MPC-HC 1.9.17.21 crashes playing .IFO files from hard disk

Hello,

I'm backing up my DVD collection and I'm having a issue opening the .IFO file from DVDs saved to my HDD.
When opening the .IFO file, MPC-HC stops responding and I eventually have to force quit.
.VOB files play fine, as do all other standard file types.

During my troubleshooting, I've updated all apps and drivers to their most recent versions.

For ripping, I use REDFOX, ANYDVD HD to save the DVD to my HDD in VIDEO_TS folders.
Other players such as VLC and POWERDVD open the files without error.
As a test, I was also able to use MAKEMKV to create a perfect MKV from the IFO file, so the rips appear to be good.

There was a previous thread on these forums back in SEPT 2018 from user "dbminter", who had determined that the problem was the LAV filters, which could be the issue now.
https://codecs.forumotion.net/t2972-mpc-hc-1-8-0-0-crashes-playing-ifo-files-from-hard-disk

Thank you for any help with this.

MPC-HC (Nightly, 64-bit)
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Build information:
Version: 1.9.17.21 (7ad24f85a)
Compiler: MSVC v19.29.30137
Build date: Nov 26 2021

LAV Filters:
LAV Splitter: 0.75.1.12
LAV Video: 0.75.1.12
LAV Audio: 0.75.1.12
FFmpeg compiler: MinGW-w64 GCC 10.2.0

Operating system:
Name: Windows 10 (Build 21H1)
Version: 10.0.19043 (64-bit)

Hardware:
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3690 @ 3.47GHz
GPU1: NVIDIA Quadro M2000 (driver version: 30.0.14.7247)
GPU2: NVIDIA Quadro M2000 (driver version: 30.0.14.7247)
GPU3: NVIDIA Quadro M2000 (driver version: 30.0.14.7247)

Does it also crash if you play the original unripped DVD?

Could you upload one of the ripped folders for me? If that is too large, then you can exclude the large vob files. Then I can try the reproduce your crash.

Admin wrote:Does it also crash if you play the original unripped DVD?

Could you upload one of the ripped folders for me? If that is too large, then you can exclude the large vob files. Then I can try the reproduce your crash.

The original unripped DVD plays perfectly, does not crash at all.
I have uploaded both a full DVD and the same DVD without the large .VOB files.
Thank you for your help!

FULL_DVD (3.29GB)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13P4rd1a-iud-tCzNApD4hvXupE_lCf2Q?usp=sharing

NO_VOB (22.4MB)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jSZF_iu67SMX1K7Hj_nZ1F-Hwg-DcckB?usp=sharing

No problem playing it here. I downloaded the small files and first big vob that contains the begin of the video.
I even tried on both Windows 7 and 10.

First update to new K-Lite 16.6.2 and test if it still crashes.

Then try this standalone build of MPC-HC:
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/download/1.9.17.10/MPC-HC.1.9.17.20.x64.zip
This includes a crash reporter, which hopefully is able to catch the "hang".

Does the problem occur with VIDEO_TS.ifo or only with the other ifo files?

Does the path to the DVD folder perhaps contain any Unicode characters or is very long? In that case test if a simple location such as c:\test\video_ts makes any difference.

Admin wrote:No problem playing it here. I downloaded the small files and first big vob that contains the begin of the video.
I even tried on both Windows 7 and 10.

First update to new K-Lite 16.6.2 and test if it still crashes.

Then try this standalone build of MPC-HC:
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/download/1.9.17.10/MPC-HC.1.9.17.20.x64.zip
This includes a crash reporter, which hopefully is able to catch the "hang".

Does the problem occur with VIDEO_TS.ifo or only with the other ifo files?

Does the path to the DVD folder perhaps contain any Unicode characters or is very long? In that case test if a simple location such as c:\test\video_ts makes any difference.

I have updated to 16.6.2 - still crashes.
I tried the standalone player - still crashes.
Unfortunately, the crash reporter did not load.
I then rebooted and ran the standalone player with admin rights - still crashes and crash reporter will not load.

The problem occurs only with the VIDEO_TS.ifo file. The other ifo files work fine.

I tried copying the VIDEO_TS folder directly to my desktop:
D:\Desktop\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO - still crashes.
No special characters and short path.

I checked Windows event viewer and found this:

The program mpc-hc64.exe version 1.9.17.20 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Security and Maintenance control panel.
Process ID: 1da0
Start Time: 01d7e97e02b589bd
Termination Time: 76
Application Path: D:\Desktop\MPC-HC.1.9.17.20.x64\mpc-hc64.exe
Report Id: 23480b54-c9cd-41c8-8cc3-3bbc308ead34
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Hang type: Cross-thread

- System

 - Provider

  [ Name]  Application Hang

 - EventID 1002

  [ Qualifiers]  0

  Version 0

  Level 2

  Task 101

  Opcode 0

  Keywords 0x80000000000000

 - TimeCreated

  [ SystemTime]  2021-12-05T02:16:54.4970575Z

  EventRecordID 133634

  Correlation

 - Execution

  [ ProcessID]  0
  [ ThreadID]  0

  Channel Application

  Computer Xeon

  Security


- EventData

  mpc-hc64.exe
  1.9.17.20
  1da0
  01d7e97e02b589bd
  76
  D:\Desktop\MPC-HC.1.9.17.20.x64\mpc-hc64.exe
  23480b54-c9cd-41c8-8cc3-3bbc308ead34
   
   
  Cross-thread
  430072006F00730073002D0074006800720065006100640000000000


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Binary data:


In Words

0000: 00720043 0073006F 002D0073 00680074
0010: 00650072 00640061 00000000  


In Bytes

0000: 43 00 72 00 6F 00 73 00   C.r.o.s.
0008: 73 00 2D 00 74 00 68 00   s.-.t.h.
0010: 72 00 65 00 61 00 64 00   r.e.a.d.
0018: 00 00 00 00               ....


Also, found this under Security and Maintenance:

Source
MPC-HC (x64)

Summary
Stopped responding and was closed

Date
‎12/‎4/‎2021 6:16 PM

Status
Report sent

Description
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.
Faulting Application Path: D:\Desktop\MPC-HC.1.9.17.20.x64\mpc-hc64.exe

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: mpc-hc64.exe
Application Version: 1.9.17.20
Application Timestamp: 61a03190
Hang Signature: a1f7
Hang Type: 134217729
OS Version: 10.0.19043.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Hang Signature 1: a1f7115bf74a936a61f58342b7aa27b7
Additional Hang Signature 2: 348a
Additional Hang Signature 3: 348a29c04ec11c740885239838d54657
Additional Hang Signature 4: 5e79
Additional Hang Signature 5: 5e7942e94133642d64c479149fd6b140
Additional Hang Signature 6: 17d2
Additional Hang Signature 7: 17d2c52dc4b6525e4ac9bd9c0adae225

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 8cd4dd61267050a4a9a901d3338df412 (1849011128626967570)


If you're able to play the file then obviously the problem is somewhere on my end.
If you can think of anything else I can try, I definitely appreciate your help.

Thanks!

I suspect it may be an issue with the DVD Navigator filter from Windows. That is used in case of the main IFO file. But it is weird that it worked for me with same version of Windows. Maybe region code differences.

I don't know what kind of options AnyDVD offers with regard to modifying the region code stuff. But you could experiment with that.

Admin wrote:I suspect it may be an issue with the DVD Navigator filter from Windows. That is used in case of the main IFO file. But it is weird that it worked for me with same version of Windows. Maybe region code differences.

I don't know what kind of options AnyDVD offers with regard to modifying the region code stuff. But you could experiment with that.

I'm in the US Region 1.
AnyDVD should be removing the region code.

I've been experimenting with various settings in both MPC-HC and AnyDVD without success.
I installed a couple more media players, MPC-BE and J River and they are also crashing when opening the Video_TS.ifo file.

VLC and PowerDVD 18 both open the file without any problem.

I will continue troubleshooting and if I find a solution, I will report back.

Thanks for your help!

VLC and PowerDVD uses their own DVD Navigator implementation.

Since the original DVD plays fine, you could maybe skip the removal of the basic "protections". Pretty much all apps can bypass those anyway. Some region 1 discs actually contain tricks to detect region code removal and make playback fail.