Can't open Avisynth file - error

[Ravenlord]

Hey,

first, i have to say my english is pretty bad, im from germany.

Now to my problem:
I captured a video, 6 GB large. I let it run through dgindex to create one d2v and one mpa file.

I deleted my original 6 GB mpg file. Then i wrote an Avisynth script.
I wanted to load it in meGUI, but i get an error:
Could not open one of the input files. I searched about this error in that forum, and i found one solution, but i cant let it run through dgindex again, cause ive deleted my original file... Is there another way to solve that problem?

[neuron2]

You can't delete your source file! The D2V file is only an index file that has pointers into the original source file. Your only hope is to try to use some system recovery utility to undelete the source file.

[tipo mastr]

Yeah, if you deleted your source, I'm afraid you can't do anything about it. =[

If you have a huge source file, there's a way you can delete it, while only keeping the portion of it that you actually want.

While you're in DGindex, drag the seeker bar to the time on the clip that you want your real video to start. Click the left-most button on the side (it should be like a bracket). This trims out the portion of the video before where you put the seeker bar, so you don't need to go through all of this extra video before the part you want.

Now, if you go to file->save project, you will save a .D2V (and a .mpa) file that STILL NEEDS THE SOURCE, but automatically trims the video to where you wanted it to start.

However, if you go to file->save project and demux video, you will create three files: a .d2v file, a .mpa file, AND a .m2v file. The .m2v file basically acts AS your source, but only the part you wanted. So if you have a 6 gig source, but you only want the last two or three minutes of it, you can have this .m2v file of those two or three minutes, while being able to delete your giant source.

Of course, if there's anything you still need in the video footage before that two or three minutes you wanted, deleting the source file won't help, cause your .m2v file only has the two or three minutes on it.

I've had some problems with getting the script to load with the .m2v file before. I think it's because your .d2v file is still being directed towards your source instead of the .m2v file. There's two ways you can fix this. Firstly, open your .d2v file in notepad. If the address in it is still the original source, change it to the address of the .m2v file.

If this still doesn't work, simply load the .m2v file into DGindex, and then just go to file->save project as normally. This will create a .d2v file that fits with your .m2v file.

Hope that helped. =)

[neuron2]

There's two ways you can fix this. Firstly, open your .d2v file in notepad. If the address in it is still the original source, change it to the address of the .m2v file. That will never work. You shouldn't recommend it!

[Leak]

first, i have to say my english is pretty bad, im from germany.
Well, I guess we all understood you alright, but - Doom9 also has a German forum (http://forum.gleitz.info/) just in case... :)

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