Problems with Gknot! Please help!

[Lui]

I have encoded a movie using Gknot. However when i tried to encode the second time, whenever i do the compressibility check, the check finishes immeaditely, however when i did it the last time, it took almost 5-10min. Because of this whenever i start to encode i get errors. I am attaching the log file. Please help!

[jggimi]

I see a codec failure here:7:05:46 AM: Started DivX5-Single, Quality 20%: F:\SPY_GAME_SCN\VIDEO_TS\Spy_Credits.avs
7:05:46 AM: Finished DivX5-Single, Quality 20%. Duration: 0 seconds.
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7:05:46 AM: Started DivX5-First Pass: F:\SPY_GAME_SCN\VIDEO_TS\Spy.avs
7:05:46 AM: Finished DivX5-First Pass. Duration: 0 seconds.
7:05:46 AM: Trying to open Log-file.
7:05:46 AM: Error: Could not open F:\SPY_GAME_SCN\VIDEO_TS\Spy.log

Zero seconds is one indication of a codec failure; also, the .log file produced by the first pass is mandatory for the second pass.

There are many possible reasons for a DivX 5 codec failure. Here are the two most popular:[list=1] DivX 5 not installed or improperly installed. Often happens when GKnot gets installed *after* DivX 5. Can easily be checked: Start Virtual Dub, Alt....Video....Compression, look for DivX 5 in the list of video codecs.
Something invalid in the .avs script created by Gknot. Usually something about cropping or resizing values, or subtitles. If the codec is not your problem, post your .avs file here (without the "#" lines) for assistance.[/list=1]

[Lui]

Here is the .avs file without the #.

[jggimi]

Ooh, Lui, you removed the marks that made the lines comments, rather than just removing those lines. It rendered the .avs file pretty much unreadable.

I assume, since you attempted to post the .avs, that your codec is installed properly?

[Lui]

Oh! I am really sorry for the misunderstanding:o Here is the file with the lines starting with the # removed. All the movies that are encoded with divx 3.11 and divx 5.02 work perfectly fine and i made sure that the codec is installed properly by checking Virtual Dub.

[jggimi]

I've looked at the script, and don't see anything obvious. Perhaps others can.

One more test. Try opening the .avs file in any .avi player, and preview it. Play a little from the beginning, and also near the end. If it works ... than you know that the problem is not in the .avs, and may be somewhere in the codec.

[Lui]

I tried reinstalling the codec several times but the same problem occurs again and again. I also reinstalled the OS once but no luck.
Please help:(

[jggimi]

Have you tested the .avs script, as I recommended?

If it works, both at the end as well as the beginning, then you know the problem lies elsewhere.

If it fails, then you know it isn't the codec; it's something else, such as AviSynth, or a plugin to AviSynth.