Compression help

danielwang · Post by **danielwang** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 4:13 pm

Yes.

Note {
As you've now figured out, the AVISynth frameserver works like a symbolic link.

Most all media players don't really read directly form the filesystem these days, they have a thing called DirectShow do it for them.
AVISynth is just a special codec that feeds the file there.
}

Is there a way to use a codec, or AVISyntnth plugin as a multimedia stream client frameserver? It would be nice to be able to redirect streams to a network server:

StreamSource("mms://nephthis.mechacker.com/euphoria")
KillAudio()
AssumeFPS(24)
Crop("Remove","Koopiskeva's","Watermark")

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 4:14 pm

XspitfireDemonX wrote:Yea I think I do. So in notepad, on the first line, I write the source it's comin from, a lossless codec (huffyuv), and it's location.

Okay, maybe my example wasn't the best in the world. Your first line should read:

AVISource("C:\[path goes here]\myvideo.avi")

where myvideo.avi is the video you exported. Only reason I said anything about HuffYUV was because it was part of the filename. That's just something I do to keep all my exports straight so I know what's what.

XspitfireDemonX wrote:Second line I resize the vid.

If you're trying to make a distributable version, then yes. But if you want to apply any cleaning or other filters, apply them before you resize.

XspitfireDemonX wrote:And third line I decrease the frame rate.

Um... I only included that line because I was editing in Premiere, which has no support for 23.976 FPS, so I was editing at 24. Since my source was at 23.976, I had to speed it up to 24 beforehand, and adjust my audio to match (okay, actually, for this particular video, I didn't, but I should have). Therefore, I brought it back down to its original frame rate.

But 24 FPS is perfectly acceptable for a distribution copy of a video; the only time it's really an issue is with conventions, most of which will want everything to be in either 23.976 or 29.97. (But if you were making a version to send to a convention, you wouldn't have resized it anyway.)

On the other hand, if your export at 29.97 FPS, do NOT change the frame rate. Unless your script contains a deinterlace, but the guides explain that better than I ever could, mainly because I've never actually done one.

XspitfireDemonX wrote:Then I give it an AVS extention, and open it in Vdub. Right?

Right... just remember that my example was not meant to be all-inclusive. One of the great things about AVISynth is that it's so flexible. There's no set structure that a script has to have, as long as you follow all the syntax rules for the various commands you use. Read the documentation to get some examples of the various cool things you can do to your video (though you probably wouldn't want to do most of them in a simple case of compressing for 'net distribution purposes).

XspitfireDemonX · Post by **XspitfireDemonX** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:21 pm

Thank you so much for all your help, I understand but Vdub is'nt takeing my scripts. Heres what I have. the AVI is after I exported.

AVISource("C:\footage\clip 2.avi")

did I do anything wrong?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:28 pm

XspitfireDemonX wrote:Thank you so much for all your help, I understand but VDub isn't taking my scripts. Here's what I have. The AVI is after I exported.

AVISource("C:\footage\clip 2.avi")

did I do anything wrong?

Did you install AVISynth?

Only other thing I can think of is that it might not like the space in your filename, try renaming the file and trying again.

XspitfireDemonX · Post by **XspitfireDemonX** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:53 pm

I have AVIsynth version 2 and 2.5 installed.

The space wasn't it. Could it be that I have both versions installed and there interacting with eachother?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:23 pm

Possible, though I've only ever had version 2 installed, so I wouldn't know. I'd suggest uninstalling both versions and reinstalling just 2.5, and seeing if that works.

XspitfireDemonX · Post by **XspitfireDemonX** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:15 pm

No that wasn't it. What settings should I use when I "save as" in notepad?
"save as file type" and "encodeing"

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 10:17 pm

Encoding should be whatever the default is, but -- and this is important -- "file type" should be "All Files" instead of "Text Document". That's the other thing I was going to suggest.

XspitfireDemonX · Post by **XspitfireDemonX** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:10 pm

No that wasn't it either. shit what is it. Is there any other programs I need to run a AVI script in Vdub?

To open a script in Vdub I go to "file"> "Open Video file via AVISynth....." right?

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:15 pm

No. that makes an AVISynth script to open a video file.