TMPGEnc hangs encoding Test Clip

[Rooster6975]

Hi,

Am trying to make my first SVCD, but have been having problems. I have created loads of AVIs in the past, but don't have a set top DivX player. Trying to create my first SVCD. I have followed the guide on Doom9, AVI2SVCD Guide. I set up everything as instructed. I am running AVI2SVCD 1.2.1 build 3 and TMPGEnc-2.521.58.169-Free. I clicked on Go, and it started to create the files. I have pasted the log file below. It got to "- Encoding Test Clip E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\AviSynth_Script_file_CQ_TEST.avs"

And then just stopped. Nothing was happening. Looking in Task Manager, it said TPMG was Not Responding. I waited 30 minutes, still nothing. Then finally I killed TPMG in Task Manager, and it wrote Video Encoding finished to the log!

Any idea why this would occur? I am trying to convert a 55 minute DIVX AVI that I made myself with AC3 sound (192). I am running an Athlon 1.4 with 512 MBs RAM.

Any ideas appreciated.


Here is the log file :
WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
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- 25/01/2004 3:27:23 PM
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2SVCD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- G:\Checked\My Summer Vacation\My Summer Vacation.avi
Initializing finished.

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- 25/01/2004 3:27:26 PM
- Free on drive E: 6306.09 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Audio extraction finished.

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- 25/01/2004 3:27:49 PM
- Free on drive E: 6215.13 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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- 25/01/2004 3:27:50 PM
- Free on drive E: 6215.13 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"e:\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -l 0db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 25/01/2004 3:40:55 PM
- Free on drive E: 6127.52 mb
- Converting Pictures
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Converting: E:\DVD2SVCD\My Summer Vacation.jpg
Converting: e:\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
Finished converting pictures
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- 25/01/2004 3:41:05 PM
- Free on drive E: 6125.00 mb
- Video Encoding using TMPGEnc
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- Encoding E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TitlePicture.bmp.avs
Executing TMPGEnc. Commandline:
"F:\hardware\dvd\Divx Tools\DVD2SVCD\TMPGEnc-2.521.58.169-Free\TMPGEnc.exe" "E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TMPGEnc_Project_file.tpr" /Encode /Close
Video Encoding finished.

- Encoding E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\ChangeCDPicture.bmp.avs
Executing TMPGEnc. Commandline:
"F:\hardware\dvd\Divx Tools\DVD2SVCD\TMPGEnc-2.521.58.169-Free\TMPGEnc.exe" "E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TMPGEnc_Project_file.tpr" /Encode /Close
Video Encoding finished.

- Encoding Test Clip E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\AviSynth_Script_file_CQ_TEST.avs
Executing TMPGEnc. Commandline:
"F:\hardware\dvd\Divx Tools\DVD2SVCD\TMPGEnc-2.521.58.169-Free\TMPGEnc.exe" "E:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TMPGEnc_Project_file.tpr" /Encode /Close
Video Encoding finished.

[Rooster6975]

I killed the process in Task Manager, and..... it made me an SVCD anyway! And since then, on the second SVCD, it didn't happen. The only conclusion I can draw from this is that I should have run TMPG before actually running DVD2SVCD at least once. Some sort of init must have taken place. As soon as I killed it, the batch file continued and my SVCD was made. Since then, I have never seen this problem again.

Live and learn,
R.