Digital recode crashes

[rernst]

I wonder whether someone else observed this symptom:

I upgraded to the latest NV Express (3-1.0.14). I am trying to run Recode 2 with Maximum AVC and 5.1 sourround sound. Initially it kept crashing during the first quarter of the second pass on various movies.

Then I decided to install Windows from scratch and reinstalled the thing and it appeared to compress (but choked on actually writing the disk for reasons unknown).

Anyhow, I disregarded this for a moment and kept reinstalling various video applications such as the Canopus Procoder Express with DivX Pro (later upgraded to DivX 6).

Somewhere along the line Recode 2 started crashing again during the second pass. I could not find a log. Just the standard Windows dialog box about 'Serious error, have to terminate'.

Now it *always* crashes during the second phase. This has never happened to me before with the older versions.

This is a legit version, actually everything on this machine is legit, no bogus keys, etc. I opened a ticket with Nero but haven't heard back from them.

I am very disappointed as my RJTech player can actually play back Recode digital files with Multichannel sound (at lower bitrates than DivX with AC3 encapsulated).

I am encoding off disk, ripped in file mode.

1GB memory, Athlon XP 3000+, MX-440.

Any suggestions what to try? I uninstalled, used the Clean tool, reinstalled - same problems.

[neo_anderson]

first select a small portion of video to be encoded, around 1-2 min., then do a full encoding, this might help!

[rernst]

Gee,

that worked and I figured it out. Apparently the codec made my CPU work very hard and it eventually overheated. I ran it again with an open case without problems. Now I just have to mount the huge heatsink I got.