segment viewer doesnt display video?

[thomasphoenix]

Hi,
Im using dvdrb pro latest version0.81 with the dg decode dll supplied with this release.I have set the path to point to that file in the dvd rb directory,after prepare when I highlight the video in the counter the image area remains blank.Wonder what could be causing this?

[mrslacker]

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]

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

[AxelF]

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]

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

[AxelF]

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]

Did the preview worked before you used the Installer?

[feedback]

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]

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]

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

[JFerguson]

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]

I still have this problem.

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

[Rockas]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Rockas]

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

[JFerguson]

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

[AxelF]

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]

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]

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]

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

Stay tuned...

[AxelF]

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]

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

[AxelF]

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]

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]

@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]

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.

[AxelF]

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]

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]

@AxelF
@JFerguson

Are you using Daemon Tools to mount ISO images?

[AxelF]

@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]

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

[Rockas]

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]

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

Yeah, I was thinking about that too...

[JFerguson]

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]

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

[JFerguson]

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]

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]

I don't have XP -> I have WIN2K

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

[Carpo]

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]

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

[Carpo]

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

[Rockas]

Have you tried to uninstall and re-install AviSynth?

[Carpo]

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]

Just try to uninstall and re-install...

[Rockas]

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

[Carpo]

nope that didnt help

[Rockas]

How did you installed AviSynth and Rebuilder?