello Could I have a question, please? When I am using DVD2AVI 1.2.1 build 1 and CCE version 2.67.0.11 trial with eclCCE, need I switch DVD2SVCD to safe mode(2.66 and up can handle avs files as 2.62-2.64 cannot)? Thanks for answer. P.S. I used SEARCH button but nothing found