stats file not updated?

[Norfolk]

hi!

I'm using koepis XviD-1.0-RC4 05.04.2004 and virtualdubmod 1.5.10.1, 2-pass-encoding.

for the stats-file, i would have expected the codec to take care of the filehandling (deleting old ones when doing first-pass), so i just left it default.

but doing many jobs in queue - always alternating first- and second-pass, with the pc being shutdown overnight, the filesystem shows me, that the stats-file is only updated on the first day. on the next day, file properties tell me that there is no further updating of that stats file (always says "last changed: <first day, evening>"), which i can only interpret as eighter the file system tells me jokes, or the codec does not change the old stats-file, therefore using an old, not fitting file for the 2nd-pass-runs and discarding all results from the 1st-pass-runs. i noticed that problem at least twice by now.

is there anything known about that?

since the stats-file does not include anything like a header, is there any way to determine to which encoding-job it belongs? with counting the lines and interpreting it as frames did not help, maybe because of necessary ivtc. (yes, i did calculate the frames times 0.8, which is an approximation, but doesnt seem acurate enough to tell the stats-files origin)

btw: i wanted to check existing bug-lists as hinted in the postings, but couldnt find a list or something. maybe it's too late at night :)

[Undead]

The stats-file is the video.pass, right? [I'm not sure]
If it is, try to check more places where to find it. If I do what you describe, some of these files are stored in the film directory and some appear in the VDMod directory. Try to check that or search for all video.pass files on drive C:

Maybe I misunderstood what your problem is, sorry if I missed the point... =)

[Norfolk]

Originally posted by Undead

Maybe I misunderstood what your problem is, sorry if I missed the point... =)

well, nevermind :)

but this morning, it came to my mind that another possible otion would that i just forgot to swich to 1st-pass and did two 2nd-pass-encodings of the same file. but hey, i was not drunk when setting the jobs!? :)

let's see if that happens again.

[Norfolk]

so, got the "bug" - it seem Undead was right...

when working with vdubmod (i.e. preparing the jobs) at a working directory on another partition, everything encodes fine afterwards, with the "\video.pass" being on the work-partition.

but when i start vdubmod on the next morning, and directly call up the jobs management, for some reason, the codec beliefs the stats-file to be on another partition, that where vdubmod is started from, although the input/output-avis are correctly accessed on the work-partition.

[Undead]

Well here we go... =)

I noticed this when I did several encodes in a row via VDMod job control. So now I'm using different name for every stats-file to avoid confusion. =)

[Norfolk]

me too now, me too...

obviously, the codec is being developed on a unix/linux-system, and maybe they just forget that other users might have more than just one root directory :)