AviSynth -> CCE Freezes?

[Mr Grumpy]

Whenever I do a multi-pass encode using CCE (2.64 & 2.66) frameserving with AviSynth (v2.0.7), the process freezes, usually on the 2nd or 3rd pass.

I'm taking a standard FitCD script like the following

# -= AviSynth script by FitCD v1.1.2 =- 
#LoadPlugin("D:\PathOf\AnyPlugin.dll") 
AviSource("C:\TEMP\test1.avi") 
BicubicResize(480,288,0,0.6,10,0,620,272) 
AddBorders(0,96,0,96) 
#Trim(0,3646).FadeOut(150)

It's not specific to one AVI - it's happened with the 3 or 4 that I've tried.

If I use VirtualDub to resize/frameserve, the encode usually works? Just a little slow

I've got the Nimo Codec pack (including DivX anti-freeze) installed.

Anyone got any ideas please?

[bunyip]

Make sure that you have 'Create new File' selected under the 'Video Information File' setting.

If a VAF file with the same name as your video file exists it will try to encode from information in this file - which can be wrong and cause it to freeze.

Better yet, delete all 'VAF' files before you start the encode.

(Note: I tried your script - it works OK on a test AVI).

[Nelson37]

In addition to the above suggestion, also make sure the AVI contains audio, as CCE will almost always freeze on the 2nd pass if there is no audio.

If so, you can add ReSampleAudio(44100) to the end of the script and then tell CCE not to encode sound.

[banjazzer]

My experience is that the audio is not a concern. I have used 2.64 and 2.66 encoding with and without audio, without experiencing any crashes.

Did you run the registry file to to point to your plugins? (mpeg2dec.dll).

[Mr Grumpy]

Thanks for the replies fellas.

I'll check them out;

I'm not sure what state the reg is in - I've installed and uninstalled AVISynth several times, so I'll try redoing that. Do you always need the MPEG2DEC.DLL plugin or is that only used when your source is MPEG?

I know I've definitely had one try with no sound fail (I put ",false" on the end of the AVISource command), but the others have had sound.

[banjazzer]

So far as I know, you need MPEG2DEC.DLL . With an earlier version of FitCD you had to edit the .ini file to point to it. eg

LoadPlugin("d:\video\gordian\gordianknot\mpeg2dec. dll")
AviSource("H:\DivX\Lantana\video25.avi")
BicubicResize(448,350,1/3,1/3,26,0,556,272)
#TemporalSmoother(2,2)
AddBorders(16,113,16,113)
#Trim(0,173944).FadeOut(150)
#ConvertToRGB24 # For TMPGEnc or VFAPI
#ResampleAudio(44100) # CCE 2.5 'crashfix' for Athlons
#== If you want this 'fix' permanently, edit the INI-file:
#== Under [AVSscript] set CCEcrashfix=1

Notice in your version that this is not done by editing the .ini, but by running the registration file.

But maybe this is a red herring.

[fantomlord]

So far as I know, you need MPEG2DEC.DLL . With an earlier version of FitCD you had to edit the .ini file to point to it. eg

mpeg2dec.dll is not necessary--I've encoded dozens of movies without loading it. mr. grumpy--what OS are you running? maybe check this post:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=92268

[Mr Grumpy]

WinXP Pro SP1.

I had a look at that post, but couldn't see any pointers???

He got his problem resolved by using AVISynth.

[fantomlord]

WinXP Pro SP1.
He got his problem resolved by using AVISynth.

--your first post gives an avisynth script, so I assume you're using avisyth

I agree with Nelson:

In addition to the above suggestion, also make sure the AVI contains audio, as CCE will almost always freeze on the 2nd pass if there is no audio.
If so, you can add ReSampleAudio(44100) to the end of the script and then tell CCE not to encode sound

try adding the resampleaudio(44100) to your script, and make sure to uncheck the audio option in CCE--encode audio separately.
other than that...

[Mr Grumpy]

I realised that DVD2SVCD has successfully used avisynth, so I tried doing it manually, in the same way DVD2SVCD does.

It adds a

ConvertToYUY2()

into the script and also uses VFAPI. So I added this to my script.

I also added the

ResampleAudio(44100) # also a CCE 2.5 'crashfix' for Athlons

for good measure and processed it using VFAPIConv.

I've now done 2 different AVI's successfully - hope this isn't just a coincidence - and I'm not sure which part of the above 3 changes fixed it, but if it's working I think I'll keep using it

Cheers for the help m8s.