AviSynth Add Rainbow/Dot Crawl Plugin Issues

[Loyaldk]

Hello, I was attempting to use a AviSynth plugin however was having trouble with getting it working. This was the original link where I got the plugin. https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=170433
I was attempting to use it and ran into a roadblock giving me the first error message was:
I don't know what 'pathBase' means.
(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 41)
I attempted to then disable the LoadPlugin by adding comment and works and ran it again and got error:
dotcrawlplus2: clip 'C' must be YV12
(C:/Program Files (x86)/Avisynth+/plugin/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 218)
(New File, line 2)
Which I determined was " \ "dotcrawlplus2: clip 'C' must be YV12")". To which I used the ConvertToYV12() and then got another error which was:
System exception - Access Violation
(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 258)
(New File, line 3)
I then ran as admin and still got the same issue. I've exhausted what i'm able to do and distinguish.
Please assist and thank you,
Loyaldk

[poisondeathray]

Hello, I was attempting to use a AviSynth plugin however was having trouble with getting it working. This was the original link where I got the plugin. https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=170433
I was attempting to use it and ran into a roadblock giving me the first error message was:
I don't know what 'pathBase' means.
(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 41)
I attempted to then disable the LoadPlugin by adding comment and works and ran it again and got error:
dotcrawlplus2: clip 'C' must be YV12
(C:/Program Files (x86)/Avisynth+/plugin/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 218)
(New File, line 2)
Which I determined was " \ "dotcrawlplus2: clip 'C' must be YV12")". To which I used the ConvertToYV12() and then got another error which was:
System exception - Access Violation
(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 258)
(New File, line 3)
I then ran as admin and still got the same issue. I've exhausted what i'm able to do and distinguish.
Please assist and thank you,
Loyaldk

.avsi are not "plugins", they are scripts. You use Import(), not LoadPlugin() . In general, LoadPlugin() is used for .dll's , Import() is used for .avs, avsi

e.g.

Import("C:/Program Files (x86)/Avisynth+/plugin/dotcrawlplus.avsi")

.avsi files should autoimport if placed into the registered plugins folder, but sometimes they are issues with which folder is being used for the autoload plugins directory

[Loyaldk]

Hello, I was attempting to use a AviSynth plugin however was having trouble with getting it working. This was the original link where I got the plugin. https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=170433
I was attempting to use it and ran into a roadblock giving me the first error message was:
I don't know what 'pathBase' means.
(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 41)
I attempted to then disable the LoadPlugin by adding comment and works and ran it again and got error:
dotcrawlplus2: clip 'C' must be YV12
(C:/Program Files (x86)/Avisynth+/plugin/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 218)
(New File, line 2)
Which I determined was " \ "dotcrawlplus2: clip 'C' must be YV12")". To which I used the ConvertToYV12() and then got another error which was:
System exception - Access Violation
(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 258)
(New File, line 3)
I then ran as admin and still got the same issue. I've exhausted what i'm able to do and distinguish.
Please assist and thank you,
Loyaldk

.avsi are not "plugins", they are scripts. You use Import(), not LoadPlugin() . In general, LoadPlugin() is used for .dll's , Import() is used for .avs, avsi

e.g.

Import("C:/Program Files (x86)/Avisynth+/plugin/dotcrawlplus.avsi")

.avsi files should autoimport if placed into the registered plugins folder, but sometimes they are issues with which folder is being used for the autoload plugins directory

Good to know.

[poisondeathray]

double post oops

[poisondeathray]

Good to know.

Sounds like it didn't fix the issue for you;

I looked at the avsi, and it hardcodes loading some old .dll's such as "mt_masktools-26.dll" which no longer work for modern avisynth 3.x - just comment them out (lines 41,45,48; for masktools2, addgrainc, fft3dfilter - you can load modern versions instead). That script was developed around avisynth 2.6 time 5-6 years ago, but the dll's are named differently now causing error. All lines with mt_lutspa set the chroma to -128 instead of 128 differences in masktools version

Here is an updated version that works with the current avs+ 3.x x64, current dll's

[Loyaldk]

Good to know.

Sounds like it didn't fix the issue for you;

I looked at the avsi, and it hardcodes loading some old .dll's such as "mt_masktools-26.dll" which no longer work for modern avisynth 3.x - just comment them out (lines 41,45,48; for masktools2, addgrainc, fft3dfilter - you can load modern versions instead). That script was developed around avisynth 2.6 time 5-6 years ago, but the dll's are named differently now causing error. All lines with mt_lutspa set the chroma to -128 instead of 128 differences in masktools version

Here is an updated version that works with the current avs+ 3.x x64, current dll's

Thank you for the help. But unfortunately look to still be having issues with getting it to work and still getting the error below. I did realize I was running a older version of avs but updated to 3.7.
System exception - Access Violation
(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 258)
(New File, line 3)

[poisondeathray]

Look at the error message -

"(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 258)"

You still have the old version "dotcrawlplus.avsi" around somewhere . Stop importing it in the script, and/or rename it to .avs to prevent autoloading, or move it to another folder.

Also, are you using newer versions of the plugins ?

https://github.com/pinterf/AddGrainC/releases
https://github.com/pinterf/masktools/releases
https://github.com/pinterf/fft3dfilter/releases

[Loyaldk]

Look at the error message -

"(C:/Program Files (x86)/AviSynth+/plugins/dotcrawlplus.avsi, line 258)"

You still have the old version "dotcrawlplus.avsi" around somewhere . Stop importing it in the script, and/or rename it to .avs to prevent autoloading, or move it to another folder.

Also, are you using newer versions of the plugins ?

https://github.com/pinterf/AddGrainC/releases
https://github.com/pinterf/masktools/releases
https://github.com/pinterf/fft3dfilter/releases

I didn't have those updated and now I got it working thank you for the help and helping out a newbie. However I still have some issues with the plugin not actually adding rainbowing and dot crawling. I tried adjusting the settings based on the preset that were recommended in the file and used the "Heavy" preset therefore
dotcrawlplus2(dotstyle=1, dotblend=dots, dotscale=1.5, dotleak=24, csub=4, cblur=0.5, blur=0.0,
lnoise=4, cnoise=4, streaking=0, rainbow=0.2, showargs=false)
However it doesn't seem to be applying the effect to the video and am using Directshow and ConvertToYV12(). Thank you

[poisondeathray]

I didn't have those updated and now I got it working thank you for the help and helping out a newbie. However I still have some issues with the plugin not actually adding rainbowing and dot crawling. I tried adjusting the settings based on the preset that were recommended in the file and used the "Heavy" preset therefore
dotcrawlplus2(dotstyle=1, dotblend=dots, dotscale=1.5, dotleak=24, csub=4, cblur=0.5, blur=0.0,
lnoise=4, cnoise=4, streaking=0, rainbow=0.2, showargs=false)
However it doesn't seem to be applying the effect to the video and am using Directshow and ConvertToYV12(). Thank you

Post your full script

Does this work for you ?

colorbars(pixel_type="YV12")
dotcrawlpreset(preset="heavy")

compare it to this

colorbars(pixel_type="YV12")

[Loyaldk]

I didn't have those updated and now I got it working thank you for the help and helping out a newbie. However I still have some issues with the plugin not actually adding rainbowing and dot crawling. I tried adjusting the settings based on the preset that were recommended in the file and used the "Heavy" preset therefore
dotcrawlplus2(dotstyle=1, dotblend=dots, dotscale=1.5, dotleak=24, csub=4, cblur=0.5, blur=0.0,
lnoise=4, cnoise=4, streaking=0, rainbow=0.2, showargs=false)
However it doesn't seem to be applying the effect to the video and am using Directshow and ConvertToYV12(). Thank you

Post your full script

Does this work for you ?

colorbars(pixel_type="YV12")
dotcrawlpreset(preset="heavy")

compare it to this

colorbars(pixel_type="YV12")

Okay so the dotcrawlpreset works but individual parameters don't seem to work strangely...

[poisondeathray]

Okay so the dotcrawlpreset works but individual parameters don't seem to work strangely...

I think you're referencing the old file, or there are some typos. For example there is no "blur" as in your post, it's "lblur"

Post the error message

This should work too

dotcrawlplus2(dotstyle=0, dotblend=1, dotscale=2, dotleak=32, csub=4, cblur=1, lblur=0.5, lnoise=22, cnoise=32, streaking=1, rainbow=1, showargs=false)

IF you use showargs=true , it will overlay the settings used for the preset that works for you

dotcrawlpreset(preset="heavy", showargs=true)

[Loyaldk]

Okay so the dotcrawlpreset works but individual parameters don't seem to work strangely...

I think you're referencing the old file, or there are some typos. For example there is no "blur" as in your post, it's "lblur"

Post the error message

This should work too

dotcrawlplus2(dotstyle=0, dotblend=1, dotscale=2, dotleak=32, csub=4, cblur=1, lblur=0.5, lnoise=22, cnoise=32, streaking=1, rainbow=1, showargs=false)

IF you use showargs=true , it will overlay the settings used for the preset that works for you

dotcrawlpreset(preset="heavy", showargs=true)

Yup! That worked. I think that solves everything! I really appreciate the patience with me and helping me resolve the issues with the plugin!