MenuShrink crashes on Into the Blue

[cendrik]

I am helping a friend back up his purchased movie "Into the Blue". I used VobBlanker first to blank all and process except for main title (processed in input folder, like I always do.) Then used menushrink.

It comes up with the first couple menus but then crashes saying "menushrink.exe has generated errors a log files is being created"

I am unable to view the log file because it is crashing. Is the log file saved seperately somewhere?? I can't find it, nor get to it.

The movie plays fine off the hard drive so I know the rip is good.

Whats wrong?

[blutach]

Interesting - what version of MenuShrink are you using? 2.3 is the latest.

Also, have you tried VobBlanker's Menu2Still function?

Regards

[cendrik]

Yes version 2.3
Tried it on 2 different machines but using the same disc.... would be nice to know if anyone else has this same problem.

And yes I know about Vobblanker's Menu2still function; it looks nice but I am more used to using menushrink.

Up till now used menushrink many times and never gave me any problem.

[blutach]

Me neither. Can you try with VobBlanker just to see if MenuShrink needs fixing? I'm sure Jeanl will wanna know if something's not quite right.

Try doing a menu mock strip of the menu VTS where the problems occur - see link in my signature.

Regards

[jeanl]

mmm, I'd like to be able to reproduce this bug! Cendrik, how big are the menus? If they're not too large (say, less than 150MB), you could possibly zip them up, with the IFO files and send that to me (use www.yousendit.com) to jeanldvd at free dot fr. This should enable me to reproduce the problem.
If they're big, can you find out which VTS is making menushrink crash? Make sure the log window is open when you run menushrink, then run it and see which VTS is being processed when the crash occurs. Then, just send me that VTS (with ALL the IFOs)...
jeanl

[cendrik]

Well Vobblanker menu2still seemed to work, but it didn't blank the outro's..... here is what I did, along with the log. Maybe this log will help you figure out what is going on with menushrink?

Did this first using vobblanker:
-Checkmarked "Blank cells without buttons"
-Right click selected "all with buttons" (in the menu pgc's list) and then hit "one still" button.

-Then followed this advice from jsoto's page:
"If you want to just still the menus and leave the title untouched. You can do this by checking the Use Input Folder in the settings area. Uncheck Process Titles and the Change post into precomm(both). This will process the menus in same folder as the input, while creating a "VobBlanker_backup" folder with the original menus."

-Hit Process
-Closed Vobblanker
-Renamed the backup folder to bak1 so I could keep it yet.

-Re-opened Vobblanker
-Clicked use input folder
-Selected Blank all
-Skipped main movie vts
-Then process

Here's the log attached (from the first 'process'/part of what I did)

[blutach]

No need to rename the VobBlanker backup folder as VobBlanker does this for you automatically

Regards

[techreactor]

I couldnt find this problem, which Region DVD is this, I tested on Region 1. Here's the menushrink log.....

Processing C:\Blanked\VIDEO_TS -- MenuShrink Version 2.30
Shrinking VTS_29_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found Video Format: NTSC
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_29_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_28_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_28_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_27_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_27_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_26_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_26_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_25_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_25_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_24_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_24_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_23_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_23_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_22_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_22_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_21_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Found VOB/CELL ID 2/1 with 0 buttons at sector 187
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 188 
Found VOB/CELL ID 3/1 with 0 buttons at sector 374
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 375 
Found VOB/CELL ID 4/1 with 0 buttons at sector 561
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 562 
Found VOB/CELL ID 5/1 with 0 buttons at sector 748
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 749 
Found VOB/CELL ID 5/2 with 5 buttons at sector 2711
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 8919 
Found VOB/CELL ID 6/1 with 5 buttons at sector 10080
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 16778 
Found VOB/CELL ID 7/1 with 0 buttons at sector 17966
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 19296 
Found VOB/CELL ID 8/1 with 0 buttons at sector 19316
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 19317 
Found VOB/CELL ID 9/1 with 0 buttons at sector 19324
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 19958 
Found VOB/CELL ID 10/1 with 0 buttons at sector 20633
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20634 
Found VOB/CELL ID 11/1 with 9 buttons at sector 20663
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20664 
Found VOB/CELL ID 12/1 with 9 buttons at sector 20706
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20707 
Found VOB/CELL ID 13/1 with 9 buttons at sector 20751
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20752 
Found VOB/CELL ID 14/1 with 9 buttons at sector 20798
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20799 
Found VOB/CELL ID 15/1 with 9 buttons at sector 20844
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20845 
Found VOB/CELL ID 16/1 with 9 buttons at sector 20891
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20892 
Found VOB/CELL ID 17/1 with 9 buttons at sector 20936
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20937 
Found VOB/CELL ID 18/1 with 7 buttons at sector 20982
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 20983 
Found VOB/CELL ID 19/1 with 8 buttons at sector 21023
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 21024 
Found VOB/CELL ID 20/1 with 9 buttons at sector 21075
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 21076 
Found VOB/CELL ID 21/1 with 8 buttons at sector 21120
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 21121 
Found VOB/CELL ID 22/1 with 5 buttons at sector 21176
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 21177 
Found VOB/CELL ID 23/1 with 10 buttons at sector 21219
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 21220 
Found VOB/CELL ID 24/1 with 0 buttons at sector 21279
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 22323 
Found VOB/CELL ID 25/1 with 0 buttons at sector 22595
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 22596 
Updating VTS_21_0.IFO
Skipping LU 1 PGC 24 cell 5/1
Done...
Shrinking VTS_20_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_20_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_19_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_19_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_18_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_18_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_17_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_17_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_16_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_16_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_15_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_15_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_14_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_14_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_13_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_13_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_12_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_12_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_11_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_11_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_10_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_10_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_09_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_09_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_08_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_08_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_07_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_07_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_06_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_06_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_05_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_05_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_04_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_04_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_03_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Updating VTS_03_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_02_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Found VOB/CELL ID 2/1 with 0 buttons at sector 187
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 188 
Updating VTS_02_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VTS_01_0.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Found VOB/CELL ID 2/1 with 0 buttons at sector 187
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 188 
Found VOB/CELL ID 3/1 with 0 buttons at sector 204
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 205 
Updating VTS_01_0.IFO
Done...
Shrinking VIDEO_TS.VOB, keeping audio
Selecting the I-frame 85% into the menu.
Found VOB/CELL ID 1/1 with 0 buttons at sector 0
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 1 
Found VOB/CELL ID 2/1 with 0 buttons at sector 187
Inserting I-Frame at original LBA 188 
Updating VIDEO_TS.IFO
Done...
Overall DVD Size 5030MB (4.91GB)
Done: Original overall menu size 55.59MB
Final overall menu size 3.35MB -- Savings: 52.24MB

I kept the default settings for both VOBblanker and Menushrink for this test.

[cendrik]

mmm, I'd like to be able to reproduce this bug! Cendrik, how big are the menus? If they're not too large (say, less than 150MB), you could possibly zip them up, with the IFO files and send that to me (use www.yousendit.com) to jeanldvd at free dot fr. This should enable me to reproduce the problem.
If they're big, can you find out which VTS is making menushrink crash? Make sure the log window is open when you run menushrink, then run it and see which VTS is being processed when the crash occurs. Then, just send me that VTS (with ALL the IFOs)...
jeanl

I did what you said with the log window. It is crashing (for me) on VTS_16_0.VOB I will try to send that and the ifo's soon.

After it crashes, it is odd, VTS_16_0.VOB is 0 byte filesize. But in the backup it is it's normal size.
Edit: There I sent the file "INTO_THE_BLU.ZIP" ~ 107k (Has all ifo's and VTS_16_0.VOB)
Edit: Just so you know I have these options checkmarked in advanced options (in menushrink) [X] Preview Select [X] Remove "Stop" in subpics [X] Skip intro/outro clips

[jeanl]

Thanks, I got the VOB... Is it the original? It's really tiny (374kb)...
The problem comes from the fact that there's no picture header in the first video pack. I'm not sure whether this is legit, but that's what causes the crash (that, and sloppy programming). I fixed the problem so menushrink no longer crashes, but it's not able to do much on that VTS, since it can't find any I-frame. I've never seen that before. The first frame of a GOP has to be an I-frame (that's specs), and I'm pretty sure there should be a picture header...
Is this VOB file the original? Did you do anything to it?
jeanl

[cendrik]

The only thing I did was use VobBlanker first, like I always have done in the past. So, it is from right after I did the initial blanking with VobBlanker.

I should be using menushrink before vobblanker?

[blutach]

Did you process VTS16's menus with VobBlanker? It seems strange. Maybe you got a bad DVD, that's all. How did you rip it? With DVD Decrypter? Perhaps post a ripping log.

Regards

[cendrik]

Yes I used dvddecrypter, it seems to me I remember it was fine. Also, how come nothing didn't show up odd in the vobblanker's log when I used motion2still with that? It must process things differently?

I no longer have my friend's original disc... only the files.

=========== STARTING VTS_16 ====================
VTS 16: Opening IFO
VTS 16: Processing VOB (Menus)
--------------MENU VOB PREPARING PHASE-
VTS 16: Keeping Menu LU 01, PGC 01
--------------MENU VOB WRITING PHASE STARTED-
VTS 16: Keeping Cell VID/CID: 01/01
--------------MENU VOB WRITING FINISHED-
VTS 16: Cell data array filled (Menus)
VTS 16: Processing IFO (Menu)
     Looping into Menu PGCs and cells
     PGCN Pointer: Pointing Prev PGCN to itself in LU 1, PGC 1
     Building VTSM_C_ADT table
     Filling VTSM_VOBU_ADMAP table
     Copying VTS_C_ADT table
     Copying VTS_VOBU_ADMAP table
VTS 16: Processing IFO (Ending and writting)
=========== VTS_16 FINISHED =====================

[blutach]

Well, I suggest you get the DVD back from the friend before asking further questions. This is awfully close to a breach of rule 6 as it is unclear where the copied disk is ending up.

Regards

[cendrik]

Well seeing how it might be breaching a rule... all files deleted !!!

No more help testing from me