cce crashing when i add an avs file that has ac3 audio??

[ricflairandy]

i am using cce 2.5 and also avisynth 2.07
i am converting from a divx file that has ac3 audio.
when i create an avs file for the divx the same way as i would any other and add it into cce it crashes cce. avs files for divx movies with mp2 audio are fine.

this was working fine before i upgraded avisynth to 2.07 i was previously using 2.05 i think.

thanks

andy

[Wilbert]

v2.07 isn't supposed to decode AC3 audio. So what do you mean with this
this was working fine before i upgraded avisynth to 2.07 i was previously using 2.05 i think.?
What happened to the audio when reading the avs file in CCE? Btw, you can remove the audio by using AviSource("c:\clip", false).

[Abond]

@ricflairandy
Try to demux the video in Vdub. Open the file, select Audio - no audio, Video-direct stream copy, File-Save as avi. At the end hopefully you will have an avi w/o sound. Try to load this avi in avs.

@Wilbert
You probably didn't understand. ricflairandy doesn't try to decode ac3. But in AviSource("movie.avi") this movie.avi is divx file with ac3 muxed. So if the movie.avi is with mp3 it works.
P.S. Oops I have seen ricflairandy wrote "with mp2". Is this a typo?

[Wilbert]

I meant decompressed. The audio (mp3 v2.07 or AC3 v2.5) will be decompressed after loading it into AviSynth.

[Abond]

Now I don't understand:D . You want to say that if I load a video file which is muxed with audio in avisynth, it will "frameserve" also the audio (as decompressed audio) despite that I don't use app (or avs?) for audio encoding?

[Wilbert]

Yes. Try the following, make an avs file loading divx+mp3 and load the avs in VirtualDub:

(1) set the audio to direct stream copy, video: fast recompress to divx
(2) set the audio to compress to mp3, video: fast recompress to divx

Observe the difference in filesize ...

[ricflairandy]

i am not trying to transcode the audio.

just the video.

its strange because in the past before i upgraded avisynth and fitcd i could transcode divx movies that had ac3 sound attatched no problem., but now it crashes it.

[Abond]

Yes, it is strange.
You have three choices if you still want to encode the file.
1.To follow what I posted.
2. To add KillAudio() to the script.
3. To install the version of avisynth that has no probs.
You can try to load the avs file in Vdub, to see if the crash is in CCE or in avisynth itself.
Good luck.

[ricflairandy]

i will try kill audio and no it doesnt work in virtualdub either

[ricflairandy]

still doesnt work with killaudio

[ricflairandy]

any other ideaS?

[Wilbert]

You have to two choises:

Or you could try to remove the audio with
AviSource("c:\filename.avi",false)

But maybe that fails you have have to demux the audio in VDubMod or Nandub.

[ricflairandy]

how do i demux an avi file?

[Abond]

Start VirtualDubMod (or NanDub). Click File-Open video file. Select your avi. Click Audio tab-Select "no audio". Video tab-select "Direct stream copy". Click File-Save as avi. Give to this avi a name different from your source avi. Click Save. Wait 5-10 min. At the end you hopefuly will have avi video file without sound.
Make a avs script loading this avi in avisynth. Open the avs in VDubMod. Start output video. If failed, the avi video is probably not in order. Maybe it is not bad idea to post here the script.
Good luck!