ntsc-rs crashes my computer.

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This has happened twice now: I'm just using ntsc-rs, then my computer monitor stops displaying a signal from my GPU, my keyboard and mouse's lights turn off (Razer Blackwidow v3 and Deathadder v2) and my PC is completely unreponsive, I can't even hold the power button to power it off, I have to turn it off by the power supply which is incredibly risky. Please fix this: this is a realistic VHS effect and I don't want to have to stop using it so I don't end up frying my PC.

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@Degamisu @0x5066 A bluescreen didn't occur.

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@valadaptive Welp, if you say so.

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@valadaptive Um... are you sure this is safe to execute?

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I'm gonna execute it, most security vendors didn't detect anything malicious anyway.

[valadaptive]

Yes--a 1/67 on VirusTotal is likely to occur for many applications. False positives happen, and when you multiply a false positive rate by the 67 different antiviruses that VirusTotal uses, it goes way up.

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What tests should I try with Prime95?

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Still waiting for a response.

[valadaptive]

Try the "Blend" test?

[ghost]

Okeli dokeli.

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To be honest, for the most part, ntsc-rs works fine, ever since this message, it's only happened once, so I guess I just shouldn't render videos with it unless I have to.

@valadaptive It happened again.

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Here's a couple videos I rendered with it (I really like the effect, nice work): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZVTlh9qKEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAlzuavD0gE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RKjyHgwX2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2mSAReJgBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjtuWWW5o0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_n2CiOGEIE

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@valadaptive Ok, it's been some time since I've last talked about this. Ever since then, it has crashed more times on my PC so I stopped using it there. I've only been using it on my laptop (Acer Aspire A715-72G with upgraded 20 GB RAM and M.2 drive) and it has worked fine with no crashing.

I did try the blend test when you told me to, alongside now; it doesn't seem to impact anything while I'm using my PC (general activity).

I'd keep using it on my laptop but the setup is so janky having to transfer videos from my PC to my laptop, and the preview looks messed up.

So what now?

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Well... it slightly lags my PC when I'm video editing but that's about it.

[valadaptive]

You could try the OpenFX version with Davinci Resolve or Vegas to see if that helps things at all. Other than that, I don't think there's much else you can do. I can't reproduce this issue at all, and the fact that it crashes your entire computer and seems to work fine on a different machine points to it being a hardware issue.

I'm experiencing something similar right now with my own PC--GPU-intensive tasks (like playing certain video games) will cause my PC to immediately reboot if done for long enough periods. I haven't tracked down the component responsible, but I also have a Ryzen CPU (a 7700X, so a generation newer than yours). I think that my issue is also something to do with hardware, and I may report back if I can track down what it is.

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I take it mine's was suppposed to reboot everytime it crashed but it didn't. Ok, I'll try the OpenFX version then.

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Do you download the software at openfx.org?

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https://github.com/valadaptive/ntsc-rs/releases/tag/v0.8.0

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@valadaptive Ok, I didn't bother downloading the OFX plugin. But, I searched up the issue and apparently, it crashing during GPU-intensive stuff seems to be an issue relating to possible insufficient voltage (possibly relating to RAM). Besides, the default voltage on a Ryzen motherboard doesn't seem to reach that amount: the person with the solution mentioned overclocking the RAM to 1.4 volts to solve the insufficient voltage.

Alongside that, the RAM on my PC wasn't running at it's full speed (doing DDR4-2666 when it supports DDR4-3200), so that may have been an issue.

I'm gonna do some testing with your software now to see if it crashes for a bit.

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So far, it's been working fine. Also, my PC literally is like a guy chugging a water bottle when it comes to rendering, even on intense settings.

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Still workin' fine.

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Yep, that's the fix. @valadaptive I'd recommend in your case either bumping up the RAM voltage to 1.4 V, or possibly getting a new PSU (your's could potentially be faulty).