AVISynth doesn't recognize "DirectShowSource"!!!

[mkaiser]

This is the sw I'm using on my pc:

win xp/me
smartripper
dvd2avi
avisynth
virtualdub
panasonic mpeg1 enc.
soundforge (with the mpeg plugin)
myflix
tmpeg enc.

I have a .avs script with this line'DirectShowSource("E:\file.mpg")'. When I try opening the .avs file, I get an error that says 'Unrecognized Exception!' with the line #.

Also, I've noticed that every time I install these programs (more specifically avisynth... I think!!) on my pc. My mpeg files stop working. Not the ones on my pc but the streaming (direct downloads from the net) files. In fact, if I click on a link to a .mpg file it will open wmplayer and then it will crash. I've checked the directshow filter that my system uses to open stream mpeg files and it shows me an mpeg stream splitter without any output pins for the video/audio streams (sometimes it says 'can't initialize stream'). I'm pretty sure that this problem is related to the one above.

Does anybody know how to fix this? or how to change/edit directshow to use another filter... one that I might create?

ps-->I've made sure all my programs have been registered in the windows registry.

[esmerelda1983]

PLZ post your entire script file here. then maybe somebody can help

[snowmoon]

You are better off using one of the mpeg2 plugins for avisynth anyways.

And their is now way that AVIsynth by itself can cause problems opening .mpg files.

[mkaiser]

This is my whole script!!

DirectShowSource("D:\file.mpg")

I know that is probably not just AVISynth that is giving me the problem. It comes down to the windows registry, drivers and all the codecs that overwrite each other when you install them.

I don't know if AVISynth doesn't recognise "DirectShowSource" (which would make sense!!) or if DirectShow can't initialize the .mpg file (it gave that error before!!).

I know that re-installing the sofware doesn't work (specially in Win XP) either... I've tried it. Even as far as reformatting my harddrives!!

Anyway, which plugins could I use for decoding mpeg-1 files with AVISynth?

Or how could I use the DirectShow graphs that I've created? I know I read somewhere that a guy created a DirectShow graph that converts a DTS file to a WAV file. But the problem was that he didn't explain what the procedure installing the new DirectShow filter (graph!) was.

Thanx for any help!!

[esmerelda1983]

just guessing here, but nobody else has any good advice
try this

# NOTE--- Change the paths to match your computer
LoadPlugin("D:\AviSynth2\MPEG2DEC\MPEG2DEC.DLL")
# NOTE---i use this for D2V files, but might work with .MPG
video=mpeg2source("d:\smart ripper vobs\dvd2aviproject.d2v")
audio=wavsource("d:\smart ripper vobs\dvd2aviproject .wav")
audiodub(video,audio)


well u can only give it a go....untill somebody else has better advice. at least it will put your topic back on the top of the list

[Truman]

There seem to be a filter conflict. I just tried to open a MPEG-1 file and got the same error. After uninstalling direct-vobsub DirectShowSource reads the MPEG file.
If vobsub isn't the problem, an other direct show filter might cause the problem (or Avisynth itself, I don't know).
Then you may try to open the MPEG-1 file with the MPEG VFAPI plugin.

LoadVFAPIPlugin("c:\TMPGEnc\m2v.vfp","anything")
anything("d:\test\test.mpg")

[mkaiser]

THANKS!!!

Vobsub for direcshow was the problem (that's ok I only need vobsub for virtualdub).

But... I'm still not abled to directly link to an .mpeg file from the net. Even kazaa hangs (and crashes!) when I try to preview a .mepg file while downloading. I don't care much about this but it would be nice if I could fix it. Any help is appreciated!!