segment viewer doesnt display video? [Archive]

mrslacker

3rd April 2005, 05:30

Try to play "current.avs" in your DVD Rebuilder directory. That seems to be the preview of the currently selected segment in the editor. If it plays successfully, there might be a problem with the DVD-RB player. If it doesn't playback what you are expecting, there's might be something wrong with the avs generation or just your Avisynth installation.

jdobbs, if you are reading, thanks for this great function! But, why is the preview half vertical resolution? To hide interlacing? The ability to seek during segment playback would be a nice addition.

thomasphoenix

3rd April 2005, 06:59

The current.avs plays, albeit at half-res like u mentioned.

AxelF

16th June 2005, 18:36

I'm using DVD-RB Pro V0.93.2. I used Rockas installer to install this software. Now when i have made Prepare phase and go to segment viewer / editor, I can choose segments from the scroll down list, but the viewer itself stays black all the time - ie. not showing anything. My OS is W2K SP4.

What to do to get those segments to appear in segment viewer?

Rockas

16th June 2005, 18:47

AxelF

16th June 2005, 21:25

Was AviSynth installed on your system before you used the Installer?

Yes it was. I Believe that Avisynth version is 2.55, if that matters.

Edit: Typo

Rockas

17th June 2005, 00:15

Did the preview worked before you used the Installer?

feedback

17th June 2005, 06:08

I Believe that Avisynth version is 2.55, if that matters.
I understand that there have been some compatibility issues with the latest beta version Avisynth 2.56.

Regards,:)

AxelF

17th June 2005, 13:32

Did the preview worked before you used the Installer?

Well frankly I dunno. V0.93.2 is the first Pro version of DVD-RB I have used. I used to use free version before, but donated just recently to get Pro version with these fine features like segment viewer / blanking, HCEnc support etc.

So V0.93.2 is the first version I have tried this segment viewer.

Edit: Typo

Rockas

17th June 2005, 19:57

Can you play the file "current.avs" (on Rebuilder's installation folder) on media player?

JFerguson

17th June 2005, 22:48

I'm in the exact same boat here as AxelF. Just got the PRO version and no preview. Is there a button or something we're supposed to hit to play a segment?

I have avisynth.dll v2.5.4.0 installed on my system. Looks like .AVS files are associated with notepad.exe. I can drag CURRENT.AVS into Windows Media Player v6.4 and it plays.

Any ideas? Thanks...

JFerguson

18th June 2005, 23:22

I still have this problem.

Do I need to uninstall AVISynth, and RB-PRO and then reinstall both?

Rockas

19th June 2005, 00:41

I'm still without any clues... but you can try that... please give it a try with the installer only... if you uninstall AviSynth it will detect that avisynth is missing and will install 2.5.5 for you.

jdobbs

19th June 2005, 02:35

The resolution was just brought down so it could play in the small window set aside for it. It's not meant to be a "player" by any means, just a way to see what you are editing.
Try to play "current.avs" in your DVD Rebuilder directory. That seems to be the preview of the currently selected segment in the editor. If it plays successfully, there might be a problem with the DVD-RB player. If it doesn't playback what you are expecting, there's might be something wrong with the avs generation or just your Avisynth installation.

jdobbs, if you are reading, thanks for this great function! But, why is the preview half vertical resolution? To hide interlacing? The ability to seek during segment playback would be a nice addition.

JFerguson

20th June 2005, 04:30

I've uninstalled both AVISynth and RB-PRO. I installed RB-PRO again and let the installer install AVISynth.

I'm still having this problem - no preview. :(

jdobbs

20th June 2005, 11:23

What operating system are you using? Also make sure winmm.dll exists in your System32 directory (it is installed along with the operating system).

DVD-RB is just using Windows calls to do the playback -- if it isn't working it is possible you have something else installed that is interfering with it.
I've uninstalled both AVISynth and RB-PRO. I installed RB-PRO again and let the installer install AVISynth.

I'm still having this problem - no preview. :(

JFerguson

20th June 2005, 17:33

Windows 2000 -- winmm.dll is where it should be. Is there a rundll command I could try as a test?

Rockas

20th June 2005, 20:28

Can you tell me the date on the winmm.dll file?
Thanks

JFerguson

21st June 2005, 04:12

It's 07/24/2002, v5.0.2161.1

AxelF

21st June 2005, 12:07

Can you play the file "current.avs" (on Rebuilder's installation folder) on media player?

Yes - I can play that file with Media Player Classic.

I have winmm.dll file in System32 folder.
It's date is 7.12.1999 (day.month.year) and time 15:00:00
File version is 5.0.2161.1

Rockas

21st June 2005, 12:32

Can you please try to replace it with this one:

http://www.dvdrebuilder.com/downloads/winmm.dll

DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR CURRENT FILE...

just in case ;)

JFerguson

21st June 2005, 14:35

You know, I actually tried that (Windows XP version) after you asked about the date on the file.

It was completely incompatible - blew out all audio functionality on reboot. I'm going to try another system to see if I can isolate this.

JFerguson

21st June 2005, 15:01

Well, it works on another Windows 2000 system -- looks I'll have to reload this one, which it probably needs anyway.

Stay tuned...

AxelF

22nd June 2005, 17:07

Can you please try to replace it with this one:

http://www.dvdrebuilder.com/downloads/winmm.dll

DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR CURRENT FILE...

just in case ;)

I copied this winmm.dll version of yours, but WIN2K won't let me to replace (or delete) the old winmm.dll with this newer version -> Windows says "Cannot delete winmm : The specified file is being used by Windows"

Carpo

22nd June 2005, 17:11

use the xp cd to get into the recovery console and delete it from there then just copy the other file over

AxelF

22nd June 2005, 17:17

use the xp cd to get into the recovery console and delete it from there then just copy the other file over

I don't have XP -> I have WIN2K

JFerguson

22nd June 2005, 17:27

AxelF,

If you're running Windows 2000 (like me), this isn't going to help. I booted into DOS and backed up my winmm.dll file (my system partitions are FAT32), replacing it with the XP version. It's not compatible -- I got no sound on startup and various audio controls (Volume Control in the system tray) were disabled.

AxelF

22nd June 2005, 19:29

@JFerguson:

Yes - I have Windows 2000, but my partitions are NTFS.
I don't feel like playing with recovery consoles etc. to get some file replaced in order to get DVDRB Pro segment viewer to work -> I fear crashing/messing my whole system and having to reinstall whole OS and applications -> too much work / too risky.

Windows 2000 is not that old OS...one would assume that what works with XP should work with W2K too.
I wonder if we (two) are the only Windows 2000 users having DVD-RB Pro and this segment viewer problem or are there more of us?

jdobbs

22nd June 2005, 19:57

AxelF

22nd June 2005, 20:21

My video processing computer is Windows 2000 and it works fine -- as is true with hundreds of others. This problem is something particular to your system configuration -- not DVD-RB. Something you have installed has either modified the system defaults or in some way disabled the ability to handle these system calls.

Ok - then it is something in my system that is wrong, but I have no idea what it could be that causes this problem. I don't have deep knowledge about OS and I just recently (from this thread) found out that there is winmm.dll. But still I don't know what it actually is, what it does and what other programs use / rely on it. If I would know what other programs use it (or may alter it's settings), I might be able to find what caused the problem.

mrslacker

22nd June 2005, 20:47

With windows 2000, you can run the command "sfc /scannow" if you have your installation CD handy. If winmm.dll is a protected system file, it will be checked for consistency and you will be propted to restore the original file from source if it is corrupted. If that doesn't work, I'd reapply SP4 and the last post-SP4 update rollup.

Rockas

22nd June 2005, 21:07

@AxelF
@JFerguson

Are you using Daemon Tools to mount ISO images?

AxelF

23rd June 2005, 11:09

@AxelF
@JFerguson

Are you using Daemon Tools to mount ISO images?

I have Daemon Tools V3.46 installed, but I mainly use Alcohol 120% Virtual Drive to mount images when needed.

jdobbs

23rd June 2005, 11:45

I'm not sure, but it might possibly also be related to video drivers...

Rockas

23rd June 2005, 12:35

I have Daemon Tools V3.46 installed, but I mainly use Alcohol 120% Virtual Drive to mount images when needed.
Can you try to update do Daemon Tools v3.47?

JFerguson

23rd June 2005, 15:24

I'm not sure, but it might possibly also be related to video drivers...

Yeah, I was thinking about that too...

JFerguson

23rd June 2005, 16:31

Can you try to update do Daemon Tools v3.47?

Darn it - I thought you might have been onto something there. That was a delta (3.46 vs. 3.47) between this non-working Windows 2000 system and my other one that works. Didn't fix it.

Ah well, loading a virgin Windows 2000 image onto the box right now...

AxelF

23rd June 2005, 18:26

JFerguson

23rd June 2005, 18:32

Ok, reloaded virgin Windows 2000 image onto box. Installed Daemon Tools, CCE, and DVD-RB PRO.

This fixed it, so something's interfering with the preview function with my old image.

Anyways, I'm back on my old image now -- I have to clean some stuff up and save some stuff off before I can really reload the box. Well, I went almost a year without reloading it -- I think that's a new record! :p

Thanks guys...

Rockas

23rd June 2005, 23:07

1. I uninstalled Daemon Tools V3.46 -> Didn't help
2. Updated ATI video drivers -> Didn't help
3. Updated DirectX 9.0b to 9.0c -> Didn't help
4. uninstalled / re-installed Avisynth 2.55 -> Didn't help
5. Ran SFC /SCANNOW with Windows 2000 CD -> Didn't help
(After step 5 DivX / XviD playback was "messed" -> had to re-install DirectX 9.0c again)
6. Installed latest Daemon Tools -> Didn't help

Heck - I dunno what to try next...I'm not willing / able to reinstall whole OS from scratch...I gotta do work with this machine daily

EDIT: Typos
Try to uninstall the SCSI drivers and re-start your computer... it worked for me ;)... that and the use of Nero's ImageDrive...
on www.dvdrebuilder.com's forum there was a user with the same problem and he was also using Alcohol... maybe there's an issue with that!?!?!?

edit: after re-starting the computer it is supposed that the SCSI drivers will be re-installed automatically... I don't know Windows 2000 (I used it for a little time, only :()

Carpo

26th June 2005, 12:51

I don't have XP -> I have WIN2K

same thing diff os ;P use the win2k disc to get to recovery console :D

Carpo

26th June 2005, 18:17

mind u im getting a little error now where dvd-rb closes after 5 secs of the segmant editor being open - so i cant select the extras i want - and this is on a clean system with 71.98 (think thats the version) of the nvidia drivers on as the newest ones feck up the picture :(

Rockas

26th June 2005, 19:09

What version of AviSynth are you using?
Have you tested with another DVD?

Carpo

26th June 2005, 19:20

avisynth is 2.5.5 - i have tried it with 4 dvds and all the diff encoders - all the same result

Rockas

26th June 2005, 19:24

Have you tried to uninstall and re-install AviSynth?

Carpo

26th June 2005, 19:27

i have just re-installed the whole pc - i can play the avs files that are made during the prepare phase and i can even encode a dvd and play it after i have burnt it to a disc - just seems i cant use the segmant editor

Rockas

26th June 2005, 19:29

Just try to uninstall and re-install...

Rockas

26th June 2005, 19:32

The most important files are AviSynth.dll and Devil.dll located on the System32 folder... they might, somehow, become corrupted :(

Carpo

26th June 2005, 19:34

nope that didnt help

Rockas

27th June 2005, 00:58

How did you installed AviSynth and Rebuilder?

Carpo

27th June 2005, 09:09

avisynth first then rebuilder

Rockas

27th June 2005, 14:03

But did you used the PRO Installer or you used AviSynth "official" one and Installed Rebuilder manually?

Carpo

27th June 2005, 14:47

i used avisynth from the avisynth site then installed dvd-rb pro with the installer - i was using xp but have gone back to win2k sp4

and have installed it the same way and it seems to be working now apart from an error shows up in the segmant window saying

Avisynth: caught an access violation at 0x043435eb attempting to read from 0x00000000

only thing i have done diff is not to install divx 6 and a few other progs - so could go back to xp if i wanted too just to make sure it is the progs i installed

EDIT - another thing i did was to change the drives back to basic drives and use a normal partition but cant see that being an issue as i could view the avs files in mplayer and could encode a film

well i just put xp back on installing avisynth first then using the dvdrb installer and it kicks out agin so i dont have a clue what it is

borgraf

27th June 2005, 16:56

Carpo

27th June 2005, 19:16

yip and it made no diff - so im sticking with win2k sp4 - it may error but least i can still use the segmant editor :)

somnus

5th July 2005, 05:51

I've had this same problem and I use XP I've formatted and and updated everything........In fact the first thing I put on my computer after formatting was RB Pro package and the segment viewer still doesnt work. So i've just come to the conclusion it's not going to

Rockas

5th July 2005, 12:45

Now.. what encoder are you using? HC or QuEnc?

If yes then
try with CCE please
end if (lol)

Rockas

10th July 2005, 00:40

Those who can't use the Rebuilder's Segment viewer can use this for now:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=97114

Until someone finds what's going on :(

somnus

11th July 2005, 23:48

Rockas

11th July 2005, 23:55

@Rockas

The new Matrix editor is great and helps alot now that I can see what I'm blanking with RB in the segment viewer, which brings me to how you got the preview panel to work with the matrix editor, maybe the same thing can be done with RB (selecting player) would enable those of us that cant get it to work now......if it's possible. I've formatted my computer twice trying to get it to work and changed video drivers codecs, nothing seems to help. Oh well thanks again.
Just some notes:
1st When you select the player is has noyhing to do with the preview (that is done by Media Player)... the player you define only plays the encoded segments... you will launch it when you double click an encoded segment that appears on the list (middle bottom).

2nd The system that jdobbs is using is different... it has nothing to do with media player... who knows? maybe someone won't be able to put my preview to work :D ... I'm having some troubles with windows 2000, and probably the Rebuilder's preview works fine on that Operative System :confused:

somnus

12th July 2005, 01:39

yeah it seems from what I can tell everyone with Win2000 has no problem and with XP it doesnt work.

Rockas

12th July 2005, 13:13

yeah it seems from what I can tell everyone with Win2000 has no problem and with XP it doesnt work.
Well I have XP and it works fine... seems like it doesn't work on few systems... the hard stuff is to know why :(

SpazzHH

12th July 2005, 23:32

Well I have XP and it works fine... seems like it doesn't work on few systems... the hard stuff is to know why :(

Mpeg2 codec(Real shot in the dark)?

Rockas

13th July 2005, 00:06

Mpeg2 codec(Real shot in the dark)?
I don't think so... both systems (mine and jdobbs') rely on AviSynth... that means that the previews are "AVIs" to the system.

SpazzHH

13th July 2005, 00:10

I don't think so... both systems (mine and jdobbs') rely on AviSynth... that means that the previews are "AVIs" to the system.

Would AviSynth be able to do it's own color decompression if no YV12 decompressor was installed on the system in question?

Rockas

13th July 2005, 00:12

That's a good question... I never tested it lol
But I guess so... not sure though :D

That would be a question to be asked on the Avisynth's forum.

Skunk

21st July 2005, 23:45

Rockas

22nd July 2005, 00:09

I am having the very same problem. The .avs files will play in WMP but in DVD-RB Pro the segment viewer only shows a black screen.
I am running Windows XP Pro. I have tried everything posted here with the exception of removing my SCSI drivers and rebooting. Just how would I do that? :)
Are you using Daemon Tools? That was just a suggestion I gave 'cause i had a problem with Daemon Tools and that fixed it :)

I don't know how to explain that to you 'cause my OS is Portuguese so I don't know the name of the links on the English XP.

Skunk

22nd July 2005, 00:25

Well, I use a program called FantomCD for my virtual drives, but in any case if I decrypt the disk in file mode I shouldnt have the SCSI related problem, right?

That way I can at least rule that out.

EDIT - Nevrmind. I already tried this. It doesnt make a difference once prepare is completed.

jdobbs

22nd July 2005, 04:00

I'm looking to see if I might be able to do something about this.

archaeo

22nd July 2005, 15:01

I'm looking to see if I might be able to do something about this.

that would be great jdobbs... it seems that those of us that have the problem may be in the minority, but it's a problem that has defied our attempts to resolve it. :mad:

Skunk

23rd July 2005, 02:51

I dont know a thing about coding, but might it be possible to just implement an option that links to another media player, so you can preview each segment in a seperate window if you like?
In fact I would be alot happier having that because I could also preview different EQ settings and color/contrast levels etc.

Once again I must give respect to Jdobbs for making this amazingly versatile product. This is only one bug in the scheme of things. With every catch though there is a chance to learn, and to improve the software :)

EDIT - Typos

Zeul

23rd July 2005, 08:25

@jdobbs
Shot in the dark, but during your compile stage what version of mplayer are you using as the previewer? There are 2 versions available, which ever one is being used by the app, the same must be installed on the users machine. Thats the main reason i don't use it in NuMenu and use DirectShow instead.
I know VB SP6 updated the mplayer. Perhaps these people have a previous version???, and so the api calls are therefore incorrect.

If the avs files play in the users mplayer manually, then it would seem likely that there is something different with the previewer.

Just a thought...

Zeul

jdobbs

23rd July 2005, 13:24

@zeul

All the playback in the viewer/editor is being done through the mciSendString() function that is available through winmm.dll.

somnus

19th September 2005, 23:50

Well still cant get the segment viewer to work I've done everything I think there is to do even installed a new video card with updated drivers and it still wont let me use the segemnt viewer, havnt heard much about this problem anymore so I didnt know if everyone gave up or what. t any rate the program is great and I cant beat the quality it puts out, so I 'll just do without the extra feature.

rendez2k

30th September 2005, 00:03

Is there anyway you could add an option to use Media Player Classic to preview? The current.avs files works fine when dragged to MPC - so if you could somehow integrate the two?! It does look like some users need an alternative method still (and that’s me included!).

jdobbs

30th September 2005, 02:42

I'll see what I can do -- kinda risky, though, adding an additional DLL requirement just be for the final release.

somnus

30th September 2005, 03:45

That would be great if it can be done, I've done everything possible that I can think of to get it to work icluding installing a new video card, format installed all kinds of yuy2 codecs and nothing seems to work. I'm in no way complaining this is the best dvd backup prog there is and the quality of my backups look perfect for me. But it's just driving me crazy why I can get the preview editer to work. And I have seen that it does work though on my friends computer and we have almost the same progs and codecs.

jdobbs

30th September 2005, 10:22

It's only happening on a few computers -- I wish I could figure out what the key is... but so far I can't see what they might have in common.

Wheelie4

2nd October 2005, 18:43

jdobbs,

I just realized that before I formated my HD and the preview worked I had Microsoft .NET Framework installed. After formating I have not reinstalled Microsoft .NET Framework yet. Could this be why the preview has not worked since I formated?

feedback

2nd October 2005, 20:33

I have .NET Framework 1.0 using XP and had to install .NET Framework 1.1 which was required for MS Encarta 2006 to work for the kids.

On another note and just a thought but patin-couffin older drivers sometimes cause problems with app.'s I have read.

Regards,:)

somnus

2nd October 2005, 22:34

I've got .NET framework and mine doesnt work so I know thats not the answer. And I also dont have patin-coufin on my computer so that's also not the problem.
@Wheelie4 if you figure out what you install to make it work again please let everyone know. It's been a total mystery

jdobbs

2nd October 2005, 22:57

No. DVD-RB doesn't require the .NET framework.

Wheelie4

2nd October 2005, 23:22

Oh well. :) I don't have patin-coufin on my pc.

If I figure it out I'll be sure to post it. :)

jdobbs

6th October 2005, 16:20

Could one of the folks who is having trouble displaying with the segment editor please do something for me? Search your C: drive and see what you find for "mciavi*.*"

Wheelie4

6th October 2005, 16:47

jdobbs,

Here's my results. First 3 files are in System32 folder. The 4th is in service pack folder.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8467/mciavi5od.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mciavi5od.jpg)

feedback

6th October 2005, 17:01

Wheelie4

6th October 2005, 17:55

@Wheelie4
Have you enabled your "Show all hidden files"?

Regards,:)

No I had not. But I just did and rescanned with the same results. ;)

jdobbs

6th October 2005, 17:55

jdobbs,

Here's my results. First 3 files are in System32 folder. The 4th is in service pack folder.Damn... that's exactly what you should have...

feedback

6th October 2005, 19:02

rendez2k

6th October 2005, 19:13

I got the same results as Wheelie4 - also installed the new Nvidia drivers and got rid of Alcohol 120% - no difference!

jdobbs

6th October 2005, 19:16

somnus

6th October 2005, 19:31

I'll check mine when I get home and see if it's different. Any test builds you may have I would certainly like to test and maybe figure it out why it wont work.

OK checked my files out and they look identical to everyone else's even in the registry

feedback

6th October 2005, 20:06

Don't know that it matters, but I had MCIAVI.DRV which was the first in his list in the 'System' folder in addition to the 'System32' folder.

WinXP sp2

Regards,:)

DVD-RB Pro. segment viewer works fine on my system. I was just checking the whereabouts of the mciavi.drv. which is Microsoft Video for Windows v.1.15 and found one in the System folder.
Deleted MCIAVI.DRV from the system folder and the mciavi.dll from the system32 folder. I thought I would see if I could make my RB Pro. viewer stop working.

Windows, however, reinstalled the drivers on rebooting.
I forgot about that little trick.

rendez2k

6th October 2005, 20:30

Try searching the register (if you're familiar with it) and see if mciavi is referenced.

I can't figure out what is different on your systems... :mad:

I could add support through the media player dlls... but that has the potential to kick out new bugs -- so I'd rather not do that in v1.00. After v1.00 final is out and you test against it (I have one more thing to try), I'll create a "special purpose" version for you to download and test.

By 'register' I take it you mean regedit? If thats the case, heres shots of my references (hope it helps!):

http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052023341zv.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052024280xd.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052025131mi.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052025349li.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052025528ja.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052026105rr.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052026295nb.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052026442nm.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100620052026579lx.jpg

I would also be keen to test any new versions to help find the problem. Maybe in the future you could offer two ways to view - as to not introduce any new problems for those people who it works for?

jdobbs

6th October 2005, 21:19

Yes -- I meant to say "registry", sorry.

It looks like you are configured properly... I just don't get it.

somnus

6th October 2005, 22:34

@rendez2k

just out of curiosity what type of computer do you have?

spyhawk

6th October 2005, 22:44

Just FYI. Besides the 4 mciavi* files found, I also have mciavi.drv in the system32\dllcache folder. The file version for mciavi32.dll is 5.1.2600.2180 (mod date 8/4/2004 1:56am). My registry search includes all of rendez2k's posted pics, plus HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002 and CurrentControlSet similar entries, which is important for currently allocated device drivers and system resources. This is from XP Pro SP2.

rendez2k

6th October 2005, 22:46

@rendez2k

just out of curiosity what type of computer do you have?

P4 3.2gb, Asus P4C800-E motherboard, 1.5gb ram, Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra running Win XP SP2 (home made PC!)

Could any of the other required components and DLLs have been altered in some way? Is there a complete list of what we need and versions? Could it be our graphics cards/drivers (do we all have Nvidia’s)? Beyond that, we'd have to start looking what software we all have/had had installed. Maybe something has taken away the video file association or similar? There must be some link! Doesn’t Nero output complete system lists?

feedback

6th October 2005, 22:53

Maybe a reward should be offered for the resolution of this wierd problem.

Say, the person would be immortalized in the...

"Rebuilder Problem Resolution Hall of Fame"
Credits. :D

Regards,:)

rendez2k

6th October 2005, 23:01

OK, if anybody wants to compare, heres a full list of my hardware (http://www.zen86095.zen.co.uk/hardwareinfo.htm) and my software (http://www.zen86095.zen.co.uk/softwareinfo.htm) - maybe this will help find a common configuration!

Wheelie4

6th October 2005, 23:10

Here's my regedit search results.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\Video For Windows\MCIAVI
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\MCI
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\MCI32
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\MUILanguages\RCV2\mciavi32.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\WOW
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Control\Nls\MUILanguages\RCV2\mciavi32.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Control\WOW
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\MUILanguages\RCV2\mciavi32.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WOW
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1390067357-1202660629-839522115-1004\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\Video For Windows\MCIAVI

somnus

7th October 2005, 01:04

rendez2k

7th October 2005, 09:14

http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=285541&ck=

I see that we have the same type motherboards but other than that i'm not sure what would be causing the preview editor to not work.

Whats at the link Somnus? I just get "Sorry. Access denied. You do not have access to this unlisted site."
I also can't see it being a motherboard thing, unless somebody wants to correct us!?

somnus

7th October 2005, 11:19

Hmm wierd about the access denied and it's my hardware stats. I'll check it when i get home zi must have clicked something extra. And as for the motherboard, I guess I should have been a little clearer, it wouldn't be a problem that was one of the only things i could see right off that our computers had in common besides some programs.

rendez2k

7th October 2005, 12:36

Could it be any kind of codec packs causing th problem, such as FFDShow which has changed AVI/MPG playback?

jdobbs

7th October 2005, 12:47

Not likely. If that were the cause you would think it would also affect playback in Windows Media Player.

rendez2k

7th October 2005, 15:02

Could it be any kind of codec packs causing th problem, such as FFDShow which has changed AVI/MPG playback?

OK, tried it on my work laptop with K-Lite Codec Pack (with FFDShow) and the viewer worked fine - another good idea blown out of the water!

somnus

7th October 2005, 21:19

@rendez2k

Try this one

http://bellsouthpwp2.net/m/s/mschandler/

I used the wrong link it should let you in

rendez2k

7th October 2005, 23:32

Wow! Got it to work! Not sure how though....

1. uninstalled anything myself and somnus had (divx stuff, itunes, quicktime) - didn't work
2. Did a Win XP repair with sfc /scannow - didn't work
3. Installed some old Nvidia drivers (66.93) - didn't work
4. installed new AviSynth beta - didn't work

Then I'm not 100% sure, but it was something like:
5. Uninstalled more software - DIKO, SVCD2DVD 2.0, VLC Media Player - didn't work, but not sure if it helped (DIKO definitely uses AviSynth)
6. Checked and removed two virtual drives and related drivers made by Alcohol 120% (I noticed somnus had DAEMON Tools installed?) – not sure if this helped and also did a full reg clean with TuneUp Utilities 2006 just to make sure everything was clean
7. Uninstalled new AviSynth, checked all folders of uninstalled programs were deleted, uninstalled DVD-RB then did a full re-install and something round here made it work!

Good luck guys and let me know if any of this actually helped and especially what actually made it work!

feedback

8th October 2005, 03:46

Great you guy are on to something!

I know you probably hate the thought of it rendez2k, but maybe if you reinstalled and kept a list of what you were doing and made RB viewer Stop working again, you could nail down the exact problem causation.

Just a suggestion.

Regards,:)

somnus

8th October 2005, 05:24

HOLY SHIT FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!

It works the segment viewer works I did the same as rendez2k and after reinstalling and clearing out the registry and in the end rebooting it finally works. I think though I'm not sure it was a conflict with SVCD2DVD because that was the last thing I uninstalled before it started working. I'm gonna run some tests against it and see if thats it in the morning. I'm not sure but I wonder if SVCD2DVD uses msyuv.dll causing the two to conflict.

rendez2k

8th October 2005, 10:13

Hmmm, I have put the newest SVCD2DVD back on (I had a beta before) and the viewer still works! Let me know somnus adter your tests if you manage to break it again!

somnus

8th October 2005, 11:14

Ok I'll be doing it this afternoon as I'm off to work again now but if it's not SVCD2DVD on mine that really confuses me as to what was causing it. At any rate I'll keep trying to figure it out.

Rockas

8th October 2005, 12:40

I also have DVD2SVCD installed and mine works.
As I said on a previous post... the only problem I had was related somehow to Daemon Tools... I think this problem has some relation with virtual drives...
Maybe we should call Ghost Busters :D

jdobbs

8th October 2005, 13:05

somnus

8th October 2005, 14:45

@Rockas

before I couldnt get the segment viewer to work with or without DAEMON tools so that wasnt my particular problem.

@jdobbs

No I didnt change anything with the naming BUT I have 3 drives and I put most of my progs on the drive that doesnt have Windows XP on it. This time around I went ahead and installed everything on my C: with windows. Could that be what caused it? If so it's never been a problem before and I dont know about anybody else.

jdobbs

8th October 2005, 15:09

No, probably not. I was wondering because I reviewed the code yesterday, and all I could see that might be out of the ordinary was the conversion of the path to short filenames (it is required by the MCI calls to winmm.dll). Oh, well...

Wheelie4

8th October 2005, 16:25

Well, I don't have DIKO, SVCD2DVD nor any Virtual drive, haven't since I formated. DVD-RB Pro and AVISynth is on my C: drive with WinXP but my working path (AVS files) are on my D: drive. Tried with C: path as working path but still no luck.

FilipeAmadeuO

8th October 2005, 16:56

Same problem where. I have not installed any codec after the windows instalation, DIKO, SVCD2DVD nor any Virtual drive and my segment viewer doesnt display any video

rendez2k

8th October 2005, 17:11

Have either of you installed any other software thats on mine or somnus' software lists? As I said, I'm not 100% sure what cured mine.

jdobbs

8th October 2005, 18:34

Same problem where. I have not installed any codec after the windows instalation, DIKO, SVCD2DVD nor any Virtual drive and my segment viewer doesnt display any videoAs I said above, I will do something for you... but I have to say for the record -- something is not standard on your system... or it would work like it does for 99% + of the people who use it.

FilipeAmadeuO

8th October 2005, 18:37

Ok. Thank you very much.
I have just one more request : Is it possible in a next version to add in the segment viewer an option not to encode one of the PGC ?
Sometimes i prefer not to encode the trailers and encode the movie (and they on the same VTS)

jdobbs

8th October 2005, 18:46

I'm not sure I know what you mean. Not to encode a PGC? I guess I don't get the connection to trailers, etc.

FilipeAmadeuO

8th October 2005, 18:55

For example, normaly the region 2 Warner dvd´s in the same VTS (for example VTS1) have the warner logo video, the movie and the trailer (diferent PGC - program chains).
My idea is on the segment viewer instead of doing an blanking of the trailer (for example) do a not encode

rendez2k

8th October 2005, 19:21

My only request (now the viewer works) would be some kind of fast forward/seek bar to see what the rest of the segment contains - that would be fab :D

jdobbs

8th October 2005, 20:58

I can do that in v1.10... I wasn't trying to give it a lot of features -- just a quick way to see what you're working with.

Wheelie4

8th October 2005, 21:00

Today I uninstalled AviSynth then DVDRB1.00rc6Pro, rebooted, installed Registry Mechanic, rebooted, ran Reg Mechanic and repaired all errors (170), rebooted, reinstalled DVDRB1.00rc6Pro (during install the only thing I changed from default install options was to uncheck CCE/ProCoder Config), rebooted. Ran Prepare phase and still not able to preview. :(

I'm still trying to figure it out. ;)

somnus

8th October 2005, 22:03

Well I reinstalled SVCD2DVD and the preview still works so that wasnt my problem either. But I did overlook something I installed windows media format runtimes just before then it worked so maybe I was just missing something that was in that package.

@Wheelie4

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx

Try installing the one you would need it's what I did right before it started working

Wheelie4

8th October 2005, 22:37

somnus,

Thx for the suggestion. Tried it but still no preview. :)

rendez2k

8th October 2005, 23:31

Wheelie4, have you done a list of your installed software (as myself and somnus did) so we can compare?

Wheelie4

9th October 2005, 00:14

Well, I got good news. I unistalled DVDRB1.00rc6Pro and installed DVDRB1.01Pro but still no preview. So I decided to uninstall programs that play video. I uninstalled all at once:

Mark's DVDTrayplayerPro 1.99a
Quicktime Alternative1.48
Real Alternative142
K-LiteCodecPack2.53 Full

Now the preview works. I plan to reinstall one at a time and test preview after each install but unfortunately due to my disability my uptime has ended and I must lay down (dizzy spells setting in). But I will begin doing so first thing after getting all setup at noon tomorrow. Sorry I can't do it now to let all know the results. But atleast there's been good progress and results established today for some of us.

rendez2k

9th October 2005, 00:17

Glad to hear things are working Wheelie4 - let us know how you get on! I wonder if Real Alternative has something to do with it? I think I also uninstalled that last night.

Wheelie4

9th October 2005, 00:43

Ok my curiosity egged me on. So here's my results in order of reinstallation.

Reinstalled Quicktime Alternative1.48: preview still works
Reinstalled Real Alternative1.42: preview still works
Reinstalled Mark's DVDTrayplayerPro 1.99a: preview still works
Reinstalled K-LiteCodecPack2.53 Full: preview stopped working

Uninstalled K-LiteCodecPack2.53 Full again: preview started working again.

K-lite codec pack has so much I'm not sure what part of it is my culprit. But I gotta go. Cya tomorrow.

somnus

9th October 2005, 01:10

Wheelie4,

Good to hear you got it working again. It seems that everyone that has had this problem is truly a unique situation, I have K-Lite on my computer and the preview is working for me still(of course I only use a couple of the codecs it has). I just did as rendez2k did and it started working after the windows media runtimes were reinstalled. Oh well at least it's working and I'm gonna try and see if I remove the runtimes if it stops or not.

Jon1166

9th October 2005, 12:13

I've had the same problem since the Segment Viewer option was incorporated in DVD-RB. No matter what I did I could never get it to work on my computer running Windows XP. I installed, re-installed, deleted, updated and reformatted my computer to no avail... I just gave up in the end.
Alas last week after a nice annual bonus from work I purchased and put together my 3rd PC. To my amazement, after the installation DVD-RB I was able to for the first time get Segment Viewer to work.
This might'n help fix any of your issues but I'm that excited that it finally worked... All be it with a new computer.

jdobbs

14th October 2005, 15:47

If there is anyone who is still experiencing this problem... could you try something for me? I put an experimental switch into v1.01 when it was released that would force the use of long filenames in the MCI routines. Could you see if adding the following line to the [Options] area of REBUILDER.INI makes any difference?

MCI_LONG_NAME=1

It probably won't make a difference... but it would be helpful to know that for sure.

Thanks.

jmp0889

17th October 2005, 17:52

I made the change to the .ini file & it did not reflect any change in my problem of not being able to use the preview function.

somnus

17th October 2005, 18:32

@jmp0889
Did you try what me and rendez2k did to get ours working?

Wheelie4

17th October 2005, 20:11

Although something in k-liteCodecPack Full was my problem, I am able to install K-liteCodecPack Basic and still see the preview. So something in the list of components in the link below under the Full or Standard versions thats not in the Basic pack was causing my problem.

K-liteCodecPack (http://www.codecguide.com/features_kl.htm)

jmp0889

17th October 2005, 23:32

somnus

Yep, tried it. Nothing has worked for me to date & this goes back a long way. Hope someone hits on the universal cause & cure soon. I don't know what else to try. I'm not willing to go thru the hassle of format/reinstall just for trial & error.

somnus

18th October 2005, 03:36

@jmp0889

It's really hard to say what is causing it, it's different for most people. The segment viewer didn't work for me from day 1 either, untill me and rendez2k compared our programs and uninstalled/reinstalled, I still dont know what caused it to not work, just know that what we did made it work. Did you try the codec link I posted above? I'm not sure if it'll help you but it's the last thing I did before it started working.

maruss

20th October 2005, 20:03

If there is anyone who is still experiencing this problem... could you try something for me? I put an experimental switch into v1.01 when it was released that would force the use of long filenames in the MCI routines. Could you see if adding the following line to the [Options] area of REBUILDER.INI makes any difference?

MCI_LONG_NAME=1

@jdobbs This edit of the REBUILDER.INI worked for me.
My setup is in my sig...

jmp0889

21st October 2005, 15:12

After the last post by Maruus I decided to try the .ini addition one more time. I discovered I had mistyped (left out the 2nd _ ) the text. I retyped it correctly, resaved the ini file & "BINGO", I now have segment preview.

Many thanks to all in this thread for the help on a thorny issue. :D :D :D :D

jptheripper

21st October 2005, 16:38

great to know this issue is likely fixed

jdobbs

21st October 2005, 18:14

I had a feeling that might have an effect.

Is there any out there who is still having this issue for which using this switch doesn't fix it?

rendez2k

18th November 2005, 12:25

Well, although I had got the viewer working, its stopped again now! I also tried adding MCI_LONG_NAME=1 but that hasn't helped, so I need to go back again now and see whats killed it again! I noticed something I installed the other day re-installed AVI Synth so I'm not sure if this is the issue....

Edit: Uninstalled K-Lite Full and the preview works so its definitely something in there!

jdobbs

18th November 2005, 12:50

You have to be very careful with some applications that use AVISYNTH. There is at least one I know of that redirects the AVISYNTH plug-ins folder to an area specific to just that product.

It's really hard to make other programs behave...

Make sure you add MCI_LONG_NAME=1 to the correct area of the INI. It should be in the "[Options]" section.

[Edit] Just noticed your edit... I wonder what it is changing?

rendez2k

18th November 2005, 13:18

Yup, it looks like MCI_LONG_NAME=1 may not cure all cases of the problem....

jdobbs

18th November 2005, 15:06

Of course I really shouldn't be expected to cure what other software breaks...

spyhawk

18th November 2005, 23:15

I have the opposite problem, but not with the segment viewer as some of you are experiencing. My problem is when I tried to view AVS file after Prepared with Windows Media Player 6.4, it says:

Unable to download an appropriate decompressor. (Error=80040200)
Cannot play back the video stream: no suitable decompresssor could be found. (Error=80040255)

Same for Media Player Classic. Then try VirtualDub, and it says "Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'YV12' (unknown). VirtualDub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable."

What strange about this is I was able to view AVS before. There was no additional app installed, and I don't know what I did that cause this error. Maybe because I was playing different software players that change the priority of the codec?

Then I looked in the VirtualDub forum and was told that I need to install DivX or XviD codec for this. But I already have these codecs in my system. I look in GSpot, and see that YV12 (FourCC) is there, and under Vendor column "No codec needed". So I don't know why I can't view AVS. Anyways, I went ahead and installed the XviD codec (http://www.xvid.org/), and I'm able to view it now in WMP, MPC, and VirtualDub. I also verify that the segment viewer is still working after this installation.

Could this viewing problem has to do with certain codec or filter has higher precedence than the other? So when you install some app, for example, the new video codec is assigned a higher merit value than the previous one that DVD-RB is using.

I don't know if this could be the reason, but I find 2 filter managers that allow you to change the merit of Directshow filters and others as well:

Radlight filter manager (http://www.radlight.org/products/filter_manager/index.php)
DirectShow Filter Manager (http://www.softella.com/dsfm/index.en.htm)

I was looking in these tools to see if I can do it b4 installing the XviD codec, but I don't know what filter I should change to have higher merit, so I don't want to risk it. I thought maybe someone has a better idea of how to use it.

jdobbs

19th November 2005, 01:46

That sounds like AVISYNTH isn't installed... Run the DVD-RB installer... the MPEG stream is decoded by DGDECODE.DLL and fed to AVISYNTH....

spyhawk

19th November 2005, 01:58

It is installed -- v2.55. DGDecode.dll comes with the RB installer, and is in the RB folder, and is referenced in ini file.

jdobbs

19th November 2005, 04:59

Something is wrong... because if you install DVD-RB on a plain vanilla Windows XP computer it will run. You don't need any exotic codecs, etc.

spyhawk

19th November 2005, 06:04

I think you misunderstand me. I already have DivX and XviD codecs, so I can view avi files, long before I install DVD-RB the first time. After doing full installation of DVD-RB, I was still able to view AVS and segment viewer. So there was no problem then.

As mentioned above, somehow later on (with no additional installed apps) suddenly I can't view AVS but still can view segment viewer. That's why I'm puzzled. So reinstalling the XviD codec enables the AVS to be played again. And there's no problem with the segment viewer either, so no need for me to use MCI_LONG_NAME=1.

In any case, my problem is solved now. I was mentioning that maybe the priority of the codec or filter might have changed. Just like in TMPGEnc, VFAPI plug-in tab, where you can set the priority of certain decoder/reader if the program has problem decoding.

JFerguson

18th May 2006, 06:37

Just lost my preview capability sometime in the last couple of days. Came upon this thread and saw the workarounds regarding codecs.

What changed on my system? A codec pack. I uninstalled the XviD codec pack I had just installed and now it works again...

jdobbs

18th May 2006, 11:28

Oh... I see. It sounds like something is removing or replacing the MSYUV codec that is install with WinXP. Look at your video codecs list and make sure its still there. I have XVID installed on my computer and AVS/preview playback works.

JFerguson

21st May 2006, 23:17

I'm using Windows 2000. Yeah, I had a working XviD codec installed for quite a while, but then tried this other one for a video I couldn't get to play.

johnnyquid

19th May 2007, 17:30

The preview in the segment editor is black for all items.

My versions are below:

- Versions :
-- Rebuilder: v1.25.0
-- ReJig Version: 0.5.0.5
-- QuEnc Version: 0.7.2.0
-- HC Version: 0.21.0.0
-- DGDECODE Version: 1.4.5
-- AVISYNTH: 2.5.6.0

I have read the previous posts on this issue but the suggestions did not work. I am running XP SP2.

I have tried uninstalling avisynth and RB and reinstalling RB fresh.

I have tried the MCI_LONG_NAME=1 in the rebuilder.ini file

Playing the current.avs in the RB directory in windows media player works.

The Rockas matrix editor program video preview works BTW.

I know this does not provide enough detail of my system to likey pinpoint the problem. If someone knows how I can provide better information (codecs, etc) let me know.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

somnus

21st May 2007, 01:38

Cant be for sure but it's probably some sort of codec conflict. Do you have K-Lite codec pack installed? If so uninstall it, it has cause me all sorts of problems. Use http://www.cccp-project.net/ it provides everything you would need to play almost everything, plus you may want to download Insurgent from the same site and try and find some codecs you may not have known were there creating the problem.

johnnyquid

21st May 2007, 13:40

Installed the cccp package. Still no playback.

somnus

21st May 2007, 16:12

Like I was saying make sure you dont have K-Lite or any part installed, and check any other codecs you may have installed. Whatever you uninstall make sure you delete the folder and clean the registry then reboot.

Voodoochild

21st May 2007, 19:19

it's the Xvid codec that conflict with the segment viewer.. I have this problem to

jdobbs

21st May 2007, 23:15

I playback XviD using the FFDSHOW codec set. It doesn't conflict. Which one are you using?

johnnyquid

22nd May 2007, 02:33

I had the problem before installing K-lite codec pack and also after installing the K-lite codec pack. I currently have the K-lite codec pack uninstalled and the CCCP pack installed. Find attached the codecs installed as reported by the CCCP insurgent program. BTW I did uninstall Nero and check that as well. No change. What is odd (although previously reported) is that the Rockas matrix editor and windows media player do not have the problem. There must be some difference on how RB calls for the display.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Voodoochild

22nd May 2007, 16:45

I playback XviD using the FFDSHOW codec set. It doesn't conflict. Which one are you using?

I also use FFDSHOW but I have also Xvid Codec cause, some times I reEncode divX movies for my father dvd ,which can't playback hebrew subtitles. using AVI recomp (that uses Xvid codec) I embed the subs into the movie.

10x Elad

somnus

23rd May 2007, 00:26

@johnnyquid

I'm really not sure as to why your having this problem the only 2 things in your setup that stand out is Nero and Virtual VCR. As for Nero, Do you have virtual drive installed? I seem to remember it having some sort of conflict with RB, but that was a while back and not sure if that would still be a problem. Only thing I can say is uninstall the two and clean the registry & reboot to see if it comes around. Did you ever have use of the segment viewer?

johnnyquid

23rd May 2007, 01:32

I have tried uninstalling Nero, Virtual VCR, and my wintv capture card programs. No virtual drive programs are installed. This does not help any. The segment viewer used to work but I do not remember which version worked. I did reinstall RB version 1.10.3 just to see if it makes a difference. It does not. As I can see the segments with Rockas's Matrix editor it is not a big deal but it would be nice if RB's preview would work.

johnnyquid

9th August 2007, 04:26

disableing xvidvfw.dll (I used mmcompview to do this) got rid of problem of the segment editor viewer not working for me.

Sharc

10th August 2007, 18:31

After unsinstalling obsolete divx/Xvid stuff the RB preview displays <Video not availble. Decompressed 'vids:YUY2' not found.> Reinstalling didn't help.
Current.avs etc. play correctly in MPC.

Any idea what could be wrong or missing?

Sharc

15th August 2007, 06:26

Preview problem still persists.
Is anything special requested for the DVD-RB preview to function? Similar previews of other applications function properly on my system.

[BMC]

17th August 2007, 00:02

What program is dvdrb calling on to do the preview?

jdobbs

17th August 2007, 02:36

It is calling the inherent routines in the O/S via the Media Control Interface (MCI) using the Windows API -- so if it isn't working, the problem goes beyond just DVD-RB

[BMC]

17th August 2007, 03:41

I have no problems previewing avs files in Windows Media Player or Media Player Classic. Do you have any suggestions how I can solve this problem? Thx.

Sharc

17th August 2007, 06:29

It is calling the inherent routines in the O/S via the Media Control Interface (MCI) using the Windows API -- so if it isn't working, the problem goes beyond just DVD-RB

Does it rely on VfW components? I seem to have a problem there with a missing decompressor (which one?).

auldyin

17th August 2007, 09:00

I too cannot get the preview to function.
Unfortunately, being a total novice, I cannot contribute to the thread apart from logging that preview is disfunctional.

jdobbs

17th August 2007, 13:03

I'll take a look at using another mechanism for display. But the reason I used the API was because I didn't want any dependencies beyond the operating system itself. In every case that I've seen so far where there was a problem -- it was caused by 3rd party packages replacing operating system components or codecs.

I hope you understand my hesitation in trying to fix a "problem" that is actually not truly related to DVD-RB at all.

[BMC]

17th August 2007, 23:13

Thanks jdobbs. Is anyone else using Vista that is having this problem?

Sharc

18th August 2007, 10:54

The Preview is back to life in my case.
Difficult to say what has really cured it. I reinstalled the WfW components (only these) from the K-Lite codec pack including the unwanted DivX and Xvid - then removed the DivX and XviD codecs with the device manager and finally uninstalled the K-lite Codec pack. After rebooting the preview worked.
I have never been using the K-Lite pack before, so in my case it solved rather than generated the conflict.

C420Dogg

15th September 2007, 06:09

i had the problem also and the ONLY thing i did was uninstall the k-lite codec pack and it worked even without the community pack installed. however i installed the community pack for the other codecs i needed.
running vista ultimate.

good luck to all who need it.

casperse

24th January 2008, 20:54

I was having the same problem...And I did a image of my PC
And uninstalled 1 program/codec after another....

And restored the PC to try again....

After many restores I found that only uninstalling Xvid 1.1 from my PC fixed the problem! Why I dont know? but that was the only codec thing I had to uninstall

Just if new users have the same problem...and dont want to read all 10 pages of posts (-;

levi

20th May 2008, 17:00

casperse

20th May 2008, 17:19

I had the same problem. After uninstalling xvid, I was able to see the preview. I would like to keep xvid installed so I tried several different versions, but they all block the preview. Is there any way to run both DVD-RB & XVID codec?

My solution was simple....

Use VLC player to play every video AVI you have.....
Much better player than Windows media player...

VLC have their XVID codec implemented in the player...

levi

20th May 2008, 17:23

I do xvid encoding, so I want to keep it installed

Sharc

20th May 2008, 19:46

InstalledCodec is a handy freeware tool to quickly enable/disable codecs. I use it exactly for disabling the Xvid codec when using DVD-RB.
You may download from here:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/installed_codec.html

jdobbs

20th May 2008, 20:59

You can also do xvid encoding using the codec contained in FFDSHOW, MENCODER, or FFMPEG. I've had no problem with any of those interfering. My guess is that it somehow interferes with standard YUV display, but that's just speculation. DVD-RB uses the standard windows media control interface (MCI) to display the video, it doesn't do anything out of the ordinary.

zacoz

21st May 2008, 11:02

Interestingly I've got koepi's Xvid build installed (updated a few times) and never had a problem using the segment viewer. Windows XP sp2 system.

SpazzHH

21st May 2008, 11:39

Same here with Koepi's build and XP SP2

levi

21st May 2008, 13:42

I've only seen it on vista & windows server 2008 - always used Koepi's build in the past

subferno

8th January 2009, 03:10

My segment editor won't play, the scrollbar is just stuck miday way. I don't use any kind of codec pack. I used the linked program to detect what codecs I have to enable/disable. I don't have xvid or divx installed.

Win XP SP3

edit- Looking at the logs, I see this during the preparation:

Overall Bitrate : 5,259/4,207Kbs
- Space for Video : 3,999,676KB
- Redistributing using Base_Q: 21
-- V100001_REDIST no .M2V, retrying.
-- V100001_REDIST no .M2V, retrying.
- Failed to create M2V: V100001_REDIST
- The encoder doesn't appear functional.
- Aborting...
- Aborted, no REDISTRIBUTION.
- Movie improvement from extra reduction = 4.5%
- HIGH/LOW/TYPICAL Bitrates: 8,360/786/4,207 Kbs

edit - Reinstalling AviSynth seems to have fixed it.