VOB2MPG PRO freezes

[JonK]

Hi

Just upgraded to VOB2MPG PRO from the free version. Doesn't run any quicker and crashes if I double click a title or chapter. Occasionally there is a brief burst of audio before the freeze. Mostly just freezes. So I'm not getting any benefit whatsoever from my investment. Still does the conversion to MPG exactly as the free version did but still taking about 10 minutes for a 90 minute VOB collection.

I have Windows XPHome SP3, 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 (never taxed more than 20% when encoding) and an LG HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B 16x DVD player installed.

Any help greatly appreciated.

JonK

[ChrissyBoy]

Well happy to refund you... Email me.

As for performance - perhaps a defrag would help. Depending on what you are doing there should be at least a 3 fold increase in speed.

[JonK]

Thanks for the offer of a refund - If I can't improve things I'll take you up on that.

Tried defrag - no different. Can't see how fragmentation of the destination disc would cause previewing from the Optical drive to freeze the system anyway!

Copied a DVD to the hard drive and tried from there - but still freezing when I try and preview a chapter. This way also took longer overall as reading from the optical drive seems to be my speed defining factor and then the conversion time was on top of this. (12 mins to copy a 1hr 24 min DVD, 2 mins 30 to convert to mpg).

It's as though the software still thinks I've only got the free version, though it will now let me change settings (I am using the defaults). Tried to convert just title 4 out of 7 by check/unchecking the appropriate boxes - but it still went ahead and did all 7. Uninstalled both free and PRO versions then reinstalled PRO only - made no difference - still can't get a preview and freezes or does nothing.

I have NET.Framework 3.5 - is that an issue?

Anything else to try?

Regards

JonK

[ChrissyBoy]

Tried defrag - no different. Can't see how fragmentation of the destination disc would cause previewing from the Optical drive to freeze the system anyway!

It was a reference to speeding the process up. But as you say it is the dvd drive which is the limiting factor.

Copied a DVD to the hard drive and tried from there - but still freezing when I try and preview a chapter.

How did you do this. Is this a commercial DVD, and if so, what software did you use to rip the DVD to your hard drive?

Tried to convert just title 4 out of 7 by check/unchecking the appropriate boxes - but it still went ahead and did all 7.

Was this VOBSET mode then? Per chapter or Title selection is only applicable in IFO mode. If it was IFO mode can you post your log for this run?

[JonK]

It was not a commercial DVD that I copied - one made on my Panasonic PVR/DVD recorder of a TV programme. This produces a set of VOB files - as a result of editing out the adverts etc. It is these DVDs that I want to convert to single MPEG-2 files to store on my network.

Yes I was in VOBSET mode - sorry - hadn't appreciated that title selection made in IFO mode would not carry across when changing mode. I have to use the VOBSET mode as I have found that when IFO mode has been used and I play the resultant MPG file in Windows Media Player or Real Player I cannot drag the play point, on the moving timeline below the picture, out of the current chapter or the screen goes blank - until I put the play point back near to where it was, when play will resume. Dragging the play point to anywhere in the movie works fine with a VOBSET MPG and I assume the problem is something to do with IFO mode having gone through the MPG file to correct time stamps.

I'm thinking there must be some application on my computer which is interfering with VOB2MPG if others don't have these problems. If not NET.Framework 3.5, is it worth trying uninstalling Real Player for instance? Or are there other prime candidates that have caused others problems in the past?

As you've probably guessed I'm new to all this - quite a steep learning curve! Thanks for persevering with me.

JonK[/quote]