Running DGDecIM on a virtual machine
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:55 am
I have been using DGDecNV for quite a few years now, but I am going to sell my current encoding rig in the coming days. This forced me to start putting together a new solution, which I was hoping could be virtual machine-based. I am not that much into performance, but two other things are essential in my case: frame accuracy and proper MBAFF support.
I was hoping I could just use DiAVC and DGAVCDecDI, but then I learned both are dead.
I experimented with FFMS2, but it handles some frames in the MBAFF DVB-T streams I work with incorrectly, so using it is out of the picture.
Then I found the new tool, DGDecIM, but DGIndexIM crashes immediately upon starting when it is run inside QEMU-based VMs (both Windows XP Professional SP3 and Windows 7 Ultimate SP1) with exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) at address 0x0003c411. Could it be that the licensing-related code is trying to access something that is not available on a VM? Or perhaps should something from Intel be explicitly installed before the tool can be run as it does not handle library errors nicely (yet)?
I am happy to do any testing or experimenting if you would like me to. So far I am hopeless.
I was hoping I could just use DiAVC and DGAVCDecDI, but then I learned both are dead.
I experimented with FFMS2, but it handles some frames in the MBAFF DVB-T streams I work with incorrectly, so using it is out of the picture.
Then I found the new tool, DGDecIM, but DGIndexIM crashes immediately upon starting when it is run inside QEMU-based VMs (both Windows XP Professional SP3 and Windows 7 Ultimate SP1) with exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) at address 0x0003c411. Could it be that the licensing-related code is trying to access something that is not available on a VM? Or perhaps should something from Intel be explicitly installed before the tool can be run as it does not handle library errors nicely (yet)?
I am happy to do any testing or experimenting if you would like me to. So far I am hopeless.