New program for automating AVISynth script creation

tajjej · Post by **tajjej** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:24 pm

Forgive me if this is the wrong forum, but here goes...

I have written a small program called AVS Script Creator to automate AVISynth scripts creation. It takes source & destination locations, source & destination filename template(s), and a script template and can then generate one or more scripts. It does this with a Windows GUI interface. Meaning? It is not commandline based. It is a regular Windows program.

I wrote it to automate the creation of scripts for the Premiere Pro clips we (CLR) capture. Then we create scripts to change them from 29.97fps, interlaced... to whatever we need. Then we create a PPro project and use the scripts with AVISynth as source for our AMVs.

Note: I just finished this program, so none of our current releases have used it. However, we have been testing it and it seems to be going well.

If you would like a copy, free, contact me, tajjej, at: tajjej@ev1.net and I can e-mail you a copy. The installer is less than 500k, so it should be easy to receive as an attachment.

Thanks for your time,
tajjej

Dave_911 · Post by **Dave_911** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:45 pm

u.r.awesome

AVIsynth is the only thing i have struggled to understand...and now i dont have to...ok time to email you

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:00 am

Color me intrigued, email sent.

tajjej · Post by **tajjej** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:22 am

Sorry, but as of now, I have not received the e-mail. Please re-send it. Double-check the address: tajjej@ev1.net

Also, don't misunderstand. This program will not create scripts out of the blue. It is intended to automate script production so that you don't have to keep typing the same basic things over and over. It can not analyze your needs or make any judgements. The deafult script template that loads when you first get the program is what I am currently using. The default script template can be set by the user. See the documentation or the "Help | Using" dialog.

This program is to relieve drudge work. If I can, perhaps in the future I will be able to give the program a wizard to help you make some choices about the contents of scripts. But I am just learning them myself. I would not want to lead anyone astray...

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:25 am

What language did you work in?

SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:32 am

im gonna give you an email. I use AVS alot and would like to seew hat your program has to offer.

tajjej · Post by **tajjej** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:17 pm

The program is written in Delphi 7 (pascal).

It is a work in progress. I just made a small change this morning. Anyone who has sent me an e-mail has the latest version: 1.28

I have ideas for changes even now and will start a new thread in the future for any MAJOR changes I make to the program. I am trying to group all requests for the program so I can send updates to all who have asked for the program. If too many come in (ha ha), I will come up with another idea.

At this time, I reply to all e-mails separately so no one gets anyone else’s address. If too many come in. I will check ask for permission to group you into a mailing list.

And, Thank you all for your interest.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:18 pm

Suggestion: a regexp-driven (yes, regexp) way to filter the clips. That way you can look for .d2v, .avi, .mpg,. .mpeg files only or any combination thereof. Yes, the user would need to know regexps, but that's a minor detail. The ability to filter would be incredibly useful.

Suggestion 2: A way to automatically join multple clips in a script. The assumption would be that the clips in question are joinable. A button along like "join clips" might do it.

I can already see where this would be useful, since I've been known to hack together quick little Perl scripts to make a bunch of AVS scripts for me.

tajjej · Post by **tajjej** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:32 pm

Suggestion thoughts: I will check into regexp, whatever that is. In the meantime, you can enter something like: "TMNM*.avi" (no quotes, of course) into the "Name of clip(s)...:" area to do simple filtering. What I may do is provide a group of checkboxes to select one or more filters.

Suggestion 2 thoughts: I have been thinking of something like this since I made my little change this morning. I can see where if I have several little clips the could be joined with a script, it could make it easier to work with them. One clip in Premiere Pro (my editor) instead of two, three or more. Glad to hear others would like this, too. I will try to make this my next change, other than any bugs that may be reported. I think a checkbox for "Join clips" would be easy to do. I just need to verify the syntax for joining clips at the AVISynth website.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:39 pm

regexp=regular expression

They're a UNIX thing, mostly. Kind of like the wildcarding you're familiar with, but far more powerful.