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  • Mr.Rogers
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Mar 2003
    • 5

    System crash when converting DvD to DivX

    Hi everyone! I am new at this forum since I only recently have bought a computer with a DvD player. My problem is this:

    When I try to convert a dvd to avi or divx, the computer switches off. I have tried several different programs including easydivx and gordian knot but the problem seemes to be with my computer and not the programs. After using gordian knot I have found that the problem occurs when I use Nandub, and I believe it's the same process that is the problem also when using other progs.

    My PC:
    Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D PIV 2.4GHz
    256 MB DDR-RAM
    ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 with 32 MB DDR-RAM
    Running Windows XP SP1 with all updates

    Hope someone here can help me with this and I would be eternally gratefull!

    PS: I have done a search
  • UncasMS
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2001
    • 9047

    #2
    any log file you could get hold of and post here?

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    • Mr.Rogers
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Mar 2003
      • 5

      #3
      No, sorry... I don't know if there was any, the computers just switched of and I got one error report when I ran gordian and that was something about changing something back in the register...

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      • UncasMS
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2001
        • 9047

        #4
        without even knowing what kind of codec and thus which tool was actually used for transcoding it is extremely hard to recommend anything useful.

        was nandub used for transcoding (i.e. divx3) or was it used for multiplexing AFTER the conversion?

        take a look ath your directory.

        a gknot*.log should after all be present

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        • Mr.Rogers
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Mar 2003
          • 5

          #5
          Sorry, Still no log file. But I was about 4 minutes in the first pass if that helps anything and it was divx5, but I have also tried divx3

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          • UncasMS
            Super Moderator
            • Nov 2001
            • 9047

            #6
            any other instability issues on your system?

            what about latest chipset driver + vga?

            is PLAYBACK affected also?

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            • Mr.Rogers
              Junior Member
              Junior Member
              • Mar 2003
              • 5

              #7
              I have all the latest drivers, that was my first idea too...

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              • UncasMS
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2001
                • 9047

                #8
                i've had random reboots during playback once which were solved with newer chipset drivers.

                running out of ideas in your case.

                irq conflicts or heat arent to blame either?

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                • LaFouine
                  Platinum Member
                  Platinum Member
                  • Dec 2001
                  • 194

                  #9
                  Check your memory. I have had a lot of encoding crash until I discovered one of my RAM stick wasn't OK.

                  Use DocMemory

                  Rip In Peace
                  LaFouine

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                  • NightPredator
                    Junior Member
                    Junior Member
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 14

                    #10
                    I have the same problem too since I reformated my hard drive, using any codec (divx 3.11 alpha, Divx 5.0.3 2-pass or XViD 2-pass). For Divx 5 and Xvid, it happens most of the time during the second pass. My computer reboots automatically. I have a VIA motherboard, an Athlon 1 Ghz, 640 SDRAM memory, Geforce 4 Titanium 4200 with 40.72 Detonators.

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                    • NightPredator
                      Junior Member
                      Junior Member
                      • Apr 2003
                      • 14

                      #11
                      Another precision : I use FlaskMPEG 0.6 Preview, and I never had problems before I reformated my hard disk.

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                      • Mr.Rogers
                        Junior Member
                        Junior Member
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 5

                        #12
                        Thanx for all help, it turned out to be a bad ram-stick. Now I have a new one, and everything works great!!

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                        • NightPredator
                          Junior Member
                          Junior Member
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 14

                          #13
                          I can't use the program DocMem it can't be launched ("Impossible to launch a 16-bit application")

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                          • SKD_Tech
                            Lord of Digital Video
                            Lord of Digital Video
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 1512

                            #14
                            If I am not mistaked isn't a 16 bit program Windows 4.x or something similar?

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                            • igotid24
                              Junior Member
                              Junior Member
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 30

                              #15
                              Originally posted by NightPredator
                              I can't use the program DocMem it can't be launched ("Impossible to launch a 16-bit application")
                              thats because its a dos based program, it should make you create a bootable floppy to use it from.

                              but if you want to test your memory the best program to use is memtest http://www.memtest86.com/
                              its also very effective in checking the stability when overclocking.

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