Avisynth Studio v1.2 Beta (OpenSource Avisynth NLE)

[buzzqw]

Originally Posted by teejee2008

I love programming. I could do this for free all my life
However if people are willing to donate then it will help me give more time to this project.

you got mine donation

BHH

[MJ Peg]

Originally Posted by teejee2008

@ MJ Peg
My main focus right now is to implement basic features that one would expect from a video editor. After that I'll focus on the eye candy. Those screenshots look awesome. I'm not sure I can come up with something as good as that. I'll see what I can do

LOL, nobody expects that overnight, hehe.

It's taken JT a year and a half to get that far with OpenShot

I'll be impressed with whatever you do, I'm sure - it's more than I could. Cheers

[Nightshiver]

Could you also possibly add some kind of function like AvsP's where you can just enter in filter's and their commands and the program will automatically filter the video on the next frame? Great program so far!

[Gavino]

This looks promising, but trying it out for the first time (v1.1 beta), I experienced the following problems:

1. Bass add-on DLLs complain (all 13 of them, twice each!) that the main Bass.dll is not v2.3. It seems the main dll is v2.4 and the add-ons are v2.3.

2. When splitting a clip, the first part is lost and you get two copies of the second part. The generated script gives them both the same name, so the first is effectively lost.

Also, how about an option to put the plugins somewhere else (and load them explicitly when needed)? I would rather not have my plugins folder full of stuff I rarely use.

[tebasuna51]

Originally Posted by Gavino

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1. Bass add-on DLLs complain (all 13 of them, twice each!) that the main Bass.dll is not v2.3. It seems the main dll is v2.4 and the add-ons are v2.3.

Yes, please teejee2008 replace the 2.3 versions with this ones v2.4 downloaded today from http://www.un4seen.com/

And other users must replace also, if want use these audio decoders.

[teejee2008]

Sorry about the dlls. I didn't check the versions. Download the update and copy the dlls manually into avisynth's plugin folder.

Download v1.2 Update Only (600 kB)
Download v1.2 Full (5 MB)

[teejee2008]

Avisynth Studio v1.2 Beta

Changes:

[fixed] splitting a clip can generate a bad script
[fixed] bass audio dlls were not all same version
[fixed] if the video is playing, clicking on the scale does not change the playback position
[fixed] on splitting a clip the new clips may not have unique IDs (rare case)
[change] only important plugins will be copied into Avisynth's plugin folder

Note:

* This beta fixes some serious bugs. If you are using v1.1 then please update to 1.2.
* If you have used v1.1 then please copy the bass audio dlls from the Plugins folder into Avisynth's plugins folder. You will have to do this manually.
* Only important plugins will be copied into Avisynth's plugin folder. If you want to use any other plugin, you will have to copy it manually.

Download v1.2 Update Only (600 kB)
Download v1.2 Full (5 MB)

[teejee2008]

Originally Posted by Gavino

2. When splitting a clip, the first part is lost and you get two copies of the second part. The generated script gives them both the same name, so the first is effectively lost.

Download the update. It should fix the problem.

Originally Posted by Gavino

Also, how about an option to put the plugins somewhere else (and load them explicitly when needed)? I would rather not have my plugins folder full of stuff I rarely use.

I'll add this option next time.

[Zarxrax]

I'm getting much less errors than I did before. However if I press the "play" button, after a few seconds of processing, it will pop up an unhandled exception.

Error in the application.
-2147467262 (E_NOINTERFACE)
   at Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback.Video.Open(String fileName, Boolean autoRun)
   at Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback.Video..ctor(String fileName)
   at AvisynthStudio.frmMain.ReloadDSClip()
   at AvisynthStudio.frmMain.TogglePlayPause()
   at AvisynthStudio.frmMain.cmdPlayPause_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Some other comments:
- I would second the idea of not copying the plugins into the users avisynth folder. AviSynth studio can keep its plugins in its own folder, and use LoadPlugin() to load them.
- I think the "project menu" could be merged into the file menu, unless you plan to add a lot more stuff to them. It just seems that something like importing a file would naturally fit under the "file" menu.
- I REALLY like how you can zoom in/out of the timeline by dragging on that white bar. I think the user should have someplace where they can click and drag to move the timeline cursor though. Perhaps you can put a little thing at the top of the cursor that can be clicked and dragged.
- It really needs to display whatever frame you currently have the timeline cursor set to.

[mikeytown2]

Awesome stuff! I don't know what your doing for resizing but I strongly recommend integrating my 2 scripts: KenBurnsEffect & ZoomBox. I can explain to you how everything works, but in short it allows for resizing & keeps the aspect ratio by either cropping or adding black bars. For a script it's fairly powerful & it only does 2 operations to the clip one to add borders, the other to resize the clip. For a NLE it would be a great fit.

[teejee2008]

Originally Posted by Zarxrax

I'm getting much less errors than I did before. However if I press the "play" button, after a few seconds of processing, it will pop up an unhandled exception.

This program has not been tested on win7. I'll let you know if I find the problem.

Originally Posted by Zarxrax

- I would second the idea of not copying the plugins into the users avisynth folder. AviSynth studio can keep its plugins in its own folder, and use LoadPlugin() to load them.

I'll do that in next version

Originally Posted by Zarxrax

- I think the "project menu" could be merged into the file menu, unless you plan to add a lot more stuff to them. It just seems that something like importing a file would naturally fit under the "file" menu.

I'm planning to add more options like "Encode", etc. The encode option will use FFmpeg to encode the project into an AVI/MKV file.

Originally Posted by Zarxrax

- I REALLY like how you can zoom in/out of the timeline by dragging on that white bar.

I like it too Got the idea from Pinnacle Studio.

Originally Posted by Zarxrax

I think the user should have someplace where they can click and drag to move the timeline cursor though. Perhaps you can put a little thing at the top of the cursor that can be clicked and dragged.

You can move the play cursor by clicking on the scale (without dragging), but it can be inconvenient. I'll add a draggable cursor later.

Originally Posted by Zarxrax

- It really needs to display whatever frame you currently have the timeline cursor set to.

When you make any change to the timeline the video has to be reloaded and the display will stop showing the correct frame. Reload the video using "Play" button and it will show the correct frame after that.

[teejee2008]

@mikeytown2

I was looking for a plugin like this! Thanks. I'll add it soon

[Zarxrax]

Originally Posted by teejee2008

When you make any change to the timeline the video has to be reloaded

Is that true? I know some plugins, such as tbilateral, offer a gui where you can adjust settings in realtime without having to reload the script. Perhaps that works differently though?

[teejee2008]

yes its true. each time the script changes the video has to be reloaded to see the changes. its not easy to adjust settings and view the changes in real-time.

[MadRat]

Is there a way to choose between DirectShowSource and some other media input filter like AVISource of FFVideoSource? If not, how hard would it be to add it as a preference?

[MJ Peg]

What are your thoughts about VLC Movie Creator, which will be a free bit of competition for your editor?

http://linuxcrunch.com/content/early-look-vlmc

Will you keep going, for your own satisfaction?

[Zarxrax]

Originally Posted by MJ Peg

What are your thoughts about VLC Movie Creator, which will be a free bit of competition for your editor?

http://linuxcrunch.com/content/early-look-vlmc

Will you keep going, for your own satisfaction?

I wouldn't get too excited over that until it is actually released. There have been countless failed video editors over the years, so I'll believe it when I see it. And, even if it does turn out to be a great piece of software, I'm sure Avisynth Studio will be still be able to offer something a little different. So, I would hope he keeps developing this

[teejee2008]

I'm waiting for its release in Feb. If VLMC turns out to be better (I'm sure it will be), then I will be very happy. There very few free video editors out there with a decent number of features and a good interface. VLMC will be cross-platform and since its based on VLC it should support almost every audio/video format without any problems.

As far as my program is concerned, I'll keep working on it as long as I have time and interest. I have made a number of programs in the past but I stopped developing them after I lost interest. So I can't say anything about the future.

[tin3tin]

I hope that the VLMC stuff will not disencourage you. What you have been doing so far isn't just another iMovie or Windows Movie Maker clone, but an Avisynth interface with NLE capabilities which will be much more powerful than most NLE's.

And when you eventually will combine your encoder to your NLE you will have a pretty mature app, which will for sure be used by avisynth scripters and more importantly the code intimidated crowd.

The coolest thing about your project is that you present something which is actually usable and your fast development pace. There has been too many hot air projects around which never released anything. That's proberly the reason that most people are a bit reluctant, when someone announces a new floss NLE in the making.

I really hope you don't give up. When it comes to donations in the NLE field take a look at OpenShot Video(Linux). They get around 300-400$ a month and they only released version 1.0 a few days ago.

[JoeH]

Originally Posted by tin3tin

I hope that the VLMC stuff will not disencourage you. What you have been doing so far isn't just another iMovie or Windows Movie Maker clone, but an Avisynth interface with NLE capabilities which will be much more powerful than most NLE's.

I fully agree, and I should add I and I'm sure many others would be more than willing to pay for a good AviSynth NLE. It is a concept with so much potential that no one has exploited yet. I don't know what you think about paid software, but I would much rather have an AviSynth NLE that you need to buy than no AviSynth NLE at all!