Well, first of all I have ripped a few DVD's successfully and this is my fourth one. I use DVD2SVCD for my project and I am using CCE 2.5 for my encoder. I have safe mode checked. I am trying to do a 3 pass VBR and it creates the vaf file. However, this is the third time I have tried to encode it and everytime it freezes at 66%. I don't know if it makes a difference but it is a music DVD. The other ones I ripped and converted were also music DVD's and they came out fine. I close out all background apps and I have followed the guides from Doom9 for DVD-SVCD creation. Some people suggested it has to do with the end credits, however, I am only ripping the first half which is the same way I did with the other DVD's. If anyone can give me some suggestions, I would appreciate it. This is my log file from DVD2SVCD.

WNASPI32.DLL 4.71.1.0
Key found: C07041E652
WNASPI32.DLL 4.71.1.0
Key found: C07041E652
WNASPI32.DLL 4.71.1.0
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- 3/6/2003 9:48:51 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.1.2 build 1
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 3/6/2003 9:48:55 PM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[E:\Movies\P.O.D\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[E:\Movies\P.O.D\VTS_01_1.vob,E:\Movies\P.O.D\VTS_0 1_2.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film NOT activated!
Framerate: 29970
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 3/6/2003 9:50:31 PM
- Free on drive E: 28495.72 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: E:\Movies\P.O.D\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 3/6/2003 9:53:12 PM
- Free on drive E: 28451.03 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: E:\Movies\P.O.D\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "E:\Movies\P.O.D\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "E:\Movies\PO2AFF~1.D\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "E:\Movies\PO2AFF~1.D\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of E:\Movies\P.O.D\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 3/6/2003 10:02:38 PM
- Free on drive E: 28412.66 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Frameserver.
Closing program

Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 833934864
AudioSectors: 40821060
VideoPAPO: 12285756
ScanOffsetBytes: 60174
SeqAligningBytes: 3824392
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 1.00
PureMPEGStream: 776943478.00
Seconds: 1678.17
CalcMPEGStream: 776943478.00
Frames: 50145
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 795.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 50145
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 3
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Avg. Bitrate: 2230
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec .dll")
mpeg2source("E:\Movies\PO2AFF~1.D\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
Blendfields()
BicubicResize(480,480,0.0,0.6)
----AVS End----