All was well until earlier this week. Other than the usual Windows Updates, there have been no changes to the machine. However, after running fine for months on an older version of Comskip, suddenly, my machine is hanging midway through processing .mpg files.
I've since upgraded to the latest version of Comskip, but I'm having the same results...midway through processing, Comskip says it has generated an exception and needs to exit, or it hangs the entire PC.
What can I post/send that will help troubleshoot this issue?
Thanks,
Bill
Comskip crashing PC
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Error message
When I run Comskip manually, this is the error message I get midway through processing:
Exception raised, Comskip is terminating.
A log file, which seems normal right up until the crash, is generated.
The txt file is also generated, but it is empty.
There is also a logo file generated.
Exception raised, Comskip is terminating.
A log file, which seems normal right up until the crash, is generated.
The txt file is also generated, but it is empty.
There is also a logo file generated.
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Tried turning off logo detect
That seemed to help a little, as the processing seemed to progress further, but the PC eventually hung
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Additional info
The PC totally hangs, but no BSOD, and needs to be rebooted.
PC has 512 MB of RAM and swap file is set to custom: 768 - 1536 MB.
Comskip was working great on this machine for 6 months+ until earlier this week, so I wouldn't think it's a problem with minimum system requirements.
After my first post last night, I experimented with one of the files that was causing problems. The results were as follows:
The file processed fine with detect methods 1 & 113.
The system crashed after processing about 25 minutes out of the 30 minute show with detect methods 3, 5, 9, 41 & 43
Thanks!
Bill
PC has 512 MB of RAM and swap file is set to custom: 768 - 1536 MB.
Comskip was working great on this machine for 6 months+ until earlier this week, so I wouldn't think it's a problem with minimum system requirements.
After my first post last night, I experimented with one of the files that was causing problems. The results were as follows:
The file processed fine with detect methods 1 & 113.
The system crashed after processing about 25 minutes out of the 30 minute show with detect methods 3, 5, 9, 41 & 43
Thanks!
Bill
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Maybe just dust?
Good morning Erik--
A poster on GBPVR suggested that it may just be overheating, and he may be onto something...I pulled the machine out and nearly choked on the dust.
Is Comskip processor-intensive enough to be the most strenuous thing I'm running on the machine?
Anyhow, after a half-can of canned air, Comskip was able to process the file I sent you earlier, even with method 43. I'll let you know if I run into any problems with my day-to-day recordings this week, but for now, I think we can chalk this up to hardware rather than Comskip.
Thanks very much for your quick responses...hopefully you can get some benefit out of my "interesting" file at least
--Bill[/quote]
A poster on GBPVR suggested that it may just be overheating, and he may be onto something...I pulled the machine out and nearly choked on the dust.
Is Comskip processor-intensive enough to be the most strenuous thing I'm running on the machine?
Anyhow, after a half-can of canned air, Comskip was able to process the file I sent you earlier, even with method 43. I'll let you know if I run into any problems with my day-to-day recordings this week, but for now, I think we can chalk this up to hardware rather than Comskip.
Thanks very much for your quick responses...hopefully you can get some benefit out of my "interesting" file at least
--Bill[/quote]
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