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Author Topic: WinDRAS freaks out in record mode? John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-24-2006 08:54 PM                     Hi, everyone. We just got a DA20 here at MIT and have complimented our existing DTS install with Dolby Digital. WinDRAS 1.0.4.2 seems to work fine in normal mode, but if we set it to record to a file and start it, it "freaks out." It seems to run at around 10x speed and shows only Fs and weird dancing trapezoids, and all stats are nonsensical. Though it does notice and stop if the cable to the processor is unplugged. This is under Windows XP on a laptop (Dell Inspiron 3500) with a real serial port (COM1). Any clues? Has anyone else seen this behavior? Also, oddly, running DRAS10 (under DR-DOS) produces an error like "cannot get processor type" while trying to connect. Of course WinDRAS works in normal mode just fine, so this is mostly academic. What I really wanted to do was to leave DRAS running all the time on this laptop (dedicated for the purpose) so you could switch to it and look at the state of things at any point during a normal show. Just for "hack value." It seems a bit easier and more straightforward to do so under DOS than Windows... Any thoughts? I did a search, but didn't find this topic [freaking out in record mode] at all... --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-25-2006 12:49 PM                     John, I believe the record feature on 1.0.4.2 is a known bug. Officially, 1.0.4.2 is not a release version. However, it is the version that will "See" the error level on many/most (possibly all) modern prints. Version 1.0.3.6 and dos DRAS10 will record properly though they may not see the error number (but will know if there was a failure).  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 02-19-2008 06:31 PM                 It has been 755 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Andres Briano Expert Film Handler Posts: 162 From: Buenos Aires, Argentina Registered: Jan 2008 posted 02-19-2008 06:31 PM                        Hey, Steve, On this subject, at the beginning of 2008, we still haven´t got a DRAS version that CAN record as well as showing the CORRECT error rate? Thanks, Andres  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-19-2008 07:49 PM                     I think Version 1.0.4.4 works properly. It is available for download from the secured Dolby site. Steve  |  IP: Logged Andres Briano Expert Film Handler Posts: 162 From: Buenos Aires, Argentina Registered: Jan 2008 posted 02-20-2008 09:34 AM                        Hey, Steve, Thanks for your reply. Version 1044 indeed works! I have downloaded it succesfully. A friend of mine had seen that version on Dolby´s secure site some time ago. But, at that time, when downloading it he couldn´t execute the file. All is well! Long live Dolby! Andrés  |  IP: Logged

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