KVCD: no program wants to play my .avs files?
 

I have a problematic .avi. It plays on the computer, but when, in the beginning I played the motion adapting script the error was "Acm failed to suggest a compatible pcm format". I searched this and other forums and I encoded the audio separately. I even encoded the .avi separetely with virtualdub. At last I tried to encode just the .avi without sound but when I play the .avs in any program (windows media player, zoom player, tok, virtualdub...) there is just error that says that the program will be closed and that's it. If I try the original .avi with .avs script that reads avisource("...avi",false) there is an error again. I really don't know what else to do so I decided to post my problem here. Have you had this problem?

I guess your AVI is a Vorbis OGG container. That's a big sh*t (sorry) !!!

You can try with DirecShowSource insteed of AviSource but you can't do any prediction because Sampler() will take HOURS to procede :-(

Try to open it in VDub and save it in "direct stream copy". That will give you a avi withotu any sound, but that is openable by avs (if it's really an ogg of course).

note: do you have Gspot ? If yes, open the avi with it and tell us what are the codec used for the rendering.

I was going to post the characteristics of the avi yesterday but I was a little bit drunk :oops: , so:

I saved the .avi with direct stream copy in virtualdub. This is the info for it - video format: 588 x 316, 80975 Frames, 25.000 Frames/Sec, 191 KB/Sec, Unknown Format. But this format also gives me a constant error in WMP and zoomplayer so I need a restart after 2 tries to play the .avs

The info for the original avi is: audio format - Unknown Format,48*000 Hz; Stereo; video format - 588 x 316, 80975 Frames, 25.000 Frames/Sec, 223 KB/Sec, Unknown Format

Gspot gives me these codecs: for audio -
AC3filter
->Fraunhofer audio decoder
->AC3 from AVI Xform -> Fraunhofer audio decoder

for video:
ffdshow MPEG4 video decoder
DivX decoder filter
DivX decoder filter

And at the end thank you Dialhot for the "DirecShowSource" hint, I will give it a try, hope it works beacause I don't use prediction very often :lol: :wink:

Script error: there is no function named "DirectShowSource" (line 11)

this is shown in my .avs and this is my line 11:

DirecShowSource("C:\movies\dvd\Motor.avi")

Do I write this correct? Or do I need some plug-in or filter or whatever?

Hi Edlund,

What version of AviSynth do you have installed :?: 8O

-kwag

the latest - 2.52

Maybe you have installed two different versions of avisynth. Can you make an avs with the following content, open it wmp or similar and give us the result :?:

Edlund, did you notice that it miss a 't' in the line you reported ?

It's DirectShowSource.

Perhaps the error is simply there.

Avisynth 2.52, build: jun 1 2003 [23:05:51]
© 2000-2003 Ben Roudiak-Gould et al.
http://www.avisynth.org

Yes, I copy/pasted your hint:) Now when I try to play the .avs with direcTshowsource zoomplayer freezes and WMP opens it minutes long without success. (ToK and Tmpgenc freeze too)
I think if nothing works I will encode the video just with a KVCD template.

Do you ave a "Sampler" at the end of your avs ?

If yes, I told you that is will take HOURS to accomplish :-). So everything is normal :-)

Can you copy your script there ?

It's the optimal script:

The command "YDifferenceToNext" used in MA part of the script is equivalent to a random access into the movie (you want to access directly to a specific frame). So I'm not surprised that this is not usable with a directshowsource.

I have problems even with this script, I think I'll give up with this file, it fucked up everything. Now I can't play a single .avs, every program says that there is a error, for examole "runtime error, the application (zoomplayer, tmpgenc) has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way." I reinstalled avisynth few times but it didn't work so I will forget about this file and hope that can handle at least the others.

There is a avisource in the last script you reported. Did you try it with DirectShowSource ???

For your second problem, it can come from gripfit. Drop it and just make a script with that :

That's all you need to see if your avi can be handled by avs. After this we will see what filter can be added.

no:((( the same runtime error. I receive this error for everything, for directshowsource, avisource, this .avi, other .avis, I'll commit suicide:) Do you know what it means?

Just my 2 cents:
Have you tried updating or reinstalling your divx-codec :?:

Thanks, Krassi, I tried this too, I'm using ACE mega codecs pack 5.91, the problem remains the same

Virtualdub opens my .avs files, but tmpenc and wmp - no.
I'm really asking for help from anybody who knows what this "runtime error" mean.

"runtime error, the application (zoomplayer, tmpgenc) has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way."

Hi Edlund,

Did you install "ReadAVS.dll" in your TMPGEnc folder :?:
If not, here: http://www.kvcd.net/ReadAVS.zip

-kwag