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Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

Dutch_Master — Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:34 pm

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:34 pm

It's not the hardware, that's for sure. (I've changed hardware and the various disks play fine anyway) Haven't hunted 'round for older libs, but Acidrip doesn't really suit me, on first sight. I'll wait and see if it'll work as advertised though...

Thanks for the interest though!

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

scarydeath — Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:16 pm

Author: scarydeath

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:16 pm

To rule out hardware it may be an idea to boot to a live disk, although you will probably have to use a USB stick distro if you only have 1 optical drive...

I had an issue a while back with MP3 transcoding. All my music from CD is stored in FLAC, but the car MP3 player only plays MP3 (obviously ), and so transcoding was needed. What happened was that violent "scratches" seem to have been put in the resultant MP3 files (like a scratch on vinyl). I updated all software - this made no difference, even changed distro, same thing. It was only after changing distro several times later that the problem has been resolved, and then never come back. I can only really assume it must have been API issues as mentioned above, and not hardware.

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

catgate — Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:47 am

Author: catgate

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:47 am

wyliecoyoteuk wrote:

From what I remember, when they found a cliff Richard tape they cuffed him.

I remember someone once saying, " "Cliff" wants cuffing!"....or something like that.

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

wyliecoyoteuk — Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:04 am

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:04 am

From what I remember, when they found a cliff Richard tape they cuffed him.

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

towy71 — Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:44 am

Author: towy71

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:44 am

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

Dutch_Master — Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:07 am

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:07 am

I happen to have a "best of" Marillion double album....

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

wyliecoyoteuk — Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:39 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:39 pm

Reminds me of a Smith and Jones sketch where they pull a driver over and go through his collection of cassette tapes.

"ooh sarge, we got a right one here.....Marillion!
(Both shake their heads)

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

heiowge — Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:18 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:18 pm

towy71, don't knock the Floyd.

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

Dutch_Master — Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:15 pm

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:15 pm

T-rex, does that matter?

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

towy71 — Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:06 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:06 pm

Dutch_Master wrote:

I doubt it's hardware, tried handbrake but that doesn't do what I want (or I'm doing something wrong... ) and as for taste: this was just a sample I had at hand, I tried many more, like Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield and Michael Flatley.

lose lose lose, are you a dinosaur?

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

Dutch_Master — Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:15 pm

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:15 pm

I doubt it's hardware, tried handbrake but that doesn't do what I want (or I'm doing something wrong... ) and as for taste: this was just a sample I had at hand, I tried many more, like Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield and Michael Flatley.

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

nordle — Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:29 pm

Author: nordle

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:29 pm

I think I've found the problem in the log file

Code:

Job 'Transcode video - title #1, pass 1' failed with error message:
Command exits with failure code:
Command: mkdir -m 0775 -p '/media/videodrive/dvdrip-data/Madonna_Confessions_tour/tmp' &&

Terrible taste in pop music

Nelz mentioned the ffmpeg issue, wouldn't be surprised if this is the cause.

Perhaps try some other software, download handbrake, or a binary of mencoder that doesn't link. See if the same problem occurs. If only to rule out a hardware issue.

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

Dutch_Master — Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:39 pm

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:39 pm

I'm using Debian Stable, so updates shouldn't break anything... I'll see if I can find older versions of key libs to solve the issue. Tnx Nelz!

@heiowge: thx too, I'll see if I can find it in the Debian repo's

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

nelz — Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:26 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:26 am

If looks like a problems with transcode and ffmpeg, have you updated either of these lately? ffmpeg in particular has a history of API changes between releases, if you have updated it, try rolling back to a previous version. similarly, if you have switched from ffmpeg to libav, try going back to ffmpeg (libav is a fork of ffmpeg).

Re: DVD-RIP fails, invalid pointer error

heiowge — Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:47 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:47 am

Not sure how to solve your problem exactly. I use Acidrip and have no problems. Maybe a change of software might help...