textsub.vdf won't load

[Happygolucky]

I'm attempting to use Avisynth (latest 2.5 version) to serve TMPGEnc Plus to convert an AVI to MPEG2. I have an srt subtitle file that I want to be permanently encoded on the resulting MPEG2 file. I've done this before without any problem, but for some reason, AVISynth is now telling me that the textsub.vdf file is not a supported avisynth plugin. My script is:

LoadPlugin("c:\program files\VirtualDub\plugins\Textsub.vdf")
AVISource("c:\movies\new.avi",false)
TextSub("c:\movies\new.srt")
ConvertToRGB24()

I get an Avisynth error on the first line saying not a supported plugin. I've reinstalled avisynth and virtualdub (the latest versions), I've installed VobSub, I can play the avi file in Media Player Classic and the subs are displayed. Is there some other reason why avisynth won't load the textsub.vdf plugin?

And yes, I did a search of the forums and could not find an answer to this. I also searched the FAQs.

[mf]

Try VSFilter.dll instead.

[Wilbert]

AVISynth is now telling me that the textsub.vdf file is not a supported avisynth plugin.

It's a vdub plugin which should be loaded with LoadVirtualDubPlugin:
http://www.avisynth.org/index.php?page=AviSynthPlugins

(and you should convert to rgb32 before using the plugin). But I suggest you try the suggestion of mf.

[Happygolucky]

Strange that it worked previously without doing as these suggestions. I've even looked in the guides and all of them clearly show

LoadPlugin("textsub.vdf")

and no mention of LoadVirtualDubPlugin.

I can use the VSFilter.dll and it seems to work ok. Just confused why the textsub.vdf previously worked and doesn't now.

[Aktan]

it is because textsub.vdf is an avisynth filter for version 2.08 and lower. The plugin system changed in version 2.5 + of avisynth.