Problem with AviSynth

[EmpireStrikesBack198]

I'm having a problem with avisynth. When I try to open my script with Windows Media Player I get this message, "Your computer is running low on memory. Quit other programs, and then try again." When I try to open it with VirtualDub I get this message, "Avisynth open failure: avisynth: script open failure!

My script is as simple as it gets...

AviSource("c:\myclip.avi")

I didn't have any trouble opening these scripts until I reformatted my computer, but I don't see how that would prevent it from not opening. I'm new to scripting and have no clue. Thank you for your help.

Blake

[manono]

Hi-

Just to state the obvious, you did reinstall AviSynth didn't you? After reformatting?

Lets make sure. Make an .avs and name it Version.avs. Inside have just one line:

Version()

And open that in VDub(Mod).

Now, about that script. Is it really named myclip.avi and is it really in the root of the C drive? If not, get the name and path correct and try again. Also, if that's not it, try disabling the audio and see if it opens:

AviSource("c:\myclip.avi",false)

[EmpireStrikesBack198]

Yes, I did reinstall after reformatting. And I made sure for the heck of it and it is more definately installed.

I tried removing the audio and placing the file in a different place and also changed the path to where I put the file. I got the same error messages. Thank you.

[jimmalenko]

Can you open the AVI by itself in Windows Media Player and virtualdub ?

[manono]

Very strange, eh? Maybe something's wrong with the AviSynth installation. Did that Version.avs open in VDub? And what version is it? If not the latest, I'd suggest reinstalling with the latest version (2.5.7 A2) from here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57023

[EmpireStrikesBack198]

Can you open the AVI by itself in Windows Media Player and virtualdub ?

Yes. I can open the avi in both.

Maybe something's wrong with the AviSynth installation. Did that Version.avs open in VDub? And what version is it?

I had the 2.5 alpha version of Avisynth and used 1.6.14 version of VDub. I uninstalled that 2.5 alpha verison and installed version 2.0.8. That version.avs won't open in VDub, now. I get this error message, "AVI Import Filter Error: (Unknown)(80040154). I get a different error message when I try to open that myclip.avi script with Windows Media Player, "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."

[EmpireStrikesBack198]

Anyone else have any advice? Thanks.

[SLK001]

I had the 2.5 alpha version of Avisynth and used 1.6.14 version of VDub. I uninstalled that 2.5 alpha verison and installed version 2.0.8. That version.avs won't open in VDub, now.

2.0.8? You're going the wrong direction. Most 2.5 and above plugins will NOT work with versions prior to 2.5. As was suggested earlier, you have an installation problem. There have been known issues with the installer from versions 2.55 and above that have apparently been resolved with 2.57a (April 6, 2006). Get this version, install and try again. Report back your successes - failures.

[EmpireStrikesBack198]

I've updated since then to 2.5.7.

I opened the version [version ()] script and it verifys that 2.5.7 is installed. I did a clean install and wrote a new script...

AviSource("C:\Documents and Settings\ESB\My Documents\Up in Smoke without Music Complete.avi")

...and got this error when I try to open it...


"Avisynth open failure: AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc dvsd (C:\Documents and Settings\ESB\My Documents\Up in Smoke without Music Complete.avs, line 1)"

[jimmalenko]

DVSD needs Panasonic DV Codec IIRC.