The logs are unhelpful; they say basically nothing. On the GUI side, you see it begin to work on the file - the last update is that it is "Getting information and banner from Internet sources".
Things I have tested to try to resolve this - none of which have worked:
1) I've turned off auto-scanning for files, and only manually handed it a file.
2) Normally, my source directory is a shared drive on another computer. Trying a local file instead did not fix it.
3) Rebooting the computer and service.
4) Disabling looking up internet metadata.
5) Turning on the firewall exception.
6) Trying multiple profiles for Conversion
7) Changing the Temp directory
The oddest thing - it was working, until I had to reboot the computer after installing other software. It only happens at the beginning of a conversion. It will sit "Idle" indefinitely without any problems.
I have seen this issue happening off and on for a couple of weeks now. The fresh windows install I did tonight was partially in hopes of fixing the issue, but I had it come back before I even installed anything except drivers.
I've attached the logs for the file I am manually starting and mcebuddy both.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: sideswipeitman **
I've added a copy of my mcebuddy.conf file.
The oddest thing here is that it's RANDOM. It happens often; there are times I've had trouble getting it to go at all. But other times, it will start right up and behave normally. It will even go along, converting files for a few hours sometimes, then hang again.
I just tried the run as an application; immediately got the "100% CPU use hanging".
I've tried downloading the newest ffmpeg from their website; no difference.
Just so you have the fullest picture that I can give, this is my environment and how it's set up:
HTPC is recording shows. I share that folder over the network. Desktop PC is running MCEBuddy on Windows 8.1. I have it set up to connect to that shared folder for the monitoring. Originally I had it writing out the resulting files to a 3rd PC, my home server. I've got that part disabled and have been writing the resulting files out locally while I try to get this worked out. All PCs are part of a Windows Domain, and I have the credentials entered in for the correct user in MCEBuddy. The only other thing that is altered is I have the nightly build of HandbrakeCLI.exe, and I changed my default profile to use that with QuickSync. I don't think that is related, since it seems to hang before it even starts ripping out commercials, if it's going to.
I'll upload one of my recordings; is there a good place to put it on the FTP site?
