file is not a valid DVD2AVI project (v1.76)

[iparout]

Hi.

As the title says, when I try to open a .d2v file with GKnot, I get the message "file is not a valid DVD2AVI project (v1.76), avi or avs file!". The message first appeared after I re-installed WinXp. I tried *EVERYTHING* suggested on this forum i.e. uninstall and reinstall GKnot, clear all registry settings and reinstall GKnot in different directory, delete all programs that have to do with DivX, reinstall them and then reinstall GKnot, reinstall PowerDVD, uninstall\reinstall Huffy e.t.c... Nothing happened. I also checked to see that the .d2v file is pointing at the correct vobs and it is. I also tried to re-create the .d2v file with DVD2AVI but again nothing. Also, when I open an .avs file with VirtualDub, it reports an error in the following line : mpeg2source("E:\Fortress\Fortress.d2v"). I think that it is relevant to the problem. I also tried to open the .d2v files with VFAPI reader, but they didn't open (an error occured). Is there any other way to check whether the .d2v file is ok or not ? I am thinking that maybe it's a problem with the vobs themself. Maybe I cannot use the vobs that were ripped before the re-installation of Windows. I'll try to rip a DVD tomorrow and see how it does... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it might fix the problem.

However, until tomorrow, any suggestions\recommendations would be more than welcome.

Thanks in advance.

[WyldeF1r3]

you can open a d2v in notepad and check it out from there. See if it links to all the vobs and all the paths are correct.

[iparout]

As I said, I already did that and the links are correct. I even recreated the .d2v file out of the VOBs but still nothing. What I found out yesterday is that if I rip the DVDs again, and create the .d2v file out of them, then everything works flawlessly. However, if the vobs where ripped prior to the reinstallation of WinXP, no matter what I do, the .d2v files associated with them don't work. It is as if there's something wrong with the vobs themselves.

Does anyone understand why this happens ? It seems quite weird to me, but again I'm no expert. Some of the experts here may know. If so, please post.

[jeremymacmull]

THANKS you solved my GKNOT with YV12 problem

JEREMY

[Sephiros]

Hi,
I had exactly the same problem with a prior version of G-Knot. It also seems really weird to me...

The only logical reason I see is that "something" is written on your windows partition in a rip that Gknot uses when opening the D2V project and that "something" gets wiped out when the partition is formatted.

I'd really like to know WHAT is that "something", WHERE is it exactly, and WHY it does this...

I once wondered if it wasn't the ASPI layers, for some mysterious reasons, but it's not it so....

If someone has an idea, as Iparout said, it's more than welcomed!

Patrick

[iparout]

Originally posted by Sephiros
Hi,
I had exactly the same problem with a prior version of G-Knot. It also seems really weird to me...

The only logical reason I see is that "something" is written on your windows partition in a rip that Gknot uses when opening the D2V project and that "something" gets wiped out when the partition is formatted.

I'd really like to know WHAT is that "something", WHERE is it exactly, and WHY it does this...

I once wondered if it wasn't the ASPI layers, for some mysterious reasons, but it's not it so....

If someone has an idea, as Iparout said, it's more than welcomed!

Patrick

Also keep in mind that this "SOMETHING" is written on your system drive (i.e. the drive where windows is installed) and not on the drive on which the DVD is ripped. I figured that cause my movies are ripped on d:\ , however after reformatting c:\ (where windows is) the vobs ripped on D:\ cannot give valid .d2v files.