Restarting by itself...

[sNNooPY]

I'm using Gknot 0.28.7 + Divx 5.1.1.
Computer restarted after finishing first pass. I don't get it! Everything was as it should be. I tried 3 times,every time the same result: restarting after first pass. Up to yesterday, every encoding was done without a problem. Well, here's my log file:

25.12.2003 1:28:48: Job " 1" started.

o DivX5-First Pass: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avs
o DivX5 - Pass 2: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avs
x Mux Audio (disabled).
End of Job 1 ( 1).
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gordian Knot -
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_All
Number: 1
Name: 1
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubModExe: D:\Program Files\Gordian Knot\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe
NandubExe: D:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avi
AviMovie: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek_Movie.avi
AviCredits: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek_Credits.avi
MovieFS: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avs
CreditsFS:
Log : E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.log
Stats: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.stats
Ecf : E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 0
CreditsStart: 163575
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 0
DeleteInterm.: 0
EnforceBitrate: 0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 1319589 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 106015 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 7995 kbyte.
AviSize: 1433600 kbyte (1400 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 1433600 kbyte (1400 mbyte).
Interleaving: 1stream
Bitrate: 1593 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 169624
FPS: 25.000
Duration: 153:5
Quality: 0.366 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.425 bits/(pixel*frame).
Resolution: 640 x 272

Audio 1:
none.

Audio 2:
none.

1:28:48: Audio 1, calc: 106015 kb
1:28:48: Audio 1, disabled, no recalc. - you probably want to add this track later.

Adding this script to D:\Program Files\Gordian Knot\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5-First Pass"
// $input "E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avs"
// $output "E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("E:\\DVD_DiVX Authoring\\Star Trek Generations\\Star Trek.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\DVD_DiVX Authoring\\Star Trek Generations\\Star Trek.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

1:28:48: Started DivX5-First Pass: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avs
5:17:12: Finished DivX5-First Pass: Duration: 3 hours, 48 minutes, 23 seconds.
5:17:12: Trying to open Log-file.
5:17:12: Success: Log-file open.
5:17:12: Encoded: 169624 Frames.
5:17:12: Speed: 12.378 Frames per Second.

Adding this script to D:\Program Files\Gordian Knot\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5-Second Pass"
// $input "E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avs"
// $output "E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("E:\\DVD_DiVX Authoring\\Star Trek Generations\\Star Trek.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("E:\\DVD_DiVX Authoring\\Star Trek Generations\\Star Trek.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

5:17:12: Started DivX5 - Pass: 2: E:\DVD_DiVX Authoring\Star Trek Generations\Star Trek.avs

[sNNooPY]

it seems my power supply is R.I.P. :))

[kurdi]

I'm having the same problem -- computer restarts unexpectedly as the firstpass is underway.

I had successfully encoded 2 movies already when this started to happen. I uninstalled and reinstalled GK codec & rippack and it seemed that the problem went away. Encoded another movie successfully, and then the problem came back.

BTW I have 2 computers and this only happens on one of them (?). The AVI file from the firstpass encoding seems always to be around 16 megs when the crash occurs.

I'm using the latest GK 28.7.2 and DivX 5.1.1. Note that I am not installing the adware DivX codec from the GK codecpack but the complete, non-adware version.

Thanks.

[Tuning]

Just a thought...
It might be due to overheating of cpu. check your cpu's temperature. If then you need a good cooling solution.

[halljb]

Kurdi - I am having the same problem. My machine sometimes reboots during the first pass of the encoding. It seems to depend on the movie being encoded. I have encoded many movies without trouble, but I have one in particular that causes the crash every time.

My first pass is also in the 16 meg area when the crash occurs (usually, but not always).

I am using the XVid codec for my encoding, but I think the crash is caused by AVISynth. My reasoning is you were using Divx, I am using Xvid, and I also tried using a simple MJPEG codec as well with the same rebooting results.

I never saw this behavior before upgrading to the latest avisynth 2.5.

The problem is NOT overheating as I can run the Prime95 torture test successfully for many hours without errors. Also, it is not caused by other versions of software etc, because I tried installing the latest Gordian Knot pack on a plain vanilla Windows 2000 virtual machine in VMWare. The encoding STILL took down the whole machine. Not just the VM, the whole box!

My guess is AVISynth is a bit overzealous with the cpu optimizations. I'm running an Athlon @ 1.4 ghz (not overclocked).

Someone please help! I don't want to have to downgrade to the older Gordian Knot package.