Frameserving from virtualdub

[reboot]

I have resigned myself to posting in the newbie forum, because my (seemingly) advanced questions turn out stupid, so here goes.
I can frameserv from virtualdub to TMPGEnc (very old) beta 12.
Not the best. I don't have the options I would like as in tmpgenc plus 2.5
If I try to frameserve to tmpgenc plus, it crashes.
If I try to frameserve to Canopus Procoder, it crashes.
If I try to frameserve to Mainconcept, it crashes.
Anyone have any idea how I can frameserve from virtualdub to anything besides the ancient version of tmpgenc?
Ideally, it would be nice to use Mainconcept, however...it's getting tiresome having to either wait 16 hours in tmpgenc, or save an intermediate avi to encode in Mainconcept (which is actually MUCH faster).

[au7usa]

I'm not really a user of VDub frameserving but there's something i've been wondering about.

On a WinNT and up system, shouldn't these files be in the System32 directory?



Could this be your problem? (a Wild-Ass-Guess)

[teegee420]

Could this be your problem? (a Wild-Ass-Guess)

Perhaps not. I run XP and don't have any problems frameserving with Vdub, except to Mainconcept. It only gives me a green screen.

[au7usa]

Confirmed! I just tried it....works just fine in the System directory.

Must be something about your configuration.

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Did you check the guides:
https://www.videohelp.com/virtualdubframeserve.htm#problems

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=87293&highlight=msvcr70%2Bdll

[teegee420]

Confirmed! I just tried it....works just fine.

Must be something about your configuration.

Were you addressing me? If so you're probably right. I gave up trying to solve the issue. I even checked the Mainconcept forum but none of the solutions worked. If I absolutely need to frameserve to MC I'll just use Avisynth.

[au7usa]

I did a quick edit, refresh your page.
(me stupid, but me fix now)

All good now?

[au7usa]

Your too Dam fast for me teegee!

[teegee420]

[reboot]

I've tried everything. Reinstalled it all, tried the proxyon and off, tried the various .dll's and three different versions of virtualdub.
None of them will frameserve to tmpgenc plus 2.5 yet all will frameserve to my old beta.
None of them will frameserve to Mainconcept 1.4 nor Canopus.
Going to reformat/reinstall soon, and if THAT doesn't cure it...

[teegee420]

It may not be my favorite method but there's always Avisynth. Kind of like coockroaches after a nuclear holocaust.

[thor300]

There is a workaround for frameserving with Virtualdub to apps that dont support VDR files as input. Use AviSynth to load the VDR then load the AVS file in any encoder. Works every time. And btw, the function to open VDR is AviSource("c:\myvdub.vdr").

[reboot]

thor300, Perfect!
Another half hour cut off my production time

Teegee:

Kind of like coockroaches after a nuclear holocaust.

Anything that requires scripting in this day and age of GUI's...a very apt description

[CaseyComb]

Uh... have you checked your environmental settings in TMPGenc?

[reboot]

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Even installed a second instance of tmpgenc to compare the two. One default, and one to mess with.