Having a bit of trouble.

bloodyaugust · Post by **bloodyaugust** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:12 pm

Ive been using the EADFAG for All Things Audio and Video for a guide on making my AMV but i hit a snag today while working with AVISynth scripts under the Using Footage as a Source on the AviSynth - What it is, how it works and why you need it topic. My Source doesn't show up when i run the .avs file through windows media player. Everything has worked fine and im positive i have the location of the file correct, but it says the file could not be found. Obviously its telling me that the file isn't where i specified it to be. So the error is in my scripting. Ive tried different ways and it plays fine in my windows media player when i open the file directly from its location but it doesn't play when i try to play it using the .avs file. So does anyone know what im doing wrong? Id appreciate the help.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:25 pm

Keeper of Hellfire · Post by **Keeper of Hellfire** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:36 am

By any chance - did you move your footage footage after making your .dv2 file? In that case you have to make it again.

bloodyaugust · Post by **bloodyaugust** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:42 am

DirectShowSource("D:\Kevin Caldwell - Battle Athletes - Believe.mpg")
bicubicresize(320,240)

this is my script im working with here its basic, but this is where my file is located.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:02 pm

this problem seems to appear way too often.

the path given in eadfag ("D:\believe.mpg") is an example, only an example.
Unless you have explicity put that file in the root directory of the D drive when you saved the amv (or moved it there afterwords), that path won't work.

on (most) pre-built pcs, the main (and usually only) Hard drive is drive C
the cd/dvd reader/burner is usually drive D
floppy is usually drive A (if you have one)
and in that case, external storage drives (flash or other) start as drive E

the path you need to put in DirectShowSource("") can be obtained like this:
navigate to the mpeg file, right click and select properties.
look for the words "loaction", highlight the path (to the right of "loaction") and copy (press ctrl+c)
go back to your script, and (place your cursor) in the quotes of directshowsource("") and press paste (ctrl+v)

you should now have something that looks like: DirectShowSource("C:\documents and settings\use\desktop")
place another forward slash ( \ ) after the last word (desktop in this case) and type in the file name (believe.mpg or whatever you saved the file as)

the end product should look like this:
DirectShowSource("C:\documents and settings\use\desktop\believe.mpg")

if you really did put it on your D drive (not in any folders or directories) make sure that the disk containing the file is inserted (if D is a cd/dvd drive)
if D is a regular hard drive, you may have to get another plugin that allows you to specifically load mpeg1 files
look through this thread for the link to the plugin and how to use it