Basic question about AVISynth plugins

[sd_smoker]

Just curious about the proper way to install plugins. Does AVISynth load everything in the "plugins" directory recursively or only what is in the root directory? For instance, I unzipped all MaskTools2 files into "plugins" which contains LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi in a subdirectory but when I call LimitedSharpenFaster() it tells me it can't find a function with that name. So does AVISynth only load files in the root?

[manono]

Hi-

I keep my LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi in the AviSynth Plugins folder and it loads automatically when I open a script in, say, VDubMod. If yours doesn't, then change the .avsi to .avs and import it into your script with a line something like this:

Import("C:\Path\To\LimitedSharpenFaster.avs")

The .dlls and .avsi's are supposed to load automatically when needed (if in the plugins folder), but they don't for everyone. I don't know why not.

[sd_smoker]

I'll try that thanks. I guess my question was more geared towards installing all the other plugins like MaskTools, RemoveGrain, Warpsharp, etc. For example, when I unzip MaskTools I get the following directory structure in "plugins":

MaskTools\ (contains mt_masktools-25.dll and mt_masktools-26.dll)
MaskTools\avs2x\...
MaskTools\common\...
MaskTools\masktools\... (contains LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi)

So do I just need to copy the masktools DLLs and LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi into "plugins" or will AVISynth recursively search the directories under "plugins" and load any plugins and scripts?

[45tripp]

So does AVISynth only load files in the root?

yes, only plugins dir of install

So do I just need to copy the masktools DLLs and LimitedSharpenFaster.avsi into "plugins" or will AVISynth recursively search the directories under "plugins" and load any plugins and scripts?

yes, but you only need the 25 masktools dll.
no.

The .dlls and .avsi's are supposed to load automatically when needed (if in the plugins folder), but they don't for everyone. I don't know why not.

never had any problems myself


tripp