how to use ffdshow in megui

[anime12345]

Hi can anyone give me step by step instructions on how to install/use ffdshow for megui 64 BIT

sorry for noob question

i have k lite mega pack installed and also haalli media splitter

[hello_hello]

If ffdshow is installed you simply need to open a video via DirectShow.

Open MeGUI's AVS Script Creator from the Tools menu and select the desired input video. MeGUI should ask you how you want to open it and unless it's an AVI, DirectShowSource should be one of the options. If ffdshow is set to decode the type of video in question it should do so.

Where'd you find a 64 bit version of MeGUI? I thought that'd been dead for a long time. It's probably quite outdated.

You can use some of ffdshow's filters in Avisynth scripts without using ffdshow for decoding (that requires the ffdshow Avisynth plugin to be installed), but is that what you're wanting to do, or are you wanting to use ffdshow for decoding as well?

[anime12345]

If ffdshow is installed you simply need to open a video via DirectShow.

Open MeGUI's AVS Script Creator from the Tools menu and select the desired input video. MeGUI should ask you how you want to open it and unless it's an AVI, DirectShowSource should be one of the options. If ffdshow is set to decode the type of video in question it should do so.

Where'd you find a 64 bit version of MeGUI? I thought that'd been dead for a long time. It's probably quite outdated.

You can use some of ffdshow's filters in Avisynth scripts without using ffdshow for decoding (that requires the ffdshow Avisynth plugin to be installed), but is that what you're wanting to do, or are you wanting to use ffdshow for decoding as well?

Hi Sir.. i have encoding mkv to avi but i always get error that avs scirpt could not be opened

exists with error

now i have searched google and they all say try ffdshow

i installed ffdshow but still get error plz help

how to substitute ffdshow for directshow source

[hello_hello]

You can't substitute ffdshow for DirectShowSource. ffdshow is a DirectShow decoder.

If you're using the 64 bit version of MeGUI it's not worth trying to troubleshoot. I'd get rid of it and download the latest 32 bit version instead. The author announced he was discontinuing MeGUI 64 bit in January 2013.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1609361#post1609361

When you've run MeGUI and tried to open a video and/or encode and you get an error, post the entire log file here. That'll show which version of some of the required tools you have installed along with the dot net framework version and which version of Avisynth MeGUI is using etc. It's also likely to give an indication as to why you're getting an error. Your own description isn't detailed enough for even a vague guess as to what the problem might be. You haven't even said which version of Windows you're running.

[anime12345]

You can't substitute ffdshow for DirectShowSource. ffdshow is a DirectShow decoder.

If you're using the 64 bit version of MeGUI it's not worth trying to troubleshoot. I'd get rid of it and download the latest 32 bit version instead. The author announced he was discontinuing MeGUI 64 bit in January 2013.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1609361#post1609361

When you've run MeGUI and tried to open a video and/or encode and you get an error, post the entire log file here. That'll show which version of some of the required tools you have installed along with the dot net framework version and which version of Avisynth MeGUI is using etc. It's also likely to give an indication as to why you're getting an error. Your own description isn't detailed enough for even a vague guess as to what the problem might be. You haven't even said which version of Windows you're running.

here are the error details

[Error] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:29] MeGUI: 2561
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:29] Operating System: Windows 8.1 x64 (6.3.0.9600)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:29] .NET Framework: 4.0 (4.0.0.0)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:29] .NET Framework: 4.5.1 (4.5.51641)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:30] AviSynth+ portable: 2.6.0.5 (28-05-2015)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:30] AvisynthWrapper:  (28-05-2015)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:30] Haali Matroska Splitter: 1.13.138.14 (14-04-2013)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:30] Haali DSS2:  (14-04-2013)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:30] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (28-05-2015)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:30] MediaInfo: 0.7.74.0 (26-05-2015)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:31] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.61.0 (28-05-2015)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:31] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (28-05-2015)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:31] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (28-05-2015)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:31] 7z: 9.20 (28-05-2015)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:30] Using cached update config and server: http://megui.org/auto/
--[Information] [14/06/2015 06:58:30] No package requires an update
-[Error] Log for job1 (video, Pale.Moon.2014.720p.BluRay.x264-WiKi.avs -> )
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:16] Started handling job
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:16] Preprocessing
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:16] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] LoadPlugin("C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\MeGUI_2525_x86\tools\avs\plugins\directshowsource.dll")
---[NoImage] DirectShowSource("C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Pale.Moon.2014.720p.BluRay.x264-WiKi.mkv", fps=23.976, audio=false, convertfps=true).AssumeFPS(24000,1001)
---[NoImage] #deinterlace
---[NoImage] #crop
---[NoImage] LanczosResize(720,304) # Lanczos (Sharp)
---[NoImage] #denoise
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:18] resolution: 720x304
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:18] frame rate: 24000/1001
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:18] aspect ratio: 45:19 (2.368)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:18] Job command line: "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\MeGUI_2525_x86\tools\xvid_encraw\xvid_encraw.exe" -i "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Pale.Moon.2014.720p.BluRay.x264-WiKi.avs" -pass1 "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Pale.Moon.2014.720p.BluRay.x264-WiKi.stats" -bitrate 1000 -max_key_interval 250 -kboost 100 -chigh 30 -clow 15 -bquant_ratio 162 -bquant_offset 0 -bvhq -nopacked -masking 1 -imin 1 -bmin 1 -pmin 1 -threads 1 -par 1 
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:18] Process started
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:18] Standard output stream
---[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:19] xvid_encraw - raw mpeg4 bitstream encoder written by Christoph Lampert
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:18] Standard error stream
---[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:19] Trying to retrieve width and height from input header
---[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:19] Can't open avi/avs file C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Pale.Moon.2014.720p.BluRay.x264-WiKi.avs
--[Error] [14/06/2015 07:06:19] Process exits with error: 0xFFFFFFFF (-1)
--[Information] [14/06/2015 07:06:19] Job completed

[hello_hello]

The error seems to be self explanatory..... "can't open avi/avs file"...... yet I don't know why that'd be happening. I'm still using XP so I don't know if it's a Windows 8.1 oddness, but I'd try copying the script to a different location and opening it for encoding from there to see if anything changes. I assume the script is displaying fine when you open it with MeGUI's preview? You've not opened it with another program as well?

Just out of curiosity, if you try to encode the script with the x264 encoder, does it still result in the same error?

[anime12345]

The error seems to be self explanatory..... "can't open avi/avs file"...... yet I don't know why that'd be happening. I'm still using XP so I don't know if it's a Windows 8.1 oddness, but I'd try copying the script to a different location and opening it for encoding from there to see if anything changes. I assume the script is displaying fine when you open it with MeGUI's preview? You've not opened it with another program as well?

Just out of curiosity, if you try to encode the script with the x264 encoder, does it still result in the same error?

Hi yes it works perfectly in x264 encoder

the problem arises only when converting it to avi

[hello_hello]

I gave it a shot, but I couldn't reproduce your problem. I'm running XP though, so it might be a Win8 oddity.

For the moment, all I can suggest is trying the previous version of Xvid. I suggest that as MeGUI has used the same version for years(?) but it was recently updated. It might pay to at least eliminate Xvid as being the problem, especially as x264 encoding works.

If you don't have the previous version, I've attached the MeGUI\tools\xvid_encraw folder with the files it contains from my PC, except I've replaced the current Xvid with the older version MeGUI was using until recently. Try backing up your own xvid_encraw folder and replacing the files with the attached ones to see what happens.

If that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas, so you might need to ask in one of the official MeGUI help threads here or here. Although if you do ask for help there don't include a source file that appears to be downloaded in your log file when you post it, as they can be a bit anal about that sort of thing.

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