AVIsynth problem when frameserving to TMPGenc

[xaanin]

I'm trying to run a speedup AVIsynth script when encoding an avi to mpg. The thing is, on this computer I can open the .avs file in TMPGenc and just start encoding, but when I try on my other computer (which is only used for encoding) it tells me "cannot open or unsupported". I'm using the same version of AVISynth and TMPGenc on both computers, and thesame AVIsynth script.

[Truman]

TMPG> options> enviromental settings> VFAPI
uncheck Direct show multimedia file reader.

[xaanin]

Didn't seem to help =/ Still can't open it. Also, on this computer I can choose to only view .vdr and .avs files when browsing for the video and audio source, but I can't do that on the other computer.

[Just G]

xaanin,
I've had various problems with AVISynth scripts and TMPGEnc that seem to have no common issue. What I've found to get around the "cannot open or unsupported" errors with .avs files in TMPGEnc, include:

• ConvertToRGB as last entry in script
• ConvertToYUY2 as last entry in script
• Re-ordering VFAPI priorities: AVI2>>AVI>>DirectShow>>etc.
• Starting second instance of TMPGEnc and trying to load the AVS script
• Keeping the AVS script open in another app, like VirtualDub, and then load it into TMPGEnc

If you find a solution, please share

Later,
G

[xaanin]

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[Truman]

Play the .avs with windows media player, which error message do you get, if any?

[Shabubu]

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Didn't seem to help =/ Still can't open it. Also, on this computer I can choose to only view .vdr and .avs files when browsing for the video and audio source, but I can't do that on the other computer.
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That sounds like you've used the avs patcher on your TMPGEnc, as said earlier open in media player/vdub (make a script with VERSION in it as the only command). If that works then make sure your script hasn't got a resample audio line in it. After that try posting your script.

[Truman]

Once again I played around a little with the Avisynth filters. I used Avisynth 1.05 and TMPGEnc 2.01, no problems to load the files.
First rule when loading avs files to TMPG is to disable the direct show multimedia file reader. If something with the Avisynth installation is wrong or the script is wrong, usually you get quite a precise error message when playing with media player. Use WMP 6.4 rather than 7.x.
Well there is no need to avs_patch TMPG.