Problem getting Rebuilder 0.34 to run

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Sorry to take bandwidth, but I struggle to get RB 0.34 to run. I am using a 3 day old install of Win2k, so there isn't much else that could interfere.

First the Problem: If I hit Prepare, the machine will work for about 5 Minutes, then it will report the Job done (The Prepare Button now says Process however). Upon hitting the Encode Button, CCE opens for a few seconds, then closes, opens then closes and so on. It usually has to do 120 or 240 frames. Not even a minute later, that is over too. Ive added the log this far at the bottom of my post. Pushing Rebuild (seems hopeless after a minute encoding) ends in a buffer Overflow error #0004 and terminates the programm, so no more log. From reading the manual, I suspect that the problem already occered in Step 2, since the encode was way to short.

From reading the instructions that came with DVD Rebuilder, I am not sure if everything is correctly set up. Far up, the instruction says:
"- DVD2AVI installed (Donald Graft version preferred -- it doesn't lose frames)"
When it gets to what to move where, the text says:"Open that zip and within you will find a file called
MPEG2DEC3DG.DLL. Copy that file into a directory called "PlugIns" under the
AVISYNTH directory" That is the closest thing I could find tho installing DVD2AVI. The rest of the zip with the donaldgraft version is not copied anywhere, is it?

I am using the cce 2.67 demo with eclcce. Can anyone give me a clue why I don't get the encoder running this way. I have also installed DVD2DVD-R, which works just fine.

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Phase I, PREPARATION started at 16:58:56
- VTS_01: 3.658.785 sectors.
-- Scanning and writing .D2V file
-- Processed 261.503 frames.
-- Building .AVS and .ECL files
- Reduction Level for DVD-5: 57,0%
- Overall Bitrate : 2.861Kbs
- HIGH/LOW Cell Bitrates: 0/9.999 Kbs
Phase I, PREPARATION completed in 6 minutes.
Phase II ENCODING started at 17:06:22
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So I have to activate the checkmark to add the plugin to AVS files, eh? I was suspecting that the encoder wasn't fed much, aparently now it is busy. Get back in a few hours if this helps. Any other reefs to be aware of?

[wmansir]

There is something wrong with your .avs scripts. Try opening them in a media player, or vdub. You should get an error message.

If those work fine, try checking out the files in CCE by opening the Rebuilder.ecl file in CCE. Then right click on one of the jobs and click edit. Then at the top of the new window there will be a button "settings". This will open a window with the .avs file listed, double click on this and it will open a preview window, which should show you the error.

EDIT: a little late. Though you shouldn't need to check anything to add MPEG2DEC3dg.dll to your .avs scripts if it is in your plugins directory. If you don't want to have it autoload for all .avs files you can put it someplace else and then define it in Rebuidler's setup.

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Thanks for your prompt reply!

I figured too that the scripts don't work. I once had this problem before. So I checked that mark, and prepared again. CCE is busy ever since! Good sign.

When I installed Avisynth2.54, it did not create a plugin directory. I did that myself, and only threw in that single dll. When my encodes were done in a minute, I unzipped the whole load into that directory, to no avail. Then I got doubts if dvd2avi is anywhere. So I rechecked the settings and aktivated that little tickmark. That was probably it.

Oh yes, these .avs are associated with the media player, they show some movie sequences, so that works too.

Perhaps my fault was, that I pointed rebuilder to the .dll without activating the tick mark. Perhaps it would have worked, had I not told rebuilder where to find it?