Annoying problem

Thamaker · Post by **Thamaker** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:05 pm

Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to discuss the problem, but I really need help.

Okay, so yesterday, I was editing some clips in vdmod using some scripts in avisynth like I always did, and everything was working fine. But, today, when I opened a mkv file via avisynth, vdmod took about a minute to open it, and I was like "oO it normally takes 3 seconds to open". And then, when I wanted to jump to a random frame, vdmod stopped responding... I didn't know what was wrong, I mean, yesterday everything was working fine and now I can't even properly edit a mkv video file. The command that I use in avisynth is directshowsource("bla bla bla") (obviously), but the same problem occurs when I use directshowsource on an AVI file. So I thought "is this an AVIsinth problem?" so I re-isntalled it. Same problem. "must be codecs". Re-installed CCCP. Same problem. So what the hell is it? Everything was working fine yesterday and now, it doesn't properly work anymore. I've even used older versions of vdmod and nothing..

Another strange thing is that, now I see 2 haali splitter icon's on the system tray. Is that normal?

I've done a 'restore system' to some days ago (at this point, i didn't know anything else I could do) and vdmod is still the same 'not responding'.

So I ask, if anyone knows how to solve this stupid problem, please share your wisdom. (and I was right in the middle of an amv :S)

I don't know if this is usefull but I have a P4 3600 Mhz (overclocked) and 2 Gb of RAM.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:36 am

Does using AVISource on AVI files exhibit the same issue? It could just be an issue with DirectShowSource itself. You can try FFmpegSource to see if it corrects the issue, as it supports MKV (and unlike DirectShowSource, it's frame-accurate, which is why I generally emphasize using it over DSS). It does take a while to open at first because it indexes the file upon opening it the first time, but subsequent times don't have that lag.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=127037

Thamaker · Post by **Thamaker** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:22 pm

Okay, so I tried with FFmpegsource.dll and it worked. Thanks Qyot27. But as you said, it was a direcshowsource.dll problem. So I just had to replace that .dll to a newer one, and vdmod started acting 'normal' again. But I still don't know what triggered the problem (might have been the avian-flu). Anyway, thanks again Qyot27 for the reply

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