Video Converter Remuxing stops at a given percentage.

[sgodun]

Running DVDFab 8.2.2.4 on a Core 2 Duo-based iMac running 10.7.5.

So I've got a few MKV files that need to be remuxed before Handbrake can convert them to my preferred format. One of them is H264 video with DTS audio and is about an hour 50 minutes long (4.7GB). The rest are H264 video with A52 (AC3) audio and are typically less than 10 minutes long apiece (80MB to 250MB).

I cannot get ANY of them to remux in DVDFab.

I launch DVDFab. Select one of the above files as the source (doesn't matter which one; this happens on all of them). It's a simple file, only one audio track with no other tracks (no subtitles, etc), and that shows up correctly in the DVDFab window. Leave the destination as-is (/Users/myusername/Documents/DVDFab/). Select "mkv.remux" as the profile. Click START. Get the "You are going to try the Video Converter option". Click OK. Two seconds (literally) later...

...with the big file, the progress bar jumps to 32%. Elapsed time continues counting up but literally NOTHING happens. Ever. I've left it alone for as much as 48 hours and nothing happens. No destination file is ever created. The DVDFab window can be moved around, I can pause or cancel its progress (so to speak). What's TRULY bizarre is that according to Activity Monitor DVDFab is using >100% of my CPU (typically between 100-110%) but my system is not lagging in the least tiny bit.

...with the smaller files, the progress bar jumps to anywhere from 24% to 39%, then slowly climbs (as if it's actually doing something), and then stops at anywhere from 65% to 79%. But like the big file, nothing happens no matter how long I leave it for. No destination file, DVDFab isn't frozen, Activity Monitors shows CPU activity, no lag anywhere in my computer.

It may (or may not) be significant to note that each file has their own numbers that are consistent. Like, the big file will ALWAYS jump to 32% and stay there forever. One of my smaller files will ALWAYS jump to 28%, climb to 79%, then stay there forever. There's never any randomness with it. It's also important to note that all of these files play perfectly in VLC Media Player on a Mac, WinXP, or Win7.

Ideas?

[GregiBoy]

Why do you need to remux them anyway?

[signals]

sgodun
Please post the DVDFab internal log session from one of these.

[sgodun]

Why do you need to remux them anyway?

I addressed this in the very first line of my post. Are you looking for something more specific? I mean, does the reason why I need to remux them have anything to do with the potential solution?

sgodun
Please post the DVDFab internal log session from one of these.

Here 'tis. This is from my smallest file, about 83MB. Immediately after beginning the remux the percentage jumps to 36% and quickly climbs to about 65% within a minute and a half then it slows considerably, ultimately reaching 79% at about 5:10 and never progressing further. For this log I let it run for a total of about sixteen minutes before canceling it, but I can tell you from past experience that I can let this run for hours and it will never go beyond 79%.

DVDFab 8.2.2.4 (2012/12/14  21:00:58)

 0m 00.44s: Start check info : multi
 0m 00.44s: Start get sys number.
 0m 00.46s: Serial number is: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-001B63A36607
 0m 00.49s: GPUAccelerate: 8388608
 0m 00.49s: CUDA cap: 0
 0m 00.49s: Support coreavc decode: 0
 0m 00.49s: Graphics info:  :  : 
 0m 00.50s: Qt Translator file load success 
 0m 00.65s: Times of connecting error is: 0
 0m 00.76s: Load config successful.
 0m 00.76s: Init profile data driver sucessful.
 0m 01.84s: Load profiles from "/Applications/DVDFab.app/Contents/MacOS/" successful.
 0m 01.88s: Init GPU settings sucessful.
 0m 01.89s: End check info.
 0m 01.89s: option dvd2dvd 1 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 bd23d 1 bd2dvd 1 file2dvd 1 file2bluray 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 1
 0m 01.89s: dvd2dvd:dvd2mobile:blu-ray2blu-ray:blu-ray2mobile:blu-ray23d:blu-ray2dvd:file2mobile:file2dvd:file2bluray:
 0m 02.06s: Config ExBar successful.
 0m 02.06s: dvd2dvd have 8 elements.
 0m 02.24s: dvd2mobile have 29 elements.
 0m 02.94s: blu-ray2blu-ray have 4 elements.
 0m 02.98s: blu-ray2mobile have 21 elements.
 0m 03.48s: blu-ray23d have 6 elements.
 0m 03.61s: blu-ray2dvd have 1 elements.
 0m 03.64s: file2mobile have 28 elements.
 0m 04.32s: file2dvd have 1 elements.
 0m 04.34s: file2bluray have 1 elements.
 0m 04.56s: Config work ui controls successful.
 0m 04.57s: Init burn engine successful.
 0m 05.01s: StartNotify successful.
 0m 30.04s: info, try to open file /Users/myusername/Downloads/My Smallest Video File (83MB).mkv
 0m 30.34s: info: open successed, iformat = Matroska/WebM file format
 0m 31.18s: 513.14 : video codec(28,828601953) try to connect inter-codec failed
 0m 31.59s: WorkAttr::Init Start 
 0m 31.62s: WorkAttr::Init OK: generic.avi.xvid.audiocopy
 1m 51.57s: WorkAttr::Init Start 
 1m 51.60s: WorkAttr::Init OK: mkv.remux
 1m 56.42s: 


------  begin mobile work(1/1)  ------


 1m 56.42s: info: create config(3)
 1m 56.42s: info: convert profile(mkv.remux)
 1m 56.42s: info: file (.mkv),3D(0)
 1m 56.42s: info: streams((0.1)(1.1))
18m 03.40s: filter:509.01
18m 03.41s: filter:513.02
18m 03.41s: fifo:4b1d-509.01-0-1,block:508
18m 03.41s: fifo:4b1d-509.01-1-2,block:3535
18m 04.28s: ------ cancel all mobile work -------

[sgodun]

Just following up.... Although I'd like to see this issue fixed in DVDFab, I no longer need it. I found a program called "mkvmerge" which processes my files very quickly, even in a virtual machine, and the resulting files are perfect. Thanks.