AVISynth and VirtualDubMod

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:32 am

I'm still having trouble here. Thinking my VOB files were somehow the problem, I deleted them and re-ripped with DVD Decryptor.

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MPEG2Source("F:\GLADIATOR\VIDEO_TS\Carthage.d2v")

This is all I've got in my AVS file. The paths match up properly. The VOB is in the same directory, the D2V is in the same directory, everything is as it ought to be, or so I think. But when I try to play the AVS file in Media Player Classic, I get:

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MPEG2Source: couldn't open file
F:\GLADIATOR\VIDEO_TS\Carthage.avs, line 1

So what now? Eliminate AVISynth and reinstall it somewhere else, in hopes that I've somehow bunged up the plugins? At this point I'm ready to just eat the hard drive space and convert the scenes I want directly to AVIs. I didn't have these problems in the past and I'm not at all sure what the issue is now.

Purge · Post by **Purge** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:47 am

you may have to load the plugins.
if you used dgindex use the dll that came with that (DGDecode.dll)

or the MPEG2Dec3.dll

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:15 am

Even though I'm using a version of AVISynth that's supposed to do that automatically?

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:25 am

If it doesn't work now, try loading the plugins. If it doesn't work then it doesn't work, if it does, you're all set.

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:38 am

No joy.

AVS script now says

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LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
MPEG2Source("F:\Raw Capture\BBV Project\Gladiator\Carthage.d2v")

And upon playing the AVS script in MP Classic I get

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MPEG2Source: couldn't open source file, or obsolete D2V file
(F:\Raw Capture\BBV Project\Gladiator\Carthage.avs, line 2)

So I guess line 1 (the plugin load) worked fine, but the problem remains with the video. Arrgh. I honestly do not know what is causing the problem.

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:41 am

Corrupt dgIndex?

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:50 am

Anything's worth a try. I'm getting a lot of "WARNING! Opening GOP is not closed. The first few frames may not be decoded correctly." errors when importing VOB files, but according to DGIndex's users manual that shouldn't cause a problem.

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:08 am

Well I'll be damned. Using the Control Panel's "Add or Remove Programs" feature I uninstalled AVISynth 2.5 and DGIndex. I then re-downloaded AVISynth 2.5.6 and DGIndex 1.4.8 and installed away.

I then tried the Carthage.avs script I posted above...et voila, it works!

Thanks for your patience, Gepetto. Sometimes taking things through step by step is the way to go, even if the steps seem improbable.

At least, let's see if I can actually get these AVS files to open in Premiere Pro!

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:37 am

Trip-trip-triple post!

I used the VFAPI converter and I've successfully imported a "fake" AVI into Premiere Pro. Yay.