Convert videos to 60fps (Updated 21 May 2015)

May 19, 2010 / SubJunk / 1,250 Comments

Sections:

Introduction
Purpose
Instructions
Final Thoughts
FAQ
Thanks
Changelog

Introduction:

Many modern TVs now include an extra frames feature, usually either 120Hz or 240Hz. This just means they take the source video, which is usually between 24-30FPS, and add new, interpolated frames between the original frames that make the motion look much more smooth.

High framerate (HFR at 48fps) was used in The Hobbit and will be used in upcoming films like the Avatar sequels, so why not watch all your movies at higher framerates?

A lot of people don’t realize this, but 99% of TVs made before this feature was introduced are actually capable of displaying 50FPS and 60FPS, and of course most LCD monitors display 60FPS as well.

This tutorial will allow you to convert videos of any framerate to higher framerates; 25FPS becomes 50FPS and 24/30FPS becomes 60FPS by default, or you can specify whichever framerate you want.

This script offers greater quality than any televisions I have seen.

I’m sure many people will want to see how well this script works, so here’s a comparison:
Original File
Converted File

Note: This can now be done in realtime using Universal Media Server!

Purpose:

This post provides instructions on how to easily convert any video to 60FPS, which allows you to take advantage of this feature of modern TVs on your computer monitor or TV without actually buying anything.

Step 1:

The files needed for this step are found in this zip folder (~3MB).

Run and install the file AviSynth.exe.
It is an early version of AviSynth 2.6 that is more stable and faster for multithreading than 2.5 releases.

Download and install MeGUI, run it, let it update all the things it wants to and import all of the presets.

Optional Tip: If you want MeGUI to update to the very latest stuff (at your own risk) you can push ctrl+s, go to the Extra Configuration tab, and in the Auto Update section select “Use development update server”

Close MeGUI and extract the files in the tools folder from our zip file into your MeGUI tools folder, which for most people will be either C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\ or C:\Program Files\MeGUI\tools\.

Step 2:

Download and install MKVToolnix.
When that is installed, run MKVMerge (Start Menu -> All Programs -> MKVToolnix -> mkvmerge GUI).

You will also need codecs installed. If you don’t already have them I recommend K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. If you install K-Lite, make sure to select “Profile 9: Lots of Stuff” during installation.

Step 3:

Start MeGUI again. You should be left with a window that looks similar to this:

Step 4:

Push ctrl+r, or go to Tools -> AVS Script Creator.
Now you should see something like this:

Step 5:

Click the Config button next to Avisynth profile.
It should look like this:

Step 6:

Click the New button down the bottom and type 60FPS in the name box, so it should look like this:

Step 7:

Now for the script that will do the actual 60FPS conversion.
Just copy and paste the following code into the text input area.

Cores=4 SetMemoryMax(512) SetMTMode(3,Cores) PluginPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\" LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"svpflow1.dll") LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"svpflow2.dll") Import(PluginPath+"InterFrame2.avsi") <input>.ConvertToYV12() SetMTMode(2) <deinterlace> <crop> <denoise> <resize> InterFrame(Cores=Cores)

Important note #1: Make sure the path on the third line is correct.
For example, if you are running 32-bit Windows, you will need to modify the path to “Program Files” instead.

Important note #2: You should change the number “4” in the script (on line 1) to your number of CPU cores. If you don’t know how many cores your CPU has just Google your CPU and you should be able to find the specs somewhere, or 4 should be fine anyway.

Important note #3: If you have a video card, you can improve quality by adding “GPU=true” to the script. However, it may make encoding time slower, so take that into account.
So InterFrame(Cores=Cores) would turn into InterFrame(Cores=Cores, GPU=true)
If you do this, you may also need to go into your MeGUI tools folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\x264) and rename the file opencl.dll to opencl.dll.bak. This will let MeGUI use the version of opencl.dll that your video card drivers have installed, instead of the generic one from MeGUI.

Important note #4: This script always outputs either 50FPS or 59.94FPS (60FPS) for compatibility reasons. If you want to always double the framerate instead, so that for example 23.976FPS turns into 47.952FPS (48FPS), you can use the “FrameDouble” parameter.
So InterFrame(Cores=Cores) would turn into InterFrame(Cores=Cores, FrameDouble=true)

So now your window should look similar to this (with different text):

Step 8:

Click the Extra Setup tab and make sure “Prefer DSS2 over DirectShowSource” is checked.

Optional tip #1: You might also want to choose your preferred resizer. For aspect-ratio changes (like from 720×576 to 720×480) a neutral filter like Spline36 will be nice. For actual resizing (like from 1920×1080 to 1280×720) a sharp filter like Spline64 will be best. I usually just leave it on Spline36. Make sure to untick the checkbox on the option after you change the default resizer, otherwise it will always be used by default which is often unnecessary.

Optional tip #2: I recommend changing the “MOD value used for resizing” to mod4. This gives the best balance between compatibility (a lot of devices like PS3 don’t have good mod2 support) and aspect ratio accuracy (the higher the MOD value, the more likely the aspect ratio is to be skewed more heavily).

Now it should look something like this:

Then just click the Update button then the OK button

Step 9:

Now we’re back to the AviSynth script creator window and now that we have our 60FPS AviSynth template made and selected, it’s time to choose which video we want. Just click the … button next to Video Input up the top of the window and find your video, then click Open.
A window will pop up with buttons, click the option on the right, usually either “DirectShowSource” or “AviSource”.
A window will pop up to show you the video, you can just close that.
Now you should see something like this:

Step 10:

Click the Save button. The video preview window might pop up again, you can close it again.

Step 11:

Now is the time when you need to choose the quality of the video and audio.

If you don’t know what to do here, something quick and easy is to just use CRF, which means you let the codec decide on the bitrates itself. So you can click the “Config” button next to the “Encoder settings” dropdown when you have a x264 option selected, then just enter a number between 16-20 in the “Quality” input box. 16 means your video will be almost exactly the same quality as the source, while 20 will look good too while taking up less space. Personally I use 16 for everything because why not? 🙂

So when you have your quality, click Queue in the Video encoding section.

Step 12:

Now your video is ready for conversion.
Now just go to the Queue tab and click Start down the bottom, then wait for it to finish.

Step 13:

The final step is to add your audio and/or subtitles from the original file to the converted file. This process uses muxing, not conversion, so there is no quality loss.
For this we will use the program we installed earlier, MKVMerge.
So run that and drag the converted file into that program, then do the same with the original file. If you can’t drag them on, you can use the add button instead.
Now you have several items in the Tracks, chapters and tags section. You just need to untick the ones you don’t want. Usually you will want to leave them all selected except for the original video track, as I’ve done in the following example:

Finally, set the Output filename down the bottom of the window and click Start muxing.
When that is done, you have your final video!

Final Thoughts:

This might seem like a long process, but actually it is only long once. Since we have now made templates, the process for the videos from now on will be much faster; instead of entering the script each time, now you can just make sure your 60FPS AviSynth script is selected.

This file can now be played just like any other video. I personally watch videos on my TV which is linked up to my computer using the awesome, free program called Universal Media Server, and that handles these 60FPS videos perfectly with no configuration.

Any comments are appreciated. If you can think of an improvement to the script, or to the process, or if you just found it useful and want to say thanks, please do leave a comment. I would love to know that it’s being used.

If you want to donate to help me with server costs and time spent keeping this article updated, you can do so here with my thanks 🙂

FAQ:

How can I fix random crashing of vfw4x264.exe?
This probably means you are encoding a file using an input mode other than DSS2, which can happen if the clip is .m2ts or .dga (blu-ray) or another uncommon format.
You can fix it by changing the 2 in the second line of the script to either 3, 4, 5 or just removing that line (try them in that order, since the options get progressively slower)
The option “Prefer DSS2 over DirectShowSource” is disabled. or
I get an error like “can’t load avss.dll”.
This means your computer is missing Haali Media Splitter. You can download it here or as part of a K-Lite Mega Codec Pack and the error should go away after you install it. If you install K-Lite, make sure to select “Profile 9: Lots of Stuff” during installation.
The file stops encoding after 99%.
This usually indicates a codec configuration issue. Try installing/reinstalling K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, and make sure to let it select its preferred defaults (not “quick upgrade”)
Can I customize the output framerate to make it 48FPS, 75FPS, 120FPS, or anything else?
Yes, you can choose any framerate you want. It is best to choose a framerate that is divisible in some way with the original video, but even that is your choice. You just need to add the options “NewNum” and “NewDen”, like this:
InterFrame(Cores=Cores, NewNum=48000, NewDen=1001)
NewNum stands for “New Numerator” and NewDen stands for “New Denominator”. In general, with NTSC material the NewDen should be 1001 and the NewNum should be 1000x your desired framerate (so for 48FPS you want 48000 and 1001) while for PAL content you might just want something like NewNum=75,NewDen=1 to output 75FPS content.
The output seems choppy, can I make it smoother?
Yes, by default we output a video that sacrifices a little smoothness in order to reduce errors, but different people’s eyes pick up on different things so it can all be a matter of taste. You can try the Smooth tuning, like this:
InterFrame(Cores=Cores, Tuning="Smooth")
Also, using GPU mode produces more accurate results and therefore should appear smoother, though it can be slightly slower overall. You can try it like this:
InterFrame(Cores=Cores, GPU=true)
Or try both options at once like this:
InterFrame(Cores=Cores, Tuning="Smooth", GPU=true)
Why isn’t the GPU being used much in GPU mode?
Only some things are done with the GPU in GPU mode, it’s still mostly done by CPU but helped by GPU.
Why is the video still the original framerate after running it through MKVMerge?
You probably selected the wrong tracks in MKVMerge so you’re getting the original video track instead of the new one; make sure you untick the original video stream before muxing.
Why does MeGUI give an error “SVSmoothFPS: unable to load library given in ‘compose’ […svpflow2.dll]
Try re-installing or updating your video card drivers, and if that doesn’t work then maybe your video card doesn’t support OpenCL so remove GPU=true from your script.
Why am I getting the error “SVSmoothFps: unable to load library given in ‘compose'” when I try to run the encoding process, but not when I preview?
Go into your MeGUI tools folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\x264) and rename the file opencl.dll to opencl.dll.bak. This will let MeGUI use the version of opencl.dll that your video card drivers have installed, instead of the generic one from MeGUI.
Why am I getting the error “Error message for your reference: Can not read the video stream”?
MeGUI can’t read from folders or files with certain characters, so try moving the video to a different folder and/or renaming the file.

Thanks:

Widezu69 for providing the original AviSynth script that I used as a base.
Fizick for MVTools, the library that does all the work, and SVP for the modifications to MVTools that make it even better for our purposes.
Everyone on various forums for their feedback, this is really a community effort.

Changelog:

21/05/2015:

Updated InterFrame to 2.8.2, which improves speed

16/03/2015:

Corrected and improved the instructions and FAQ

05/03/2015:

Updated InterFrame to 2.8.0, which improves speed and lowers memory usage
Updated conversion script

24/02/2015:

Updated the instructions and FAQ

27/09/2014:

Updated InterFrame to 2.6.0
Added a tip about using framedoubling mode
Updated most images to reflect the minor changes to MeGUI
Minor improvements to instructions

22/07/2014:

Added more items to the FAQ

10/07/2014:

Added more items to the FAQ
Shortened the changelog to only the latest 3 changes by default

20/05/2014:

Updated instructions
Added more tips
Added to and updated the FAQ
Updated the link to MKVToolnix to always point to the latest version

Click here to display the rest of the changelog

05/03/2014:

Updated MeGUI instructions and screenshots
Updated the link to MKVToolnix to 6.8.0
Added more notes about some options

09/01/2014:

Updated MeGUI instructions

16/12/2013:

Updated InterFrame to 2.5.1 which is better quality, more stable and supports more video cards.
Updated the link to MKVToolnix to 6.6.0
Updated instructions

10/01/2013:

Updated Introduction section

24/12/2012:

Updated InterFrame to 2.3.0 which is faster, better quality, supports more video cards and has lower memory usage.
Updated the link to MKVToolnix to 5.9.0
Simplified instructions

27/06/2012:

Updated InterFrame to 2.1.0 which is much faster, better quality, etc.
Updated SEt’s AviSynth MT to 2.6 (2012.05.16)
Include the new AviSynth DLL in the installer to make things easier to set up
Updated the link to MKVToolnix to 5.6.0
Simplified instructions

03/04/2012:

Updated InterFrame to 1.14
Updated SEt’s Avisynth MT to 2.6 (2012.03.31) which is faster and more stable
Updated the link to MKVToolnix to 5.4.0
Improved instructions slightly

25/02/2012:

Script stability improvements
Updated the link to MKVToolnix to 5.3.0 from 5.0.1

29/02/2012:

Updated InterFrame and its dependencies to 1.13 from 1.12.2 (Changelog) which improves speed and ATI GPU compatibility

03/11/2011:

Updated InterFrame and its dependencies to 1.12.2 from 1.12 (Changelog) which improves speed by up to 15%
Updated AviSynth DLL (SEt’s MT Build) to 2011.09.13 from 2009.09.19 which increases stability and fixes bugs
Updated the link to MKVToolnix to 5.0.1 from 4.6.0

12/09/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.12 from 1.11 (Changelog)
Rolled back to previous AviSynth version because the newer one was causing crashes
Link to latest MeGUI installation package directly since they don’t seem to be releasing installers anymore

22/07/2011:

Updated SEt’s AviSynth DLL to 2011.07.19 from 2009.09.19
Updated AviSynth to 2.6 Alpha 3 from 2.6 Alpha 2

05/07/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.11 from 1.10 (Changelog)

04/07/2011:

Updated Step 9 because of an extra window added by MeGUI (thanks to Sko for the reminder)
Updated sample videos

18/06/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.10 from 1.8.1 (Changelog)
Updated sample videos

20/05/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.8.1 from 1.7.1 (Changelog)

03/05/2011:

Wrote version information to avisynth.dll to fix software conflicts

30/04/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.7.1 from 1.7 (Changelog)
Updated the thanks section to include SVP

29/04/2011:

Fixed a mistake in the guide (Thanks Sebastian)

28/04/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.7 from 1.6 (Changelog)

22/04/2011:

Added a new note below the scripts explaining how to increase the encoding speed

20/04/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.6 from 1.5.1 (Changelog)
Changed the guide so that it muxes audio and/or subtitles, whereas before it always converted audio and ignored subtitles
Changed a lot of text and some images in the guide to be easier to follow
Added donation link

13/04/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.5.1 from 1.5 (Changelog)

12/04/2011:

Updated the scripts to disable GPU-acceleration by default since it causes errors for people with older or no video cards.

11/04/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.5 from 1.3.1 (Changelog)
Updated the scripts and made them more simple
Added new video samples

09/04/2011:

Slightly changed the scripts to fix a colorspace bug

01/04/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.3.1 from 1.2 (Changelog)
Updated the video samples

24/03/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.2 from 1.1 (Changelog)
Updated Speed script to work with InterFrame update

22/03/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.1 from 1.0.2 (Changelog)
Updated scripts to work with InterFrame update

21/03/2011:

Updated InterFrame to 1.0.2 from 1.0 (Changelog)
Updated MVTools2 to 2.5.11.2b from 2.5.11.1b (Changelog)

19/03/2011:

Updated FAQ with links and more correct and specific answers

18/03/2011:

I’m releasing the script as an AviSynth plugin called InterFrame so I’ve added that to this guide

17/03/2011:

Removed unnecessary file (mt.dll) and updated guide and scripts accordingly

16/03/2011:

Increased quality of the scripts by improving the detection of scene-changes

25/02/2011:

Increased quality of Quality script

23/02/2011:

Increased quality of scripts

22/02/2011:

Improved accuracy of the Quality script with little performance impact
Updated file package to include fftw, a requirement of the improved accuracy setting
Updated file package to include Builds.txt which contains the versions and links to the files in the package
Added a menu at the top of the post to make it easier to see which sections there are and jump to them

10/02/2011:

Updated introduction section

03/01/2011:

Updated MVTools from 2.5.11b to 2.5.11.1b
Re-introduced divisible framerates, which increases interpolation accuracy and speed

17/11/2010:

Minimised artifacts in Quality script with no performance hit (maybe a bit faster, too)
Moved resize to above the interpolation after testing that showed it is more accurate at 720p than 1080p

08/11/2010:

Updated AviSynth from 2.5.8 to 2.6 after tests which found it is more stable for multithreading.
Improved instructions, fixed typos, restructured steps.

27/10/2010:

Updated the Quality script sample.

26/10/2010:

Updated MVTools from 2.5.10.1b to 2.5.11b.

13/10/2010:

Increased the interpolation strength of the scripts. It can cause errors, (stripes and cross-like patterns may cause glitches), but it is better than before for general use.

08/10/2010:

Added a common question to the FAQ; “Prefer DSS2 over DirectShowSource” is disabled.

20/07/2010:

Increased accuracy of the Quality script
Corrected minor language errors

17/07/2010:

The value of blksize will now automatically change based on input resolution, which hopefully provides the most accurate settings for all inputs
Added the ConvertToYV12 function, just meaning MeGUI doesn’t need to keep adding it all the time

16/07/2010:

Significantly reduced tearing in high-motion scenes using the Quality script. Here are comparisons of interpolated frames:
Comparison 1, old script, comparison 1, new script
Comparison 2, old script, comparison 2, new script
It’s almost unbelievable they are the same frames, but they are.
Speed of the Quality script has also increased

15/07/2010:

Input uses SetMTMode 2 now instead of 1, since 1 can cause quality problems for .avi files.

13/07/2010:

Reverted to always using 60FPS. Using divisible framerates did provide increased accuracy with technically the same level of smooth motion, but monitors and televisions can’t display those exact framerates anyway which results in less visible smoothness. Thanks to Widezu for pointing this out.

12/07/2010:

Added to the FAQ
Minor wording changes

10/07/2010:

Increased accuracy of both scripts by allowing for different framerates depending on the input. See here for more details.
The videos still play perfectly on 60Hz and 75Hz monitors/TVs, so don’t worry about that.

06/07/2010:

Increased speed by roughly 100% for both scripts
Updated DLL package:

Removed DirectShowSource.dll
Removed TCPDeliver.dll
Updated mvtools2.dll from 2.5.10b to 2.5.10.1b
Updated mt.dll
Updated avisynth.dll

Fixed a bug that would very infrequently cause a backwards frame
Note: Users of previous scripts will need to make sure they have selected “Prefer DSS2 over DirectShowSource” in the AviSynth configuration settings (under the Extra Setup tab)
Updated instructions and wording throughout the whole article, to keep it current with these latest changes and make it easier to follow.
Added instructions on how to make MeGUI update to the latest releases
Added basic instructions on video encoding quality

02/07/2010:

Added new sample videos (original, speed and quality)

01/07/2010:

Increased accuracy in the Quality script

25/06/2010:

Added a new script with improved quality

16/06/2010:

Improved speed slightly
Fixed a crash

15/06/2010:

Updated script for increased accuracy

05/06/2010:

Fixed a bug with resizing

04/06/2010:

Merged both scripts since the high quality one produced choppier motion
Fixed a bug that stopped functions like crop and resize from working
Fixed a bug that caused random crashes on very high-quality videos

26/05/2010:

Updated high quality script since last version had problems

24/05/2010:

There are now 2 scripts; one for quality and one for speed. Both are good.
Updated Step 2 for better compatibility
Removed code formatting since it was confusing to copy/paste

23/05/2010:

Removed need to change script depending on your CPU and improved quality

21/05/2010:

Small change to script

20/05/2010:

Fixed an error with the DLL files

Categories: AviSynth, Encoding, Guide, InterFrame

Tags: 48FPS, 50FPS, 60FPS, convert, encode, framedoubling, HFR, high framerate, megui, smooth

50 Comments

SubJunk
July 18, 2012 at 7:59 pm

@ayan: Try not specifying NewNum or NewDen, so just:
InterFrame(Cores=4)
ayan
July 20, 2012 at 3:25 am

thanks SubJubk that works, one more question ! , Is there any possibility to save output in .avi format rather then mp4,rawAVC or mkv formats because (after Step 12) MEGUI allow us to save an output only in (mp4,rawAVC or mkv) formats ? if there is any possibility to do then how can i save my output in .avi format ?
SubJunk
July 20, 2012 at 7:54 am

@ayan: Sure, you can select the XviD codec in MeGUI and then it will let you select the avi container. You should know though that that is a lower quality option.
Rafael Perez Santana
July 23, 2012 at 4:51 am

I spent a whole night trying to get this to work but no luck. I kept getting tons of script errors, followed the steps very carefully. When I thought I had it right, I started getting illegal instruction errors from the script and then it tells me avss.dll could not be loaded, when I have a perfectly working copy of K-Lite Mega Codec Pack and Hali Media Splitter installed and working.

I have dual core so I set the cores to two as instructed. I spent hours and hours and well, all I get is errors and more errors until I finally gave up.

My option for DSS2 is also greyed and all my codecs ARE configured properly. Video editing is what I’ve been doing the last 6 years of my life and I am very familiar with AviSynth, MeGUI and other video applications.

Seems some how your script isn’t compatible with all systems.
ayan
July 23, 2012 at 10:46 pm

thanks subjunk i tried using XVid:*scratchpad* option ans selected “AVI” file format but when i press enqueue option it says

“Your AviSynth clip has the following problem: AviSynth clip doesn’t have mod16 dimensions: Width: 1920 Height:1080, I suggest you resize to a mod16 resolution”

I donot want to resize my video as it will also change the desired resolution(1980*1080), will you suggest me some solution?

And i also donot want to apply any encoding/compression to my output (converted video), so far i am unable to find any option in the MEGUI which disable the compression / encoding option or is there any ???
brandon
July 26, 2012 at 5:10 am

AviSynth script error
LoadPlugin:unable to load”C/Program Files/MeGUI/tools/avisynth_plugin/svpflow1,dll, error=0x7e
please help
klys
July 28, 2012 at 11:11 pm

I have two questions about this:the frist is at the step 7,Important note #3,you say recent video card,whther it is independent video card or not,I don’t see what you mean.Or recent is the latest means.Could you explain,please.Not is use GPU coding no CPU coding quality good,I heard with GPU codes will reduce the video quality.Don’t know if it’s really true.The second is I have some 1080i,I want to turn them into a 720p or 1080p video that is 60fps.I can do the same as the one above,or still need to add other parameters.
Thanks.
PS:I don’t know why you reply to my comments behind the made no reply to my comments, Are You forget?
faosfx
July 30, 2012 at 12:46 am

I gave your instructions another go after some time and finally got the “Preffer DSS2 over DirectShowSource” enabled, I also used Spline64 as suggested, everything is just like in the guide you wrote. However, I cannot get passed step 10, when I click save, I just get the following error;

AviSynth script error:
AviSynth: illegal instruction at 0x00001CE4 in C:\Program Files\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\svpflow_cpu.dll
(C:\Program Files\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\InterFrame2.avsi,line 103)
(C:\Program Files\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\InterFrame2.avsi,line 57)
(D:\Moviez\Tangled 2010 – 720p.avs, line 14)

Now I went ahead and checked the offending lines of code and it all seems to point that there is a problem in what exactly svpflow_cpu.dll is doing or attempting to do. I have a dual-core system, so I’ve already tried 2 cores and even 4 knowing that 2 would lead to 4 with hyper-threading on but the same error always comes up.

I went as far as re-installing the OS. I had Win7-32bit but now I’m running WinXP-32bit because my Win7 is actually an upgrade copy, so I have to install XP and then Win7 over it, sucks, I know, lol.

Anyway, I’ve pretty much given up. Everything is configured correctly, the problem is with svpflow_cpu.dll
brandon
July 30, 2012 at 5:23 am

Avisynth script error:
Script error:syntax error
((null),lie 7.column 14)
pleases help
brandon
July 30, 2012 at 6:05 am

Setmemorymax(512)
SetMTMode(1,2)
PluginPath = “C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin
LoadPlugin(C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin+”svpflow1.dll”)
LoadPlugin(C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin+”svpflow2.dll”)
Import(PluginPath+”InterFrame2.avsi”)
.ConvertToYV12()
SetMTMode(2)

InterFrame(Cores=2)

that’s my settings and it keep saying this

Avisynth script error:
Script error:syntax error
((null),lie 7.column 14)
pleases help
Pcho
July 31, 2012 at 10:02 pm

When I try to add the line GPU=true, i get an error saying flowlib didn’t initiate. I googled it for a while but I couldn’t find anyone who had the same error. It says lines 57 and 103 didn’t work.

Any idea what this error means? I would really like to use my GPU to encode…
SubJunk
August 7, 2012 at 4:37 am

@brandon: Line 7 should be:
<input>.ConvertToYV12()
LucaNo
August 11, 2012 at 5:28 am

Howdy, SubJunk.

I successfully convert my 24FPS video to 60FPS video. In mediainfo, my video file is 60FPS, then, I played it with MPC-HC with K-Lite Codec Pack Mega lots of stuff. However, the video play smoothly, then I checked with display test [Ctrl + J, my renderer is EVR Custom Pres.], my video is got dropping frames, which 60FPS down to 30FPS, well, the video still played smoothly, but the frames show it only 30. Maybe I can played it with real 60FPS to get more smooth video. Can you explain to me what configuration I must config it?

Sorry for my English, I’m from Indonesia and still learning it.
Luiz Carlos
August 14, 2012 at 8:49 am

Hi Sub Junk, I want to know about the quality in this “Universal Media Server”, is the same quality of the conversion with megui or is better… so thanks in advance.
SubJunk
August 17, 2012 at 3:49 pm

@Luiz: Hi Luiz, it’s the same quality 🙂
pez
August 21, 2012 at 1:16 am

Hi,

Thanks for this amazing script!

Is there any chance to convert the video with audio? It’s the only thing that bothers me ….
GoLf
August 21, 2012 at 8:13 am

Thank you so so so much for your sharing. It is a superb tutorial for converting ultra-smooth 60fps videos. Thank you again for your hard work.
SubJunk
August 21, 2012 at 1:19 pm

@pez: You can do the audio by using “autoencode” but it will be converted. Some people have said they have a way to mux it with MeGUI but it has never worked for me, it always converts it. If you can figure out how then let me know 🙂

@GoLf: Thanks!
klys
August 21, 2012 at 4:20 pm

I have two questions about this:the frist is at the step 7,Important note #3,you say recent video card,whther it is independent video card or not,I don’t see what you mean.Or recent is the latest means.Could you explain,please.Not is use GPU coding no CPU coding quality good,I heard with GPU codes will reduce the video quality.Don’t know if it’s really true.The second is I have some 1080i,I want to turn them into a 720p or 1080p video that is 60fps.I can do the same as the one above,or still need to add other parameters.
Thanks.
Daniel
August 24, 2012 at 4:14 am

Ive been trying for 2 hours but still get an error message, how to use universal media server in order to sip this bullshit mistakes… sorry for my words but this things never work well for me.
Daniel
August 24, 2012 at 4:44 am

My problem is that it says it cant open “C:\Users\Daniel\Videos\Peliculas\Drive (2011)” something like that… this happens once i save it for the second time.
SubJunk
August 24, 2012 at 5:12 am

@Daniel: In order to help I will need the exact error message
SubJunk
August 24, 2012 at 5:15 am

@klys: Using GPU does not reduce quality. It used to but that has been fixed.
To make 1080i into 720p or 1080p you need to deinterlace. Try Googling “AviSynth QTGMC”, that is an AviSynth tool for deinterlacing.
Daniel
August 24, 2012 at 2:11 pm

Thanks for the quick answer… here is the image of my error…

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/152/errorhq.jpg/
bakonfreek
August 25, 2012 at 2:36 am

It works good, in most places, in some places it looks like the program completely missed the video. It was a little bit disappointing on those parts, plus it took 5 hours to convert a 10 minute standard definition video on my video computer (8 core processor, modified ATI video card, etc.). No exaggeration.
SubJunk
August 25, 2012 at 3:56 am

@Daniel: Looks like it’s a problem with your installation of Haali. My recommendation is to uninstall Win7codecs, restart the computer, and install K-Lite Mega Codec Pack.

@bakonfreek: Something is wrong if it took that long. On my quad core it would take about 2 minutes, if that, for that video. One thing to check is the x264 setting, make sure it isn’t on Placebo or something like that. Remember those settings do not affect video quality, only speed and filesize. The lowest setting on the slider is the same quality as the highest one.
Daniel
August 25, 2012 at 4:52 am

I use shark007 codecs because the creator gives me personal technique support… i already unistalled sharkcodecs and just kept the 64-bit version installed wich is useless if you dont have the 32-bit. Downloaded the k-lite codec pack and installed it but the same problem happens… ill completely uninstall shark codecs including 64-bit and tell you how it went for me.

Thanks.
Daniel
August 25, 2012 at 1:47 pm

I just uninstalled all of sharkcodecs, restart the computer and installed k-lite mega codec pack including its lastest uptade and the same message appears… but this time it says line 8 not 7.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/error2tz.png/
Faindaa
August 26, 2012 at 10:55 pm

Thanks for your hard work! I’ve been using your script for a long time now and I’m happy with the results.
Anyway, I’m trying to encode animes and I noticed that there are frame rips occurring whenever fast scenes are happening. Any tips that’ll help? Thanks again.. 😀
Daniel
August 29, 2012 at 4:35 pm

I tried it with another video and it worked (once), when i try to convert 1080p 8 gb videos the megui encoder crashes when i choose the video… any ideas of why this happens?

i converted the avengers blu ray 7.6 gb into 60fps and the flie size actually decreased without taking out any quality at all… i would really appreciate your help… thanks.
Thomas
September 5, 2012 at 4:14 am

I have being using this for the last 6 months and everything was working fine until recently when I updated and began getting out of place frames so reinstalled and updated and followed this new updated tutorial and nothing works at all now. I keep getting different error messages everytime. Any chance you still have the old tutorials so I may look at them since they might still work? Thanks
Tom Dunlop
September 5, 2012 at 5:14 am

I like the results, but in order to see how the “magic” works I’d like to see the source clip rather than just the 2 converted clips.
Thomas
September 5, 2012 at 8:26 am

This is the error I keep getting btw

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/36/93965724.png/

All files are in the right place and use the exact script code as used above. My CPU is an intel i5-2500k and I added the extra GPU code aswell
SubJunk
September 5, 2012 at 9:23 am

@Thomas: Sometimes that error can be caused by new NVIDIA driver versions or new GPUs. Try removing the GPU bit and see if that works. It doesn’t speed it up a lot anyway.
SubJunk
September 5, 2012 at 9:24 am

@Tom: Of the two samples provided at the top of the page, one is the original video and the other is converted.
Daniel
September 7, 2012 at 6:47 am

Hey subjunk i was finally able to convert videos to 6’fps but the only problem is that sometimes in action scenes where there is alot going on, the frames seem to be a little pixeled… any solutions to this?.

thanks.
Jeff
September 12, 2012 at 2:09 am

Megui freezes when I apply the script…any suggestions?
SubJunk
September 12, 2012 at 8:26 am

@Daniel: That gets better with updates, so until there is an update there’s not much to do about it.
SubJunk
September 12, 2012 at 8:27 am

@Jeff: Could be a codec problem, try uninstalling all codec-related things, restart the computer, install K-Lite Mega with the “lots of stuff” option, restart again, then try it
Virtual McCoy
September 19, 2012 at 1:51 am

An old post………..anybody still reading?
Anyway, I took the Original file (20110618-Sample-Original.mkv, 26 seconds long) and did this with VirtualDub and an avisynth script:

DirectShowSource(“20110618-Sample-Original.mkv”, 23.976)
ConvertFPS(“ntsc_double”)

And I got a 59.94FPS file, 26 seconds long!
I did render with Mjpeg, so the output was a big AVI file. But the “modus operandi” is pretty uncomplicated.
SubJunk
September 19, 2012 at 7:58 am

@Virtual McCoy: Yes, if you see the comments it’s pretty active 🙂
ConvertFPS doesn’t do any interpolating, it just takes half of two adjacent frames and inserts the combined one between. InterFrame (the tool used in this guide) uses a lot of analysis to intelligently create new frames.
Mithotyn
September 22, 2012 at 8:27 am

Ive had a Problem Megui stack at 99,4% –> converting with Process exits with error: 0xFFFFFFFF (-1)

Any Idea? Thanks
SubJunk
September 22, 2012 at 6:37 pm

@Mithotyn: Try uninstalling codecs and installing K-Lite Mega 🙂
Mithotyn
September 24, 2012 at 1:53 am

@SubJunk

same Problem every Time. 🙁
SubJunk (Post author)
September 24, 2012 at 9:28 am

@Mithotyn: You can copy the incomplete file and then click cancel in MeGUI. The incomplete file is probably actually complete, but MeGUI didn’t realise it.
Soma
September 28, 2012 at 11:54 am

Hi. I get an error whenever I try to enable the gpu by adding , GPU=True inside the InterFrame parenthesis. It works when I only use the cpu but it’s painstakingly slow. It’s only 1:13 secs but took 10 minutes to convert with CPU only. I use SVP 3.1 and it works flawlessly. I just want to use this so I could play my video on other computers without depending on SVP. :<

This is the error I get.
http://i.imgur.com/GxHQ2.png

This is my AviSynth profile.
{
Setmemorymax(512)
SetMTMode(3,4)
PluginPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\"
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"svpflow1.dll")
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"svpflow2.dll")
Import(PluginPath+"InterFrame2.avsi")
.ConvertToYV12()
SetMTMode(2)

InterFrame(Cores=6, GPU=true)
}

And this is what’s inside of the output.avs file.
{
Setmemorymax(512)
SetMTMode(3,4)
PluginPath = “C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\”
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+”svpflow1.dll”)
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+”svpflow2.dll”)
Import(PluginPath+”InterFrame2.avsi”)
LoadPlugin(“C:\Program Files (x86)\Haali\MatroskaSplitter\avss.dll”)
dss2(“W:\hachikuji.mkv”, fps=23.976).AssumeFPS(24000,1001).ConvertToYV12()
SetMTMode(2)
#deinterlace
#crop
#denoise
#resize
InterFrame(Cores=6, GPU=true)
}
bianyue
September 28, 2012 at 2:01 pm

I’ve used the script and got some converted files,but none could get to the smoothness as the converted video on this page,especially the edge of videos got some Virtual image. So I want to get some help.
Soma
September 29, 2012 at 10:58 pm

I forgot to mention I have a XFX Ati Radeon 7970 with 12.6 Drivers.
Soma
September 30, 2012 at 12:01 am

And that I’ve been using SVP 3.1 for months now with it using my gpu.
SubJunk (Post author)
October 1, 2012 at 9:23 am

@Soma: The error seems to say it can’t find the file “svpflow_gpu.dll”. Make sure you copied it from the zip folder in the first step.