Trouble with opening flv files in Virtual Dub.

[drumwork83]

Well I've been doing some searching on how to open up flv files inside Virtual Dub and on another forum someone suggested to try using the 'ffmpegsource' plugin with avisynth. So far I've just been getting errors in trying to get Vdub to open or read the .avs script I've made. Ive tried using this code in the script file.

A = FFAudioSource("c:\sample.flv")
V = FFVideoSource("c:\sample.flv")
AudioDub(V, A)

I've tried moving files and using other code but to no avail. These are the files I have that came with the plugin: FFMS2.avsi, fmsindex.exe and ffms2.dll. Link here: http://code.google.com/p/ffmpegsource/downloads/detail?name=ffms-2.17-cplugin.7z&can=2&q=

What am I doing wrong? Is there configurations I have to do in ffdshow (I have K-llte codec pack) And is ffmpegsource a good plugin for flv files?



Other questions:

1. Are the term filters and plugins the same thing?
2. What are the main differences between Virtual Dub and AviSynth?
3. I've read something about having to register AviSynth plugins using the regsvr32 command. Can somebody fill me in on what this does?

Thanks

[Gavino]

These are the files I have that came with the plugin: FFMS2.avsi, fmsindex.exe and ffms2.dll. Link here: http://code.google.com/p/ffmpegsource/downloads/detail?name=ffms-2.17-cplugin.7z&can=2&q=

That is the C version of the plugin (see 'Versions and variants' here) and the dll has to be loaded explicitly using LoadCPlugin(). You would be better using the 'vanilla' version (here) which will be loaded automatically by Avisynth if placed in the plugins folder.

Is there configurations I have to do in ffdshow (I have K-llte codec pack) And is ffmpegsource a good plugin for flv files?

ffmpegsource is completely independent of ffdshow - it has its own version of ffmpeg built-in.
It's probably the best source filter for flv files.

Other questions:
1. Are the term filters and plugins the same thing?
2. What are the main differences between Virtual Dub and AviSynth?
3. I've read something about having to register AviSynth plugins using the regsvr32 command. Can somebody fill me in on what this does?

A filter is a general term for a function that processes video and/or audio, and Avisynth provides many built-in filters. A plugin is an extension provided by a third party which adds additional filters.

VirtualDub is an editor with a GUI while Avisynth is a frame server controlled by scripts
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page

Avisynth plugins don't need to be (and should not be) registered.
They are never used directly by the OS and are loaded only by Avisynth.
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Plugins

[hech54]

I've had some success with this:
http://home.comcast.net/~fcchandler/Plugins/FLV/index.html

[drumwork83]

Gavino, just want to say thanks for answering all my questions. I meant to do it earlier but have been busy these past few days.

hech54, thanks, I'll check that out.