Wrapping .avs into .avi - no success, need to load avs in Handbrake

[Gargalash]

Hello all!
I am trying to wrap an avisynth script into an AVI. My ultimate goal here is to be able to load avs script directly into Handbrake to create extremely valuable shortcuts in my work flow.

I have had no luck with the following tools:
- vfapi
- makeavis (from ffdwshow)
- avs2avi

makeavis makes an avi that only vdub can open.
avs2avi makes an avi that nothing can open.
(software tried are Sony Vegas, vdub, handbrake and VLC).

vfapi has given me trouble since I run a 64bit system. I'm able to run it on avs files, but can't play the created AVIs. I was using this about 3 years ago to solve similar issues.

My questions are:
- Are avs supposed to be supported by a software as much as an avi and if so is there anything specific I should do about it?

- Why are makeavis and avs2avi creating AVIs that have a missing video "codec" named respectively "AVIS" and "AVAV"? vfapi on his side gets me a missing "vifp" error.

I spent quite some time looking for these answers on the web without luck. I hope asking here will provide me with more substance!

Thanks for you help!

[Guest]

Handbrake should open AVS scripts, IIRC.

[johnmeyer]

Try this thread:

Mounting/wrapping AVISynth scripts as AVIs. (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=162006&highlight=vfapi)

[tateu]

Handbrake should open AVS scripts, IIRC.
It does not:
https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=21092
https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17025

I use a custom compiled version that has AviSynth support enabled through Handbrake's FFMpeg input parser but I never got it working fully, it crashes too often. I've always just used the AviSynth Virtual File system method johnmeyer linked to.

[poisondeathray]

I find avfs works for practically everything on 32bit and 64bit windows OS's, even for vegas, premiere, even other NLE's

[hello_hello]

I use avs2avi on an almost daily basis and the AVIs it creates open in every program I've tried.
However I don't understand the process for wrapping a script into an AVI and only scripts which do little more than open the source file seem to work reliably.

You may have more luck using AVFS (http://www.turtlewar.org/avfs/) with the Pismo File Mount Audit Package (http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/)
It's been quite a while since I've used them but once the two are installed I think it's simply a matter of right clicking on your AVS file and selecting "quick mount" and you'll have a "virtual" AVI.

[Gargalash]

Thank you for you replies and sorry for my late intervention. My computer was out of function for many days.

@hello_hello:
What operating system do you use? I have tried here on Win 7 x64 with no luck.

[Gargalash]

I have settled with avfs. A very little bit of filtering in the avs slows the encoding quite a bit in handbrake, but avoiding an intermediate file is a bigger gain!

Thanks for you help!