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PC User Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009 – SP2 update released

Well, I think this is it.

Having discussed the problems regarding Windows Vista and its security features, I’ve completed work on this new Service Pack 2 release and it’s now available.

Installation

First, you must install the original Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009 file from the May 2009 issue cover disc of PC User.

Next, download the new Service Pack 2 Update here, launch it by right-clicking on the install file and choosing “Run as Administrator” and install it into your system.

What it does is over-write the original application executable file but you must choose the “Run as Administrator” option, otherwise it won’t install.

Once complete, run the tool and crossed-fingers, the app should now come up and show you the list of drives in your system. It should now read Build 401.

This new SP2 update supersedes SP1. It also creates a new folder in your C:\ProgramData folder called “Australian PC User” and a sub-folder there called “RBT2009″, which is now the working folder for Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009.

If you have any problems, I don’t want to know about it!

Only kidding – just leave comments (good or bad) below so I know if this actually works for everyone else.

I’ve tested this SP2 with Vista’s User Account Control (yuk!) switched on and was able to rip an audio CD as well as create a DVD movie disc. So it’s working for me. The original version caused a nilobjectexception error so I think this could be the fix.

For more details on how Vista stuffs things up for RBT2009, read here.

DOWNLOAD -> Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009 SP2 Update

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#1 written by Brian Dale 3 years ago

Hi Darren
Appreciate the effort you put in. The old 2008 version worked fine for me with XP. With the 2009 version under Vista 32 SP1 Ultimate I had the Vista nil object exception error which was fixed for me with your SP1 and SP2, and the video encoding module appears to work fine producing an mpg file (using DVD PAL 720×576, 25fps, standard stereo). But both your SP1 and SP2 give a DVD movie authoring error with the successfully created PC USER mpg file as soon as I select the file. The error is:

“Sorry, but the video frame size is not DVD specification. (Chosen file has a frame rate of 3499 kb/s Stream #0.-pixels)
Choose a video with a frame size of 720×576,352×576 or 720×480-pixels.”

When I try to play the PC User mpg video using WMP 11, the video is fine but the sound is continuous crackle. I can play the original video with sound (.avi) fine using WMP11. I have repeated this and always get the same error with the toolbox software.

I can supply screen dumps of the two pages with the error if that would help.

Regards
Brian
- #2 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  Yep, that would be great, Brian.
  Thanks.
  - #3 written by Brian Dale 3 years ago
    
    Sorry Darren,
    I don’t seem to be able to paste images in this area, I guess it only takes text. Is there a simple way I can pass the screen dumps on to you?
    
    Regards
    Brian
#4 written by Rick Bartolo 3 years ago

Hi Darren.
Can’t get 2009 ripping and burning toolbox to work on XP home either.
Tried SP2 update, but it still burns nothing to disc.

Output tab says, The current problem looks like a buffer underrun.
It looks like ‘driveopts=burnfree’ does not work for this drive.
Make sure that you are root,enable DMA and check your HW/OS setup.

It worked fine the first time I tried running w/o SP2, and then started with the nil object exception error. Still not working on a brand new PC with yhe same operating system.
- #5 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  We’re right on deadline at the moment but I’ll take a look and see what’s going on. If it’s a buffer underrun, there’s little I can do about it other than to suggest make sure you have no other apps running when you’re burning discs. Certainly don’t do any encoding while you’re trying to burn.
#6 written by PeterJ 3 years ago

Hi Darren,
Please consider adding FLV files to the list of files that can be converted, when you get time!
Thanks for what you are doing.
Peter
- #7 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  We’re working on an update for the upcoming November issue – FLV encoding/decoding has been added.
  Will give more details closer to October 3.
  Cheers,
  Darren.
#8 written by Brian Dale 3 years ago

Hi Darren

Got it working now (I think there was a problem with my PC) except that in DVD Movie Encoder, when I select the Advanced dialog and check the “higher-quality encoding (slower)”, it says “encoding done” and won’t run again. When I uncheck higher quality it runs the encoding OK.
#9 written by Brian Dale 3 years ago

Hi Darren

This is the output text when I set the advanced /higher quality::

Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s
Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
C:\Program Files\PC User Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009\ffmpeg.exe: unrecognized option ‘-flags’
FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: –enable-memalign-hack –enable-static –disable-shared –disable-debug –enable-pthreads –enable-libx264 –enable-gpl –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libfaac –enable-libfaad –enable-libxvid
libavutil 49.11. 0 / 49.11. 0
libavcodec 52. 0. 0 / 52. 0. 0
libavformat 52.22. 1 / 52.22. 1
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
built on Oct 6 2008 22:39:50, gcc: 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 30000.00 (30000/1) -> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, avi, from ‘E:\[QI] S4.03 – Jeremy Clarkson, Neil Mullarkey, Liza Tarbuck.avi’:
Duration: 00:28:45.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1130 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720×432 [PAR 1:1 DAR 5:3], 25.00 tb(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s
Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
C:\Program Files\PC User Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009\ffmpeg.exe: unrecognized option ‘-flags’

Regards
Brian
- #10 written by Luke 3 years ago
  
  Is there any resolution for the “trell” error? This was my output -
  FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: –enable-memalign-hack –enable-static –disable-shared –disable-debug –enable-pthreads –enable-libx264 –enable-gpl –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libfaac –enable-libfaad –enable-libxvid
  libavutil 49.11. 0 / 49.11. 0
  libavcodec 52. 0. 0 / 52. 0. 0
  libavformat 52.22. 1 / 52.22. 1
  libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  built on Oct 6 2008 22:39:50, gcc: 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)
  Input #0, avi, from ‘E:\VIDEO\LUKETASH-3mins\3mins 2009_07_06_14_31_40.avi’:
  Duration: 00:00:46.84, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30848 kb/s
  Stream #0.0: Video: dvvideo, yuv420p, 720×576, 28800 kb/s, 25.00 tb(r)
  Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
  Stream #0.2: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
  Must supply at least one output file
  FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: –enable-memalign-hack –enable-static –disable-shared –disable-debug –enable-pthreads –enable-libx264 –enable-gpl –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libfaac –enable-libfaad –enable-libxvid
  libavutil 49.11. 0 / 49.11. 0
  libavcodec 52. 0. 0 / 52. 0. 0
  libavformat 52.22. 1 / 52.22. 1
  libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  built on Oct 6 2008 22:39:50, gcc: 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)
  Input #0, avi, from ‘E:\VIDEO\LUKETASH-3mins\3mins 2009_07_06_14_31_40.avi’:
  Duration: 00:00:46.84, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30848 kb/s
  Stream #0.0: Video: dvvideo, yuv420p, 720×576, 28800 kb/s, 25.00 tb(r)
  Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
  Stream #0.2: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
  Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
  Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
  Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
  Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
  C:\Program Files (x86)\PC User Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009\ffmpeg.exe: unrecognized option ‘-flags’
  FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: –enable-memalign-hack –enable-static –disable-shared –disable-debug –enable-pthreads –enable-libx264 –enable-gpl –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libfaac –enable-libfaad –enable-libxvid
  libavutil 49.11. 0 / 49.11. 0
  libavcodec 52. 0. 0 / 52. 0. 0
  libavformat 52.22. 1 / 52.22. 1
  libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  built on Oct 6 2008 22:39:50, gcc: 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)
  Input #0, avi, from ‘E:\VIDEO\LUKETASH-3mins\3mins 2009_07_06_14_31_40.avi’:
  Duration: 00:00:46.84, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30848 kb/s
  Stream #0.0: Video: dvvideo, yuv420p, 720×576, 28800 kb/s, 25.00 tb(r)
  Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
  Stream #0.2: Audio: pcm_s16le, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1024 kb/s
  Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
  Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
  Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
  Unable to parse option value “trell”: undefined constant or missing (
  C:\Program Files (x86)\PC User Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009\ffmpeg.exe: unrecognized option ‘-flags’
  - #11 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
    
    Luke,
    Try turning off the “high-quality encoding”. There are some problems using this with some codecs. We’ve had better success without it.
    Cheers,
    Darren.
#12 written by Brian Dale 3 years ago

Hi Darren

This is the begiining output of a successful run without the higher quality video option.

Regards
Brian

FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: –enable-memalign-hack –enable-static –disable-shared –disable-debug –enable-pthreads –enable-libx264 –enable-gpl –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libfaac –enable-libfaad –enable-libxvid
libavutil 49.11. 0 / 49.11. 0
libavcodec 52. 0. 0 / 52. 0. 0
libavformat 52.22. 1 / 52.22. 1
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
built on Oct 6 2008 22:39:50, gcc: 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)
[NULL @ 0x26d9220]Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected
Input #0, avi, from ‘E:\[QI] S4.02 – Clive Anderson, Vic Reeves, Arthur Smith.avi’:
Duration: 00:29:14.40, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1118 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640×354 [PAR 1:1 DAR 320:177], 25.00 tb(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 112 kb/s
Output #0, dvd, to ‘C:\Users\Guest\Videos\[QI] S4.02 – Clive Anderson, Vic Reeves, Arthur Smith.avi-20090830_095256.mpg’:
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720×576 [PAR 175:121 DAR 875:484], q=2-31, pass 1, 7500 kb/s, 25.00 tb(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
[mp3 @ 0x26d9b60]mdb:92, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 0
[mpeg4 @ 0x26d9220]Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected
[mpeg4 @ 0x26d9220]Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected
[mpeg4 @ 0x26d9220]Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected
etc
#13 written by Reg 3 years ago

RBT2009 was very successful for getting a PVR tv recording on to DVD. First I ran it through the Video file encoding section to get the audio codec right. Then it was playable in Media Player and I then edited out the ads and recompiled it in Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD.
Then I ran it through the DVD Authoring section and it made a good quality dvd sans menu. For a menu’d version I can recommend Windows 7 DVD Maker.

The hardest part was MPEG editing while keeping dvd quality and apart from the cheap Womble, I’d recommend Adobe Premier Elements, but I’d like to see this covered by PCUser.
- #14 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  Thanks, Reg.
  Ideally, it’d be great if there was some freeware software to do that MPEG editing… :)
  We’ll see what we can do…
  - #15 written by Reg 3 years ago
    
    Yeah I tried everything and dearly wanted to use Avidemux as it is so user friendly, but it would crash at edit time, possibly due to the 3GB file size I was editing.
    - #16 written by Reg 3 years ago
      
      Just found Avidemux 2.5.1revision 5281 which seems more stable. http://avidemux.razorbyte.com.au/
#17 written by Mark NIcholls 3 years ago

I’ve just installed the new RBT2009v2 on the Nov’09 PC User DVD. I am using Vista Home Premium. I am trying to do DVD Movie Authoring, all goes well until it tries to create the ISO and I get the following errors -
1.
[MAKING ISO IMAGE (wait a minute...)]
Access is denied.

2.
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/PC User Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009/cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open ‘C:\ProgramData\Australian PC User\RBT2009\dvd.iso’.

Output Log of where these errors occurs follows. Please help.

Cheers,
Mark

…
STAT: fixing VOBU at 3875MB (13281/13388, 99%)
STAT: fixing VOBU at 3881MB (13297/13388, 99%)
STAT: fixing VOBU at 3887MB (13313/13388, 99%)
STAT: fixing VOBU at 3893MB (13329/13388, 99%)
STAT: fixing VOBU at 3900MB (13345/13388, 99%)
STAT: fixing VOBU at 3906MB (13361/13388, 99%)
STAT: fixing VOBU at 3910MB (13377/13388, 99%)

[MAKING ISO IMAGE (wait a minute...)]
Access is denied.

[BEGIN DISC BURN NOW]
scsidev: ’1,0,0′
scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a53 (i686-pc-cygwin) Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version ‘schily-0.9′.
Driveropts: ‘burnfree’
atapi: -1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : ‘PIONEER ‘
Identifikation : ‘DVD-RW DVR-216 ‘
Revision : ’1.06′
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.
Current: DVD-R sequential recording
Profile: DVD+R/DL
Profile: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+RW
Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording
Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite
Profile: DVD-RAM
Profile: Removable Disk
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording (current)
Profile: DVD-ROM
Profile: CD-RW
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-ROM
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM driver (mmc_dvd).
Driver flags : NO-CD DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: PACKET SAO LAYER_JUMP
Drive buf size : 1605632 = 1568 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/PC User Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009/cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open ‘C:\ProgramData\Australian PC User\RBT2009\dvd.iso’.

[EJECTING DISC]
…
- #18 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  Mark, reinstall the application, right-click on the application icon and choose “run as administrator”.
  That should work.
  Cheers,
  Darren.
#19 written by Amanda 3 years ago

Hi Darren,
I am trying to use RBT to convert mp4 with aac to divx with ac3. The video comes up great, however I have no sound. I keep getting “erro while decoding steam #0.1.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Amanda
- #20 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  It looks like FFmpeg is having trouble decoding the AAC audio stream however, I can’t tell you why. It may have an unusual header or it may have been corrupted although if you can play the original file and hear sound, it would seem to be alright. It maybe that FFmpeg doesn’t understand the type of AAC stream (there are difference types such as HE-AAC). I’ll see if there’s a solution.
  Cheers,
  Darren.
#21 written by Zaan 3 years ago

Hi Darren,

I have installed the sp2 patch and the audio sync problem when using the video encoder for ipod from a dvd seems to be sorted , awesome.

Now there is another problem when I try to use the dvd tab to create half sized or any size for that matter it just comes up with done, no conversion. Just goes straight to done.

Before I installed sp2 this feature was working.

Thanks for your hard work.

Awesome tool.

Zaan
- #22 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  Bother. Let me check and see what’s going on.
#23 written by Richard 3 years ago

Hi Darren,

I installed PC User Ripping & Burning Toolbox 2009 on Vista Business x64 (fresh install), installed fine but upon running I get the following error:

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2995/errorgm.jpg

Also, the company I work for has a PC User subscription but unfortunately I’ve lost the PC User CD with the PC User Rockpod 09 program. To top it off I’ve just had to re-format my computer and lost the install. Any way of getting it from PC User or yourself?

Regards,

Richard
- #24 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  Okay, I haven’t seen that error before. The only thing I can suggest is to uninstall the app and then right-click on the installer and choose “run as administrator”, follow the prompts and see if that works.
  
  As for RockPod 09, forget it – because RockPod 3 is now out. You’ll find it in the new January 2010 issue of PC User, out today!
  Cheers,
  Darren.
#25 written by zaan 3 years ago

Hello,

Is there any way of adding batch encoding on the
ripping and burning toolbox for dvd movie encoder?
I am using this to convert my m2ts files from my camera so that it makes editing less painfull.

Awesome tool,
Zaan
#26 written by David Bramham 3 years ago

Hi Darren,
I wish to get a copy of your RBT2009 software but unable to source any back issues of the Magazine .
Could you please advise availability ans cost
Regards – David
- #27 written by Darren Yates 3 years ago
  
  Try http://www.pcuser.magshop.com.au – you should be able to get back issues there.
  Thanks,
  Darren.
#28 written by Phillip Dodd 3 years ago

RBT 2009

Unfortunately, I have had no success at all in using RBT 2009 to rip my CD’s to MP3. This applies to both the May 2009 (inc SP1 & 2) and November 2009 versions.

I always get the NilObjectException error each time I try to rip after refresh.

I am using 2 different PC’s with Xp home and the results are identical.
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