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Phantom Videos?

Postby Smt410 » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:48 pm

I'm having some trouble with Avisynth 2.5 here...
I ran through the guide for my first script to a tee. I downloaded all the plugins mentioned, did the dvd decrypter, made a d2v file, cleaned it up and everything worked out fine all the way to converting the whole dvd over to avi.
I moved the file over to my secondary hard drive and decrypted the second disc in the series to the same folder as before. After going through all the motions and changing my script a little to reflect the new file Virtual dub cant seem to find or read my file.
I have tried to reinstall everything several times but still no luck.
Do I have to keep all files in the same place, or once its all cleaned and ready for the chopping block can I move it?
Thanks for any helpful ideas in advance.
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Postby Smt410 » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:03 pm

LoadPlugin("c:\program files\avisynth 2.5\plugins\dgmpegdec121.dll")
LoadPlugin("c:\program files\avisynth 2.5\plugins\decomb521.dll")
mpeg2source(c:\blood\blood2.d2v")

Even before adding any filters the script isnt working.
The only thing that has changed since my first go around is the number two in the source filename.
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Postby dokidoki » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:44 pm

Look in the d2v file. You'll see a path in there too.
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Postby Smt410 » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:00 pm

I checked the d2v file but I didnt see any other paths.

Avisynth open failure:
Evaluate: Unrecognized exception!
(C:\blood\blood2--default3.avs, line 2)

Thats the error I keep getting when i try to open my script in virtualdub
I dont know why it keeps throwing default whatever into my scripts.
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:35 pm

Smt410 wrote:mpeg2source(c:\blood\blood2.d2v")


Missing quotes perhaps?
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Postby Smt410 » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:35 pm

Nope sorry I posted the script from the wrong folder, both sets of quotes are in the script I'm trying to use.
I'm about to the point of deleting all my ripped files from the first try. Along with the new files again and start from scratch just to see if moving the first one caused the problem.

This is really irritating just to clean up the video. I can rip/edit with pinnacle studio and even export it to any format I want. I can't seem to clean up the video as much as I would like without going through all the avisynth stuff though.
The deinterlace on pinnacle doesnt seem to do much and the color correct takes forever.
If theres a way to bypass dvd decrypter it would be great since I already have about 500gb worth of dv ripped with pinnacle. But I can't seem to get dvd2avi to recognize thoose Vob files.
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Postby Gepetto » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:15 am

I can't really help you there without knowing exactly what is in that folder, but .d2v files are extremely sensitive to anything and everything (I like to call them .emo files) so it's best that you create a separate folder for each DVD you extract, and keep everything extremely well-organized. In the future always be prepared so that in the event that you have to remake the .d2v (but unless there was a decryption problem, you shouldn't need to re-rip) you have to take as few detours as possible.


Oh, and it just occurred to me that if one of those reinstalls you mentioned was with a different version of the software, then the .d2v's will in fact be unusable.
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Postby Smt410 » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:05 pm

Well thanks for the help.
I guess I'll start over from scratch and keep everything where it ends up.
I must have started a downward spiral when I moved the first disc over to the other harddrive.
Time to go clean up the junk in the other half of my computer I guess.
I should be all done and ready to try again in a day or two hehe.
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Postby Smt410 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:04 pm

Well I feel like an idiot now.
I wiped everything and reinstalled. Instead of looking at my printout of the old guide, I clicked on it here to find out its a brand new guide with a lot more info.
At leaste I'm up and running again now. Fresh new cleaned out hard drive to fill up again and I'm getting pretty good at crashing vdub already.
Thanks for the help, it turns out my problem was relying on paper instead of windows.
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Postby Smt410 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:28 pm

Well now that I'm up and running again.
Has anyone tried to deinterlace the blood+ series?
The disc says all regions and 4:3 progressive but it sure doesn't look it in vdub.
Dgindex says its progressive and telecline wont even touch whats interlaced.
The best results I've had so far are with blendbob but even then its still leaving partial blends all over the place.
The problem is there isnt any pattern to the interlacing it goes from ppiipp to ppppippii then some high motion parts arent interlaced at all when simple lip movements are all woonky.
After trying all the deinterlacing options I could find in the new guide, blendbob seems to work the best. I'm just wondering if anyone has found anything better or at leaste a little more reliable?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Postby Gepetto » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:50 pm

That sounds really freaky. Are you sure your DVDs aren't bootlegged?
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Postby Smt410 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:58 pm

I dont think they are pirate versions. I get all my anime dvd from [redacted] they cary all the keychains and figures as well so it doesnt seem to be shady.
All the packaging looks as it should and all the language/subtitle settings and extras are there. The box art is inside and out behind the plastic dvd holders and all. Nothing really out of the ordinary but I'm sure it could happen.
I'm going to play around with it a bit more and see if I just had some of the variables wrong.
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Postby Scintilla » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:01 pm

Smt410 wrote:I dont think they are pirate versions. I get all my anime dvd from [redacted] they cary all the keychains and figures as well so it doesnt seem to be shady.

I hate to break this to you, but I'm looking at their website right now and I'm seeing several DVD releases that are clearly bootlegs (region-free encoding, Chinese subtitles, whole-season box sets that are far too cheap) mixed in with the ones that actually seem legitimate. And the fact that you said your DVD was "all regions" makes it sound more suspicious.

What company's logo is on the spine of the DVD case?
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Postby Smt410 » Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:19 am

This one says I.G. Aniplex on the spine next to the title.
Thats a nasty thing to hear,guess Iwont be buying from that place anymore.
Breaks my heart too since they were so promp on delivery.
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Postby Smt410 » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:04 am

It would be nice if one of you moderators would remove this thread now so I dont give anymore advertising to such a site. That really wasnt my intention and I'm a bit ticked off at them now anyhow.
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