CCE - AVIFileOpen Handler prob

[bamafamily]

Hey All,

I installed DVD2SVCD and CCE 2.5SP.
I ran the .bat file in AVISYNTH

I capped an MPEG2 file off of my card using PowerVCRII

I opened up DVD2AVI and ran it on the MPEG file and ended up with a D2V and mpa file.

I opened up CCE 2.5 and added it...When I hit go, it gave me the AVifileopen Handler error.

I am fuzzy on the AVISYNTH script files???
I am running WMP 8.0 so I dont think I can test an .AVS file

Eventually, besides ripping, I want to cap a broadcast in PVCRII, DVD2AVI it, and then re-encode it with a VBR type program to be able to fit 45minutes of video on 1 CDR.

regardless..either one needs the AVISYNTH/CCE to work....

any help is greatly appreciated...

Mark
ps. I read thru thru the forums here and at Doom9 to no benefit.....

[Poplar]

First of all, if you can adjust bitrate settings of PowerVCR, you don't have to re-encode at all, which degrade quality.

If you have to re-encode, you need to use mpeg2dec plug-in for Avisynth. You can't simply load your D2V file into CCE. The Avisynth script should be like this:
LoadPlugin("location:\mpeg2dec.dll")
Mpeg2Source("location:\file.d2v")

Save script as AVS file and load it into CCE, now you are in business.

[bamafamily]

Poplar,

thx for the striaght answer on CCE....I will try it when I get home...I have asked how to fix this AVI handler prob with CCE for about a month now and this is the most straightforward answer I have received.

As for the PowerVCR issue......here is my problem.....
I am using PowerVCRII to cap an hour long cable program at either CVD @ 2520(CBR) or SVCD @2150(CBR). (based on 1 800MB CDR)
I then use PVCR to trim out junk leaving 45minutes of show
On my 50" RPTV,(non HDTV, non Widescreen), the SVCD cap looks better than the CVD, but still has a few artifacts during the quicker scenes.

I was hoping that an SVCD with a VBR might fair better than one with a lower CBR.

I tried using the Winfast software and HuffyV, but I cant get the resolutions I want in Winfast...and I cant cap AVI's in PVCR.....

I will see how bad a cap, decode, re-encode looks using CCE.....

thx
Mark