ImageBorders & FrostyBorders Scripts

[DwarfRose]

First of all, I wish to thank you very very much for creating FrostyBorders, it's been a literal lifesaver for my ultrawide OLED display when watching non-ultrawide content! I think it looks (and works) far better than SVP4's "Black Bars Outer Lighting" option, personally. The only thing I know of that can compete with FrostyBorders, is the "Ambient light for YouTube" browser plugin.

Having said that, I have a few remarks:

1. To make videos load faster using AviSynthFilter, leave only one format selected under 'Input formats'.
2. Your instructions on how to use FB at all are far too difficult to follow, for an average user...
3. No matter how much I've tried, I can't seem to make it work via VapourSynthFilter :(

Edit:
To make videos load even faster:

• Use 'GPlugin=0' (none) - the fastest.
• Use 'GPlugin=1' (AddGrainC) - slightly slower.
• Use the oldest version of 'neo_f3kdb' ('GPlugin=2') that works; recent versions seem to increase video loading time.

After literal weeks of figuring out how to make FB even work at all in the first place - I've compiled a small guide, which would hopefully help others like myself in the future. Some of this is not explained in the FrostyBorders Help file or this thread, so I had to figure it out on my own.

How to use FrostyBorders in MPC-BE/MPC-HC via AviSynth Filter, for dummies like me:

1. Download and install AviSynth+ v3.7.3 (video playback never starts with FB on newer versions).
2. Download and extract AviSynth Filters to a permanent location and run 'install.cmd' as administrator.
3. Download AddGrainC (and/or neo_f3kdb) and FastBlur and extract them.
4. Download FrostyBorders and extract it.
5. Place AddGrainC.dll (and/or neo_f3kdb.dll), FastBlur.dll and FrostyBorders.avsi in C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth+\plugins64+.
6. Create a new file at a permanent location, name it something like "FrostyBorders.avs", for example.
7. Paste the following, most basic script into it, just to make it work for now; you can add more functionality to it later:
   

   AvsFilterSource()
   FrostyBorders(X,Y)

8. Replace X and Y in the above script with your display resolution's width and height, respectively; for example "(1920,1080)".
9. Launch MPC-BE/MPC-HC, go to Options -> External Filters -> 'Add Filter...', select AviSynth Filter and press OK.
10. Select the newly added AviSynth Filter and tick Prefer to the right of the list
11. Double-click the AviSynth Filter in the list -> Browse -> navigate to the script you created above -> Open.
12. Under Input Formats, leave only YV12 or P010 selected, and click OK, then OK again to close Options.

If you've followed this guide correctly, FrostyBorders should now work in your player!

Now, is there any chance you could make a guide in a similar format, but for VapourSynth Filter?
Pretty please! ♥