Cannot Load VirtualDub Plugins

[bmnot]

Alright, I'm trying to run a spot removal plugin that I found works very well after running an IVTC on a film and resizing it to 16x9. But When I open my avs file in TMPGEnc or MeGUI every time it tells me that the line where I load the virtualdub plugin is bad, I've seen other people load virtualdub plugins in avisynth this way without problems. I'm probably doing something wrong, can someone help me out. Also, I'd rather not do this in virtualdub and frameserve it, but if I have to do that I guess I will.

#  PLUGINS
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\decomb.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\KernelDeInt.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\UnDot.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\dgbob.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\Convolution3d.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\FluxSmooth.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\TomsMoComp.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\VSFilter.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\SimpleResize.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\AviSynthPlugins\mvtools.dll")

LoadVirtualDubPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\plugins\SpotRemover.vdf","SpotRemover",11)

#  SOURCE
mpeg2source("C:\Users\Derek\Desktop\TheLastManOnEarth.d2v")
#  TO ALL OF YOU AT DOOM9 THIS NEXT LINE JUST DEFINES THE FILE AS A VALUE
#  NAMED SRC ITS USED LATER WITH THE SPOT REMOVAL PLUGIN
SRC = mpeg2source("C:\Users\Derek\Desktop\TheLastManOnEarth.d2v")

#  TRIM
#trim(startframe,endframe)

#  IVTC
Telecide(order=1,guide=1).Decimate()
#  or use
#IVTC(44,11,95)
#GreedyHMA(1,0,4,0,0,0,0,0)

#  DEINTERLACING (1)
#FieldDeinterlace()
#FieldDeinterlace(blend=false)
#TomsMoComp(1,5,1)

#  DEINTERLACING (2)
#KernelDeInt(order=1,sharp=true)
#  or maybe
#DGBob(order=1,mode=0)

#  DEINTERLACING (3) - special requests
#GreedyHMA(1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)
#Telecide()
#SeparateFields()

#  CROPPING
crop(0,60,720,360)

#  SUBTITLES
#VobSub("FileName")

#  RESIZING
LanczosResize(720,480)

#  DENOISING: choose one combination (or none)
Undot()

#  1) little noise
#Temporalsoften(2,3,3,mode=2,scenechange=6)
#mergechroma(blur(1.3))
#FluxSmoothST(5,7)

#  2) medium noise
#Temporalsoften(3,5,5,mode=2,scenechange=10)
#Convolution3d("moviehq") 
#FluxSmoothST(7,7)

#  3) heavy noise
#Temporalsoften(4,8,8,mode=2,scenechange=10)
#Convolution3d("movielq") 
#FluxSmoothST(10,15)

#  BORDERS
#AddBorders(left,top,right,bottom)

#  COMPRESSIBILITY CHECK
#SelectRangeEvery(280,14)

#  FOOL CCEnc
#empty = BlankClip()
#AudioDub(last,empty)

#  SPOT REMOVAL
FLT = SRC.Blur(1.58)
b_vec2 = FLT.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, idx=1)
b_vec1 = FLT.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, idx=1)
f_vec1 = FLT.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, idx=1)
f_vec2 = FLT.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, idx=1)
bf2 = SRC.MVCompensate(vectors=b_vec2, idx=2)
bf1 = SRC.MVCompensate(vectors=b_vec1, idx=2)
ff1 = SRC.MVCompensate(vectors=f_vec1, idx=2)
ff2 = SRC.MVCompensate(vectors=f_vec2, idx=2)
interleave( bf2, bf1, SRC.MVDegrain2(b_vec2,b_vec1,f_vec1,f_vec2,plane=4,thsad=400,idx=1), ff1, ff2 )

#CONVERT TO RGB32
ConvertToRGB32()
SpotRemover("SSI:7 SSC:0 SKW:5 SLI:2 SLC:2 SLD:0 DLS:26 DLC:18 DPC:16 DSF:2 DSD:0 \
MTX:16 MTY:12 MTL:22 MDX:1 MDY:1 MIH:0","")
SelectEvery( 5, 4 )

I'd really appreciate some help on this. Also, the url of the spot removal plugin is http://spotremoverfilter.com It works brilliantly! Check it out. If you know of a better plugin or a better way to do this please let me know.

Thanks in Advance!

Also the film I'm trying to do this on is "The Last Man on Earth" which was filmed in 1964, and has since gone Public Domain, I'd like to fix this film because it's based on the same Richard Matheson novel as I Am Ledgend, it's a good movie.

http://www.archive.org/details/the-last-man-on-earth

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/

[jeffy]

Isn't this a bad usage of SelectEvery?
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.ph...97#post1034397

[AlanHK]

I tried all the cleaners, spot removers etc I could find a while ago, including SpotRemover.vdf, and concluded that removedirt, which is already an Avisynth plugin, gave the best results for me. Also very simple to use.
I usually add a sharpen after.

[Gavino]

Originally Posted by bmnot

the line where I load the virtualdub plugin is bad ...

LoadVirtualDubPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\plugins\SpotRemover.vdf","SpotRemover",11)
...
SpotRemover("SSI:7 SSC:0 SKW:5 SLI:2 SLC:2 SLD:0 DLS:26 DLC:18 DPC:16 DSF:2 DSD:0 \
MTX:16 MTY:12 MTL:22 MDX:1 MDY:1 MIH:0","")

Do you get an error on the LoadVirtualDubPlugin line or on the call to SpotRemover itself?

You cannot use a \ to split a string literal across lines. Either write it all on one line or change it to

SpotRemover("SSI:7 SSC:0 SKW:5 SLI:2 SLC:2 SLD:0 DLS:26 DLC:18 DPC:16 DSF:2 DSD:0" + \
" MTX:16 MTY:12 MTL:22 MDX:1 MDY:1 MIH:0","")

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Gavino

You cannot use a \ to split a string literal across lines.

That's not in his script. It was added by a mod to keep the screen from going too wide for readability.

[bmnot]

I'd like to expriment with RemoveDirt, DeSpot, and similar plugins, which plugins work good paired together, and does anyone have an example script that I could work with?

[AlanHK]

Originally Posted by bmnot

I'd like to expriment with RemoveDirt, DeSpot, and similar plugins, which plugins work good paired together, and does anyone have an example script that I could work with?

RemoveDirt:
Install the RemoveGrain and RemoveDirt packages.
Copy the script function RemoveDirt from the HTML help file, or save it as an avsi in your plugins directory, or load explicitly), then just:

AVISource("clip.avi")
RemoveDirt()
Sharpen(0.7)

(Obviously, sharpen to taste.)
And many options you can tweak, but defaults work for me.