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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: mickjp on February 22, 2004, 11:28:42 am

Title: Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: mickjp on February 22, 2004, 11:28:42 am

Has anyone been able to use this feature for more than a couple of discs successfully?  If so what settings are you using under Options - Devices - Advanced CD RIpping Settings - Expert Options?

I have been trying and it seems to work for a while and then MC crashes hard.  It required uninstalling MC and using Norton Systemworks - Windoctor to repair my system.

THis last time I had to completely reload my system from the OS up.  So now after much time reloading, etc, I'm scared to try it again.  The last crash happened with v10 .73.

I'm running Win XP Media Center edition on a HP Pavilion 873, 512 MB, p4 2.4 mhz, hyperthreading, etc.  Two optical drives - one a DVD burner, the other a DVD reader.

THe only plugins I use are Playing Now and Cover Art Finder.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: JimH on February 22, 2004, 11:32:26 am

That sounds like a hardware problem.  MC can't take out your operating system.

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: mickjp on February 22, 2004, 12:07:03 pm

It didn't take out the OS per se, but things were very flaky, the system would hang, require hard reboots, etc.  On the last occasion I couldn't get Norton Windoctor to run, etc.

It had been working fine before MC, as MC was the only software(albeit the different versions) I had added to the system in several weeks.

Since reloading things have been fine - at least 24hrs so far.

Maybe you're right, but I definitely think it's related to the MC crashes.

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: Quisp on February 22, 2004, 03:06:46 pm

mickjp,

Check out your RAM, I had similar problems and it turned out to be a bad SIMM. I've been ripping mulitple CDs, hundreds of them, with no problems other than issues I've mentioned concerning YADB calls when certain windows are open as I've outlined in other threads.

Jon

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: mickjp on February 22, 2004, 05:05:46 pm

Jon, other than reseating the simms, what else can I do to check them out?

Thanks for the tip.

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: jartslack on February 23, 2004, 02:02:58 am

I would concur with the above, the same happened to me with new ram!  Here is a link to a nice little tool, it confirmed my suspicions about the bad ram module, download and follow the instructions for mtinst.exe.... good luck  
 http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp?SD=GN&LN=EN-US&gssnb=1 (http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp?SD=GN&LN=EN-US&gssnb=1)

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: Quisp on February 23, 2004, 02:41:34 pm

I used the above tool for finding my bad ram, it was also new. I went to CompUSA to buy two replacements and one of them was also bad. I read years ago the 50% of all ram is usually bad, could be worse now.

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: mickjp on February 25, 2004, 01:51:04 am

I haven't gotten around to the RAM check yet, but the complete reload of the system combined with the .77 version is working much better.  I ripped about 30 discs tonight 2 at a time - went well.

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: Sauzee on February 25, 2004, 06:10:59 pm

Be careful. I've reinstalled  operating systems before to resolve what were hardware problems , although I didn't know it at the time.  

Things usually improve, but if it is hardware related, the problems will reappear.

Might be an idea to do the RAM test before an OS install - it's much quicker to do than the OS install anyway.

Title: Re:Ripping 2 discs at once
Post by: mickjp on February 27, 2004, 11:57:07 am

I ran the utility you guys recommended above, and it showed no problems with the memory, but thanks for the useful tip anyway.

THe latest couple of versions have had no problems for me whatsoever, including downloading the artwork of all discs ripped in a session.