XviD codec error in frameserving / reading source clips

[spidey]

Hey All,

As usual I hope all is great with everybody I had what I hope was an easy one.

On recent XviD downloads, I can view them in my Media Player (Classic - newest build), as well as in Vdub. I am using Kopi's newest build of codec, however I can not open the clips into FitCD to build my avisynth scripts ?!?!

The clips will both load, and occassionally not load directly into CCE unscripted.

Also, in Vegas Video, as you can preview the clip Properties, by single clicking it in the Explorer window, I get for both video and audio "streams attributes cannot be rendered"

The only scenario I have been able to get to fly is - load the xvid clip into TMPG, and make a Project file, dump that TMPG .tpr into the Vfapi convertor to render out a virtual avi, then load the vfapi avi into FitCD to create your script -> avisynth -> into CCE. This is fine but for the fact that now being dependent on the TMPG project file, it makes CCE as slow as TMPG....

If anyone has any ideas, I'd really appreciate it I definately want to keep running them all through CCE due to speed over TMPG.

As always thanks for all your help and ideas !!!! Make it a great one

~S~

[ChrO]

Have you tried the FourCC changer, and change it to DivX?
Regards
Chr

[spidey]

Thank you very much Chr0 I will give that a go ASAP.

Have a great one

[spidey]

Update: Unfortunately no go. It did work on several, but in the majority, the XviD clips have no problem in Vdub, the Media Player, Tmpg, etc.

But in any of the NLE's - Vegas, Premiere - as well as CCE / avisynth no dice. I also went through doom9's forum, and found a world of issues with that codec..... I don't want to knock it, as people have worked very hard on it,.....but there seems to be ALOT of problems with it, and getting stuff re-encoded out of it....

Any other ideas are extremely apprefciated Thanks !!!!

[feenix]

I use a fourcc code of 'DX50' on my Xvid's and AviSynth has no problem reading those. I'm not saying this is the answer just a another option. Maybe it's something to do with Fitcd? I do all my Avisynth stuff manually - it's very easy once you know the syntax.

[spidey]

Thanks feenix.

I just got it fixed I did a combo of what you've all stated....but more drastic.

Now all the XvidStuff can be read in any program

I went to avisynth.org and found an interesting tidbit - it seems there's alot of issues with XviD stuff...

Anyhow, I edited the registry to make the default reader for Xvid to be the DivX engine, and voila, works like a charm, and they even seem to be decoded better than the xvid engine itself...no more macro blocks, etc.

FYI all -
then info was listed under this question in avisynth's FAQs

Q1.23: I installed AviSynth v2.5 and DivX5 (or one of the latest XviD builds of Koepi), all I got is a black screen when opening my avs in Virtualdub/VirtualdubMod/CCE/TMPGEnc ?

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To Fix -

REGEDIT

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32]

at the - vidc.xvid key

Replace "xvid.dll" with "divx.dll" for XviD clips to play well

[feenix]

Interesting - I didn't have to do any of that! Never had a problem with all the versions of AviSynth/Xvid I've used. On the other hand I don't use Divx so maybe that removes a conflict