Windows XP/TMPGENC Crashing problem

[VollyUK]

Hi

I Have recently installed Windows XP professional.

I tried to use TMPGENC Plus 2.58 to do a cple of avi to VCD conversions (which I had no problem with under WinME) and part way through each file conversion TMPGENC and/or my system keeps crashing. This does not always happen at the same point in the file btw.

I have installed the NIMO codec pack, SMR patch, combinations of these, no extra codecs at all (ie uninstalled NIMO and SMR Patch). Ive tried seperating the wave file from the avi and then tried encoding to VCD with TMPGENC. Ive moved the direct show element in the VFAPI list to the top priority. Ive shut down all background tasks, virus checkers etc. Ive tried deleting/renaming the MPG4DS32.ax file (which appears to be the problem most of the time from the error log, but not always) but the thing is if you do that windows IMMEDIATELY re-instates MPG4DS32.ax. Ive tried standing on my head, chanting inanely, kicking the dog/missus......nothing seems to work.

Can anyone help me to maintain my sanity???

VollyUK

[snowmoon]

Do you have a VIA chipset?

mabye you should start there. search the forum and you will find plenty of fixes for VIA based MB's that help stabalize them.

[VollyUK]

Yep I have a Via Chipset.....

Ill try searching the forums....many Thanks

VollyUK

[Meggie]

I wonder if they installed any fixes in XP? that is when I started having the problem. Up to that time it worked great.

Meggie

[easydvd]

I used to have problems when I first started this with win XP and then used the "force ASPI" utility to kick out the bundled Adaptec CD burn driver. All of the Adaptec stuff I've seen sucks....it causes conflicts with ALL other image software

[yossisht]

Try installing the Windows XP SP1 recently released.
VIA chipset are already supported by Windows XP unless your chipset was relased after the Windows XP OS was released.

Try Windows Update (c:\windows\system32\wupdmgr.exe) to get the most recently published updated by Microsoft.

Also, what is the file system you are using? (FAT, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5)
I recommend to convert the file system to Windows XP NTFS5 file system but you have to make sure you have everything backed up (even though I never got into a situation where the conversion failed and I done it about 100 times if not more.

P.S. run the conversion after you install SP1.

[Meggie]

I have a Geoforce card and am using NTFS. It was the SP1 that took my whole computer down. I could not even boot. I had to use a floppy disk to boot to C: prompt and then repair windows.

Don't think I want anything to do with SP1 again.

I thank you for the reply.

Any other ideas people?

Meg

Try installing the Windows XP SP1 recently released.
VIA chipset are already supported by Windows XP unless your chipset was relased after the Windows XP OS was released.

Try Windows Update (c:\windows\system32\wupdmgr.exe) to get the most recently published updated by Microsoft.

Also, what is the file system you are using? (FAT, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5)
I recommend to convert the file system to Windows XP NTFS5 file system but you have to make sure you have everything backed up (even though I never got into a situation where the conversion failed and I done it about 100 times if not more.

P.S. run the conversion after you install SP1.

[Meggie]

Yeahhh, I am encoding now. If anyone else has the problem what I did was install the Nimeo code pack and set the Direct show priority up to 2 and it is working.

thanks for the responses guys

[Meggie]

Yep, you are right. THanks for the tip. I did as you said and now TMEG is working. I won't speak all the bad words I have to say about the beta WMP.

Meggie

Yeahhh, I am encoding now. If anyone else has the problem what I did was install the Nimeo code pack and set the Direct show priority up to 2 and it is working.

thanks for the responses guys

[Meggie]

yossisht, I am using a dell 800 that I converted to NTFS. The first part of the drive is fat 16 as they put their "restore' files on it which are always corrupted and when you call they still say format. I am inclined to think it is those files that are causing the problem.

Meggie

Try installing the Windows XP SP1 recently released.
VIA chipset are already supported by Windows XP unless your chipset was relased after the Windows XP OS was released.

Try Windows Update (c:\windows\system32\wupdmgr.exe) to get the most recently published updated by Microsoft.

Also, what is the file system you are using? (FAT, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5)
I recommend to convert the file system to Windows XP NTFS5 file system but you have to make sure you have everything backed up (even though I never got into a situation where the conversion failed and I done it about 100 times if not more.

P.S. run the conversion after you install SP1.

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[yossisht]

Hello Magghie,

I am not a Dell expert, I am using Compaq Servers and PC's in my Network.
Anyway, I think you are reffering to a FAT 16 partition made for the sake of Dell managment utilities (restore). (I guess they are working similar to Compaq).
I don't think it should cause problems since this partition is not marked as Active and you are booting the OS OK ... so I don't think you have a problem there.

[Meggie]

Thank you for the answer. Someone told me not to upgrade with the streamlined version of SP1 but use the corp version and I would not have a problem. Also to shut down all programs I was not using. When I feel brave I might try it again.

Meggie

I am not a Dell expert, I am using Compaq Servers and PC's in my Network.
Anyway, I think you are reffering to a FAT 16 partition made for the sake of Dell managment utilities (restore). (I guess they are working similar to Compaq).
I don't think it should cause problems since this partition is not marked as Active and you are booting the OS OK ... so I don't think you have a problem there.[/quote]

[g96818]

how about getting the plus version that actually installs into your computer