AVSEdit filter question

[buddycat]

I installed AVSEdit to my other computer because it's faster for conversion, but I seem to be having a problem. When I wrote my script, and then hit Preview, I'm getting this message: "Script error: there is no function called "Blockbuster". I thought the program came with the filters? I thought I'd downloaded it to the Filters folder, but it's still not working. Same thing for ASharp. What did I miss? I think I uninstalled and re-installed it with the same result.

Thanks.

[buddycat]

Does someone need more info?

[guns1inger]

There is a lot 'I thought' in that post. The question is

a) Did you ?
b) Have you confirmed that they are there ?
c) Have you used explicit paths to make sure the filters are loaded ?

[buddycat]

I looked in the filters folders, and they appear to be there. This is the line I had:

BlockBuster(method="noise", block_size=8, detail_min=1, detail_max=27)

That is line 3.

There is an XML in the filters folder that says "BlockBuster", as well as "Asharp" (the other one it doesn't seem to recognize). I suspect no matter which one I put in, I'd get the same result.

[GideonK]

This is what you did: Copied the blockbuster.dll to the AVSEdit/filters sub-folder
This is what you should have done: Copy the blockbuster.dll to the AviSynth/plugins sub-folder

Move the filter to the right place and you'll be on your way.

[buddycat]

I thought I'd done that, but I'll double check and get back to you.

[guns1inger]

Failing that, put a

LoadPlugin("pathtoplugin/pluginname.dll")

at the top of your script for each plugin you are using before you call the plugins

[buddycat]

Okay. I moved the BlockBuster.dll to the AviSynth plugins folder. Still didn't work. I triedl laoding the .dll at the top of the script like so:

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\Blockbuster.dll")
AVISource("C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Vid Projects\Anime\Pom Poko\Pom Poko Part 2.avi")
BlockBuster(method="noise", block_size=8, detail_min=1, detail_max=27)
aSharp(2,2,-1,false)
#Trim(0,86467).FadeOut(150)
ConvertToRGB24() # For TMPGEnc or VFAPI

I tried it with quotes and without. With quotes, I get a message about a script error on line 1 saying the the Blockbuster dll is not avisynth 2.5 dll?

[GideonK]

buddycat wrote:

the Blockbuster dll is not avisynth 2.5 dll?

blockbuster.dll is not avisynth.dll?? I'm not sure what that means.
Can you give the EXACT quote of the error message?
I assume you have the latest version of each software (not that there have been any recent updates to AviSynth 2.5 or blockbuster filter).
Just for testing, try loading your script in oher tools like Virtualdub or HCEnc etc.

[Squash]

There is an old version of Blockbuster floating around that is not 2.5 compatible. Discussion here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44927

Newer version is here:
http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/

It's possible it may need to be loaded like this:

Load_Stdcall_plugin("...\blockbuster.dll") or LoadCplugin("...\blockbuster.dll")

I don't know, I've never used it.

[GideonK]

Bingo, Squash. I downloaded an old version of this filter and indeed there was an error message about compatibility with AviSynth 2.5.
Buddycat, just get a newer version from the aforementioned site and give it a go.

[buddycat]

I do have one that's marked as 2.5. I"ll have a go at it and let you know shortly. I discovered there two different ones on my old computer.

[GideonK]

The one marked 2.5 may also be an old version incompatible with AviSynth 2.5.
If it still doesn't work than use the link which Squash suggested, It's got the version that works.

[buddycat]

I guess I don't understand why it worked on my old computer, unless it's because it's Win98. Here is the error I'm getting"

[buddycat]

I did a little more looking around - is it possible that the filter somehow down't work with XP? I saw somewhere taht maybe the filter wasn't compiled for 2.5. Maybe I need to check ansd see if my old computer actually has an older version than 2.5?

[GideonK]

It sure works for me on a Win XP PC.
This error message indicates that AVSEdit does not find the filter where it expects it to be.

did you download a new file from http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/files/blockbuster_25_dll_20030204.zip
and did you put the dll file in the C:/Program files/AviSynth 2.5/Plugins folder?

A previous post by you shows that you have passed this issue and had an incompatibility problem, Now it looks like you're sliding backwards to the original problem. I don't get it.

[buddycat]

Apparently, that was it! The previous 2.5 .dll did not work for some reason. Maybe I didn't actually have it in my registry or something. Now, I think I need to do the same thing for Asharp. Thanks, as always, guys - you're an invaluable resource!