AviSynth open failure:

[marthwmaster]

It seems I'm hitting a stumbling block at every step of the conversion process this time. I'm making a Blood+ AMV. The trouble is, I only have the first half on DVD, so I've been forced to borrow the remaining discs for the time being.

Currently I have all of the files organized into folders by volume (e.g. Blood+ Volume 1, Blood+ Volume 2, etc.), and due to the scenes I already see going into my AMV and where they occur in the series, I've been converting the already-ripped footage in reverse-order (Blood+ Volume 10, Blood+ Volume 8, etc.). So far, I've managed to script and convert vols. 10 and 8, but everything "after" those two is encountering the following message:

AviSynth open failure:
MPEG2Source : unable to load D2V file "C:\Documents and Settings\Josh computer\My Documents\anime footage\Blood+\Blood+ Volume 7\Blood+ Volume 7.d2v"
(C:\Documents and Settings\Josh computer\My Documents\anime footage\Blood+\Blood+ Volume 7\Blood+ Volume 7.avs, line 1)

For a volume other than 7, just replace "7" in the error message with the number of the volume in question.

Here is my script for volume 10, which was successful, followed by my script for volume 7, which was unsuccessful.

Blood+ Volume 10.avs

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Mpeg2Source("C:\Documents and Settings\Josh computer\My Documents\anime footage\Blood+\Blood+ Volume 10\Blood+ Volume 10.d2v")
Telecide(1)
Decimate(5)
Tweak(sat=1.2, cont=1.1, bright=-2)
Awarpsharp(12)
Deen("a2d",3,7,9)
Crop(8,0,-8,-0)
LanczosResize(640,480)

Blood+ Volume 7.avs

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Mpeg2Source("C:\Documents and Settings\Josh computer\My Documents\anime footage\Blood+\Blood+ Volume 7\Blood+ Volume 7.d2v")
Telecide(1)
Decimate(5)
Tweak(sat=1.2, cont=1.1, bright=-2)
Awarpsharp(12)
Deen("a2d",3,7,9)
Crop(8,0,-8,-0)
LanczosResize(640,480)

I don't know what other information I should include here, but as you can see the scripts are identical except for directory and title, so I'm not really sure where the trouble lies. Hopefully someone else has encountered the problem, or knows how to walk me through it.

Thanks in advance!

[mirkosp]

Assuming you used dgindex, try to change

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Mpeg2Source("C:\Documents and Settings\Josh computer\My Documents\anime footage\Blood+\Blood+ Volume 7\Blood+ Volume 7.d2v")

to

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dgdecode_Mpeg2Source("C:\Documents and Settings\Josh computer\My Documents\anime footage\Blood+\Blood+ Volume 7\Blood+ Volume 7.d2v")

and see if it works out.
Also, I will have to call out on you for your script, I'm more than positive that you're overfiltering your source. Tweak, awarpsharp, and deen shouldn't be there.
I'd also would be changing the IVTC from

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Telecide(1)
Decimate(5)

to

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TFM(mode=1,pp=5,slow=2,micmatching=2,clip2=TDeint(mode=2,type=3))
TDecimate()

which tends to give far better results when IVTCing most anime (you might notice this improvement on mouths and slow pans, as telecide+decimate tends to leave combing with those).
I'd also like to suggest you to use spline36resize instead of lanczosresize: it will give a sharper picture with much less ringing and artifacts (although with a small resize like that the difference might not be noticeable).

[marthwmaster]

Yeah, I think I just forgot to use DGIndex. I had to take a break from AMV-making at the end of last month, and I'm pretty sure I just skipped a necessary step here and there. Thank you!

[marthwmaster]

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TFM(mode=1,pp=5,slow=2,micmatching=2,clip2=TDeint(mode=2,type=3))
TDecimate()

I don't know much about scripting. Is that second line supposed to go as written, or should there be a number in the parentheses?

[mirkosp]

As-is.

[Mister Hatt]

Get rid of all your filters too. Not a single one of them will make your video look better.

[marthwmaster]

Yeah, alright.

I learned all this secondhand from another AMV editor, and was just using the script he gave me.