ReMPEG2 stuck at 99% after 6 hour operation

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I've been working on converting a DVD-9 to a DVD-R for at least 3 weeks. I've followed the guides only to have the process fail and have tried my own ideas only to have the process fail every single time. Usually I generate a VIDEO_TS directory that cannot be played with a software DVD player or I generate one that only works up to about chapter 10 of a 17 chapter disc.

FINALLY, I finally generated a VIDEO_TS directory with only the main video and audio stream that actually worked on my software DVD player. This time I had used DVD Decryptor instead of Smart Ripper, so maybe that made a difference. Anyway, my last step was a fairly easy step I had done before: using ReMPEG2 to resize the files so they'd fit onto a DVD-R. I set it up, waited over 6 hours for the thing to process it, and as Murphy's Law would have it the damn thing is stuck at 99%, it's encoding frame 158,111 of the total of 158,113. I can't believe this! I swear my computer is against me! So, I'm going to try kill ReMPEG2 and try to use the MPEG-2 file anyway. Hopefully the IFOEdit app can understand it, and if the process causes my DVD player to crash at the end, who cares? By then I've seen the movie anyway.

What caused my app to fail (other than it knew that the biggest waste of my time would be to fail a 6 hour process at 5:59:59)? I have Win98-SE and 512MB ram and plenty of harddrive space. ReMPEG2 is very old, are any updates coming along?

Thanks (mostly I just wanted to vent)

Steve

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yeah rempg has done that to me to s i just killed it and used the m2v file anyways which was fine, it usually only missing like the last black frame in the titles anyway. u really shouldnt use it tho, try to use cce instead or even tmpgenc as they are both better.
also get rid of ME and replace with 2k or xp - this must be your top priority!!
finally, just because a software player wont play past chapter 10 say is usually a flaw in the software and your movie will play fine on standalone.

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Windows Me? OH MY GOD NO! I wouldn't even allow a Windows Me disc to come into contact with the desk that my computer sits on! Windows Me is utter sh*t even by Microsoft standards! It is literally the OS that should never have been. Microsoft should have simply released a bug fix to 98-SE with a new name (I suppose that an OS with "98" in it sounded too old in the year 2000)

I'm still running Windows 98-SE on my home PC and I'm planning on sticking with it until Microsoft releases SP-1 for WXP. I absolutely hate W2K, yes it's stable but as a software developer I've found that many API and Windows messages just don't seem to exist on W2K. For example, when you press the eject button on a CD/DVD drive the other OSes broadcast a message to all apps saying "The user requested that the drive be opened. I haven't done it yet but I will unless you tell me not to" On W2K this message doesn't occur, you get a message after the disc is ejected basically saying "Hey, I ejected a disc, I hope it was OK"

I'm happy! I finally burned a DVD of my DVD-9 Small Soldiers disc! It's so great, the picture quality is great and it has no menu so you pop the disc in and it plays! I also made a copy of "Meet the Parents" which was especially easy because the movie is less than 4.7GB once the extra audio streams are removed! I do have some trouble with the chapter advance button on settop devices (not the PC) but for a movie like this I just want to pop it in and watch it from time to time. If I like a movie good enough I'll go buy it (a used copy of course!)

Thanks
Steve