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Nerovision Express 2 Transcoding Problems
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Hywel
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1. September 2004 @ 06:54 |
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I've just got NeroVision Express 2 (as part of the Nero 6.3 suite) and I'm having a problem with it.
I set up my DVD and add all the files, create all the chapters etc, then I get to the actual transcoding process which seems to be working fine. I then leave my PC to let it tinker on at its own pace as many of you may know that this process takes some time. After about 3 hours or so later the program has shut itself down with no sign of a finished transcoded DVD.
I'm running Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2 installed, the very latest patches from Ahead for Nero 6 & NVE2 are installed. All drivers are upto date. My PC is an Athlon XP 1800 with 1Gb Ram, 80Gb HDD (over 50Gb free), nVidia Ti4400 GeForce card. The largest project I've managed to burn sucessfully is 1Gb. Anything larger and it seems to run out of memory and close down without a trace.
On the Ahead website, it inidicates that this problem was fixed in a previous patch but this clearly isn't the case. I've contacted their support several times but yet to receive a reply.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Minion
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1. September 2004 @ 15:33 |
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I personally would suggest that you Not use Nero Vision Express at all...Vision Express is well Known for useing one of the Lowest quality mpeg Encoders ever created and will allways create substandard Quality DVD/VCD/SVCD"s.....
I suggest you get a real mpeg Encoder to convert your Files to the Correct Mpeg2 format and then use something else to author the Files to DVD because even if your Files are allready 100% DVD Compliant Vision Express will Still re-encode the Files and Ruin the Quality, That is another reason that Vision Express sucks eggs....
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Hywel
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1. September 2004 @ 21:50 |
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Are there any real mpeg encoders and DVD authoring packages that you would recommend?
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Minion
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2. September 2004 @ 11:42 |
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For Mpeg encodeing I suggest useing :
Tmpgenc / TMPGEnc Xpress
Canopus Procoder
MainConcept Encoder
And for DVD authoring I suggest useing "MediaChance DVDLab" .....
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Hywel
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2. September 2004 @ 13:51 |
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Thanks for that. I'll have a look.
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Jabba2004
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2. September 2004 @ 19:42 |
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I have been seeing this happen exactly - similar PC with less ram. I think as of yesterday I fixed it by re-installing NeroVision (did you install NV after XPSP2 or before....
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joeschmoj
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2. September 2004 @ 20:27 |
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ok - so i'm trying to be creative here and get the best of both worlds, using a quality encoder where it counts and using the dumb easy stuff where it shouldn't matter - i kind of like how the nerovision express integrates the easy stuff like menu creation and chapter marking, but as Minion noted the mpeg encoder really does seem to be lame in Nero - so i went off and encoded my AVI using TMPGEnc into a multiplexed(?) mpg file with both video and audio and ran it through Nero to create the chapters, menus, and burn it - Nero did not attempt to re-encode the movie when (it was already in mpg format as output from tmpgenc). it turns out that i get a nice quality picture and sound that plays just fine on my pc dvd software - but which plays with NO SOUND when going through my toshiba sd-1600 dvd player. earlier in the week i created the same dvd using IFOEdit (using separate streams for video and audio) and ended up with the same result - can anyone help me with what i am missing???
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Hywel
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2. September 2004 @ 23:51 |
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Nerovision was installed before XP SP2, but I hadn't tried using it so can't say whether this was the problem.
I have had feedback from the Ahead Technical Support team, suggesting that I uninstall Nero using their clean system tool, download the application off their website and install it again.
I did all this and the same problem exists. I've sent them a reply stating that their solution didn't work.
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biogray
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14. September 2004 @ 10:39 |
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I'd like to report the same problem with Nero Vision. It closes it self without any indication during transcoding process.
I have Duron700, via KT133, 384 RAM, Matrox G400, audigy, 80GB seagate, 300W power supply, Windows XP MC SP1.
Of course i have updated Nero Vision 2.
I switched off all autostart applications from msconfig to let Nero use all computer resources. I even changed the path of Nero temp-directory to a different partition where I have like 16 GB of free disk space, but it didn?t help at all:-(
I hope Ahead programmers will solve this problem soon!
Regards.
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Hywel
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14. September 2004 @ 11:53 |
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I've been in touch with the Nero Technical Support team by email and so far I have been given the run around.
I have been asked to uninstall Nero unsing a special utility and reinstall using the version on their website. This didn't work.
They asked me to check for a log file which didn't get created.
After 2 weeks they asked me to down load an information tool to extract information about my system to send to them for analysis. This was anoying because I had sent them this information 2 weeks earlier.
Its clear from my correspondence that they don't read what you tell them about the problem. They send out generic solutions that don't address the issues. The technical support service they offer is extremely poor and painfully slow. I have had to write several emails complaining about how bad the service is.
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anymedia
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15. September 2004 @ 06:33 |
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I too have had quite a run around from Ahead tech support regarding freeze up during transcoding. After reading this thread I will seek other software for DVD production. (DVD lab?) No more coasters! ;)
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biogray
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15. September 2004 @ 23:44 |
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I'll try to point out some facts what i've noticed.
When i'm burning very small project, like 2 slide shows and one video, all about 100MB, transcoding and burning work ok.
But actually my project contains like 700 five megapixel pictures + hundreds MB of mpg 640x480 movies. All those files i got from my digital camera.
I'd like to burn it in NTSC, even that Nero says that most of my files are in PAL (?).
But anyway, whole project also contains random transitions between every picture and the movie. There are also mp3 background music files added.
All this weights 4.48 GB, and is set to extended play. Of course when i switch to PAL its less.
I press BURN button, it starts transcodding and after a few second Nero Vision shuts itself off without any message:-(
Another test:
I created a new project and added all the same files, but thats it. No transitions, effects, subtitles and any background music. I even picked some default menu template.
I press BURN and it starts transcodding all of the files. It takes like 10 hours on my computer. Right before it gets to the point where it starts to burn the CD, it gives an error message but at least i'm able to save the logfile.
This time i guess there were no problems with transcodding.
So the problem might be caused by many transitions or background music. I'm planning to do another test to find this out, but with all those extras my estimated transcodding time is about 55 hours:( So probable i'll have some more news in a few days.
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I don't know whether there is any other software which let you create such professional looking DVDs so easy!! All effort is just to drag and drop certain files, add some effect, many kind of subtitles. I guess this is to good to be true.
To obtain at least the same result like with Nero i'd probable have to use 10 other applications and each of them would do only small part of the whole project. And to do all this I would have to read tones of manuals either:(
That?s why I?m still trying to make Nero Vision running.
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biogray
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16. September 2004 @ 23:19 |
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agrrr... i really got tired of trying to make Nero work:-(
As i said previously i let Nero use a separate partition with 11 GB of defragmented disk space. I set Windows virtual memory to 512-4096 MB.
As i was observing the size of page file it was increasing all the time, when it reached 1.8GB i went to bed.
Today morning of course i saw an error message that it can't burn the DVD.
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[01:50:02] NeroVision total : 10058
[01:50:02] NeroVision Set Preview Channel
[01:50:02] NeroVision CMpegMultiplexer::SetPreviewCallback
[01:50:02] NeroVision CMpegMultiplexer::Analyze preview callback
[01:50:03] AMCDocBase EXCEPTION "StartStreaming: Run" (GCMediaStream.cpp, line 398: Ran out of memory
[01:50:03] AMCDocBase (0x8007000e))
[01:50:03] AMCDocBase seek params: start 0, end 1678011343, graphdur 1678011343
[01:50:03] DVDEngine ********BEGIN: Component Error Handler
[01:50:03] DVDEngine ########################################################################################
[01:50:03] DVDEngine ERROR
[01:50:03] DVDEngine cause: 128 (nmc_processing_exception)
[01:50:03] DVDEngine source: StartStreaming
[01:50:03] DVDEngine description: Cannot seek graph to segment start
[01:50:03] DVDEngine ########################################################################################
[01:50:03] DVDEngine ********END: Component Error Handler
[01:50:03] DVDEngine ******END: _VOBS - Process VOB
[01:50:03] DVDEngine ****END: VTSTT_VOBS#6 - Process Create
[01:50:03] DVDEngine **END: Create - VTSTT_VOBS#6
[01:50:03] DVDEngine DVDENGINE exception caught.
[01:50:03] DVDEngine END: IDVDVideoSessionImpl - CreateVOBs
[01:50:03] DVDEngine BEGIN: DVDSessionBase - RegisterCallback
[01:50:03] DVDEngine ...Session callback unregistered...
[01:50:03] DVDEngine END: DVDSessionBase - RegisterCallback
[01:50:03] DVDEngine BEGIN: DVDSessionBase - GetLog
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If there is somebody out there who uses Nero Vision 2 without a single problem (i guess Ahead engineers) please tell me precise configuration of the computer which Nero is running on. Mainboard, processor, graphic card etc.
Maybe if i buy the same i finally could get rid of this recording problem.
Regards.
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Hywel
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16. September 2004 @ 23:52 |
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biogray,
what is the spec of your PC?
also the separate partition you have, is it a virtual partition or physically on a different hard drive?
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biogray
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17. September 2004 @ 00:21 |
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Duron 700, ECS K7VZA kt133
128+256 MB SDRAM
Matrox G400
SB audigy (i was trying without it too because some known pci latency problems)
80 GB hard drive divided to 3 partitions 20+40+20(nero temp)
LiteON 322S
Windows XP SP1 media center
I have all my drivers updated including mainboard and graphic card bioses. Maybe expcept for harddrive but i don't know if there is any.
I closed some unneeded services like file indexing, and there are no any programs in autostart, so Nero should have enough resources to handle recording.
Of course regular CDs i record without any problem.
Nero's temp is set to virtual partition E: At present there is around 11GB of free space.
I also set windows virtual memory to use the same partition, but previously it was set to C:.
Right now i'm defragmenting my whole hard drive.
Regards,
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Hywel
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17. September 2004 @ 02:24 |
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biogray
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17. September 2004 @ 05:57 |
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I have FAT32 file system. You think that i should have only one partition? I could try to merge those 3 partitions into 1 with Partition Magic software, it'll probable take like 2 days..
I always thought that having a few partitions is better then only one. I used to have Windows on C, and program files on D, and E just to store different kind of files. So if there is some errors on one partition (eg. from hard reset) it doesn't interfere with other partitions.
Regards, and thanks for your responses
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Hywel
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17. September 2004 @ 08:51 |
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I've just got this from Nero Technical Support....
Quote:
Please wait for the next update, and install it. This update will come online in the next 2 or 3 days, as soon as possible.
You´ll find it here (version higher than 6.3.1.20 and 2.1.2.18):
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
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17. September 2004 @ 09:40 |
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Sometimes you just have to move on. Considering the almost infinite hardware/software combinations, some programs are just not going to work for all.
That said I use NVE with great success and and find the results quite acceptable. And the nice part is there is no fiddling around to try to get the aspect ratio and audio in sync. It is also nice how you can combine AVI, VOB, MPEG1/2, PAL and NTSC together into one project. If you load DVD compliant files NVE does not transcode them.
You can also load the VOB's from a PAL disc, merge and chapter stop them, and end up with an acceptable NTSC disc.
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ccampbell
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20. September 2004 @ 09:54 |
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Hi Biogray,
Your NVE log file shows that your system ran out of Memory, which caused the error message. Below is an exerpt from the portion you provided:
[01:50:02] NeroVision CMpegMultiplexer::Analyze preview callback
[01:50:03] AMCDocBase EXCEPTION "StartStreaming: Run" (GCMediaStream.cpp, line 398: Ran out of memory
If you work with a file that is 3gig in size or smaller, do you still have this issue?
Do you have another system that you can test this on? Preferably something with a little more speed, and possibly memory? :-)
The length of time that you report is required for this process on your system worries me, as it should not take as long as you indicate; 10hrs is a very long time even for a 4gig file.
Hywel,
Your issue reminds me of a similar issue another AfterDawn participant just went through recently. He reported the same symptoms as yours, but when he tested on another system he had no trouble. After removing all his add on cards, and replacing one by one, he found his Creative Sound Card was the culprit. Once that was removed, all his issues were resovled. You might want to test on another system just to see if your issue is system specific, and if so, go through the deivces you have connected to the system.
Regards,
Craig
Ahead Software
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xpander
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20. September 2004 @ 12:43 |
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I'm having a problem with Nero express vision, its worked before for when converting avi to dvd, but recently it stops encoding after a few hours and a pop up states that its low on virtual memory, and yes I've tried to update the virtual memory and increase it to max, which is 4096MB, which it does but when I go back to performance options under virtual memory its says 767MB for Virtual Memory (total paging file size for all drives)! Should it state this or should it say 4096MB.
The only thing I think thats changed since then is that I've installed Servive Pack 2 for microsoft windows, would this change anything?
Help please!
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Hywel
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20. September 2004 @ 13:17 |
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Craig,
Thanks for that, I do have a creative sound card. I'll remove it and try the process again. Hopefully that will resolve the problem. I don't fancy taking out the rest of the cards and trying them one by one, it will take me a while.
Cheers,
Hywel
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biogray
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21. September 2004 @ 23:14 |
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Craig, thanx for analyzing my problem.
My virtual memory is set to max: 4096. I have a 384 SDRAM which is not much nowadays but it seems that other users have similar problems with faster computers too. Unfortunatelly i can't test it with some other faster computer.
Yesterday i started to transcodde a few slideshows (less than 0.5GB) and today morning Nero Vision was gone, which means that it shut it self at some stage of transcodding process.
Currently i use Nero just to create one slide show at a time, so it doesn't hungup and in result i have ready to use VOB files.
Then i use some other software to create the menu for those Nero VOB files, and i could also add some soundtracks. I'm still working on it.
Thanks and Regards.
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Hywel
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21. September 2004 @ 23:58 |
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Craig,
I've tried the whole process again without the Creative soundcard and I still get the same problem. The application starts off OK but shuts down again during the transcoding like it was never running and no DVD created.
I'm getting absolutely nowhere with the Technical Support at Ahead. Its like banging your head against a brick wall. The last email I had from them told me to wait for the new patch, but there was no patch for NeroVision Express. So I've installed the latest patches for all the other applications and guess what, it still doesn't work. I wonder whether they will ever read my emails as none of the replies to date have actually looked at my particular problem.
I've been trialling Pinnacle's Expression product that comes with its InstantCD/DVD suite and that works fine. So far it has been perfect and I've not had a single problem burning a DVD.
Regards,
Hywel
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ccampbell
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22. September 2004 @ 09:36 |
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Hi Biogray,
Could you send me a copy of the Nero InfoTool report on your system? Send it to me at techsupport4@nero.com
Maybe this will give me some insight to the cause of your problem, or at least allow me to try and reproduce your system and hopefully your issues.
You should have more than enough Memory for our NVE program to function properly.
Hi Hywel,
Who have you been in contact with at Ahead for Tech support? Can you send me a copy of the Email from the tech so I can see what kind of respones you are getting? You can send it to me at techsupport4@nero.com
And while you are at it, send me a report created by Nero InfoTool as well so I have more to work on, and hopefully something jumps out at me. :-)
At the least, I can try and duplicate your system as well so that I can hopefully duplicate your issue.
And if you can, try to list any hardware or software that you have added to your system that may not be considered 'average'.
Regards,
Craig
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