TMPGEnc always freezing when trying to encode!

[Omekou-Chi]

I have this problem with my encoding. everytime i try to encode some anime episodes from .avi to mpeg, tmpgenc always freezes and i have to reboot computer. it didnt used to happen before only now since i got my new computer. any help pls?

my new computer is:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
MSI K7N2 motherboard
512mb DDR PC2700
A-Tek GeForce FX 5200

[Tommyknocker]

If TMPGEnc freezes or crashes when converting or you receive errors such as:
Unexpected decimal point calculation
Illegal floating decimal point calculation order

Try first to change the directshow codec reader priority settings in TMPGEnc under Option->Environmental settings->VFAPI plug-in and right click on the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader and increase the priority to 1 or 2 or to the top of plugin-list and try open the video. Or try to convert the audio to wav before converting(If you have problems extracting the audio using Virtualdub try use Goldwave or AVI2WAV). Or try to repair the AVI,DivX or the ASF. Or try to use avidefreezer to fix your video source.

-- The Newbie Guides

[Omekou-Chi]

yeah i tried setting higher priority to direct show still doesnt work. its no the audio problem cause i tried using .wav. whats avidefreezer?

[Tommyknocker]

Avidefreezer Tutorial.

[Tommyknocker]

Avedefreezer

[Omekou-Chi]

oh...i dont think i need avidefreezer cause my avi file doesnt freeze when i play it. just when i encode it freezes my whole computer, and it didnt used to before so i think it might be my new computer. any more suggestions pls?

i even reformatted my harddrive and it still does it.

[Tommyknocker]

Nope, if you will not trust me, what can I do?

[Omekou-Chi]

i do but avidefreezer takes out the bad frames and my anime episode doenst have any bad frames cause when i watch it as avi it doesnt freeze anywhere. its my computer that freezes when i try to encode not the picture

[Tommyknocker]

Are you using Frameserving, or encoding with TMPGEnc alone?

[Omekou-Chi]

just using tmpgenc alone. i dont even know what frameserving is.

[Tommyknocker]

Okay, this is frameserving. Let's try it to see if TMPGEnc likes your .vdr file better than your AVI file.

[Omekou-Chi]

nope it still freezes, i just had to reboot my computer. arghhh i hate this why is it freezing. maybe i shoulda kept my 500 mhz computer.....(¬_¬)

can hardware have any effects on this? like graphics card or anything?

[Tommyknocker]

Not likely. Most likely you may have a codecs problem. But you made sure you had all your codecs loaded, right?

[Omekou-Chi]

yeah. when i upgraded my computer i used my old harddrive at first so no change in anything but it still froze. i formatted and now i only installed on codec called 3ivx which has all the codecs i need but even before i tried several over codecs it still doesnt solve the problem cause this is the 3rd time i formatted my computer. are there any other encoding programs as good as tmpgenc?

[Tommyknocker]

Video Encoders.

[Omekou-Chi]

are any as good as tmpgenc?

[Tommyknocker]

There have numerous arguments over which is better: TMPGEnc or CCE. You may want to try the latter.

[Omekou-Chi]

i see, thanx. but cce should do the same job right?

[Tommyknocker]

Yes.

[Omekou-Chi]

whats the full name of the program?

[ZippyP.]

...my anime episode doenst have any bad frames cause when i watch it as avi it doesnt freeze anywhere.

Just because it plays OK doesn't mean there isn't some bad frames in the video. Encoders are much more fussy than players. Always check for bad frames before encoding, it will save you some grief.

[Omekou-Chi]

but it shouldnt be the program of bad frames cause i encode these all the time until now when i upgraded my hardware. Never had one single problem until now.

[Tommyknocker]

Cinema Craft Encoder Basic

[Omekou-Chi]

i tried using CCE but this msg comes up.

"Couldnt find appopriate video codec for 'DX50'"

what does that mean and what do i do pls?

[Tommyknocker]

All your codecs are not loaded. I loaded Nimo codecs long ago. Which did you load?

[Omekou-Chi]

i loaded only divx 3.11 and ffdshow. i heard nimo codecs isnt very good cause it causes problems is that true?

[Tommyknocker]

I have heard that as well. I have it on my system and it seems to work ok. Go to the Tools section at left and download DivX 5 codec.

[Omekou-Chi]

i tried installing divx 5 pro bundle and it still didnt work.

[Omekou-Chi]

Ok so i installed divx 5.0.5 now and it works and im encoding it and it freezes


this must be a hardware problem. any help anyone?

[grind_king]

dude i cannot help you but i can say that i am having the exact same problems as you are. i've treid every damn codec out there, but i'm still getting no results whatsoever. i get at like 30 percent then the same error comes up..."illegal floating decimal point calculation order", then freezes.