Using avisynth with mencoder

[Major_Kong]

Is there a way to use mencoder as a "source" for avisynth instead of vfw ?

Something like:

mencoder dvd://2 -nosound -ovc raw -of raw -o | wine avs2yuv.exe script.avs - | mencoder ...

[Selur]

never tried it but it could work
- make a named pipe (mkfifo) e.g. named test.avi
- don't pipe directly to avs2yuv but set the named pipe as output for the mencoder decoder instance
- open the named pipe in you avs scrip
- open the avs script with avs2yuv and pipe to mencoder (or use a named pipe again)

[Major_Kong]

What do i use in the avs script to read from the pipe ?

[Selur]

RawSource might work, you select avi as output in mencoder and use avisource,... (like I said I have never tried this, so any one who can help out is welcome since I use avisynth only under Windows,.. since I don't like the idea of using wine ;))

[Gusar]

Much simpler that to futz with pipes (which may or may not work) would be to rip the DVD, index it with DGIndex then use DGDecode in avisynth. Or use ffmpegsource.

[Selur]

didn't know that:
1. ffmpegsource (a. works under Linux and b. can open DVD on hdd)
2. one could use DGIndex&DGDecode (under Linux without a problem)
-> can someone verify this?

[Major_Kong]

RawSource might work, you select avi as output in mencoder and use avisource,... (like I said I have never tried this, so any one who can help out is welcome since I use avisynth only under Windows,.. since I don't like the idea of using wine ;))

I don't like using wine, but it's a necessity. Ok, maybe not a necessity, i could always boot up windows, but i'm giving wine+avisynth a try first.

RawSource doesn't appear to work, the source filter needs the videofile length.

Or use ffmpegsource.

Ever tried it ?

[Gusar]

didn't know that:
1. ffmpegsource (a. works under Linux and b. can open DVD on hdd)
2. one could use DGIndex&DGDecode (under Linux without a problem)
-> can someone verify this?
I've used ffmpegsource 1.x successfully, I assume ffmpegsource 2.x works too. I didn't try VOBs though, but x264-produced MKVs (to compare different encoding settings in virtualdub - yes, that one works too in wine).

And yeah, DGIndex&DGDecode work perfectly, I've used them in ripping all my DVDs. For the actual "rip" process, DVDFab works and is pretty much the only option for extra-crippled DVDs (like Weeds; oh boy, that one has everything - fake IFOs, corrupted sectors...)

[Major_Kong]

Both solutions would rely on non-native parsers, which is not what i was aiming for... :S