conversion

[macky31]

Hi, when I use TMPGENC to convert avi file's my computer crashes I'm using a AMD duron 750 with 256 meg's of ram anyone have a clue what's going on P.S italso does it with Nero 5.5

[Sefy]

Is your system overclocked or has proper cooling ?
have you run a system diagnostics, especialy on your RAM ?
and lastly, have you tried doing a clean fresh install of Windows ?

[macky31]

I've done system diagnostic mem test that was fine
no my p.c isn't overclocked
don't fancy doing a fresh install
Is my system powerfull enough to encoding ?

[gambit32]

Your system is definitely powerful enough for encoding. I have almost the exact same set up as you except I have a 700mhz Duron.

[Sefy]

Any system can encode, it just does it slower or faster, since you don't wish a new installation, wish I dont really blame you, I just wanted to be on the safe side, can you try to encode in Safe mode ? disable the preview in TMPGEnc, and try to encode in Windows Safe Mode, what im trying to see if since hardware is ok, that Windows is ok, if it runs in safe mode, then the problem is just some applications that were installed.

[TPW]

you should leave your pc while you encode or you'll get that illegal decimal point error

I've done it once while on the PC and it crashed so i checked the divx if it was corrupt, and it was fine so i tried onemore time and I woke up with a perfectly new SVCD

[ktnwin]

I am having the exact same problem.

Here is my system config:
T-Bird 1.2 GHz + 256MB memory
DVD-ROM 12X
HP CD-RW 4X
30GB and 60GB UDMA-100 HDDs
TMPGEnc 12a and 12f for encoding
Nero software for CD burning
Firewire for DV capture

Recently, TMPGEnc crashes my PC quite often.The only change I made is I select "High Quality (Slow)" for motion detect in TMPGEnc instead of "Normal". It takes just about 10% longer to encode, produce better quality VCD but it crashes too often.

And no, I do not overclock and did anything silly to my PC (just two months old).

It appears like this only happens with AMD CPU and not with INTEL (can someone confirm this?).

[Sefy]

And here is my system config:
T-Bird 1.0 GHz + 384MB memory
DVD-ROM 16x/40x
Sanyo 16x10x40x
2 x 45GB UDMA-100 HDDs
TMPGEnc 12i
Nero 5.5 software for CD burning

And i've not had a single crash of TMPGEnc as of yet, and i've always had an AMD system, so the blame is not on the CPU, it may be coinsedence, but not the fault, the best way to check this is to encode in Windows Safe Mode (Preview Off in TMPGEnc) so that way no other utility may be running and might cause TMPGEnc to crash.

[maxqa]

Just a thought to add to Sefy's last post. I also have an AMD 700 Thunderbird and have no problems with TMPGenc v12i, or Nero. I do make sure thoough that no other programs are running in background, especially schedulers and virus checkers.

[thxkid]

I have a 1.2 gig thunderbird AMD and have zero lockups with TMPGE also, but I Have kept with the last version that was freeware Beta B. Are you running the newer version and have you installed any cracks, cracks can cause system lockups.
I have noticed when I demuxed a huge MPEG2 file like 700, 800 or 900+ MB the system slows way down even shows that TMPEG is not responding but is is still working, 900+ MB files take about 4min. to Demux, even though TMPGE clock stops working around 2min. then pops back on when finished at 4min.

[macky31]

Thank's for all your replies and help I've just finish a 700mb encode,
using TMPGEnc I turned off all aps including virus checkers and it worked

[kinneera]

Another thing to check for - Windows power saving features can cause problems if you start encoding and walk away. One of the power saving features of Win98 and above is turning of the hard drives after a certain amount of idle time, and Windows is none to smart about what actually constitutes idle time (apparently anything other than when it is actively receiving mouse or keyboard input). That can be fairly disastrous. Newer systems even have a hibernation mode (WinME) which could have an even worse impact. Fortunately, all of these are easily disabled as necessary.

[ktnwin]

Thanks for all the ideas, I will try it this weekend.
Mine still crashed yesterday, twice !!!

[iant]

Another thing that can help avoid crashes is a memory defragmenting program such as RAM-IDLE. ( At least I think that's its name. )
My system was quite unstable until I stuck one of these little stinkers in. I disable it for capturing only. Other than that it sits there and does it's job and it is not unusual for my Win98 machine to be up for more than 48 hours without either a crash or a reboot. Previously, I was lucky to get more than 8 hours out of it and I haven't had TMPEG crash since I put this in.

[ktnwin]

I installed RAM Idle for about a week now and my system no longer crashes.
I am so happy now. I do not even need to disable it for capturing (DV via Firewire).