Avisynth ImageSource Problem

[SameSelf]

I am trying to load a sequence of tiff images in Avisynth. The sequences number 0 through 148 and are the frames from a 5 second clip. However, when I load the tiffs, VD, and even AvsPmod, seems to default to creating a clip that is 1000 frames long where every clip after frame #148 is black. I have tried Trim(), but no luck. What am I doing wrong? TAA

ImageSource("E:\%03d.tif",fps=30000/1001,pixel_type="RGB32")
Trim(0,148)

[jagabo]

I've never seen Trim() fail to work when used like that.

[poisondeathray]

yes trim should work, but add the start, end args to imagesource

ImageSource("E:\%03d.tif",start=0, end=148, fps=30000/1001,pixel_type="RGB32")

Are the images named correctly with "placeholder digits" ?

ie.

000.tif
001.tif
002.tif
.
.
.

[SameSelf]

Tried adding start and end args. Still loads bunch of blank frames until frame 1000. The images are named correctly but have a bunch of extra characters in front. Maybe that is the problem?

e.g.

IMG00108000.tif
IMG00108001.tif
IMG00108002.tif
.
.
.
IMG00108148.tif

[jagabo]

Add the constant characters to the file spec.

ImageSource("E:\IMG00108%03d.tif"...

[SameSelf]

OK, I finally got it working correctly, I have no idea what I did that caused to work. Very strange. Thanks for the help.

[LigH.de]

Then you may have to learn more about the "sprintf format string" syntax. It does have a meaning. Example:

% = here starts a placeholder
0 = the numbers are left-filled with zeros
3 = the numbers have three digits
d = it is an integer decimal

This describes a sequence of "000" to "999". And it does not contain the common part of "IMG00108" before the running numbers.

[SameSelf]

Then you may have to learn more about the "sprintf format string" syntax. It does have a meaning. Example:

% = here starts a placeholder
0 = the numbers are left-filled with zeros
3 = the numbers have three digits
d = it is an integer decimal

This describes a sequence of "000" to "999". And it does not contain the common part of "IMG00108" before the running numbers.

I admit that I am a newbie when it comes to sprintf syntax, so thank you for your explanation. That is very helpful. I am now loading my tif sequences like a ninja and frameserving them to x264.