avs251 install problem

i shouldn't do this, i know, but i'm outta ammo ... :-( i reinstalled w98se (i do it regularly) & i wanted to get back quicly to the last encode, so i put only necessary stuffs back. 1 system functions properly 2 put up : mp6.4 (with codecs) , xvid , avs251 , vdmod (in this order). all of the newest one. open the last script -> 'avs files cannot be open' ??? mplayer : error 80070485 ??? 3 destall/(re)install avs251 with ffwf. -> the latter says 'avisynth.dll cannot be initialized' ??? 4 destall , install avs208 -> works fine 5 ... aso from 2/3 to forever -> nothing changed (except that w98 can't forget the file assoc with notepad???) avs208 works, avs 251 not ??? what is missing or what am i doing wrong ? this software set was operable on the same system before reinstallation so i'm sure i forgot sg ... but what ? pls, help!!! thx in adv y

? What happens if you: 1) install huffyuv 2) I assume you installed a recent built of xvid (otherwise intall a recent built, or divx5) 3) empty plugin dir 4) reinstall v2.51

after some more hopeless efforts ... can someone drop me the registry entries of a properly functioning avs251? thx y

Sorry, I don't know how to help. Maybe you can try v2.50?

It's the same stuff when you install v2.08. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\avifile\Extensions\AVS] @="{E6D6B700-124D-11D4-86F3-DB80AFD98778}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Media Type\Extensions\.avs] "Source Filter"="{D3588AB0-0781-11CE-B03A-0020AF0BA770}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E6D6B700-124D-11D4-86F3-DB80AFD98778}] @="Avisynth" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E6D6B700-124D-11D4-86F3-DB80AFD98778}\InProcServer32] @="avisynth.dll" "ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

wilbert, u won! avs250 worx fine! but avs251's still hanging :-( i'd got not too much time, but i figured out sg : 1) a 'devil.dll' is also installed with avs251 but not removed on destall (???) this little stuff hasn't been included so far. what's it for? may it cause the error? 2a) i installed avs250 (worked fine) & then i simply replaced the avisynth.dll with the 251 one. i got the error msg outlined above 2b) when putting back the 250 one, it worked again 2c) removing the 250 dll from \system generates the same(!!!) error -> imho, the system can not load the 251 dll. i'm sure it's found but not loaded. why ??? sg has been changed within the dll from 250 to 251 that my system (w98se 4.10.2222A) can't handle. do i need some upgrade or so? i checked the system files listed within avisynth.dll but it seems i got them. what else do i need? thx y

Well, error : 0x80070485 gives: One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found. So Im guessing avisynth 2.5 is requiring a library you dont have? (I honestly dont know enough about the recent avisynth changes. But have you tried updating things like DirectX etc ? ) It'll be interesting to find out why :) -Nic

yessss ... i got it !!! the little beast is called 'msvcp60.dll'. i guess it's very important as nero put it to 4 different places on install (+1 into temp:-) encouraged by this i tried to figure out why is loadpluginex so reluctant to me. found the same. it seems it needs msvc7 support. neither msvc6 nor msvc7 support is provided on w98 install. these files skip onto the system invisibly. some softwares put the support needed but some not. time to time i run into this problem & i haven't figured out how to avoid it. thx y

We could include it in the install package, and place it in the system directory, if there isn't one there already...?

That's a good idea ...