Sorry rds,

makeAVIS won't open my .d2v files 8O
-vhelp

makeAVIS works only with AVS scripts as input.

Create a dvd2avi *.d2v
build a great avs script that uses that d2v file
Open makeAVIS and load the avs script on it.
Choose your output fake avi file.
Choose "Store script in avi"
Hit it.
Now try it with mencoder.
You should be feeding the fake avi created with makeAVIS into mencoder, of course.
Don't worry about the video not being ok.
We just want to know if it's VFAPI that is triggering this.
Cheers

@ rds (and others)

I did it your way (finally, after 20 min. figuring out how to open an dumby
.d2v file in a script) .. the short story, it's still not working :!:

I recreated a .d2v file from scratch, and this time w/ dvd2avi v1.76 as my
tool.

Then, I created a script (below) and named it makeAVIS.AVS and opend it
in it. It did not give me any errors - it was a success:
When I run makeAVIS, and save as: "1.avi" all is well, but when I load it up
inside mencoder, it will not work. (see previous error messages)
-vhelp

Maybe try ConverttoYV12 at the and of script. I might be wrong, but mencoder neads YV12 as input. In fact i always do YV12 convertion and this works for me.

vhelp,
If you're telling me you can load the avs file into windows media player and watch it without error messages, I say I don't have anymore ideas...
Yes, you can only load an d2v file as mpegsource, I'm quite sure.
Also no need to load Nic's mpeg decoder.
Use only mpeg2dec3.dll as you did.
But again if you can play the avs in wmp then there's no way mencoder shouldn't load it too.
Maybe VMesquita can give us some assistance.
But we'll have to wait for him or you can PM him.
Cheers

Ok, here is my latest error message, when I try to open the "1.AVI" file
that makeAVIS created, and I try to open it in vdub:

When I go into vdub's File/Information and read what it sames, it says that
the codec in use is: "ffvfw MPEG-4 codec"

Course, vdub will not play the file.
-vhelp

YEHAAAA :!: :mrgreen: :!:

:ole:

I did it :!: ... I beat the Window 98/SE/ME .. BUG .. Guys :!:
That means more W98/SE/ME users can test/play or whatever w/ MEncoder :!: After runing zillions and zillions of what-if tests, among other
tests and things, it's working :mrgreen:

Anyways..

Using makeAVIS, I got MEncoder to read:
* VirtualDUB (vdub) files and,
* AVIsynth files too.

Hip.. Hip.. Horry!!

:ole:

I need to be sure that both can be done, so I'm going to do smore testing
for a while.

So, I guess you won't be seeing me w/ this BUG for a while :fahr:

-vhelp

:D Great news vhelp :D
Since you did it with VDub could you tell us how you did it?
I tried it countlessly and I it still didn't work.
Is it needed to add the registry patch by VMesquita?
Any changes in the config.conf file?
Did you use VDub or VDubMod?
Thanks

UPDATE #5 :roll:

I am still researching and testing this new find of mine :mrgreen:

I just wanted to let everyone know, that again, I found a way to use:

* VirtualDUB (vdub) and,
* AVIsynth

under MEncoder !!

Now, you can encode w/ mencoder using your favorite scripts or vdub. But
I must continue debuging first, before I give good steps to follow. I'm only
having one issue with it, and I'm working on it now. The issue is that:

* color is reduced to 2 or 4 (ie, blue and red, IOW.. i't not 16m colors, more
...like shades of gray w/ a few odd colors)
* video source is upside-down :confused: and :screwy:

So far, I got it working, but I'm not too sure that the method that I using is
the appropriate one to use, but never-the-less, it's working.

Also, one more thing about my latest findings.. :lol:
You still can not encoder vdub files (*.vdr) directly into mencoder. You have
to frameserve them into AVIsynth, but hay, you have BOTH worlds :mrgreen:
.
.
I haven't tested weather AVIsynth "alone" will work yet. I'm still debuggin
the above out :roll:

testing.. testing..

Cheers everyone, I'm really excited, because I've done a handful of dvd
rips and encoded to VFAPI and used my prefered methods of feeding my
source files for encoding. I am happy we (I that is) have another encoder
engine to work with, and so far, I really like the quality (as far as virtually
zerio blocks)

Well, let me get back to testing and debugging and, oh yes.. my spagetti
and soda (on the stove)

Cheers gain all,
-vhelp

I have updated the first page w/ new information on .BAT and OCF (or .INI)
file creation for windows 98/SE/ME users.

-vhelp

I think you need to change dl location to ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/relea...32-1.0pre4.zip 8)