NEW Guides and AmvApp BETA

psyimn · Post by **psyimn** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:41 pm

Zarxrax wrote:
p1tch wrote:Thanks Scintilla. That fixed my problem. It was the setmemorymax script that was causing the problem, and for the record, what does the "setmemorymax" script do specifically?

Thanks again.
That's VERY odd. Could you please paste the contents of that setmemorymax script?
It just tells avisynth how much memory it should try to stay within.

SetMemoryMax()

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:48 pm

Ok, I think I know where the problem lies. Thanks for the report!

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:58 pm

I feel I should really know the answer to this question already...

Will I loose frame accuracy of my current scripts using an old version of the amvapp if I redo my d2v files with the new amvapp beta?

Not that it would really be too much of a problem to fix using Premiere's timeshift tool...

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:19 pm

Corran wrote:I feel I should really know the answer to this question already... Will I loose frame accuracy of my current scripts using an old version of the amvapp if I redo my d2v files with the new amvapp beta?

Not that it would really be too much of a problem to fix using Premiere's timeshift tool...

I honestly have no idea. I don't think it would happen, but it might.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:42 pm

I watched the video tutorials and I think they are pretty good and straight-forward. There was one little thing I think I saw though that new users might run into problems with. On a fresh Windows install, file extensions are hidden and for some systems the option to "Display the full path in the address bar" might be disabled. When users go to copy and paste the file path and name like you did in the avisynth video tutorial they might find these settings giving them a problem. Some sort of notice that the setting for these options are located in the Folder Option's View tab would be nice.

Pretty much everything covered in the tutorial can be followed along reasonably well in Vista. If the above information is included though, folder options for vista are not accessed via explorer's menus. Rather it is found by going to "Start -> Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Folder Options"

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:57 pm

I think I made sure to leave the settings all at the windows defaults when I made the videos. It's probably just different in vista I guess (which I have never used).

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:17 pm

hmm... I've always had to change these settings after a fresh install of XP. Granted, the option says "Hide extensions for known file types"

I guess the problem I had in the past was not the copy and paste thing I mentioned but rather the way I created my avisynth files; I would right click in the folder and select New -> Text Document and then change the txt to avs. Since txt was a known file type I ran into the extension issue.

Since dgindex files are not considered known file types in windows by default I guess my original point was moot.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:56 pm

Regarding the Bait and Switch method:

I have been told that it is impossible to use this method with Premiere Pro at this time - if anyone knows differently then let me know.

I do not have Premiere pro to test this with but shouldn't this method theoretically work if, instead of importing avisynth files directly into Premiere, you use MakeAVIs?

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:07 am

I have premiere pro 1.5, and can give it a shot sometime tomorrow

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:18 am

One last thing before I go to bed... I know you mentioned that you aren't using Vista but could you mention somewhere that the dgindex/avisynth tests at the end of the amvapp installer will fail to run properly and that even though they fail, the install likely worked? (I can post a screenshot of the error message that pops up several times during the tests if you think it would be useful.) This problem is encountered in the 32 and 64 bit versions of vista.

This is a problem I've encountered with the old amv app as well but all the applications after install so far have worked. I will try testing the updated apps in the new amvapp and get back to you if I have any OS-related issues.

Edit: I'm having some problems already, at least on my 64 bit install. I'll post more later after I test more including on my Vista 32 bit and xp pro installs.