No file size limit issue. Same problem whether in Win
2K/NTFS or Win ME/Fat32. The latest test file I have been
working with is a 9 minute capture from a DV camera (1.9 GB
AVI). I tried rendering in several ways. I have also split
it up and attempted to render only thre minutes of it as
MPEG for Video CD. After crashing, the file that did get
rendered is only about 30 MB, so it wouldn't matter in
either OS.

Dave Hill wrote:
>>Sounds like a file size limit issue-Do you still see this
>>if you boot up 2K and render to the NTFS drive?
>>
>>Joe Golichnik wrote:
>>>>Dell 1ghz, ATI All in Wonder Radeon, 256 mb RAM, Dual
>>boot
>>>>(Windows 2000, Windows ME).
>>>>
>>>>I have tried rendering both a home made project of
stills
>>>>and several captured clips from my JVC DV camera with
no
>>>>luck. Everything starts fine and then the program stops
>>>>rendering and gives me an error message. I have tried
>>>>rendering in avi and mpeg formats. Have also tried it
>>using
>>>>Win 2000 and Win ME. These operating systems reside on
>>>>differnt hard drives. One formated NTFS the other Fat
32.
>>>>The results are the same. Random lockups at anywhere
from
>>>>15% to 30%. What does get rendered before lockup looks
>>>>great.
>>>>
>>>>Any help please!

wait, let me guess-
it goes like xx% through the render to MPEG-1, then comes
up with a popup error window saying something like
"Exception 0D (illegal instruction)" and the clock keeps
ticking but no rendering happens and it just stops. i had
this same problem like 7-10 days ago and emailed tech
support twice but got no answer. good luck. i did upgrade
to the new plugin that removes (non-compliant) SVCD
templates (side comment to SF: why are you quitting on them?
few of us are writing DVD-Rs, you know...). i did get it
to work once or twice since then. my renders were genrally
very very short (30 sec tests) or much longer (up to 20min
of video) and would quit between 25 and 320 MB through (as
far as 87% i think, implying that the only time i got the
long one to work may well have been luck).

however, if anyone cares to look into this now that more
than one person has the problem, i posted my original error
messages on my webpage as txt files:

http://plaza.ufl.edu/patrickm

any help from anyone out there would be appreciated,
Pat



Joe Golichnik wrote:
>>No file size limit issue. Same problem whether in Win
>>2K/NTFS or Win ME/Fat32. The latest test file I have been
>>working with is a 9 minute capture from a DV camera (1.9 GB
>>AVI). I tried rendering in several ways. I have also split
>>it up and attempted to render only thre minutes of it as
>>MPEG for Video CD. After crashing, the file that did get
>>rendered is only about 30 MB, so it wouldn't matter in
>>either OS.
>>
>>Dave Hill wrote:
>>>>Sounds like a file size limit issue-Do you still see this
>>>>if you boot up 2K and render to the NTFS drive?
>>>>
>>>>Joe Golichnik wrote:
>>>>>>Dell 1ghz, ATI All in Wonder Radeon, 256 mb RAM, Dual
>>>>boot
>>>>>>(Windows 2000, Windows ME).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have tried rendering both a home made project of
>>stills
>>>>>>and several captured clips from my JVC DV camera with
>>no
>>>>>>luck. Everything starts fine and then the program stops
>>>>>>rendering and gives me an error message. I have tried
>>>>>>rendering in avi and mpeg formats. Have also tried it
>>>>using

Test rendered 10 minute mpeg1 files with the VideoCD
templates- works fine as of this writing. I also have
rendered out a 65 minute DV file in the last couple days.
That doesn't mean you aren't having problems, it just means
that successful rendering of longer files has been verified.

If you post the exact project settings AND render settings
that cause the crash, perhaps that will point to the
problem.

Thanks-


Pat McGinley wrote:
>>wait, let me guess-
>> it goes like xx% through the render to MPEG-1, then
comes
>>up with a popup error window saying something like
>>"Exception 0D (illegal instruction)" and the clock keeps
>>ticking but no rendering happens and it just stops. i had
>>this same problem like 7-10 days ago and emailed tech
>>support twice but got no answer. good luck. i did
upgrade
>>to the new plugin that removes (non-compliant) SVCD
>>templates (side comment to SF: why are you quitting on
them?
>> few of us are writing DVD-Rs, you know...). i did get it
>>to work once or twice since then. my renders were
genrally
>>very very short (30 sec tests) or much longer (up to 20min
>>of video) and would quit between 25 and 320 MB through (as
>>far as 87% i think, implying that the only time i got the
>>long one to work may well have been luck).
>>
>>however, if anyone cares to look into this now that more
>>than one person has the problem, i posted my original
error
>>messages on my webpage as txt files:
>>
>>http://plaza.ufl.edu/patrickm
>>
>>any help from anyone out there would be appreciated,
>>Pat
>>
>>
>>
>>Joe Golichnik wrote:
>>>>No file size limit issue. Same problem whether in Win
>>>>2K/NTFS or Win ME/Fat32. The latest test file I have
been
>>>>working with is a 9 minute capture from a DV camera
(1.9 GB
>>>>AVI). I tried rendering in several ways. I have also
split
>>>>it up and attempted to render only thre minutes of it as
>>>>MPEG for Video CD. After crashing, the file that did get
>>>>rendered is only about 30 MB, so it wouldn't matter in
>>>>either OS.
>>>>
>>>>Dave Hill wrote:
>>>>>>Sounds like a file size limit issue-Do you still see
this
>>>>>>if you boot up 2K and render to the NTFS drive?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Joe Golichnik wrote:
>>>>>>>>Dell 1ghz, ATI All in Wonder Radeon, 256 mb RAM,
Dual
>>>>>>boot
>>>>>>>>(Windows 2000, Windows ME).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I have tried rendering both a home made project of
>>>>stills
>>>>>>>>and several captured clips from my JVC DV camera
with
>>>>no
>>>>>>>>luck. Everything starts fine and then the program
stops
>>>>>>>>rendering and gives me an error message. I have
tried
>>>>>>>>rendering in avi and mpeg formats. Have also tried
it
>>>>>>using

to anybody having this problem-
- shut off power management and/or screen savers
- don't use any program that may fight VF for the video
ovrelay channel. i played around with it this weekend, and
those were the 2 other causes that i found that you could
force the same error. the problem seems to be that the VF
preview freezes and takes the encoding process with it...

good luck

It is possible you are running out of memory- can happen if
you have lots of text, lots of big stills or heavy fx. You
might try to "pre-render" the program in segments using the
NTSC template. You can then render the whole program from a
series of finished files (the pre-renders). If you do this
you'll see much faster rendering to MPEG, and you will get
very little, if any, quality hit.

well, actually, i think that's pretty unlikely. i have
384Mb ram right now, and my test was just a cut&join, no FX,
no text, no transitions, no stills... (but like i said i
think it's taken care of, i was just posting this for the
other people who were asking me to let them know if i found
any workarounds a couple weeks ago in case they're still
looking)