having severe problems installing avisynth

[Smiff]

System - Duron 1.2Ghz, 512MB, Win2kSP3

Have got AviSynth to work (show Version(), etc.) twice but it's very random.. i have tried uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling, rebooting, rebooting, rebooting some more....

Media players hang.

Virtualdub gives:
"Avisynth open failure:
Avisynth: script open failed!"

I've read the docs, i'm not normally stupid, I'm stumped. Someone please help, ask for any info i need to give, i have no clue.

[sh0dan]

Try installing 2.05 (which has manual install), and see if that helps.

If so, try installing 2.06 on top of that.

You should not have to reboot at any time.

Edit: You can also download a non-install version from the CVS build page (http://cultact-server.novi.dk/kpo/avisynth/avs_cvs.html)

[Smiff]

yeah hi i have tried 2.05 and 2.06 (mostly 2.06), didn't make any difference which i used. I have a fair bit of audio/video editing related software on my computer, im thinking it must be something interfering somehow but can't think what, i've tried shutting down all non-essential apps...

[Smiff]

i managed to open a d2v via avisynth in vdub once, it was all nicely cropped and resized, very impressive... exactly what i wanted, but i was only able to do it once, since then i get that error. Most odd/frustrating/weird.

[sh0dan]

Could this help (http://www.avisynth.org/index.php?page=Section+2%3A+AviSynth+and+frameserving)

or

Koepis directx fix? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27932)

[Smiff]

thanks, but i can't even run "Version()" without hanging any media player (WMP6.4, ZoomPlayer etc.) so i think this is a more fundamental problem. I have seen the version info returned a few times... i haven't changed anything between attempts afaik. Everything else on my PC works perfectly. I might have to try with VFAPI again, which is a sh*g :/ I want to get into Avisynth.

[Smiff]

I tried another PC (WinXP), works fine. Except, i need it on my PC :). I'll try another.

Can anyone tell me what DLLs or Dshow components or anything else avisynth may be using/intereacting with at all?

[sh0dan]

I honestly have no idea what could be causing it - your vfw must be seriously fux0red up. Could be a registry problem, could be a bad dll (that some weird program installed) - or it could be something simpler - I have no idea. But if a manual install does help... I'm lost! Anyone??? :confused: :confused:

[Smiff]

By "manual install" you just mean copying avisynth.dll into C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\ and running install.reg included yes?

Well that made no difference - edit seems ok now, hmm, see below

But, version 1.0beta3 works fine (!). Can anyone point me to an archive of Avisynth releases so i can try to find the most recent version that works? Thanks.

[Smiff]

ok i found the recent archive at SF, working through every version from 2.0.1 up, i found they all worked until i got to 2.0.6. So let's go back to 2.0.5 and hope that still works (!)

EDIT: yep works, also a manual install of the latest version from http://cultact-server.novi.dk/kpo/avisynth/avs_cvs.html works - is there some pathname issue with AVIsynth that everyone knows about and i'm a right idiot for not knowing about? I've just made a complete prat of myself here haven't i :/

Conclusion (for now): as long as i don't use the installer that came with version 2.0.6 - or as long as i use the uninstaller - Avisynth works fine. (Anyone got any ideas why?!)

[trbarry]

I wonder if 2.06 automatically installs a plugins folder of things to be auto loaded and that folder contains something insideous on your machine?

- Tom

[matrix]

Sorry for the intrusion... I have a question, hope it't the right place to ask.
The plugins folder created by 2.06 is supposed to be empty?
Shouldn't it contain all the plugins?.. cos I downloaded it, installed it and the folder is empty.


Thank You

[cult]

it should be empty I think.You place them there after you download them,in order to load them automaticaly

[sh0dan]

If there already is a plugin directory on the computer, it isn't touched, but the setting remain the same.

When uninstalling AviSynth, you get the option of removing the registry entry - when AviSynth is installed after that, it will default to a new directory.

[Wilbert]

@Smiff,

Try removing AviSynth completely from your system (run the uninstaller of v2.06, run the uninstall.reg of the old versions. Remove every other AviSynth.dll from your computer (even it is in another dir.). Finally open your registry file and remove every (remaining) line containing AviSynth and AviSynth2 manually. Reboot and run the installer of v2.06.

[Smiff]

Sorry i appreciate your replies and i _will_ get to the bottom of this, but for now i'm having fun using AviSynth so i don't want to mess with it right now :) (i'm using it from a manual install and loading plugins in the script, no reg entry).