problem with loading avs file in virtualdub

ElitePirateUpsilon · Post by **ElitePirateUpsilon** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:11 pm

Hey, I've been following the how-to guide about handling DVD footage and I'm hoping to de-interlace my footage for editing. Well, I followed the guide word for word and got to loading a avs script into virtualdub for the first time, but I got an error message:

Avisynth open failure:
LoadPlugin: fvf%fOfCf"f[fhfGf%[
(C:\Users\Dr.D\Documents\Documents\gravefireflies.avs, line 1)

my code looks like this:

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth2.5\plugins\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth2.5\plugins\Decomb521.dll")
MPEG2Source("C:\Grave of the Fireflies\VIDEO_TS\gravefireflies.d2v", idct=5, CPU=4, ipp=true)

I've tried running it in both the virtualdubmod from amvapp and in normla virtualdub, but neither work properly. Is this a problem that I'll be able to fix, or is this going to fall under the "You shouldn't have installed windows vista" category? Thank you!

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:04 pm

Use DGIndex and DGDecode, not DVD2AVI and MPEG2Dec3 (or mix and match). See if that fixes it.

If you don't have that tool and plugin, then pick it up here:
http://neuron2.net/dgmpgdec/dgmpgdec.html

ElitePirateUpsilon · Post by **ElitePirateUpsilon** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:07 pm

Nope, no luck. I still get the same message that I got before. Is this some kind of compatability issue with Vista?

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:25 pm

Shouldn't be. I was able to use AviSynth and VDubMod just fine on my cousin's Vista laptop. However, I didn't use AMVapp at all (speaking of which, I'm assuming the version you tried was not the version in the beta guides - you might want to try with that) - I installed AviSynth on its own, and just unpacked VDubMod in the normal userspace and ran it from there rather than putting it in Program Files (or at least, I think that's what I did concerning VDubMod; this was like, 8 months ago).

Are you running VDubMod as Administrator? I know this is an issue for MeGUI, but I'm not sure about other programs, or can't remember.

Ah ah, wait...If that script posted is exactly how it appears, you need to put a space between AviSynth and 2.5 in the directory path (or simply not put those LoadPlugin lines in there at all; it'll autodetect the plugins if they reside in that directory anyway).

Again, though, I would still strongly suggest using the DGMPGDec package - DGIndex and DGDecode - and switching from Decomb to TIVTC to do inverse telecine operations. You can see the page in the beta guides dealing with TFM, TDecimate, and TDeint here:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... ssive.html

ElitePirateUpsilon · Post by **ElitePirateUpsilon** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:15 pm

Qyot27 wrote:Shouldn't be. I was able to use AviSynth and VDubMod just fine on my cousin's Vista laptop. However, I didn't use AMVapp at all (speaking of which, I'm assuming the version you tried was not the version in the beta guides - you might want to try with that) - I installed AviSynth on its own, and just unpacked VDubMod in the normal userspace and ran it from there rather than putting it in Program Files (or at least, I think that's what I did concerning VDubMod; this was like, 8 months ago).

Are you running VDubMod as Administrator? I know this is an issue for MeGUI, but I'm not sure about other programs, or can't remember.

Ah ah, wait...If that script posted is exactly how it appears, you need to put a space between AviSynth and 2.5 in the directory path (or simply not put those LoadPlugin lines in there at all; it'll autodetect the plugins if they reside in that directory anyway).

Again, though, I would still strongly suggest using the DGMPGDec package - DGIndex and DGDecode - and switching from Decomb to TIVTC to do inverse telecine operations. You can see the page in the beta guides dealing with TFM, TDecimate, and TDeint here:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... ssive.html

Thanks for your help, yeah, it was a matter of putting a space between AviSynth and 2.5 in the script. Kind of embarrassing if I do admit...

The problem I'm getting now is a whole new error message:

Avisynth open failure:
MPEG2Source: couldn't open source file, or obsolete D2V file

I've tried both D2V files, both the one I made with MPEG2Dec3 and the original one with DVD2AVI, but I'm still getting the error message. Does anyone know what this means now? -_-'

mirkosp · Post by **mirkosp** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:27 pm

ElitePirateUpsilon wrote:The problem I'm getting now is a whole new error message:

Avisynth open failure:
MPEG2Source: couldn't open source file, or obsolete D2V file

I've tried both D2V files, both the one I made with MPEG2Dec3 and the original one with DVD2AVI, but I'm still getting the error message. Does anyone know what this means now? -_-'

Try to use the DGMPGDec package as Qyot already suggested you and see if there still is the problem. That might actually solve everything.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:23 pm

mirkosp wrote:Try to use the DGMPGDec package as Qyot already suggested you and see if there still is the problem. That might actually solve everything.

More specifically, go in to AviSynth's plugins folder and delete MPEG2Dec3.dll, make sure that DGDecode.dll is still in there, index with the version of DGIndex that DGDecode came with (shouldn't be a problem if you got it from the link I gave), and use as normal. You still use MPEG2Source, which is why the old version needs to be deleted (or at least moved into another folder where it won't get autodetected).

ElitePirateUpsilon · Post by **ElitePirateUpsilon** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:31 pm

No luck, i deleted the file just as you told me but I still get an error message that tells me:
"Avisynth open failure:
MPEG2Source: couldn't open source file, or obsolete D2V file "

Argh, does this mean theres some kinf of problem with my .vob file? I used DGIndex for the D2V file jsut as you told me, but I'm still getting this error message :-/

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:32 am

Make sure the file being indexed and the d2v are in the same directory, and then remove the entire path from the script, leaving only the "filename.d2v" part (and the other postprocessing, etc. options). See if that works. AviSynth and DGIndex/DGDecode support relative paths, so if that still doesn't work then there's a mismatched version somewhere, methinks.

ElitePirateUpsilon · Post by **ElitePirateUpsilon** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:27 pm

No luck, now its just telling me "unable to load d2v file" Both the vob and d2v files are in the same folder, and I've tried with both the full path and without the full path like you instructed. Where do I go from here?