---->> If CCE Freezes, could you try this? <<----

[SteveV]

I am trying the new avisynth.dll now the first one did the job but very slow .380 the second avisynth.dll is doing it at .608 dunno if this one will finish the job but i will find out in 15 to 20 hours.
Just wanted to let you guys know the speed.

Specs:
TBird 1000
512mb SDram (2x256 oem)
512mb swapfile on a different partition
win2k+sp2 and some hotfixes (sp3 thingies)
119GB hd space
GF2 32mb

[mrfixit]

@dvd2svcd I don't know if this has anything to dod with the freezing problem. But last night I was setting up my other computer with your program when I found have CCE version 2.50.01.00 and version 2.50.01.01. Could this have anything to do with it??

[nfl2k2]

It seems that since I bumped my RAM up to 640mb that CCE 2.5 has stopped encoding. When I had 128mb it worked great but since mid December when I added an extra 512mb it hasn't worked. Maybe if I take out the two 256mb sticks tonight and leave the 128 it will work? I'll try it tonight on 4 pass and tell you if it worked when i get home from school.

[xrv1138]

last 2 tests (on long movie pal gladiator, still dont have problems for normal length movies touch wood):

piii800@940
256 ram
windows managed pagefile
windows xp
all cd size set to 790
default for rest of bitrate:
max 2250
min 300
min ave unticked
max ave 2130
adjust audio for maxbiterate ticked
latest avisynth dll
failed between pass 2 and 3 of 4 pass vbr

athlon 1.4
512 ddr
fixed pagefile of 128
windows xp
all cd size set to 790
avisynth dll original from bundle
max 2300
min 300
min ave unticked
max ave 1950
adjust audio for maxbiterate ticked
froze between pass 3 and 4 (which is a change from 2 and 3)

same athlon machine
max 2500 (only using one audio track at 224)
min 0
min ave ticked 1600
max ave 2100
adjust audio ticked
froze at 87% (not at a pass junction) - thought this one might make it ;-)

i guess i can get a 3 pass vbr out of it for this movie but that doesnt help much
as has been stated a lot elsewhere
adjusting the bitrates does seem to overcome problems

are there any other settings you would like me to try ?

[dvd2svcd]

After intensive investigation I have come to suspect my internal ripping routine as being the culprit. So, if you have been using internal routines to rip the dvd, I suggest that you try using vStrip instead and try again.

[SteveV]

Ok Godfather part 2 is done in almost 24 hours , 0.641 was the final speed i used the second updated avisynth.dll subs didnt work though bitmaps were empty.

[edited]Hmm i used smartripper for The Godfather 1 and 2 and didnt have a problem with the first and second updated avysynth file.[edited]

[gldblade]

I'm using Smartripper, but CCE still crashes for me.

[dvd2svcd]

Well, I know for sure that there's issues with Smartripper, so please try vStrip, just to satisfy my curiosity.

[TheeeGod 3]

im having problems with crashing too. cce workedfine the first two times but now as soon as dvd2svcd opens it up it says "closing program". then a message pops up saying cce has caused an error. i have no clue what to do. im running win xp pro on 900 athlon, 384 ram and 45 gb. i dles the .dll file and put it in my system directory. i tried both vbr abd cbr and no success. this is the error that comes up:

"AppName: cctsp.exe AppVer: 2.50.1. ModName: unknown ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 00000066"

i saw post about guys running XP and experiencing the same problem. i uninstalled everything and then reinstalled it back on. no luck. what have you guys done to fix the problem? im open to any suggestion or help. thnx for your time

*edit*

i started the whole process again and CCE closed when it was time to encode and restarted back up to "transcode". its running right now and theres about 3+hours left. does this mean that CCE only crashes on my system when its encoding and not "transcoding"? by the way what the hell is the difference between "trans" and "en" -coding? suggestions...comments...help....whateva

[Coentjo]

I'll try the vstrip thing tomorrow. All test I did until now were smartripper or dvd2svcd internal based rips.

[equilibrium]

Originally posted by equilibrium
Out of the box I found that the latest version of dvd2svcd froze in cce after about 6.5 hours on vbr 3 or 5. I suceeded with 2 passes which it did in about 6hr 10 mins.

I came to the forum and got the latest version of avisynth.dll that was posted on the first page of this thread and ran it on a 3 passes scenario last night. I found it froze after 2hrs 24mins which was considerably worse that the unmodified version.

I have now got the version posted on page 3 and will try that now.

for the record my setup is:

Windows XP Pro
amd athlon 1Ghz
pc133 ram 1Gb
page file 1024Mb
Abit KT7A Raid motherboard
geforce 2 pro 64mb ddr
plenty of disk space

I have read dvd2svds latest comments about using internal routines to rip. However I found that when I used the new avisynth.dll posted on page 3 of this thread everything worked for the first time.

I suceeded in creating Bridget Jones Diary with 3 passes. The main encoding part successfully ran in 8.5 hours without freezing. I was still using the original vob's and inf file that I had ripped with internal routines.

Something I thought I would point out. The ppl who have provide spec details all seem to have AMD processors and I read something on another site about issues with avisynth.dll and AMD processors in relation to the audio part of the encoding could this be related ?

I am going to try a longer film today and see how it goes.

Another thing to point out is that with all 3 versions of the dll (the one in build 4 and the 2 in this thread) I did not notice a differnce in speed I always got 0.535.

The only other thing I changed for the successfull run apart from using the latest .dll was to 'remove the banner from cce' if you get my drift (rhymes with track );)

[dvd2svcd]

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