Problem: Green output (yes i know, not again^^)

[morty]

Hi folks, got that green picture when trying to convert an AVI to DVD.
Already searched for a solution here but none seems to help.
The AVI plays ok in WMP and was rewritten with VirtualDub.
I tried a lot of settings (e.g. convert to YUV or RGB) and tried CCE (with or without d2sroba and custom template with no filters) and TMPGEnc. All the same the final mpv show me a green video, as does the preview screen.
Also tried the different AviSynth Versions since that helped me out with another problem (colors were kinda inverted) earlier.
I guess since the AVI plays ok in a player it should not be a problem with codecs, but i installed new ffdshow and XVID nevertheless.
Somebody knows some help?


WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
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- 13.05.2004 19:30:50
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2DVD ver. 1.2.2 build 1
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...audio part left out....
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- 13.05.2004 20:18:41
- Free on drive h: 97237.26 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 4546875788
AudioSectors: 193740260
VideoPAPO: 67432392
ScanOffsetBytes: 298418
SeqAligningBytes: 18966090
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 4266438624.50
Seconds: 7964.80
CalcMPEGStream: 4266438624.50
Frames: 198945
CDSize: 4350.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 4346.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 198945
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 3
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: One Pass VBR
Q. Factor: 5
Min. bitrate: 2000
Max. bitrate: 4285
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic (no borders, encoded as 16:9)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\AVISYN~1.5PL\Mpeg2dec\MPEG2D~1.DLL")
AVISource("C:\Image\divx\m2.avi",audio=false)
ConvertToYUY2()
BilinearResize(720,576)
----AVS End----

[DDogg]

do a search on "swapuv" I think that may have something to do with it.

[morty]

The swapuv procedure would have corrected my last problem with some distorted colors (which i solved by using avisynth 2.0 instead of 2.5).
But this time, it's no distortion problem, the whole picture is plain green with nothing else at all. Just green with some artifacts every few seconds.

[Nick]

Does the preview window work or is this green as well?

[morty]

Originally posted by morty
All the same the final mpv show me a green video, as does the preview screen.

Yep preview is green, too.

[Manngo]

I think you have a codec problem.
I met with this when encoded with TMPEG and source was Xvid.
Installing ffdshow solve this. I would also recomend to uninstall the Xvid codec, unless you encode avis. There are some incompatibility issues.

[morty]

Hm i guess ffdshow installs the XVid codec by itsself, but maybe i'm mistaken. I'll give it a try.

[Nick]

Open Avisynth.ini in Notepad (you will find it in your D2S installation folder). Ensure DVD2SVCD is NOT running.

In the Global section of avisynth.ini, replace

AVIReader=AVISource(!filename,audio=false)

with

AVIReader=DirectShowSource(!filename,^framerate,audio=false)

and resave.

Now launch DVD2SVCD, load up your AVI and try a preview.
If it works, do a conversion.

EDIT: If anyone else tries this, if it doesn't work for you, do remember to reinstate the original line in the ini file ! :)

[morty]

Hui thanx alot Nick, it worked your way :D
Any disadvantages running the stuff through the directshowfilter?

[Nick]

Not that i've found yet. Basically, the author implemented it in the pre-release versions for beta testers and it seemed to cause some problems. So it was changed back in the release version. However, some of the bugfixes that were made prior to release seem to have corrected the problems with using DirectShowSource.

It may get changed back in a later version, we'll see.

In the meantime, give it a workout - let us know if you find any issues :)