DivX Converter error when encoding several clips into a single DivX file with menu

[numaios]

Hello to everybody.

I've been trying to encode several MPEG-1 video files (320x240@29 fps) into a single DivX file with menu using DivX Converter. Everything works during the analyzing/encoding phase, but the program crashes when it's "building DivX menu", and a message appears ("Abnormal program termination").

I've tried with different files and I always get the same error.

Could anybody help me?

Did anybody tried to do a single DivX file with menu from several videos successfully?

Thank you very much!

[ricardo.santos]

same problem here

the files have the same resolution and audio bitrate.

crashes when it gets to the menu part

[Eliéser]

same here too

[dwrbudr]

Access violation errors in released product... not good

[numaios]

I've found out what's going on!!!

If you go to \DivX\DivX Converter, you'll see a file called "DivXEncSettings.txt", created every time you encode a file with Converter.

Checking this file created while trying to do a single DivX from several videos, I've seen a line who says:

log file read c:\Program Files\DivX\DivXmap.log
log file write c:\Program Files\DivX\DivXmap.log

My problem is that directory doesn't exist in my hard disk, because I use WinXP in Spanish (so that instead of c:\Program Files, I have c:\Archivos de programa).

But I've created the directory "C:\Program Files\DivX" and... it doesn't crash anymore!!

Please, open your "DivXEncSettings.txt" file created after a crash and check the line which says something about "DivXmap.log" to see the directory that you must create.

Maybe this happens to everybody who has a non-English version of Windows XP

I hope this works for you!

[ricardo.santos]

i saw ur post at divx.com and i tried and it didnt gave an error but the divx converter expoerted the files as separate divx files.

no menu

[numaios]

Did you activate the option "combine" after pushing the button "View list" in the Converter, after adding all the files?

I've encoded 2 MPEG-1 videos (with the same resolution and the same frame rate) into 1 and it works perfectly, with its menu.

I hope this helps you!

[ricardo.santos]

yep i forgot that little detail. thanks

[numaios]

Well, we finally solved the problem!

See you :)

[ricardo.santos]

well i encoded 2 divx5 short clips and it does work.

well spoted Numaios

Cheers

[ricardo.santos]

found something.

divxconverter says that it wont creat menus with vob files but i discovered that by renaming the vobs to .mpeg it converts them and creats a menu as well.

[ShakataGaNai]

found something.

divxconverter says that it wont creat menus with vob files but i discovered that by renaming the vobs to .mpeg it converts them and creats a menu as well.

Thats intresting - So theoretically you could rename all the VOB files from a DVD Rip and recreate the entire DVD? Intresting - I'm going to have to try that out.

[numaios]

well spoted Numaios

Cheers
Thank you :)

divxconverter says that it wont creat menus with vob files but i discovered that by renaming the vobs to .mpeg it converts them and creats a menu as well.
But the group of VOBs is a whole movie, so why convert them in a DivX with menu? The cut points will be completely random. I find logical that Converter doesn't do that by default.

Thats intresting - So theoretically you could rename all the VOB files from a DVD Rip and recreate the entire DVD? Intresting - I'm going to have to try that out.
But that's not necessary! If you rip the VOBs in IFO mode, Converter will encode the whole movie into one *.divx file, without menu. The option "combine" is disabled because the VOBs are not "independent" files, but they are a continuous movie, so you don't need a menu. The option "combine" should be used, for example, to encode several episodes of a TV series into a single DivX file and select which episode to play with the menu.

[numaios]

The DivX Converter error when encoding several clips into a single DivX file with menu was fixed in the last version (DivX Converter 1.0.2):

http://www.divx.com/divx/converter/versions/