jeanrosenfeld Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 I just ran the Vista upgrade checkup tool, and it alerted me to the fact that 'Vista drivers may not exist for the Patin Couffin Engine'. I didn't know I had that, but it shows as installed in device manager under VSO devices. The driver is Pcouffin.sys v 1.35. The description is 'Patin-Couffin low level access layer for CD devices'. After some Googling, I gather this is related to software for copying or burning DVDs, from VSO software, but also used in other products. (lots of posts, like this one, asking 'what is it, where does it come from?' I'm just wondering what installed it. The only possibly related software I have currently installed is EMC 8. I have occasionally installed other DVD copying software and file converters to try them out but have (as far as I can tell) uninstalled them all. If it isn't part of Roxio, maybe one of those didn't uninstall the Patin Couffin engine. If so would it be safe to uninstall it in device manager? Obviously I don't want to break anything in EMC 8. Any information would be welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 I just ran the Vista upgrade checkup tool, and it alerted me to the fact that 'Vista drivers may not exist for the Patin Couffin Engine'. I didn't know I had that, but it shows as installed in device manager under VSO devices. The driver is Pcouffin.sys v 1.35. The description is 'Patin-Couffin low level access layer for CD devices'. After some Googling, I gather this is related to software for copying or burning DVDs, from VSO software, but also used in other products. (lots of posts, like this one, asking 'what is it, where does it come from?' I'm just wondering what installed it. The only possibly related software I have currently installed is EMC 8. I have occasionally installed other DVD copying software and file converters to try them out but have (as far as I can tell) uninstalled them all. If it isn't part of Roxio, maybe one of those didn't uninstall the Patin Couffin engine. If so would it be safe to uninstall it in device manager? Obviously I don't want to break anything in EMC 8. Any information would be welcome. I'm pretty sure it's part of Divx to DVD which is a VSO product. I don't think you'll find it listed separately in the control panel as an app if it was installed as part of the EMC8 app. If you installed a separate version from VSO, then it would show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 I have it on my system as part of Blindwrite. Did you have that on at any stage, Jean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanrosenfeld Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 No I never tried blindwrite, nor any software directly from VSO. So I think Beerman is right,that it is the EMC 8's DivX to DVD module (on the Roxio home page under DVD & Video, there is an item 'Divx DVDs', which opens disk copier). It does not appear as a separate app in control panel or anywhere else as such, it is just listed in device manager. So I'll leave it alone. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanrosenfeld Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Or maybe not... I just noticed that date stamps of pcouffin.sys and the .inf file that installed it correspond to when I downloaded and installed Magic DVD copier and tried it out copying a couple of DVDs with it....Since uninstalled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Or maybe not... I just noticed that date stamps of pcouffin.sys and the .inf file that installed it correspond to when I downloaded and installed Magic DVD copier and tried it out copying a couple of DVDs with it....Since uninstalled. It's likely VSO is involved with many other similar packages. Sometimes when you uninstall a program you'll see it ask if you want to remove a possible shared dll and if you do, another program may not work. It's possible each of the companies mentioned has licensed part of their program from VSO. If you remove it, you can always do a repair install in EMC to get it back......I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrewst Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Maybe don't remove it.Just rename it and move it somewhere (desktop?).Then try running things and see if it causes a problem.If it doesn't,delete it.If it does rename it with the original name and put it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Maybe don't remove it.Just rename it and move it somewhere (desktop?).Then try running things and see if it causes a problem.If it doesn't,delete it.If it does rename it with the original name and put it back. You know Terry, I would have thought of that but it was just too simple for my complex mind to even consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrewst Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 I know you're a pretty complex guy and sometimes the simple things are best left to simpletons like me...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNO Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I just ran the Vista upgrade checkup tool, and it alerted me to the fact that 'Vista drivers may not exist for the Patin Couffin Engine'. I didn't know I had that, but it shows as installed in device manager under VSO devices. The driver is Pcouffin.sys v 1.35. The description is 'Patin-Couffin low level access layer for CD devices'. After some Googling, I gather this is related to software for copying or burning DVDs, from VSO software, but also used in other products. (lots of posts, like this one, asking 'what is it, where does it come from?' I'm just wondering what installed it. The only possibly related software I have currently installed is EMC 8. I have occasionally installed other DVD copying software and file converters to try them out but have (as far as I can tell) uninstalled them all. If it isn't part of Roxio, maybe one of those didn't uninstall the Patin Couffin engine. If so would it be safe to uninstall it in device manager? Obviously I don't want to break anything in EMC 8. Any information would be welcome. Here is the info about Patin-Couffin which most likely you got it with DVD43 link Yes you can uninstall it if you want to , it has nothing to do with OS or other prog. (resulting link removed due to forum rules) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mlpasley Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Sorry. I edited out the wrong link. Judging by the one comment on DVD43, it can cause problems on some systems and that pat-couffin engine might be the problem. Not to mention that it's illegal in some countries (like the USA) to copy a copy protected DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanrosenfeld Posted September 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 I've removed all traces of PCcouffin from my PC (both files and registry) with no ill effects. Thanks for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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