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[some_stars]

I finally got Avisynth working, more or less, and I was able to open an .mkv file in VirtualDub but on closer inspection it was actually kind of crap, so I found another copy of the movie, this one an .mp4 and much nicer. But when I try to open that one with Avisynth in VirtualDub I get this:

"FFVideoSource: Insanity detected: decoder returned an empty frame"

What the actual fuck kind of error message is that. I mean COME ON. Is the mp4 the problem? Because let me tell you, I am not going to spend money on this terrible movie, I will use that weirdly pixelated mkv instead. But I won't be happy about it.

(I will post this query to an actual vidding comm where I am more likely to find assistance, I just...FUCKING COME ON. First I have to uninstall and reinstall Avisynth for no apparent reason and now this? whyyyyyyyy)

Comments

[shati]

I have had shitty luck trying to vid with .mp4s all over the place. Adding seekmode=0

FFVideoSource("filepath.mp4", seekmode=0)

may or may not help, I think it helped me once. Usually I get fed up and download an .mkv, but obviously that's only ideal if there is a good one.

[some_stars]

ooh, I'll try that, thanks. at the moment I'm just pulling clips from the pixely thing because if I don't start vidding I never will, but I'll have to replace them eventually, hopefully.

but omg what even. INSANITY DETECTED. I'll detect some fucking insanity for you, vdub!

[shati]

lolol. As error messages go, it just sounds so CONFUSED. "HOW CAN THIS BE??"

[chagrined]

Randomly from network: I also got a similar issue sometimes, maybe not an empty frame but a frame with some corrupt data. Adding threads=1 to the FFVideoSource call solved my particular problem, anywho.

[some_stars]

...this seems to be working! YOU ARE MAGICAL :D