avi to DVd encoding - program keeps crashing!

[RPT]

I am having problems encoding avi's into dvd format. The enoder keeps crashing ... I get the "(program) has experienced an unexpected error and has to close" right after beginning to encode. This has happened with dvdsanta. DIKO & The Film Machine also report errors and fail to encode. The avi's are XVids, and I have downloaded the XVid codecs. I have also downloaded and run ffdshow. Does anyone have any suggestions??
THX!! :thanks:

[Sharktooth]

Check and test your hardware.

[RPT]

Anything in particular I should check?

[Episode]

Use Memtest86 http://www.memtest86.com/ to check your memory. Let it run couple times and see whether you have any errors. You should also check your cpu and motherboard temperatures. If you have overclocked your processor, set it back to it's default speed. There could be also something wrong with your computer's bios; some memory settings could make your computer very unstable, so try to set them to defaults as well.

[RPT]

I managed to fix the problem ... it turned out to be a codecs issue. I uninstalled all of my codecs & installed virtualdubmod & ffdshow, and now it's working fine.
Thanks for replying! :thanks: