Need a few Premiere folks to test new frameserver

[DDogg]

Satish just came out with his frameserver for Vegas and also has a test version for Premiere which seems to work perfectly for me, but then I am not much of a Premiere user :)

PM me if you can spend an hour or so over this weekend to test and report anything by Sunday evening. Remember and give me an email address. It is very small so no problem with that. Just a simple file to stick in your plugin dir. (serves both video and audio and avisynth will open the signpost.avi file it generates if desired)

[Wilbert]

and also has a test version for Premiere which seems to work perfectly for me, but then I am not much of a Premiere user
Oh, cool! Sorry, I can't test before sunday evening. But note that such a plugin already exists (see AviSynth faq).

[DDogg]

Yeah, but the old one for Premiere is antiquated and requires, version 1.03 or maybe 1.05 of avisynth. The videotools one is crippled commercial and I think everybody will appreciate the higher level of elegance and simplicity of operation of Satish's work.

Solid, simple, Video and Audio via ACM. Output signpost compatible with Avisynth 2.5x and will load directly into CCE (even badboy 2.50) with no problems. And of course it is free at this stage.

Oh, I forgot to mention, another version for ULEAD MediaPro will probably be out in a week or so unless Satish runs into something not forcast.

[zeus163]

I wouldn't mind trying this out. I am pretty much an avisynth noob, but have been experimenting with some scripts that I like and if I can feed them straight to CCE from Premiere with this plug-in, I'd like to give it a go.

I'm sure I'll have some further questions about this, but like the possibilities and I was never quite happy with the Premiere Plug-in Server not the older avisynth.

My email is: zeus163@attbi.com

thanks!

[DDogg]

zeus163, you got mail and please let me know how it goes.

[zeus163]

I sent you an email, but this is what I get when I pull the file in:
Couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc DFSC then shows where my avisynth script is located.
This is my script:
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth2\plugins\DecombLegacy.dll")
LoadPlugin("c:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\Mpeg2dec.dll")
Avisource("C:\kimmel.avi")
Telecide()
BicubicResize(704,430)
AddBorders(8,25,8,25)
ResampleAudio(44100)
That was what I used when I saved it to the C directory. However, if I just pull the dummy .avi file it creates into CCE then it recognizes it.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here.

I've got to go watch fish now.
More later.
edit 1
Wait. Do I have to use avisynth 2.5 with this or the earlier version? I should probably bite the bullet and uninstall 2.7 and then install 2.51 and get the modified mpeg2dec file. Or is that my problem?
edit 2
OK, I installed avisynth 2.5 got the modified mpeg3dec.dll and changed the add audio part and while I can pull the script into CCE as soon as I use the script with the .avi file I'm frameserving the time and frames are not recognized. So, I'm not sure where to proceed at this point. I must be missing a minor step.
edit 3
Still no go and now I'm using avisynth 2.08 that the newest version of DVD2SVCD installed (I had a choice). I'd love to be able to use this, but I'm not sure where my problem is.

[DDogg]

Just to verify, kimmel.avi is the frameservered file from Pemiere, correct? And it will load into CCE and encode, correct?

What happens when you use a basic avisource statement in Avisynth and load it into CCE? Like this:

Avisource("C:\kimmel.avi")
#for avisynth 2.51
addaudio()
#assuming you put addaudio.avsi in your 2.5 plugin directory

[zeus163]

OK. Thanks for your response. I re-installed Avisyth 2.51 this morning, made sure the addaudio.avsi was in the plug-in directory (I had it there last night). Can 2.08 and 2.51 peacefully co-exist on the same machine as now all my old avisynth scripts will not work.

The first thing I tried was encoding the kimmel.avi that is the frameserved file into CCE. It is accepted and has the correct frames and time data. However, I it will not encode. I did not try that last night.

I then tried this:
Avisource("C:\kimmel.avi")
addaudio()

Still no go.

I must be doing something that is major bonehead at this point as it should work. Sorry about this.

[DDogg]

er, <cough>, you did uncheck the audio checkbox in CCE (what version?) when using the Avisynth script?However, it will not encodeGotta tell me what happens to cce when you press encode. Vanish, error message, lock up?

[zeus163]

Does this work with Avisynth 2.08? I prefer that version or is it meant to only work with Avisynth 2.51?

I re-installed 2.51 and pulled my frame-served file into CCE 2.64 (no script). The file shows up perfectly. As soon as I hit encode, the encode screen flashes for a brief second and then it's back to the main screen. The file it created was non-working (WMP tried downloading a codec for it!). I just tried this again making sure I unchecked the audio checkbox and the same thing happens.

I then pulled the same .avi frameserved file into CCE 2.5, again it is accepted, I uncheck the audio, and hit encode. Before the encoding screen can come up, CCE 2.5 gives an error message, "Couldn't find appropriate video codec for 'DFSC'.

I successfully use CCE on other files. I think my codecs should work for what I have in there.

Then I tried the basic avisynth script mentioned below: CCE 2.5:
Avisource("C:\kimmel.avi")
addaudio()
CCE 2.5 crashes when I pull the script into it. CCE 2.64 accepts it, but lists the wrong data for it and says it is only 10 seconds long when it is 46 seconds long. CCE 2.66 also shows the exact same as 2.64.

Thanks for your help. I hope I can get this to work right.

[DDogg]

Hmm, I may have screwed up and not sent you all the files. Just emailed you a setup file. Install that also and let's forget about avisynth right now until we get CCE working with the straight FS'ed avi. Just load the signpost(whatever you called it).avi file in CCE and let me know what happens (after you install the additional files I sent you.

Oh, and never fear, it will work just fine and solid as a rock. I think the problem was caused by me misunderstanding something about the installation and if so I apologize.

[zeus163]

Thanks! That solved the trick for the basic files, but I can't seem to get telecide() to work in the scripts. I sent you an email of one that worked and one that did not.

thanks for your help with this. I like what I see so far, I just hope I can get this working with telecide().

[DDogg]

I don't know what your source is based upon. Since it is coming from Premiere it may be you would be better served by using fielddeinterlace()if you are just trying to deinterlace. Telecide is for hybrid sources. Anyway that is beyond the scope of this thread. I'll look at the email and see if I can help in any way.

Glad you got it working and again, sorry I did not get you all the correct files the first time.

[zeus163]

My source files for this project are dv files. I have a digital cable box and I use my digital 8 camera as a middle man through my firewire and captured with Scenelyzer. I think I tried the fielddeinterlace() at one time and liked the results of telecide() better. But like you said, that's not the point of this thread.

I do like the plug-in. I just hope I can get all scripts working with it.

[Wilbert]

Yeah, but the old one for Premiere is antiquated and requires, version 1.03 or maybe 1.05 of avisynth. The videotools one is crippled commercial and I think everybody will appreciate the higher level of elegance and simplicity of operation of Satish's work.

Sorry. There exists a free AviSynth --> Premiere plugin, but that was not what you are talking about. My mistake ...

[DDogg]

Looks like things are preceeding well. Satish is building on his core work and will soon (unless something unforseen)release new or improved versions for Vegas, Premiere, After Effects, and ULead Media Studio Pro.