VirtualDub Crash when trying to Preview my *.AVS file?

[MindBug]

Hi guys,

I am looking for a little bit of help on an error I am running into and I apologize if this has been asked before. I tried searching the forums and through Google to see if I could find the answer but no luck.

I am working off of VicBond007's Guide to Working with DVD Footage, and have followed his instructions to a T. What is happening is after I have loaded the required software utilities, codecs and plugin's in the order he has listed when I load my *.avs script into VirtualDub and attempt to move the bar down the slider virtualdub will consistantly crash. When this first happened I originally thought it may be a codec issue and it had been a long time since I had done a restore so I reinstalled Windows and just added the programs and codecs he lists in the guide. Nothing more..

It is still happening after the restore so I figured it may be the script, tried loading it several ways with modifications and no luck. I removed the plugin's from AVI synth and added them back one at a time, and that did not fix the issue. I can load anime episodes I have downloaded into the program and scroll back and forth without issues. I'm stumped for the moment.

If anyone else has run into this or can offer any advice or suggestions of things to try I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance..

-MindBug-

[Pwolf]

post the script please.


Pwolf

[MindBug]

Here is the script, it should be almost identical to the one VicBond007 is using in the first part of his guide.

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\Decomb521.dll")
MPEG2Source("C:\AMV01\01.d2v", idct=5)

[MindBug]

One other thing I noticed was when I load the video into VirtualDub, in both preview windows I have a small green bar on the left side of the preview window. [1/10 the size of the display window] It remains there when I start to preview the video [waiting for the almost immediate crash]

I have seen this before when I encode videos for my iphone from widescreen formatted trailers that seen to not scale down correctly to the aspect ratio of the screen on my phone. [Blizzard game trailers are consistent with this for the ratio they use, along with other trailers about that same screen size.]

The script appears to be working as I do not get any errors loading it into VirtualDub. I am almost wondering now if one of the codecs I am using in AVISynth is out of date, or causing a compatibility issue? [I would have to check the versions once I got home. I am only using the two mentioned in VicBond007’s guide.]

It's frustrating because the video looks great, if I'm not moving the slider. I can point to a spot on the timeline and it will go there without crashing but once I move the slider a few frames the program crashes. I’ll see if I can provide extended details on the crash once I get home from work.

[Pwolf]

just about to head to work (should've left 10min ago >.<), when i have time i'll jump back over here and give you some more help later today.


Pwolf

[The Origonal Head Hunter]

Here is the script, it should be almost identical to the one VicBond007 is using in the first part of his guide.

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\MPEG2Dec3.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\Decomb521.dll")
MPEG2Source("C:\AMV01\01.d2v", idct=5)

take out the Plugins from the script and it should work fine, or so I've heard.

[MindBug]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I wanted to follow-up with what fixed the problem for me. Mainly because after looking on the a-m-v.org forums and on google I couldn't really find information about this being a general issue a lot of people have run into. Hopefully this will help if anyone else runs into this problem in the future.

Summary
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PROBLEM:

VirtualDub is crashing when trying to preview video that has been loaded from an *.AVS script. AVI Synth is crashing in VirtualDub when I try to view or encode video.


CAUSE:

AVISynth 2.5.7 is crashing when I try to load video through it for whatever reason.


SOLUTION & FIX:

Uninstall AVISynth 2.5.7 and download & install AVISynth 2.5.6 which can be located here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/download ... e&75528919

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It seems the two other posts where I read about this issue just end without any explanation as the poster must have lost interest after they fixed their problem. Hopefully this will help anyone who runs into this.

BTW The green bar I mentioned might have been a symptom that points towards this because after installing AVISynth 2.5.6 it has gone away. My video now previews and outputs flawlessly. Thanks for the suggestions that lead me in the right direction :).

-MindBug-