best way to frameserv?

[cardboardguard]

I've basically ruled out virtualdub as a frameserver, as it never actually seems to carry through with resizing when i apply the filters.

i'm new to avisynth, but so far the results aren't too shabby, nothing to complain about.

i'm wondering which is a better way though, to frameserv with avisynth, or to use link2 to create an avi?

it'd be nice to have input from people who have done both, and know which works better or worse and why. if not that, just then i guess i'd just like to know how people generally do it for their svcds?

thanks in advance - cbg

[Head Hunter]

Link2 should only be used when the encoding program doesn't accept AVS files, such as CCE 2.62.

[poopity poop]

If you have a lot of Hard drive space have virtualdub make a huffYUV .avi. Then load that into CCE. This way you will have a file that is exact and mpeg-2 compression will be VERY fast.

[nitro]

Originally posted by cardboardguard
I've basically ruled out virtualdub as a frameserver, as it never actually seems to carry through with resizing when i apply the filters.

[snip]

Funnily enough I never use anything else but virtualdub, I just do all the resizing etc in TMPEGENC. The one filter I do use in vdub is the deinterlace which works very well. For me anyway.

regards

[poopity poop]

plain ans simple:
Avisynth is the best frame serving tool as it works in RBG space and is therefore faster. You can do EVERYTHING that vdub does AND more. I'm not just saying that...
You can resize, adjust brightness, add audio, resample audio, add vdub filters, iVTC, deinterlace, change "levels", ANYTHING. And it can do many things vdub can't
You can load avisynth into almost anything, same wiht virtualdub, which is a good frameserver, its just actually slower than avisynth I've tested it

[josiba]

I'm not an expert but I think you've made a mistake here: avisynth is not faster because it works in RGB space, but because it works also in YUY2 space, this is what makes it faster!

Avisynth has a lot of great features, it just isn't as easy to use as virtualdub.