Avisynth error script/dll not working??????

[mazinz]

hey whats up? to give the most info i'am converting a pal to ntsc source. I am frame serving with dvd2avi--to avisynth and into tmpg and i am following the guide for pal to ntsc listed on this site. below is the script i'am using:


LoadPlugin("c:\program files\avisynth\plugins\MPEG2DEC.dll")
LoadPlugin("c:\program files\avisynth\plugins\SmoothDeinterlacer.dll")
MPEG2Source("c:\ken\ken.d2v")
SmoothDeinterlace(doublerate=true)
LanczosResize(720,480)
ChangeFPS(59.94) # or ConvertFPS(59.94)
SeparateFields()
SelectEvery(4,1,2)
Weave()
ConvertToRGB()

However here is the error i am getting
"loadpluggin unable to read c:\program files\avisynth\plugins\MPEG2DEC.dll"
(c:\ken\ken.avs, line 1)

i also dropped the two dlls in windows 32 and regular windows folder to be safe but nothing is working, any suggestions?? thanks

[Tommyknocker]

AVSGEN.

[mazinz]

im not exactly sure what your reply means/refers to? I was able to get the dlls to work. I had to point them to the system32 folder (the guide i was using mentioned if they were already there you do not need the full path, so i then tried other locations when that failed). Their working now BUT what is this error

"unrecognized exception!!!"
(c:\ken\ken.av3, line 3)

[mazinz]

this is definitely not as easy as i expected. I added the d2v file to the script it self, new error is script error syntax, line 3 column 5'--back to the drawing board

[FOO]

I can't remember the details but there are
2 main Avisynth versions and several mpeg2dec.dll
versions floating around. All combinations do not work.

You have to go find different versions.
Try avisynth.org or doom9

[Ejoc]

MPEG2DEC3 for AVISynth 2.52

*EDIT* link was broken sorry.

[Poplar]

If you have solved your problem, just disregard this. If not, you can do two things:

a) update all your plug-ins and filters for AVISynth 2.50 or later. Go to AVISynth forum at Doom9.org. Most of old plug-ins and filters won't work with AVISynth 2.50.

b) I found that if there are too many subfolders in the path of the plug-in, AVISynth will throw an exception. Maybe it's just my wacky computer. I just made the path as simple as possible and the problem went away.

[mazinz]

thank you for the info, will try some of these methods and newer versions (??) tonight. the avisynth im using i got from the link on this site in the tools section, but im not quite sure about the mpeg dll i will try another one

[mazinz]

ok i dl'ed the correct and newest version, as well as the correct mpeg2 pluggins/smooth deinterlace for it. All seems ok but here is my latest error

"smooth deinterlace only works on RGB32 and YuY2 formats"

the source is a pal dvd. Any suggestions??? thanks again---I tried the color options in dvd2avi and all seems correct yet the filter is saying the opposite

[FOO]

You might try reading the documentation.
There are "converttowhatever" function(s) in Avisynth
some of the fiilters and functions do not work in all colorspaces

[mazinz]

im messing with those now but according to the article on 'standard covnersion (for pal to ntsc) on this site it is supposed to work fine



UPDATE: i just cannot get it to work at all, the color options im given in dvd2avi are
rgb24 and Yuv 4;2:2

so if thats the problem i have no way of changing that, i tried various convert/ leave scipts the documentation stated but that still does not work

[sterno]

I think mpeg2dec3 gives you a clip that uses YV12 colors, which often isn't what you need. You'll want to do a ConvertToYUY2() to get your clip to YUY2 colorspace.

The guide probably doesn't mention this because the traditional mpeg2dec produces YUY2 itself.

Leave DVD2AVI in YUV format.

[mazinz]

no luck, i still get the same error. if i knew exactly what option the smooth deinterlacer would be in the tmpg encoder instead, i would use that but seeing as their quite a few options, i am in no way certain of which one to use, and this is why i am trying to use that option with avisynth