DVDFab using massive amounts of RAM - unusuable

[watcher]

Hi,

I'm trying to convert an h.264 file to xvid.

h.264 input:

VIDEO_CODEC_NAME H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
VIDEO_CODEC_TYPE avc1
VIDEO_DAR 1.776
VIDEO_DURATION 27:40.680
VIDEO_FRAME_COUNT 41517
VIDEO_FRAMES_PER_SEC 25.000
VIDEO_PICS_PER_SEC 25.000
VIDEO_QF 0.159
VIDEO_SAR 1.250
VIDEO_SIZE_X 720
VIDEO_SIZE_Y 576
AUDIO_BITRATE 0
AUDIO_CHANNEL_COUNT 2
AUDIO_CODEC mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC
AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE 44100

xvid output:
1,500 kbps bitrate
Stereo
mp3
xvid
PAL resolution

Problem:
DVDFab 7.0.3.5 uses an unbearable amount of RAM while converting the file. The amount of RAM the two DVDFab processes are using is increasing by the second until the system crashes. The latest number I saw was more than 1 GB of RAM.

DVDFab 6.2.2.0 initially uses less RAM but is increasing the amount gradually every second until it too consumes every bit of RAM available and the system will eventually crash.

I tested it with several different h.264/MP4 files. DVDFab is simply unusable for converting the files I tried.

Any ideas or any help?

Thanks.

Watcher

[IPopov50]

I recall similar situation long ago, when processed content were piled up in memory without dump. I'm pretty positive, it was PathPlayer related. Please disable PathPlayer and try again. Please provide result

[watcher]

Hi,

I have disabled PathPlayer and tried again. The problem persists. DVDFab is converting but does not write from memory to disk. It's exactly like you say - no dump.

It's definitely not file related since the problem exists with all h.264 files I tried.

Watcher

[signals]

Watcher
Please attach the DVDFab logs, particularly the internal log. Make sure the target drive is available and responding normally to the OS.

[watcher]

Hi,

logs are activated. But I have to stop the converting process before it crashes my system because it uses too much RAM. During the time the process runs nothing is being into the logs. There are just empty.

There is only one entry in the burn_vso.log. But I don't think it will help in any way:

2010-04-22 07:38:17 ----         ******************** Log session stop  22-Apr 07:38:17.452 PID 3008********************
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         Current Drive selected : 2:0:0 - HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H58N 1.03 [E] (Ide)
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         Using Advanced SPTI interface
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         System default language : Deutsch (Deutschland)
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         User default language   : Deutsch (Deutschland)
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         DLL Version : 4.0.7.466
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         DLL : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 7\vso_hwe.dll
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         Version : 7, 0, 3, 5
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         ExeName : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 7\DVDFab.exe
2010-04-22 07:27:11 Info         OS : Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (Build 7600)
2010-04-22 07:27:11 ----         ******************** Log session start 22-Apr 07:27:11.257 PID 3008******************** 

Watcher