Problem with Avisynth

[EmpireSB]

I'm having a problem with avisynth 2.0.8. When I try to open my script with Windows Media Player I get this message, "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file." When I try to open it with VirtualDub I get this message, "AVI Import Filter Error: (Unknown)(80040154)."

My script is as simple as it gets...

AviSource("c:\myclip.avi")

I didn't have any trouble opening these scripts until I reformatted my computer, but I don't see how that would prevent it from not opening. I'm new to scripting and have no clue. Thank you for your help.

[neutrogenik]

2.0.8 is outdated.

Please install AviSynth 2.5.7 Alpha2 [April 2nd]- DIAG Release! (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=109477). The installer in this release has been doctored to give much more diagnostic information on this type of failure.

[foxyshadis]

If you just freshly installed, you'll probably need xvid or ffdshow w/ raw video turned on (in dshow and vfw), or turn virtualdub's raw video import on. Otherwise you'll still have trouble with unknown formats (YUY2 and YV12).

[EmpireSB]

Now, after updating and installing xvid and ffshow, when I try to open my script with Windows Media Player I get this message, "Your computer is running low on memory. Quit other programs, and then try again." I get this when the computer isn't running low memory... When I try to open it with VirtualDub I get this message, "Avisynth open failure: avisynth: script open failure!

[EmpireSB]

Anyone else have any advice? Thanks.

[Wilbert]

What happens if you open the script

Version()

in VirtualDub?

[EmpireSB]

I get this error message, "Avisynth open failure: avisynth: script open failure!"

[foxyshadis]

Delete everything in your plugins folder (well, move it to another temp folder). It sounds like either a bad script or a bad plugin causing loading problems. Then, if it now works, try to narrow it down to one specific file.

[EmpireSB]

Yes, I have version 2.5.7 installed. The version scripts now works in VirtualDub.

I did a new script...

AviSource("C:\Documents and Settings\ESB\My Documents\Up in Smoke without Music Complete.avi")

...and got this message now when I try to open it with Windows Media Player.

"Avisynth open failure: AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc dvsd (C:\Documents and Settings\ESB\My Documents\Up in Smoke without Music Complete.avs, line 1)

Did I write the script wrong?

[foxyshadis]

Nope, just means you didn't enable DV encoding in FFDshow's vfw config.