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updated 2 November 2007           current version 0.0.2.0 beta


Bugs / Known Problems
System Requirements
Viewer trouble
AviSynth Versions
Contact Me
FAQ

Bugs & Known Problems

This page is the start of a support page devoted to resolving some of the issues a user may have when using FilmCutter.  For now you can see a very incomplete bugs / issues page @ bugs.html

System Requirements

  • Windows 98 or newer
  • DirectX 9.0 or newer
  • AviSynth 2.5, 2.57 or newer for full support

Viewer Trouble

If you have trouble viewing YV12 output try a different decompressor.

Problems when using Direct Show Viewer:

  • This viewer can be a real memory hog with AviSynth.  If your videos are long try using SetMemoryMax(32) or (16) if your running short of memory.  The viewer will account for between 15 and 20 Meg worth of memory.  You may find however that when working with long lists of still images inside AviSynth that SetMemoryMax(256) may not be enough.

  • If you work with very long scripts (over 500,000 frames), FilmCutter may become frame inaccurate.

  • Some media types may or may not play or load into the media viewer mode of the program.

Almost all of my time spent working with the direct show interface has been aimed at providing a solid and felixable viewer for AviSynth scripts.  If a few lines of code can allow the user to open mpeg, wmv or vob files, I can keep you from needing to opening another program thereby speeding things up a little.  I'm not really trying to develop a play all media types player.

AviSynth Versions

A feature added to AviSynth in version 2.52 which allows a program like FilmCutter to gather a list of internal and external / plug-in functions has been broken, see version support details below. Although filter / function names became available the parameter string for externals (plug-ins) was still not working in version 2.56, but is fixed in the 2.57

  • 2.52
    external filter function names no parameter support
  • 2.53
    external filter function names no parameter support or broken
  • 2.54
    external filter function names no parameter support or broken
  • 2.55
    internal and plug-in function name lookup working can read internal function parameters, plug-in function parameters broken, alternate names for externals added also (example: DGDecode_MPEG2Source).
  • 2.56
    internal and plug-in function name lookup working can read internal function parameter, plug-in function parameters broken, alternate names for externals also.
  • 2.57
    all working, thanks Alexander Balakhnin (aka Fizick)

Contact Information

comments trouble

I love to blab about my program, so what are you waiting for.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why no title or menu bar?
Because I don't like them.  It is easier to write a program that uses title bars and menu bars, working without them requires more code, the point being their omission is not an error.  I think FilmCutter's look is distinctive enough you should be able to recognize it without a title bar.

Of most importance to me is they simply subtract usable window space.  I also think context sensitive menus are more productive.  The code required to provide both options (with or without) is a bit of a waste.