weird video encoding problem in XP

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christopher

For about two months now, whenever I use a program that
involves encoding video, the program crashes: " [program
x] has encountered a problem and needs to close. " Every
time.

The problem manifests itself most often as follows:

- Using the software that came with my webcam (Logitech);
whenever I try to compress video for e-mail.

( Logitech support investigated every possible solution
and tentatively determined that the problem lay with my
OS )

- When using Windows Media Encoder- I can no longer
compress video or change video formats

- When trying to preview videos while downloading.


All of the above worked before. I have made no changes to
my OS that I am aware of. I have all the latest updates
for the respective software and virutally every codec.
And to reiterate- it all worked before.

Sometimes when these crashes occur Windows XP Error
Reporting will refer me to a Microsoft "Crash Analysis"
that posits that the crash was likely caused by "MPEG
Encoder manufactured by MainConcept AG" and suggests that
I can solve the problem by updating this program.
I have never had this program on my computer.

Very mysterious. Any ideas?
 
I do not have experience with the software that you are using but I do have
a suggestion. I use Adobe Premiere for some of my video encoding, this use
plug ins. For example to encode into mpeg format with Premiere it uses the
"Panasonic mpeg encoder" plug in. Therefore should an error occur it could
report back that the problem lies in the plug in and not the main program.
Hope this helps.
 
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