Flac - Sep 2004 - [Flac-users] Win2k 1.1.0 crash

Hi,
   I just started using FLAC and am very impressed. However I have
   run into a problem with the current (and other) Windows
   executables.
   If I encode with a higher compression level (say 7 or 8) I stand a
   high probability of BSODing or just plain rebooting. Strangely
   enough this behavious seems to go away if I use the default 5
   compression level.
   Has anyone else had problems like this and is there a known fix
   (other than encoding at lower compression).
   So far this is true for 1.1.0 and 1.0.4 (the only 2 I have tried)
   on Win2K

cheers,
   
andy c

JC> Every report we've got like that has turned out to be hardware
JC> related (e.g. overclocking, bad RAM).

That's actually what I thought at first since userland programs
*shouldn't* be able to do this. I guess maybe the higher settings just
push the system more than usual and expose hw problems (i.e. RAM).
I'll check the RAM integrity tonight...

cheers,

andy c

--- Andrew Chung <ac@digital-coffee.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>    I just started using FLAC and am very impressed. However I have
>    run into a problem with the current (and other) Windows
>    executables.
>    If I encode with a higher compression level (say 7 or 8) I stand a
>    high probability of BSODing or just plain rebooting. Strangely
>    enough this behavious seems to go away if I use the default 5
>    compression level.
>    Has anyone else had problems like this and is there a known fix
>    (other than encoding at lower compression).
>    So far this is true for 1.1.0 and 1.0.4 (the only 2 I have tried)
>    on Win2K
Every report we've got like that has turned out to be hardware
related (e.g. overclocking, bad RAM).

Josh


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