Reducing size

[AaronAMV]

Well along with what everyone said, yes... But you said you wanted one, so I just thought I'd throw it out; external hard drives are REALLY cheap now...

Office Depot 1TB
Best Buy 500GB

[Scintilla]

Can't you make fake .avis?
Wouldn't that mean smaller size?

What, with DGVFAPI? Yes, that would essentially fall under "editing directly with the scripts". The space taken up by such fake AVIs is relatively negligible.

[Vax]

Best Buy 500GB

Thanks, now I have to get about $92.00. Thats going to be hard.

What, with DGVFAPI? Yes, that would essentially fall under "editing directly with the scripts". The space taken up by such fake AVIs is relatively negligible.

Does DGVFAPI have to be bought?
If not where do I get it.

[Krisqo]

I know VFAPIConv comes with the beta AMV app. That's what I use for my fake AVI files.

[Vax]

I know VFAPIConv comes with the beta AMV app. That's what I use for my fake AVI files.

Tried it, and I don't really like it.
The original fake avi file lags in my player and when I export uncompress the quality is not as good as it once was and I filtered it.

[Qyot27]

Does DGVFAPI have to be bought?
If not where do I get it.

When talking of video tools, stuff that starts with 'DG' generally are programs by Donald Graft, such as DGMPGDec, DGSplit, DGPulldown, etc. They're all open-source, as far as I can tell, and not for-pay. The only *possible* exception is DGVC1Dec, but that's not because of the program itself, it's because it only works with a specific type of video card. DGVFAPI is part of the DGMPGDec package (i.e. DGIndex.exe & DGDecode.dll)

The description page I found on Google is part of AviSynth's documentation:
http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/ext ... gvfapi.htm

[Vax]

Nevermind the quality part, but is there a way to edit without that terrible lag.

[Krisqo]

I find that unless your comment out the filters for quality WHILE editing, it can run slow as hell.

When you make the fake files, disable the filters then convert and edit. When done, go back to your AVS files, enable the filters and reconvert. The files in your project will be updated with the higher quality and then you just have to render.

[Vax]

When done, go back to your AVS files, enable the filters and reconvert.

That made absolutely no sense to me.

[Krisqo]

Okay.

You make your avs file with your filter chain and all. When it gets the quality you want, comment out the filters like this:

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LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\TIVTC.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\AMV_SOURCES\CARDCAPTOR2\sakura2.d2v",cpu=4,upconv=true)
TFM(d2v="C:\AMV_SOURCES\CARDCAPTOR2\sakura2.d2v", PP=0)
TComb
TDecimate(mode=1)
ConvertToYV12()
#deen("a3d",4,7,9)
#SDDerainbow()
#WarpSharp()
#FastLineDarken()
#Tweak(sat=1.4, cont=1.0, bright=-10)
#ColorYUV(gain_v=5)
ConvertToRGB32()
Crop(8,60,-8,-60)
BiCubicResize(640,360)
AssumeFPS(24)

Then import the avs file into VFAPIConv and convert. Import the fake AVI you made into your program and edit away.

When your video is done. Go back to your AVS files and delete those "#". Import the AVS files back into VFAPIConv and convert again. The original fake AVI files without the filters will be replaces with the high quality ones and the clips in the video will update too.