Frameserving?

[kodde]

What is frameserving anyway and why is it needed?

[jggimi]

Frameserving is the name given to get video frames from one format -- such as a .vob stream, into another format, such as .avi, for use by some encoding tool.

AviSynth is a good example of a frameserving tool. AviSynth files (.avs files) are text files that can be edited with a text editor, such as Notepad. They act just like .avi video files when opened by an .avi player or an encoder that can use .avi video as input. The script can have cropping, resizing, subtitling, temporal smoothing, and other "filters" -- all acting on the video when the .avs file is loaded into a player or encoder.

Gordian Knot is a popular encoding suite for producing DivX .avi files from dvd. It uses two frameserving tools. AviSynth, as mentioned, and DVD2AVI. DVD2AVI project files (.d2v) are used to extract the MPEG2 video stream from the .vob set by AviSynth.

[kodde]

thanks

[ammck55]

Up until now, the frameserver tab was just something that I made sure the defaults were set properly in according to my D2S guide. After reading this post, I'm beginning to get a faint inkling of what Avisynth actually does. The Master of Misinformation strikes again!

ammck55