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Old 19th November 2015, 15:15   #3128  |  Link
nekrovski
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Originally Posted by LigH View Post
Why do you prefer DirectShowSource, despite all recommendations to use it only when native AviSynth plugins (like DGDec*, L-SMASH Source or FFMS2) fail?

Such a crash is probably caused by issues with an installed DirectShow filter or DirectShow as a whole (Windows 10 is going to deprecate it). Native AviSynth decoders don't depend on installed DirectShow filters. Furthermore, DirectShow filters are not always tuned for optimal quality, sometimes instead for performance with possible quality loss, down to skipped frames (which will ruin your conversion).

Native plugins will just have a little disadvantage that they usually need an index file being generated. But in general, their reliability is better today than ever before.
Thanks for your reply.
I use DirectShow because that's how I was taught several years back after following a tutorial.
Now, you recommend I should click File indexer?
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