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If it's a 2 hour show it just crashes. If it's a one hour show, success! This is on a Vista machine of impeccable breeding. Any ideas?

I would start by providing more information.  What are your sources?  What are you converting to?  Are you skipping commercials?  What does "crash" mean?  What does the output say?  Log files?

The sources are any DVRMS file recorded with Vista Media Center. I have tried converting to all available formats, with or without commercial skipping. Crash means "program has stopped responding, would I like to go check online for a solution and close the program or just close the program?" Here is one of the log files: "----------------------------------------------------- InputFile=E:\Recorded TV\The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency_HBO_29_03_2009_16_58_03.dvr-ms Processing actions, this may take some time!! Run Profile = ffmpeg ProcessId = 3564 DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.2.1.6 Throttle DVRMStoMPEG FWThrottle: E:\Recorded TV\The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency_HBO_29_03_2009_16_58_03.dvr-ms WaitTime: 5 PollTime Waiting to process file Queue file Duration = 00:00:01.0240000 Waiting for available worker: 3/31/2009 4:29 PM Worker allocated: 3/31/2009 4:29 PM Convert Dvr-ms files with ffmpeg Run C:\Program Files\DVRMSToolbox\Applications\Ffmpeg\ffmpeg_MPGMUX.exe -y -i "E:\Recorded TV\The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency_HBO_29_03_2009_16_58_03.dvr-ms" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f dvd "E:\Recorded TV\he No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.mpg" FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al. configuration: --enable-static --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-gpl --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --disable-ffplay libavutil version: 49.4.1 libavcodec version: 51.40.4 libavformat version: 51.12.1 built on Jul 27 2007 15:35:02, gcc: 4.2.1 Seems stream 2 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 29.97 (30000/1001) -> 29.92 (359/12) Input #0, asf, from 'E:\Recorded TV\The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency_HBO_29_03_2009_16_58_03.dvr-ms': Duration: 02:04:56.6, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5316 kb/s Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s Stream #0.1: Invalid Codec type -1 Stream #0.2: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, 6750 kb/s, 29.92 fps(r) Output #0, dvd, to 'E:\Recorded TV\he No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.mpg': Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=2-31, 6750 kb/s, 29.97 fps(c) Stream #0.1: Audio: libmp3lame, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s Stream mapping: Stream #0.2 -> #0.0 Stream #0.0 -> #0.1 Press [q] to stop encoding frame= 578 fps= 0 q=0.0 size= 11774kB time=19.3 bitrate=5004.2kbits/s frame= 578 fps=568 q=0.0 size= 11774kB time=19.3 bitrate=5004.2kbits/s frame= 578 fps=373 q=0.0 size= 11774kB time=19.3 bitrate=5004.2kbits/s frame= 578 fps=281 q=0.0 size= 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12016kB time=19.3 bitrate=5091.8kbits/s Duration = 00:01:12.3470000 Total Duration = 00:01:13.3980000" It just abruptly ends. What do you think? .

files recorded on HBO are "protected"

 i've noticed the few times i've tried converting an mkv movie it never finishes and i have to stop the process.  I realize it will take longer but i've left it overnight with the same results.  It hasn't been a huge deal as i generally just use XenonMKV to convert my movies, but it does seem to be an issue with the longer files.