How do I burn a dvd with nero using ffdshow from k-lite pack

[sxpredman]

Hi i'm having problems trying to enable ffdshow so I can burn the dvd with the filters i want to it.
I'm got k-lite pack for codecs, and got nero . When I use nero vision ,and write it to dvd or hard drive how to I enable ffdshow so it burns the filters on the the dvd image video ts?

[redwudz]

I don't think Nero can use ffdshow filters.

But others here may have better information.

What types of filtering do you want to do?

And welcome to our forums.

[sxpredman]

hi redwudz
thanks for replying. I want to use sharpen, picturing properites filter, and post processing so I can enhance the color of the movie right now the movie is a dull light color ,and not warm.

[fritzi93]

To do what you propose requires re-encoding.

You could use DVDRB and add an Avisynth filter or two to the filter editor.

For example:

FFT3DFilter(sigma=3,sharpen=0.3)
#Light sharpen and denoise

OR

FFT3DFilter(bt=-1,sharpen=0.7)
#Medium sharpen

For increasing color saturation, you could use:

#Hue from -180.0 to +180.0. Positive toward red, negative toward green.
#Sat from 0.0 to 10.0, default 1.0. Above 1.0 to increase saturation.
#Bright from-255.0 to 255.0, default 0.0. Positive value increases brightness.
#Cont from 0.0 to 10.0, default 1.0. Positive value increases contrast.
Tweak(hue=0,sat=1,bright=0,cont=1)

Lines starting with a # are not used, they're just descriptors to remind you what they do. :P

[sxpredman]

Hi can you tell me step by step how to do that. I tried with the editor, but seemed the script codes didn't work.

[fritzi93]

Sure, it's best if you extract a small clip to play with. Open the DVD with DVDShrink in Reauthor mode, using start/end frames to get a clip. A minute or so will do. Output to DVD-Video folder. Use Vob2MPEG to make an MPEG2 clip from the output folder, you'll use it for previewing. Save it at the root of your "C" drive and label it, say, test.mpeg.

If you've installed DVDRB, you've installed Avisynth. Some Avisynth filters are internal, others you must install. Tweak is an internal filter, FFT3DFilter is not. External filters you must download and install to the Avisynth plugins folder. Filters available Here:

http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/

Read my previous post carefully. The last script has all values set at defaults. You need to change them. There is a value range for each set out in the notations. Make a guess how much you need and have a go. It gets easier with practice.

You can load your script in MPC to preview your changes and adjust accordingly. In any text editor (like Notepad), enter this:

DirectShowSource("c:\test.mpeg")

Save it as test.avs. Right-click it and select open with Media Player Classic. If all is well and MPC plays it, you can move on to adding Tweak to the test.avs script. Use a separate line! Change values in the Tweak script and try them out in MPC. Like this:

DirectShowSource("c:\test)
#Hue from -180.0 to +180.0. Positive toward red, negative toward green.
#Sat from 0.0 to 10.0, default 1.0. Above 1.0 to increase saturation.
#Bright from-255.0 to 255.0, default 0.0. Positive value increases brightness.
#Cont from 0.0 to 10.0, default 1.0. Positive value increases contrast.
Tweak(hue=0,sat=2,bright=0,cont=1)

Save as test1.avs and view it. Notice that saturation is increased to 2.

If you want to sharpen also, go to the link above, get a filter, put it in the plugins folder. But normally too much sharpening is a bad idea. I'd tweak it first and see how it goes. When your script is as you want it, enter it in DVDRB's filter editor and re-encode your DVD. Don't include the DirectShowSource line.

Actually, I've moved on to HD material and haven't done the above in awhile. There are people here much more skilled in using Avisynth than me that may want to chime in and correct me or suggest a better way. Anyway, good luck.

[fritzi93]

Before someone points out the obvious, re-encoding entails quality loss. To really do the job right, the original source (whatever that may be) should be frame-served to a good MPEG2 encoder, for instance Avisynth --> HCEnc. Or VirtualDub --> HCEnc. Then authored to DVD.

Mind you, the above is quick and dirty, but since you were using NeroVision to start with...well, let's just say NeroVision is not well thought-of here. If you're interested in learning proper methods, there are any number of good guides over there. <--

[sxpredman]

hi I got Avisyth working ,but when I try to add a plugin in it says and error here is my code
DirectShowSource("C:\DVD_NTSC\Night at the Museum.mpg")
Tweak(hue=0,sat=2,bright=0,cont=1)
LoadPlugin("D:\downloads\fft3dfilter\FFT3DFilter.d ll")
LoadPlugin("D:\downloads\fft3dfilter\fftw3.dll")
FFT3DFilter(bt=-1,sharpen=0.7)