***PC Crashes While Using DVD2AVI and TMPGEnc***

[jjpslu]

Hi,

BACKGROUND:
I've been successful in ripping/burning directly from DVD to DVD through DVD Decrypter, but even after troubleshooting according to numerous guides on this and other forums for VCD How To's, I've consistently been experiencing CONSTANT system crashes/reboots while attempting to create a simple DVD to VCD project while using the following programs:

PREFERRED PROGRAMS:
DVD Decrypter, DVD2AVI, TMPGEnc, or DVDx

FILMS USED:
Exit the Dragon - Enter the Tiger, Saving Private Ryan and Ice Age

ISSUE #1:
Ripping to my HDD with DVD Decrypter or SmartRipper is flawless, but my system totally crashes/reboots in the middle of (<30 min into)DVD2AVI, DVDx, or TMPEnc.

ISSUE #2:
Even after trying all of the prescribed remedies on this forum (Options / Environmental Settings / VFAPI plugin / increasing DS MM File Reader priority, installing DivX, Xvid, encoding to a different hard drive, uninstalling all other apps, reinstalling different versions, etc.), I'm still receiving the notorious "file unsupported..." error as wel.

l've not been able to successfully load both a video and its corresponding audio file to date, even after what I believed was possibly a "successful" DVD2AVI .d2v and .wav project on one occasion.

STEPS TAKEN:
I have reformatted my HDD - averaging 2x per week now, reinstalled XP Pro and nothing else except DVD Decrypter 3.1.4.0, SmartRipper 2.41, DVD2AVI 1.77.3, EZDVD2VCD 1.4, WinDVD Platinum, TMPGEnc 2.59.47.155 and DVDx 2.1, but am still CONSTANTLY experiencing PC crashes/reboots!

PC PROFILE:
EMachine T4150 - 1.5g P4 Intel 845, 1gSDRAM, 400MHz bus, Form Factor Micro ATX, 100GB HDD (40+60), 32mb nVidia TNT2 M64 AGP, HP DVD200i, WinXP Pro SP1.

Monitoring my system's performance , while running any of the above programs, shows fluctuation between 97%-100% CPU usage, until it crashes/reboots, with absolutely no other application running at all.

I apologize for the length of this post, but I'm now VERY desperate and am beyond sanity, as I have been trying to solve this for over 3 weeks now!

Unfortunately, I'm leaning towards my crappy components as the culprit to my CONSTANT crashes, but I was hoping that someone out there had similar experiences, subsequent solutions and wouldn't mind saving a disenchanted Newbie from totally giving up on his exciting new hobby!

Thanx for any and all assistance!

John
jjp1@optonline.net

[catchmg]

Hi,having same type of probs as yourself,your comps setup wouldnt happen to be a compaq model?

[Laddydaddy]

jjpslu
Are you ripping the entire DVD to HD or just the movie? Ifyou are, then this may be your problem. If you are encoding a film you only need to rip the movie, not the entire disc.

[catchmg]

no,just encoding movie from dvd,also tried rip,rip plays ok on comps but its when i try to convert with DVDx or TMPGenc having probs with compaqs model of comps have 2 different specs same results tho,all i can think of is its a compaqs thing 8)

[johns0]

sounds like you have either bad ram and/or some other things in your puter are heating up too much when encoding,check by using different ram,better cooling such as case fans and cpu fan and heatsink.For the heat problem open your computer case and have a big fan blowing in there while you encode and if it doesnt crash then its most likely a cooling problem.Also check your temps in bios.

[Mr Grumpy]

I had a similar problem a while back, and it was faulty RAM that caused it (like johns0 said)

I used a MemTest/RAMTest program which diagnosed it.

[RabidDog]

8) if you feel able take out your ram till you have only say 256 or 512 and run with that, if crashes still happen then swap the ram around till you find the faulty part... that means lots and lots of testing.. it could also be heat.. does your puter crash on anything else or just encoding? is it overclocked? I bet your system is heating up too much, run it with one of the side panels off (no kids around) or maybe the pwer supply or some drivers. reinstall all software, could be incompatible versions.
the vid card is a bit crappy.. :P