Program doesn't run every time

[smiRaphi]

I'm trying to encode a file with SonArc, but it doesn't start 50% of the time (~20% on windows sandbox) and instead just get's stuck for a few seconds before exiting.

Screenshots:
Expected help page:

Expected behavior
It should print the help page every time.

Environment:

• OS: Windows 11 22621 & Windows Sandbox
• Version: 2483 & 2446

Additional context
Errorcode: 3221225477 (0xc0000005)

Trace: (from windows sandbox)

1e4c:03b8:trace:winevdm:set_dll_path L"C:\\Users\\WDAGUtilityAccount\\Desktop\\otvdm-master-2483\\dll"
version: 2483
1e4c:03b8:trace:winevdm:main GetCommandLine = 'otvdm.exe  SONARC.EXE '
1e4c:03b8:trace:winevdm:main appname = 'C:\Users\WDAGUtilityAccount\Desktop\otvdm-master-2483\SONARC.EXE'
1e4c:03b8:trace:winevdm:main cmdline = ''
1e4c:03b8:trace:winevdm:main argv[0]: 'otvdm.exe'
1e4c:03b8:trace:winevdm:main argv[1]: 'SONARC.EXE'
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "krnl386.exe" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KRNL386.EXE) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KRNL386.EXE) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:NE_CallDllEntryPoint Calling C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KRNL386.EXE DllEntryPoint, cs:ip=1017:4f36
1e4c:03b8:warn:dosmem:DOSMEM_Init First megabyte not available for DOS address space.
1e4c:03b8:trace:task:TASK_Create cmdline='SONARC.EXE ' task=104f
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "system.drv" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTEM.DRV) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTEM.DRV) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "comm.drv" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMM.DRV) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMM.DRV) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "timer.drv" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (timer.drv) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (timer.drv) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:shell:ShellDDEInit bInit = TRUE
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "gdi.exe" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\GDI.EXE) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\GDI.EXE) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:NE_CallDllEntryPoint Calling C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\GDI.EXE DllEntryPoint, cs:ip=10ff:4e4e
1e4c:03b8:trace:gdi:AddFontResource16 ("C:\\Users\\WDAGUT~1\\Desktop\\OTVDM-~1\\WINDOWS\\system\\VGAOEM.FON"("C:\\Users\\WDAGUT~1\\Desktop\\OTVDM-~1\\WINDOWS\\system\\VGAOEM.FON"))
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "user.exe" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\USER.EXE) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\USER.EXE) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:NE_CallDllEntryPoint Calling C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\USER.EXE DllEntryPoint, cs:ip=1117:5b46
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "display.drv" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DISPLAY.DRV) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DISPLAY.DRV) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "keyboard.drv" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KEYBOARD.DRV) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KEYBOARD.DRV) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "mouse.drv" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MOUSE.DRV) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MOUSE.DRV) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "mmsystem.dll" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MMSYSTEM.DLL) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MMSYSTEM.DLL) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:NE_CallDllEntryPoint Calling C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MMSYSTEM.DLL DllEntryPoint, cs:ip=1177:1776
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "sound.drv" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SOUND.DRV) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SOUND.DRV) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:loaddll:MODULE_LoadModule16 Loaded module "shell.dll" : builtin
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL.DLL) - START
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:fill_init_list (C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL.DLL) - END
1e4c:03b8:trace:dll:NE_CallDllEntryPoint Calling C:\USERS\WDAGUT~1\DESKTOP\OTVDM-~1\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL.DLL DllEntryPoint, cs:ip=11a7:04c2
1e4c:03b8:trace:file:OpenFile16 "C:\\Users\\WDAGUT~1\\Desktop\\OTVDM-~1\\SONARC.EXE" OF_READ OF_SHARE_DENY_WRITE 
1e4c:03b8:trace:file:OpenFile16 found L"C:\\Users\\WDAGUT~1\\Desktop\\OTVDM-~1\\SONARC.EXE"
1e4c:03b8:trace:file:Win32HandleToDosFileHandle Got 5 for h32 000002BC
1e4c:03b8:trace:file:OpenFile16 (C:\Users\WDAGUT~1\Desktop\OTVDM-~1\SONARC.EXE): OK, return = 000002BC
1e4c:03b8:trace:file:_lclose16 5 (handle32=000002BC)
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_Available  9f9fh of 9fa0h paragraphs available
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_InitDosMemory DOS conventional memory initialized, 653808 bytes free.
1e4c:03b8:warn:dosmem:DOSMEM_MapDosLayout Need full access to the first megabyte for DOS mode
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_AllocBlock (0004h)
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_AllocBlock (0004h)
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_AllocBlock (0004h)
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_AllocBlock (0004h)
1e4c:03b8:trace:int:CDROM_FillHeap Installation check: 0 cdroms, starting at 26
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_AllocBlock (0004h)
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_AllocBlock (0004h)
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_AllocBlock (0752h)
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_Available  9f1ch of 9fa0h paragraphs available
1e4c:03b8:trace:dosmem:DOSMEM_AllocBlock (9f1c0h)
1e4c:03b8:trace:int:DOSVM_Loop waiting for action
1e4c:03b8:trace:int:DOSVM_ProcessConsole scan 1c, ascii 0d
1e4c:03b8:trace:int:DOSVM_QueueEvent new event queued, signalling (time=456171)

[cracyc]

That's a dos program. Winevdm's dos support is incomplete, dosbox or msdos-player will give much better results.

[smiRaphi]

That's a dos program. Winevdm's dos support is incomplete, dosbox or msdos-player will give much better results.

I need the output of the program which I can't get with dosbox and encoding for a single file takes over a minute with msdos-player & dosbox. It took about 10 seconds with Winevdm.
I've tried it again a few times but now it's not working at all anymore. It's either just the state I've described or it shows this message: 63e4:err:int:DOSVM_QueueEvent IRQ without DOS task: should not happen. or it get's stuck in a loop where the program tries to print out the info about the input file with the error: 9eec:fixme:int:DOSVM_ProcessConsole unhandled FOCUS_EVENT..

[emendelson]

It seems to work under vDos (https://vdos.info).

[smiRaphi]

It seems to work under vDos (https://vdos.info).

Tried it and it also takes ~1 minute to encode something and I also can't get the command line output from it.

[cracyc]

Try http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/msdos/index.html.

[smiRaphi]

Try http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/msdos/index.html.

I already did, I wrote that it works but it takes a lot longer than Winevdm did.

[emendelson]

As it's a DOS program, and therefore winevdm isn't designed to run it, maybe the best thing is to raise the issue in the DOSBox-X forum.

[cracyc]

Are you using the whpx cpu support with winevdm? If you aren't I'm surprised that winevdm is so much faster.

[smiRaphi]

Are you using the whpx cpu support with winevdm? If you aren't I'm surprised that winevdm is so much faster.

No I'm not, I haven't changed any settings.