Where can I download Frameserve ?

[DuBsTaR]

That I can use alongside Virtual dub ? Thanks in advance

[hech54]

The ability to frameserve is built in to VDub. My guess is you are looking for an encoder that works with this....an MPEG encoder perhaps?

[DuBsTaR]

Hi

Yes am wanting to encode output to mpeg2 rather than avi.

[hech54]

Like I said....the ability to frameserve is built into VirtualDub. When I frameserve to MPEG2, I use TMPGEnc Plus. I don't know of any free MPEG2 encoders that can do that though.

[_Al_]

Run auxsetup.exe in VirtualDub folder , choose install handler ... you do this only first time to activate frame server

then file/start frame server,..., you get whatever.vdr

this Avisynth script you load into HcEncoder:

AviSource("C:\....your path....\whatever.vdr")
ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true) # erase interlaced=true if you have progressive video

[hech54]

this Avisynth script you load into HcEncoder:

AviSource("C:\....your path....\whatever.vdr")
ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true) # erase interlaced=true if you have progressive video

NOT a great post for a newbie....even I couldn't do that.

[dragonkeeper]

That I can use alongside Virtual dub ? Thanks in advance

What is it that you need to do in Virtual Dub?

[_Al_]

ok, there is tutorial from time 1:42 , .., just there is different script, it was ment to be DVD tutorial , so you adjust script, bitrate in HcEncoder or settings ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7go5xipYpc&t=1m42s

[DuBsTaR]

I don't understand any of that LOL ! Basically, I've input a file [mpeg2] added filters etc, and want to save it as mepg2 as well, I've tried saving it as avi, and it's looks bad, no matter what compression I use.

[dragonkeeper]

I don't understand any of that LOL ! Basically, I've input a file [mpeg2] added filters etc, and want to save it as mepg2 as well, I've tried saving it as avi, and it's looks bad, no matter what compression I use.

This could be due to the filter chain your using (combinations of certain filters need to be use in a certain order) or it could be bad compression settings. When using avi as an intermediate file save the avi using either HuffYUV or Lagarith.

What are you trying to do in Virtual Dub?

[DuBsTaR]

I don't understand any of that LOL ! Basically, I've input a file [mpeg2] added filters etc, and want to save it as mepg2 as well, I've tried saving it as avi, and it's looks bad, no matter what compression I use.

This could be due to the filter chain your using (combinations of certain filters need to be use in a certain order) or it could be bad compression settings. When using avi as an intermediate file save the avi using either HuffYUV or Lagarith.

What are you trying to do in Virtual Dub?

I've done what I wanted to do within Virtualdub, I added some filters, and want to save it as mpeg2.

[dragonkeeper]

I don't understand any of that LOL ! Basically, I've input a file [mpeg2] added filters etc, and want to save it as mepg2 as well, I've tried saving it as avi, and it's looks bad, no matter what compression I use.

This could be due to the filter chain your using (combinations of certain filters need to be use in a certain order) or it could be bad compression settings. When using avi as an intermediate file save the avi using either HuffYUV or Lagarith.

What are you trying to do in Virtual Dub?

I've done what I wanted to do within Virtualdub, I added some filters, and want to save it as mpeg2.

Based on your post, you're are not satisfied with the resulting avi. If this is a problem with the combination of filters you are using, saving to mpeg is not going to magically fix the issue. Hence i asked what is it you're trying to do in vdub. Also if you had further read my post you would see that I suggest saving the avi using huffyuv or Lagarith, doing so should give you better results.
The two easiest choices to do what you want are to either script using avisynth and serve directly into your mpeg encoder or save file to an intermediate file (avi) using vdub and encode resulting avi to mpeg. The latter is a two step process but is much easier to those who are not familiar with scripting with avisynth.

[DuBsTaR]

I don't understand any of that LOL ! Basically, I've input a file [mpeg2] added filters etc, and want to save it as mepg2 as well, I've tried saving it as avi, and it's looks bad, no matter what compression I use.

This could be due to the filter chain your using (combinations of certain filters need to be use in a certain order) or it could be bad compression settings. When using avi as an intermediate file save the avi using either HuffYUV or Lagarith.

What are you trying to do in Virtual Dub?

I've done what I wanted to do within Virtualdub, I added some filters, and want to save it as mpeg2.

Based on your post, you're are not satisfied with the resulting avi. If this is a problem with the combination of filters you are using, saving to mpeg is not going to magically fix the issue. Hence i asked what is it you're trying to do in vdub. Also if you had further read my post you would see that I suggest saving the avi using huffyuv or Lagarith, doing so should give you better results.
The two easiest choices to do what you want are to either script using avisynth and serve directly into your mpeg encoder or save file to an intermediate file (avi) using vdub and encode resulting avi to mpeg. The latter is a two step process but is much easier to those who are not familiar with scripting with avisynth.

Thanks for the info, but it'll still be an avi file though isn't it ?

[poisondeathray]

but it'll still be an avi file though isn't it ?

Yes, but a lossless intermediate. Then you send that AVI into your MPEG2 encoder

Another reason many people do this, is if you use slow filters (like temporal denoisers). Most people use 2pass MPEG2 encoding for DVD, so you only encounter slow filters once instead of twice if you use a lossless AVI intermediate. Sometimes it can be much faster overall doing it this way

[poisondeathray]

There is a way to directly encode MPEG2 out of vdub, it's called YMPEG I think . Not free, and I heard the quality isn't the greatest

[DuBsTaR]

Ok thanks for your help guys, I'll have a look now

[dragonkeeper]

Thanks for the info, but it'll still be an avi file though isn't it ?

Yes, it would be. But as I stated in my previous post, you can easily convert the avi to mpeg with much better quality than trying to do mpeg to mpeg in vdub. Seeing as how your unwilling to read replies fully or answer the simplest of questions, you don' appear to really want help.

[DuBsTaR]

Thanks for the info, but it'll still be an avi file though isn't it ?

Yes, it would be. But as I stated in my previous post, you can easily convert the avi to mpeg with much better quality than trying to do mpeg to mpeg in vdub. Seeing as how your unwilling to read replies fully or answer the simplest of questions, you don' appear to really want help.

I did respond. Also, I needed to actually download the codecs you mentioned, and after using trying Lagarith it gave me a file that was over 1 gb. There is no way to adjust or anything ?

[dragonkeeper]

Thanks for the info, but it'll still be an avi file though isn't it ?

Yes, it would be. But as I stated in my previous post, you can easily convert the avi to mpeg with much better quality than trying to do mpeg to mpeg in vdub. Seeing as how your unwilling to read replies fully or answer the simplest of questions, you don' appear to really want help.

I did respond. Also, I needed to actually download the codecs you mentioned, and after using trying Lagarith it gave me a file that was over 1 gb. There is no way to adjust or anything ?

The file given to you by Lagarith is what we call an intermediate file. An intermediate file is often used when converting files from one format to another, all filtering is done to the intermediate file.

If the quality of the avi is acceptable use HCenc to encode this file to a mpeg.

[DuBsTaR]

Thanks for the info, but it'll still be an avi file though isn't it ?

Yes, it would be. But as I stated in my previous post, you can easily convert the avi to mpeg with much better quality than trying to do mpeg to mpeg in vdub. Seeing as how your unwilling to read replies fully or answer the simplest of questions, you don' appear to really want help.

I did respond. Also, I needed to actually download the codecs you mentioned, and after using trying Lagarith it gave me a file that was over 1 gb. There is no way to adjust or anything ?

The file given to you by Lagarith is what we call an intermediate file. An intermediate file is often used when converting files from one format to another, all filtering is done to the intermediate file.

If the quality of the avi is acceptable use HCenc to encode this file to a mpeg.

Thanks, I'll look into it now