TMPEGENC BSOD - I'm stuck - please help.

[DMLenz]

I'm having a serious problem when trying to encode an SVCD MPG into a VCD MPG that will play on my standalone. The standalone, some Toshiba, will only play standard MPGs. That is fine, I really don't mind re encoding.

Here is my issue. When I open TMPGEnc and use DVD2AVI to frameserve or even if I use VCD Gear to rip the MPEG, I always get a BSOD when encoding. The BSOD says: Page Fault in Non Paged Area. I have read on Deja.com that this could be my RAM. However, I have run tests on the RAM and I have another reason to believe that, this is not the problem.

I didn't know what to do, so I searched for a different peice of software. I found DVDx. The program seems reasonable but it doesn't have the VBR controls that I would like to use. But it can also video serve into TMPGEnc. I tried this but, I once again got a BSOD.

In desperation I tried to use DVDx to do the conversion itself. It worked. I would use this program, but as I stated, I am having trouble getting any kind of controllable VBR. My friend also recommended that I try LSX-MPEG Encoder 3.5. I downloaded it and installed the demo. Unfortunately the program is expensive and will not allow me to use an MPG as an input file. Additionally it doesn't work with DVD2AVI nor can DVDx frameserve to it.

I've pretty much hit a roadblock. If I can't get TMPGENC to work I will start tweaking DVDx and will try to do the best I can. Any help is appreciated.

David Lenz

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[HillJack]

I have read on Deja.com that this could be my RAM. However, I have run tests on the RAM and I have another reason to believe that, this is not the problem.

You're absolutely 100% sure the RAM is not faulty? Running software tests on RAM is unreliable. Perhaps the slots on your mobo are faulty? (Of the 4 DIMM slots on my mobo, only 2 work without BSOD'ing). Usually when Windows crashes with a reference to RAM, its correct (from experience).

Have you tried removing a stick (assuming you are running 2x 256'ers)?
Switch the slots they are in or put them in different slots.
If 2 sticks, are they different brands? Were they manufactured at different times?

Unless your running a hacked version of TMPGEnc, really the only cause for Windows to reference RAM is actual bad RAM.

[DMLenz]

Thanks for the response.

I had removed each stick (you were correct with the 2x 256mb) and still got the BSOD on both. However, I had not thought of switching the DIMM slots that they are in. I will try that tommorrow.

The two sticks are the same brand. Who knows if they were manufactured at the same time though -- I purchased them on the same day at the same store.

I'm running the newest version of TMPGEnc and it is not hacked in any way. The 30 day time limit is going to expire here eventually but I don't feel too worried as I am only converting from SVCD to VCD.

Thanks again.

David Lenz

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