DIKO not working in Windows Vista Home Premium

[JD74]

Hi,

New at this forum.

Tried the search but couldn't find the right answer.

Been using DIKO on my old computer (xp sp2) without any problems. Now i'm using my new laptop (windos vista home premium) and i don't seem to get DIKO working like it did before on my old computer.
I tried several versions (2.26, 2.35, 2.44) but nothings seems to work.

Now to the problem:
I get an error-message (MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ RUNTIME LIBRARY ERROR, This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way). This happens at the end of the process when DIKO is about to author the dvd. After clicking this message it says DIKOGiu.exe is not working and i have to shut DIKO down without any result (no vob-files).

(In dutch, sorry for this)
Probleem met handtekening
Naam van probleemgebeurtenis:   APPCRASH
Naam van de toepassing:   DIKOGUI.exe
Versie van toepassing:   0.0.0.0
Tijdstempel van toepassing:   47bec825
Naam van foutmodule:   DIKOGUI.exe
Versie van foutmodule:   0.0.0.0
Tijdstempel van foutmodule:   47bec825
Uitzonderingscode:   40000015
Uitzonderingsmarge:   000d2702
Versie van besturingssysteem:   6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Landinstelling-id:   1043
Aanvullende informatie 1:   fbe8
Aanvullende informatie 2:   d96b22dbb7b12b29b1e238b7d794c201
Aanvullende informatie 3:   47f9
Aanvullende informatie 4:   8626cdc77fa22016e3b3b243f50ff753

Extra informatie over het probleem
Bucket-id:   663552630

Some extra info:
Using laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium
Installed K-Lite Codecpack 4.0.0 FULL
Virussoftware: Norton Antivirus.

Log-file latest try:
23:18:24 - DIKO Free 2.35
23:18:24 - -----------------------------------------------------
23:18:24 - *************************
23:18:24 - * Getting movie info... *
23:18:24 - *************************
23:18:24 - -----------------
23:18:24 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\Happening\bald-thr5.avi+
23:18:24 - Script Template: .\scripts\avi\HighQuality.avs
23:18:24 -
23:18:24 - Progressive Width: 608 Height 336 A.R.: 1.809524 Framerate: 25.000000 Dest. Framerate: 25.000000 Frames: 129973
23:18:24 - Audio type: 85 (MP3), channels: 2 Frequency: 48000 Hz Bitrate 122 kbps
23:18:24 - Audio will be reencoded.
23:18:24 - Calculated  Audio size: 101.541406 Mb
23:18:24 - -----------------
23:18:24 - Processing Movie 1:C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\H&K\dmd-haroldak2.avi+
23:18:24 - Script Template: .\scripts\avi\HighQuality.avs
23:18:24 -
23:18:24 - This movie will be converted to 25.000000 fps
23:18:24 - Progressive Width: 576 Height 320 A.R.: 1.800000 Framerate: 23.976000 Dest. Framerate: 25.000000 Frames: 155108
23:18:24 - Audio type: 85 (MP3), channels: 2 Frequency: 48000 Hz Bitrate 165 kbps
23:18:24 - Audio will be reencoded.
23:18:24 - Calculated  Audio size: 121.178125 Mb
23:18:24 - ***************************
23:18:24 - * Processing Subtitles... *
23:18:24 - ***************************
23:18:25 - C:\Dvd\movie0.srt.style
23:18:25 - C:\Dvd\movie1.srt.style
23:18:25 - *******************
23:18:25 - * Calculations... *
23:18:25 - *******************
23:18:25 - Total audio space: 222.719531 Mb
23:18:25 - Media Size:  4482 Mb
23:18:25 - Mux Overhead: 140 Mb
23:18:25 - Remaining space for video: 4119.280469 Mb
23:18:25 - Total length: 190.054000 minutes
23:18:25 - Desired Sample Size:  41.192805 Mb QFactor Adjust used: 1.000000
23:18:25 - Average Bitrate: 2959.259439
23:18:25 - **********************************
23:18:25 - * Initiating prediction phase... *
23:18:25 - **********************************
23:18:25 - *********************
23:18:25 - * Encoding Video... *
23:18:25 - *********************
23:18:25 - Re-Creating movies scripts without sampler for Full Encode
23:18:25 - Encoding... Please Wait this can take many hours depending on your processor.
23:18:25 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\Happening\bald-thr5.avi+
23:18:25 - C:\Program Files\DIKO\encoders\FreeEnc\FreeEnc.exe -i "C:\Dvd\movie0.avs" -o "C:\Dvd\movie0.mpv" -b 2959 -maxbitrate 8000 -priority 5 -dc 8 -mpeg2 -scene -extreme -maxbframes 2 -nointerlaced -aspectratio 4:3 -1 -auto -close
01:24:45 - Video file has been encoded and have 1832.043747 Mb
01:24:45 - Processing Movie 1:C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\H&K\dmd-haroldak2.avi+
01:24:45 - C:\Program Files\DIKO\encoders\FreeEnc\FreeEnc.exe -i "C:\Dvd\movie1.avs" -o "C:\Dvd\movie1.mpv" -b 2959 -maxbitrate 8000 -priority 5 -dc 8 -mpeg2 -scene -extreme -maxbframes 2 -nointerlaced -aspectratio 4:3 -1 -auto -close
06:14:39 - Video file has been encoded and have 2183.332592 Mb
06:14:39 - ********************
06:14:39 - * Audio extraction *
06:14:39 - ********************
06:14:39 - Extracting audio from the movie with AVI2WAV. Command-line:
06:14:39 - avi2wav\avi2wavcmd.exe "C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\Happening\bald-thr5.avi" "C:\Dvd\extract0a.wav"
06:15:43 - Extracted Audio have 75.973490 Mb
06:15:44 - ---------------------------------------
06:15:44 - Extracting audio from the movie with AVI2WAV. Command-line:
06:15:44 - avi2wav\avi2wavcmd.exe "C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\H&K\dmd-haroldak2.avi" "C:\Dvd\extract1a.wav"
06:16:47 - Extracted Audio have 127.700647 Mb
06:16:48 - ---------------------------------------
06:16:48 - ********************************
06:16:48 - * Initiating audio encoding... *
06:16:48 - ********************************
06:16:48 - Processing Movie 0:C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\Happening\bald-thr5.avi+
06:16:48 - ------------------

06:16:49 - Transcoding audio from Part 1 of the movie from MP3 or MP2 to PCM
06:16:49 - dvdauthor\madplay.exe "C:\Dvd\movie0a.mpa" -S  --output=wave:"C:\Dvd\temp0a.wav"
06:32:20 - Using BeSweet to transcode, change FPS or frequency as needed. Command-line:

06:32:20 - besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input "C:\Dvd\list.lst" -output "C:\Dvd\movie0.mpa" -logfilea "C:\Dvd\log.txt" -2ch )  -ota( -fs 48000 -g max) -mp2enc( -m d -b 160 ) 
BeSweet v1.5b31 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)
Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using azid.dll v1.9 (b922) by Midas  (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using MP2enc.dll v1.129 (23/5/2002), Engine 1.129 <http://www.cdex.n3.net>.

Logging start : 07/26/08 , 06:32:21.

besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input C:\Dvd\list.lst -output C:\Dvd\movie0.mpa -logfilea C:\Dvd\log.txt -2ch ) -ota( -fs 48000 -g max) -mp2enc( -m d -b 160 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----                         
[00:00:00:000] |  Input : C:\Dvd\list.lst
[00:00:00:000] |  Output: C:\Dvd\movie0.mpa
[00:00:00:000] |  Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] |  Input : C:\Dvd\temp0a.wav
[00:00:00:000] |  Output: C:\Dvd\movie0.mpa
[00:00:00:000] |  Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] |  Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] +------- MP2ENC ------
[00:00:00:000] |  Bitrate method  : CBR
[00:00:00:000] |  MP2 bitrate     : 160
[00:00:00:000] |  Channels Mode   : Dual Channel
[00:00:00:000] |  Error Protection: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:26:38:880] Conversion Completed !
[01:26:38:880] Actual Avg. Bitrate  : 160kbps
[00:14:45:000] <-- Transcoding Duration

Logging ends : 07/26/08 , 06:47:06.


06:47:06 - Audio has been encoded and have 99.161224 Mb
06:47:07 - Processing Movie 1:C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\H&K\dmd-haroldak2.avi+
06:47:07 - ------------------

06:47:08 - Transcoding audio from Part 1 of the movie from MP3 or MP2 to PCM
06:47:08 - dvdauthor\madplay.exe "C:\Dvd\movie1a.mpa" -S  --output=wave:"C:\Dvd\temp1a.wav"
07:07:15 - Using BeSweet to transcode, change FPS or frequency as needed. Command-line:

07:07:15 - besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input "C:\Dvd\list.lst" -output "C:\Dvd\movie1.mpa" -logfilea "C:\Dvd\log.txt" -2ch )  -soundtouch( -rate 4.2709 ) -ota( -fs 48000 -g max ) -mp2enc( -m d -b 160 ) 
BeSweet v1.5b31 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)
Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using azid.dll v1.9 (b922) by Midas  (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using SoundTouch.dll v1.3.0 by Olli Parviainen (www.iki.fi/oparviai/soundtouch).
Using MP2enc.dll v1.129 (23/5/2002), Engine 1.129 <http://www.cdex.n3.net>.

Logging start : 07/26/08 , 07:07:17.

besweet\besweet.exe -core( -input C:\Dvd\list.lst -output C:\Dvd\movie1.mpa -logfilea C:\Dvd\log.txt -2ch ) -soundtouch( -rate 4.2709 ) -ota( -fs 48000 -g max ) -mp2enc( -m d -b 160 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----                         
[00:00:00:000] |  Input : C:\Dvd\list.lst
[00:00:00:000] |  Output: C:\Dvd\movie1.mpa
[00:00:00:000] |  Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] |  Input : C:\Dvd\temp1a.wav
[00:00:00:000] |  Output: C:\Dvd\movie1.mpa
[00:00:00:000] |  Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] |  Overall Track Gain: 0.689dB 
[00:00:00:000] |  Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] +----- SoundTouch ----
[00:00:00:000] |  Pitch :   0 semitones
[00:00:00:000] |  Tempo :   0 percents
[00:00:00:000] |  Rate  :   4 percents
[00:00:00:000] |  AA-Filter  : Yes
[00:00:00:000] |  Quick Mode : No
[00:00:00:000] +------- MP2ENC ------
[00:00:00:000] |  Bitrate method  : CBR
[00:00:00:000] |  MP2 bitrate     : 160
[00:00:00:000] |  Channels Mode   : Dual Channel
[00:00:00:000] |  Error Protection: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:47:42:672] Conversion Completed !
[01:47:42:672] Actual Avg. Bitrate  : 153kbps
[00:19:39:000] <-- Transcoding Duration

Logging ends : 07/26/08 , 07:26:56.


07:26:56 - Audio has been encoded and have 118.217010 Mb
07:26:57 - Renaming movie 0 files to its final name...
07:26:57 - Renaming movie 1 files to its final name...
07:26:57 - Muxing audio, video and subs...
07:26:57 - Processing Movie 0
07:26:57 - Muxing audio and video with mplex. Command-line:
07:26:57 - "dvdauthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -r 12000 -V -o "C:\Dvd\0 - bald-thr5.mpg" "C:\Dvd\0 - bald-thr5.mpv" "C:\Dvd\0 - bald-thr5.mpa"
07:26:57 -

H - 1979.02H - 1832.04H - 99.1612H - 007:31:48 - Processing Movie 1
07:31:48 - Muxing audio and video with mplex. Command-line:
07:31:48 - "dvdauthor\mplex.exe" -f 8 -r 12000 -V -o "C:\Dvd\1 - dmd-haroldak2.mpg" "C:\Dvd\1 - dmd-haroldak2.mpv" "C:\Dvd\1 - dmd-haroldak2.mpa"
07:31:48 -

H - 2358.53H - 2183.33H - 118.217H - 007:37:32 - ****************************

07:37:33 - * Initiating authoring ... *

07:37:33 - ****************************

07:37:33 - converting menu to mpg...
07:37:33 - Converting Jpeg to MPG. command-line:
07:37:33 - dvdauthor\jpeg2yuv -n 1 -I t -L 1 -f 25.000000 -j "C:\Users\Jeroen\Downloads\menu.jpg" | dvdauthor\mpeg2enc -f 8 -o "C:\Dvd\menu.m2v"
07:37:33 -

As you can see DIKO does almost the full process but stops at the end when it's authoring.
I hope somebody knows the answer to this. By the way it doesn't matter what version i use, it does the same every time.
I'm realising this might not be a problem with DIKO at all, but with Vista. But need help to solve this problem.
Hope to hear from you soon.

JD74

[vmesquita]

I'll run some tests on Vista and report back

[Scrotos]

I've been running Diko just fine with Vista.  Well... almost.  I need to go back to 2.42 otherwise I get a "bad parameter -2" when encoding.  It's kind of odd.  I just uninstalled 2.45 so I'll try a fresh install and see what happens.

Argh.

17:52:38: .\encoders\QuEnc\QuEnc^n.exe -cores 4 -i "F:\dvd-temp\movie0.avs" -o "F:\dvd-temp\movie0.mpv" -b 4129 -maxbitrate 8000 -priority 5 -dc 8 -mpeg2mux noaudio -scene -extreme -maxbframes 2 -nointerlaced -aspectratio 16:9 --2 -auto -close

Why why why does that --2 keep popping in there?

----------------

Ok.  So instead of installing to c:\program files\diko, which is a stupid protected vista directory, I tried f:\program files\diko and now things seem to be working smoothly.

Also, reinstalling into the existing c:\program files\diko folder, even after UNINSTALLING DIKO, seemed to have retained my settings.  So why?  Where is Diko storing what script I want to use?  I didn't have a c:\program files\diko directory anymore and I don't see anything in my user\appdata folder.

Any ideas vm?  I'm glad I found out how to get the latest diko working finally, however I'm wondering why it kept retaining my old settings when installing into the old directory AND why it kept retaining that corrupted --2 thing I had issues with.

I wonder if it's a Vista thing.  Like, I need to use the Vista program installer/uninstaller instead of the one that Diko ships with.  I honestly don't know.  Maybe something in the registry?  I just took a quick look and nothing really popped out at me.

[vmesquita]

Hi Scrotos,

This is really bizarre. The "--2" stuff often is related to buggy encoder templates that came with older DIKO versions (2.42?). Also DIKO doesn't keep any setting in registry (all settings are kept in DIKO.ini located in regular DIKO install folder... Unless of course Vista has messed with this). The file related to this parameter is "FreeEnc.ini" and it's normally kept in c:\program files\DIKO\Encoders . So I suggest you run a search for DIKO.INI and FreeEnc.ini (maybe Vista is keeping another copy somewhere and fooling DIKO somehow)

[bbez]

Have you tried Vista Compatibility Mode?

To configure compatibility mode for an app, locate the installation directory and right click the .exe, select "properties" from the drop-down menu.



If that doesn't work properly then try the "privilege level" bit from the Compatibility tab and check the option that says 'run this program as an admin'.

This helps when you try to use older applications which require administrator privileges to run properly. You need to be logged in with admin rights to get this option.

I had problems with mplex crashing at authoring, maybe set mplex.exe to run in compatibility mode also.