2 video sources in 1 .avs script?

[delirium_sj]

I'm in the process of getting my KH2 footage ready (pain in the ass, not much footage to get & still no sound ).

Anyway, I had 2 .m2v files where one had the beginning cut off and the other had the end cut off of the same FMV. So I made a .d2v of both, one with just the beginning cut where it faded to black, and another .d2v with the rest.

I wanted to put them together to make an .avi of the complete FMV in VirtualDubMod. I'm fairly new to avisynth and need some direction. Is there a way to put multiple video sources in a single .avs script and have them run consecutively? Help please?

[Willen]

I'm not sure that you can.

One way of doing this is to load each d2v file separately and output each as an AVI file. Then load the first AVI into VirtualDubMod and use Append Segment... to add the second one. Use Save As... and Direct Stream Copy to output the joined video.

[sysKin]

Is there a way to put multiple video sources in a single .avs script and have them run consecutively? Help please?

But of course

clip1=mpeg2source(...)
clip2=mpeg2source(...)
return clip1+clip2

Although dgindex is *meant* to open multiple files (usually vobs) and create only one d2v file from them all, you could just do that.

[Gepetto]

simpler way: (AviSynth 2.5.5 and above)

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mpeg2source(...)+mpeg2source(...)

The input has to be in the same colorspace and resolution (as well as in sysKin's method) but from what you said it probably is.

If you don't know the version of your AviSynth, create a new script and type in

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Version()

then play the script.

However...

Although dgindex is *meant* to open multiple files (usually vobs) and create only one d2v file from them all, you could just do that.

He is right.

[delirium_sj]

Thank you! I'll be trying the script in a minute and if it doesn't work will do what Willen suggested.

sysKin wrote:
Although dgindex is *meant* to open multiple files (usually vobs) and create only one d2v file from them all, you could just do that.

Normally, this is what I would do & I did try it, but since the files were *broken* it just wouldn't work.

Thanks again guys. Will be right back and let y'all know how it worked out!

[delirium_sj]

Yay! It worked! I tried both script suggestions, and went with just adding the +. (the words clip were red, and although I didn't get an error with it...seeing red there just freaks me out ) Wouldn't let me put it in my old script though, I didn't get a script error but VDubMod wouldn't play the part I added. But putting it all in a new script works. Thanks!!!!!!!!

[Qyot27]

Wouldn't let me put it in my old script though

You can use Import() to open scripts inside other scripts.

[Melanchthon]

It ate my post...

(the words clip were red, and although I didn't get an error with it...seeing red there just freaks me out )

Oh, you learn to ignore that after a while. It doesn't mean any more than having the letters in any other colour.

I still haven't worked out what it thinks 'clip' is a misspelling of.

You can use Import() to open scripts inside other scripts.

How do you call the scripts? So far all I've managed to get is 'invalid arguments to [function that works fine when part of the main script]'.

[Qyot27]

You can use Import() to open scripts inside other scripts.

How do you call the scripts? So far all I've managed to get is 'invalid arguments to [function that works fine when part of the main script]'.

What are you trying to do? For instance, I have this script (saved as haruhiep3_1.avs):

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MPEG2Source("haruhiep3_1.d2v", ipp=true, cpu=4)
TFM(order=-1,mode=5,PP=7,field=-1,slow=2)
TDecimate()
Crop(4,0,-4,0)
deen("w3d",2,8,8)
Lanczos4Resize(848,480)
ConvertToRGB24()
AssumeFPS(24)

and I make another script to do some more things to it:

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Import("haruhiep3_1.avs")
Invert()
FlipVertical()

Is it something along those lines that you're trying to do, or something different?

[Melanchthon]

Yeah, that's the one. Thankns for clearing that up. Guess my mind still hasn't grasped that there's really no difference between .avs filters and the stuff in the main script, or maybe I was getting my wires crossed somewhere when it came to .avs filters and .dll filters.

I'm overthinking things again. :/