AVISource problem in VDM

cireogle · Post by **cireogle** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:19 pm

If I try to open an AVI file in VirtualDubMod with just the basic code:

AVISource("C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\AMV.avi" ConvertToYV12()

I get the error: "AVIsynth Open failure- AVIsource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourccXviD"

Anyone know where I've gone wrong?
Thanks.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:24 pm

1) Those 2 statements should be on sperate lines.
2) Do you have the proper codecs installed to... you know... view your source? If not, you should probably get it.

cireogle · Post by **cireogle** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:55 pm

1) They are in the avs file that's just a typo.
2) I wouldn't know, everything works fine if I'm deinterlacing mpeg files. I installed everything off AMVapp and put the TIVTC plugin in there, so I would assume I do.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:02 am

Werll, it's saying it can't find an XviD compressor... do you not have XviD installed?

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:22 am

Install either Xvid or FFDShow. You don't have an Xvid decompressor, as implied by the error message.

http://www.xvid.org/
http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/

Keeper of Hellfire · Post by **Keeper of Hellfire** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:54 am

To add: XviD is already YV12, so the ConvertToYV12() line is unnecessary.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:25 pm

Tab. wrote:Install either Xvid or FFDShow. You don't have an Xvid decompressor, as implied by the error message.

More specifically (for the benefit of the OP), they don't have a VFW decompressor for XviD, since that's what AVISource works with. My guess is they already use the DirectShow-decoder-only version of ffdshow from the CCCP or bypass using DirectShow-based players at all and strictly use something like VLC.

cireogle · Post by **cireogle** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:07 pm

If I go start>all programs, there's an entire section for XviD, but it's seperate from the AMVapp section, would that count?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:51 pm

Sounds like you only got the DirectShow decoder then. Get the fully featured version of the codec, at http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml

cireogle · Post by **cireogle** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:04 am

Scintilla wrote:Sounds like you only got the DirectShow decoder then. Get the fully featured version of the codec, at http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml

I definately didn't have that version, but when I installed it and loaded VDM it still didn't work. Was I supposed to do something with the program or just install it?