Does VLC support AviSynth files

[olivierdb]

Hi,

I'd like to be able to stream .avs, i.e. AviSynth, files from my Windows Vista PC to my XBox 360. However, I was unable to play a .avs file with VLC 0.8.6b under Windows Vista. Has this changed with version 0.8.6c or does VLC still not support playing .avs files?

Thank you.

P.S. My .avs files play very nicely in WMP 11.

[olivierdb]

7 days and no answer! ... Gosh! I didn't think the question was so difficult to answer!

Anyway, I've also tried playing .TS files in VLC and that didn't work either! I wonder if Vista compatibility is the trouble here!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

VLC does not support .avs files... But I think ffmpeg does...

[olivierdb]

Merci J-B, hopefully VLC will support AviSynth soon!

[DJ]

VLC does not support .avs files... But I think ffmpeg does...

AVISynth is a text based format that only contains reference to filters and decoders. It allows a chain of special Direct Show filters and other special filters particular to AVISynth to be used for transcoding. MPC can play .avs files but the CPU usage can be prohibitive depending on source and filters in use. I often preview the basics and comment out some of the filters to get the preview, then un-comment the filters to do the transcode. Also, I create a sample file and double check the filter chain before committing the whole thing.

[olivierdb]

There are many ways to play .avs files (MPC, MPlayer, VirtualDub, etc...), but I believe none of these "players" have the ability to stream (which VLC has nicely implemented). This is why I was hoping VLC would play .avs files. My understanding being that, if it plays the file, then it can stream it to an XBox for example!

Now that I've been told .avs is not supported, I've looked into creating .ts files, but my knowledge is limited here! I've used a tool called TsRemux to make a .ts file from an EVO. I think the .ts file contains VC-1 video and AC-3 audio, but I'm not sure. In any case, I wasn't able to play the .ts file in VLC!

Would you happen to know what video and audio formats a .ts file may contain? (I was wondering if this was limited to MPEG-2)

[DJ]

MPEG TS was created for MPEG 2, but with a little hacking almost anything can be put in this container, it's just not playable with most players. VLC is probably the most forgiving in this regard and yet there are some things it won't encode or decode too.