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syc0pathic
18th March 2005, 17:57
Well I've searched and searched on this and I've found some background info. But no one seems to have quite the same problem I have and I can't find a solution.

I'm running a P4 2.8Ghz, 512MB DDR RAM, running Win98SE. When I first tried to encode using Xvid, I was using VDub 1.4.5 and XviD-1.0-09052004. Under this configuration, VDub crashed as soon as it started processing. I also have VDubMod 1.5.10, so I tried that. That seemed to work ok, except that the Xvid stat window wasn't displayed correctly -- the bar graph was bleeding thru into other windows, my task bar, etc.

I've been backing up my TV-on-DVD collection, so I'm compressing a lot of eps. Most of the time,it encodes several eps and then crashes. But when it crashes, it ALWAYS crashes at the start of a new job -- never in the middle of a job. I've been able to catch the error msg a few times. It says that it tried to do "Integer division by zero in module XVIDVFW".

So I searched the forums and tried different versions of Xvid. Koepi's build (1.1.0-Beta1) crashes as soon as it starts encoding, and it gives me the same error msg. I also tried XviD-1.0.3-20122004, but it does the same thing as the 1st version of Xvid I used.

I also tried not overclocking my CPU and pulling the side cover off the computer to aid cooling, but it didn't seem to help. I haven't tried a new coating of thermal grease on the CPU yet, but I don't think that's the problem... if it was an overheating problem, it would overheat after relatively the same amount of time. But mine doesn't do that -- it once encoded for 32hrs straight until it finised the entire queue and didn't have a problem. And then other times, it crashes after an hr. And again, it only crashes at the start of a job -- if it was a heat issue, it should crash at random pts.

Spyn
19th March 2005, 21:18
Originally posted by syc0pathic
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check your ram : http://www.memtest86.com/

syc0pathic
22nd March 2005, 22:05
Well I have a possible solution... I figured that the crashing at the start of a job and the improper display of the stats window might be related. So I dug around in the Xvid configurations and I found that if u go to the Xvid encoder, select the Advanced Options button, and then the Debug tab, u can uncheck the "Display encoding status" option. After I did this (and I had to re-enter every job in the queue to make sure it didn't pop up:angry: ) it ran fine. I've run a 6hr session, an 18hr session, and a 10hr session since then and it hasn't crashed once:D I'll let u know if this fix holds...

lordadmira
23rd March 2005, 09:35
Originally posted by syc0pathic
I'm running a P4 2.8Ghz, 512MB DDR RAM, running Win98SE. That seemed to work ok, except that the Xvid stat window wasn't displayed correctly -- the bar graph was bleeding thru into other windows, my task bar, etc.

I have that exact same problem with the Status window. It doesn't always do it, but when it does I just minimize it and it's OK. But I wish that would get fixed.


LA

*.mp4 guy
24th March 2005, 23:25
"Integer division by zero"

I have the exact same problem with winxp (home) athlonxp 2800+, I recently replaced my ram and I still have the problem. I'll be upgrading my ram soon again and I'll check then too However this definately seems to be an Xvid problem because other apps and encoders work fine.