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jruben4
18th February 2002, 23:30
I've tried to convert "unbreakable" several times - always using built in ripping, with several different versions of DVD2SVCD, as well as different bitrates and minimum bitrates - but it always causes CCE to freeze about 1/3 of the way through. Any success with this title? It's the only movie I have problems with.
Dropbear
18th February 2002, 23:33
Have you tried it in "safe mode" yet? ie using VFAPI?

I have had three failures in a row (66%, 33% and 66%) trying to convert R4 PAL Planet of the Apes and safe mode is my next option..
Dropbear
19th February 2002, 23:19
After many attempts at trying to convert Planet of The Apes, adding ConvertToRGB24 to the end of the AVISYNTH script fixed the problem for me, at the cost of around 20% encoding speed.
gerti67
19th February 2002, 23:24
Hello Dropbear,

I'm just curious, did the "safe mode" with VFAPI did not work? - But anyway, good to know that it worked with the ConvertToRGB24 statement. Perhaps another "give-it-a-try" for others encountering CCE troubles. Thanx a lot for reporting back your solution. :)

Greetings,
Gerti
Dropbear
19th February 2002, 23:28
hey gerti.. I did not end up trying the safe mode... I started an ecode session before going to work yesterday but I sometimes suffer from the "DVD2SVCD forgetting to press the "Encode" button" and it sat there all day doing nothing ... (very very frustrating bug by the way - and no, I don't use the switch users functionality or anything like that)...

Anyway I remember reading that ConvertToRGB had fixed a few problemantic DVD's so I tried that first. Sounds like it's the way to go as a first try fix for problem DVD's, as the performance hit isnt QUITE so bad as VFAPI mode..
jruben4
20th February 2002, 11:54
VFAPI did the trick for me - finally got unbreakable to work. So far this is the only movie (of over a hundred I've converted) that required this trick. Thanks for the help!
JulCat
21st February 2002, 16:35
Dropbear

Could you please put the entire comand to covert to RGB, and tell me wherein the AVscript to put it. It's allways good to have an option in case a problematic movie come to my hands.Thanks!
Dropbear
21st February 2002, 23:25
You go to the FrameServer tab and chose the option to edit the AVISYNTH file - it doesn't matter when you edit it, either at CCE startup or DVD2AVI time (what ever those two options are).

When the script comes up for editing (it will open a window for you) just add the following line to the end of the script, save and continue.


ConvertToRGB24


that's it.