2 questions/problems

This forum is for questions and discussion of all the aspects of handling your footage. If you have questions about capturing/ripping footage, AviSynth, or compression/encoding/converting, look here.

2 questions/problems

Postby theswarm666x » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:23 am

these are with the hellsing dvds 1-4

first: when i try to play the 3rd dvd for some reason it wants to freeze my computer till i eject the dvd. the other 3 work, the dvd is clean and scratch free what would be the problem with this dvd?
... side note it happends with my chobits dvds too... so far they are the only ones i have this problem with.
would buying a new cd drive fix this?
has anyone else had this problem?


last: with the hellsing disk 4 vob 4-2 when i use virtualdubmod right before i reach the end of the saving prosses (like 1-5 seconds before) the program will shut down... just from saving to nothing there in a matter of a nanosecond (the program dissapperes). i was able to save everyother vob to avi except this one. what is the problem?
how can i fix this?
anyone else had this problem aswell?


please help me out, and thank you for any help you can give.
User avatar
theswarm666x
 
Joined: 03 Apr 2005

Re: 2 questions/problems

Postby Athena » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:36 am

theswarm666x wrote:these are with the hellsing dvds 1-4

first: when i try to play the 3rd dvd for some reason it wants to freeze my computer till i eject the dvd. the other 3 work, the dvd is clean and scratch free what would be the problem with this dvd?
... side note it happends with my chobits dvds too... so far they are the only ones i have this problem with.
would buying a new cd drive fix this?
has anyone else had this problem?


Is this while ripping? Or by playing do you mean you just want to watch the DVDs?

last: with the hellsing disk 4 vob 4-2 when i use virtualdubmod right before i reach the end of the saving prosses (like 1-5 seconds before) the program will shut down... just from saving to nothing there in a matter of a nanosecond (the program dissapperes). i was able to save everyother vob to avi except this one. what is the problem?
how can i fix this?
anyone else had this problem aswell?



You're opening VOBs in Virtual Dub? If that's what you're doing, you shouldn't be. You should be indexing via DGIndex, and using the resulting AVS file to do much of your pre-processing, and then sticking the AVS file into VDub to make lossless clips. VOBs can be notoriously unstable by themselves in VDub.
Image
User avatar
Athena
I ♥ the 80's
 
Joined: 02 Mar 2001
Location: Japan
Status: Sad Girl on Mac

Re: 2 questions/problems

Postby theswarm666x » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:12 pm

Is this while ripping? Or by playing do you mean you just want to watch the DVDs?


just watching it on the computer. i can't even get near the ripping prosses, yet.

You're opening VOBs in Virtual Dub? If that's what you're doing, you shouldn't be. You should be indexing via DGIndex, and using the resulting AVS file to do much of your pre-processing, and then sticking the AVS file into VDub to make lossless clips. VOBs can be notoriously unstable by themselves in VDub.


no, i am putting them through dgiindex first then oppening the avs file with the script (which worked with all other ones) in vdub.
User avatar
theswarm666x
 
Joined: 03 Apr 2005

Postby theswarm666x » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:45 am

since i am not getting help i must bump this topic. sorry if anyone gets annoyed with this... i am still having the problems so if anyone knows how to fix this it would be great help. i don't want to be forced to use fan-subs anymore.
User avatar
theswarm666x
 
Joined: 03 Apr 2005

Postby Willen » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:53 am

I'm going to assume that it's your DVD drive that's partly at fault. The DVDs themselves may have some manufacturing anomaly that makes them unreadable by your DVD drive where other ones are fine.

Does the DVD play on any other DVD players?
Having trouble playing back videos? I recommend: Image
User avatar
Willen
Now in Hi-Def!
 
Joined: 10 Jul 2005
Location: SOS-Dan HQ
Status: Melancholy

Postby theswarm666x » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:56 pm

ok... bump again. i would like to know a fix please, thank you.
User avatar
theswarm666x
 
Joined: 03 Apr 2005

Postby theswarm666x » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:38 am

just bumping again... hope someone out there has an answer.
User avatar
theswarm666x
 
Joined: 03 Apr 2005

Postby sayde » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:10 am

while your buming this topic, why don't you try answering willens previous question first. Because for all we know, willens explanation might be the correct one and there may not be a thing anyone can do for you.

I don't know what editting program you use (if any), but providing you do have one, you could always just try using your editting program to convert your vob file to avi format. I know adobe premiere can do this. And I'm sure other editting programs are capable of importing mpeg2/m2v files as well.
sayde
 
Joined: 09 Feb 2004

Postby ffxdean » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:13 am

Hi, i'll try and help if i can.

First question: does these discs work in your DVD player?
2nd: What are the specs for your computer? What are the specs (brand Name, Model Number etc) for your DVD Burner/drive. is it a Laptop or Desktop?


Well to cut the long story short i suggest if you can play the DVD on your DVD Player, then your DVD drive has some sort of a problem and i would get one right away preferably a SONY or LG brand, but if you cant get them to play on the DVD player then the discs must have a fault somewhere (bad file on disc..). If this is the case where it neither works on both PC or the DVD player i would advise you to return the faulty discs to the place where you got it from and ask for an exchange. Did you know that 5% of DVD's, Games, etc are faulty. You're probably the unlucky one. Well anyways dont waste to much time holding on to those discs as many stores only offer a 7 to 14 day exchange policy.

(P.S. Some stores say they dont give a exchange or refund on all opened products, but if you tell them its illegal, i think they'll reconsider.)

well good luck :D
ffxdean
 
Joined: 06 Apr 2007
Location: Australia

Postby ffxdean » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:20 am

just watching it on the computer. i can't even get near the ripping prosses, yet.




By the way, if you just planning on watching it on the computer there are programs that will let you do this. An example of this is: Nero, PowerDVD etc. You dont need programs like Virtual Dub, AviSynth, DV2AVI etc (unless you want to do some editing,converting,de-interlacing and all that) for just watching DVD's
ffxdean
 
Joined: 06 Apr 2007
Location: Australia

Postby theswarm666x » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:20 am

stupid me. i thought i had that info on my question... i guess while asking this question on other sites i forgot to add that info here...

yes, it works on my dvd players. ps2, and 3 other dvd players.
User avatar
theswarm666x
 
Joined: 03 Apr 2005

Postby theswarm666x » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:22 am

By the way, if you just planning on watching it on the computer there are programs that will let you do this. An example of this is: Nero, PowerDVD etc. You dont need programs like Virtual Dub, AviSynth, DV2AVI etc (unless you want to do some editing,converting,de-interlacing and all that) for just watching DVD's


i was just refering to the simplistic task of just veiwing the dvd on my computer is unavailible
User avatar
theswarm666x
 
Joined: 03 Apr 2005

Postby theswarm666x » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:25 am

2nd: What are the specs for your computer? What are the specs (brand Name, Model Number etc) for your DVD Burner/drive. is it a Laptop or Desktop?


My Computer is:

Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz HT Processor

1GB (2 x 512MB) memory

2 250GB Hard Drives

LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner W/LightScribe and 5X DVD-RAM Write

(2.21 GH/z - 1.0 gig Ram) and i am running Windows xp home
User avatar
theswarm666x
 
Joined: 03 Apr 2005

Postby ffxdean » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:27 am

theswarm666x wrote:stupid me. i thought i had that info on my question... i guess while asking this question on other sites i forgot to add that info here...

yes, it works on my dvd players. ps2, and 3 other dvd players.


Ok, its not your discs which are the problem its your DVD drive/burner. I would suggest getting a newer one particulary if its 4 yrs + old. SONY DRU-820A is a good brand to consider so as LG. Some DVD's which i experienced wouldnt even load in the PC's DVD drive (it just kept spinning and making this wierd noise) but only on my DVD Player, i didnt know the exact reason although i tried it on my Toshiba Laptop and it works 100% except that you have to push the laser all the way at the end of the spinning wheel.

Good Luck
ffxdean
 
Joined: 06 Apr 2007
Location: Australia

Postby ffxdean » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:30 am

theswarm666x wrote:
2nd: What are the specs for your computer? What are the specs (brand Name, Model Number etc) for your DVD Burner/drive. is it a Laptop or Desktop?


My Computer is:

Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz HT Processor

1GB (2 x 512MB) memory

2 250GB Hard Drives

LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner W/LightScribe and 5X DVD-RAM Write

(2.21 GH/z - 1.0 gig Ram) and i am running Windows xp home


Excellent specs although i wouldnt go with that Lite-On DVD burner as i hear everyones having problems with that burner. LG (2 Yr Warranty) or SONY (1Yr Warranty) are both good choices to pick.
ffxdean
 
Joined: 06 Apr 2007
Location: Australia

Next

Return to Footage Help

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest