Just been sent a ratDVD by a family member, downloaded the program from the usual sources, installed it, tried to run it... ...and it instantly falls on its arse! Wha!?! Seeing as there's no official support for ratDVD, can someone please tell me what the heck is going on?? OS: Windows XP Home Edition, SP2 CPU: GenuineIntel, Intel P6 (Model 14), MMX @ 1833 MHz Module name: e:\Program Files\ratDVD\XEBEncoder.exe Application data: VmVyc2lvbjogV25OamRrZFZRRmtwSlYwMktUQW1NQ2M1VnlZckJnWlh QQ005T3k5dFpYbDlkVElqSWowbElUVkhjM3B5ZG10OVJEVTZRVTEwY0 hkd2ZHdytYVzFGU1ZWSFIwNUhmZ289DQpJbWFnZUJhc2U6IDAwNDAwM DAwDQotMQ0KQ29kZSA9IFsxMTRdDQotIDIyMQ0KLSAyMDYNCi0gMjA2 DQotIDANCi0gW10NCj4gZTpcUHJvZ3JhbSBGaWxlc1xyYXREVkRcWEV CRW5jb2Rlci5leGUNCg0KcmF0RFZEDQpyYXREVkQNCjAuNy44LjMzMw 0KQ29weXJpZ2h0IKkgMjAwNSByYXREVkQNCjAuNy44LjANCnJhdERWR A0KDQo+IEM6XFdJTkRPV1Ncc3lzdGVtMzJcbnRkbGwuZGxsDQo+IEM6 XFdJTkRPV1Ncc3lzdGVtMzJca2VybmVsMzIuZGxsDQo+IEM6XFdJTkR PV1Ncc3lzdGVtMzJcdXNlcjMyLmRsbA0KPiBDOlxXSU5ET1dTXHN5c3 RlbTMyXEdESTMyLmRsbA0KPiBDOlxXSU5ET1dTXHN5c3RlbTMyXGFkd mFwaTMyLmRsbA0KPiBDOlxXSU5ET1dTXHN5c3RlbTMyXFJQQ1JUNC5k bGwNCj4gQzpcV0lORE9XU1xzeXN0ZW0zMlxvbGVhdXQzMi5kbGwNCj4 gQzpcV0lORE9XU1xzeXN0ZW0zMlxtc3ZjcnQuZGxsDQo+IEM6XFdJTk RPV1Ncc3lzdGVtMzJcb2xlMzIuZGxsDQo+IEM6XFdJTkRPV1Ncc3lzd GVtMzJcdmVyc2lvbi5kbGwNCj4gQzpcV0lORE9XU1xXaW5TeFNceDg2 X01pY3Jvc29mdC5XaW5kb3dzLkNvbW1vbi1Db250cm9sc182NTk1YjY 0MTQ0Y2NmMWRmXzYuMC4yNjAwLjI5ODJfeC13d19hYzNmOWMwM1xjb2 1jdGwzMi5kbGwNCj4gQzpcV0lORE9XU1xzeXN0ZW0zMlxTSExXQVBJL mRsbA0KPiBDOlxXSU5ET1dTXHN5c3RlbTMyXHNoZWxsMzIuZGxsDQo+ IEM6XFdJTkRPV1Ncc3lzdGVtMzJcY29tZGxnMzIuZGxsDQo+IEM6XFd JTkRPV1Ncc3lzdGVtMzJcd2lubW0uZGxsDQo+IEM6XFdJTkRPV1Ncc3 lzdGVtMzJcSU1NMzIuRExMDQo+IEM6XFdJTkRPV1Ncc3lzdGVtMzJcT FBLLkRMTA0KPiBDOlxXSU5ET1dTXHN5c3RlbTMyXFVTUDEwLmRsbA0K PiBDOlxXSU5ET1dTXHN5c3RlbTMyXHdzb2NrMzIuZGxsDQo+IEM6XFd JTkRPV1Ncc3lzdGVtMzJcV1MyXzMyLmRsbA0KPiBDOlxXSU5ET1dTXH N5c3RlbTMyXFdTMkhFTFAuZGxsDQo+IEM6XFdJTkRPV1Ncc3lzdGVtM zJcdXh0aGVtZS5kbGwNCj4gRTpcUFJPR1JBfjFcRFZEUkVHfjFcZHZk c3lzLmRsbA0KMjAwNi4xMC4yNg0KRmVuZ3RhbyBTb2Z0d2FyZSBJbmM uDQpEVkQgUmVnaW9uLUZyZWUgU3lzdGVtIE1vZHVsZQ0KNSwgOSwgOC wgODUNCkRWRFN5cw0KQ29weXJpZ2h0IChDKSAyMDAxLTIwMDYgRmVuZ 3RhbyBTb2Z0d2FyZSBJbmMuDQpEVkRTeXMuRExMDQo1LCA5LCA4LCA4 NQ0KRFZEIFJlZ2lvbi1GcmVlIC0gV2F0Y2ggYW5kIGNvcHkgQ1NTIGV uY3J5cHRlZCBEVkRzIGZyb20gYW55IHJlZ2lvbiENCg0KPiBDOlxXSU 5ET1dTXHN5c3RlbTMyXE1TQ1RGLmRsbA0KPiBDOlxXSU5ET1dTXHN5c 3RlbTMyXG1zY3RmaW1lLmltZQ== ...that don't look right!!! Any help, please? I know I'm not the brightest bloke on the planet but I'm surely not the dumbest. And a popular program like this shouldn't be this stubborn to run... all the best...
You'd have thought so, wouldn't you? However, get this. Decided, just for a giggle while round a mate's house (professional IT guy, always handy to have one around), to install it on his machine and see what happened. Thought it was a risk (hey, neither of us had heard of ratDVD before, there's no real official page for it and it might have been a jumped up virus / trojan delivery system. That's what you think when you see an executable download in 2007 - you're only paranoid when they're not out to get you...). So, guess what happened? Installed it. Ran it. Worked fine. Burned the files to DVD. Uninstalled it (well, it's not like he was going to use it again). And... rest. So, I'm resigning myself to one of two facts: my computer is actually a steaming pile of turd to which I should stop wasting my time and efforts on, or: ratDVD is a steaming pile of yaddd yadda yadda. Guess which one I'm plumping for. all the best... 'kaydeege
