Oct 12, 2014 I'm sure many people are aware of the option to run Windows, but this thread assumes people want to do everything from within OS X, because having to reboot or use a VM is highly inconvenient. Haven't tried VirtualDub/AviSynth in Wine, but on that subject I recommend all OS X users install Wine via MacPorts. It's really easy and is by far the. AviSynth for Mac OS X: Best alternatives Try out the alternative software to AviSynth for Mac which was thoroughly picked by our editors to satisfy your needs. Final Cut Pro Free. By Apple Inc. Final Cut Pro is video editing software. Completely redesigned from the ground up, Final Cut Pro adds extraordinary speed, quality. Built on the new, cross-platform AVISynth 3.0 and for Mac OS X, Celluloid will be the first fully-featured, free, and open-source video editing system available. File Name: Celluloid Author: Mike. May 26, 2020 From the Apple menu in the corner of your screen, choose About This Mac. You'll see the macOS name, such as macOS Mojave, followed by its version number. If some product or feature requires you to know the build number as well, click the version number to see it. Running AviSynth and VirtualDub under Mac OS X via WINE (I'm translating from the italian version of POM, sorry if it's inaccurate!) Download PlayOnMac and install as usual Download Avisynth, Virtualdub, some codecs and plugins Run PLayOnMac, select 'Install'.
So, you’ve decided to download an older version of Mac OS X. There are many reasons that could point you to this radical decision. To begin with, some of your apps may not be working properly (or simply crash) on newer operating systems. Also, you may have noticed your Mac’s performance went down right after the last update. Finally, if you want to run a parallel copy of Mac OS X on a virtual machine, you too will need a working installation file of an older Mac OS X. Further down we’ll explain where to get one and what problems you may face down the road.
A list of all Mac OS X versions
We’ll be repeatedly referring to these Apple OS versions below, so it’s good to know the basic macOS timeline.
Cheetah 10.0 | Puma 10.1 | Jaguar 10.2 |
Panther 10.3 | Tiger 10.4 | Leopard 10.5 |
Snow Leopard 10.6 | Lion 10.7 | Mountain Lion 10.8 |
Mavericks 10.9 | Yosemite 10.10 | El Capitan 10.11 |
Sierra 10.12 | High Sierra 10.13 | Mojave 10.14 |
Catalina 10.15 |
STEP 1. Prepare your Mac for installation
Given your Mac isn’t new and is filled with data, you will probably need enough free space on your Mac. This includes not just space for the OS itself but also space for other applications and your user data. One more argument is that the free space on your disk translates into virtual memory so your apps have “fuel” to operate on. The chart below tells you how much free space is needed.
Note, that it is recommended that you install OS on a clean drive. Next, you will need enough disk space available, for example, to create Recovery Partition. Here are some ideas to free up space on your drive:
- Uninstall large unused apps
- Empty Trash Bin and Downloads
- Locate the biggest files on your computer:
Go to Finder > All My Files > Arrange by size
Then you can move your space hoggers onto an external drive or a cloud storage.
If you aren’t comfortable with cleaning the Mac manually, there are some nice automatic “room cleaners”. Our favorite is CleanMyMac as it’s most simple to use of all. It deletes system junk, old broken apps, and the rest of hidden junk on your drive.
Then you can move your space hoggers onto an external drive or a cloud storage.
If you aren’t comfortable with cleaning the Mac manually, there are some nice automatic “room cleaners”. Our favorite is CleanMyMac as it’s most simple to use of all. It deletes system junk, old broken apps, and the rest of hidden junk on your drive.
Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.4 - 10.8 (free version)
Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.9 (free version)
Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.10 - 10.14 (free version)
STEP 2. Get a copy of Mac OS X download
Normally, it is assumed that updating OS is a one-way road. That’s why going back to a past Apple OS version is problematic. The main challenge is to download the OS installation file itself, because your Mac may already be running a newer version. If you succeed in downloading the OS installation, your next step is to create a bootable USB or DVD and then reinstall the OS on your computer.
How to download older Mac OS X versions via the App Store
If you once had purchased an old version of Mac OS X from the App Store, open it and go to the Purchased tab. There you’ll find all the installers you can download. However, it doesn’t always work that way. The purchased section lists only those operating systems that you had downloaded in the past. But here is the path to check it:
- Click the App Store icon.
- Click Purchases in the top menu.
- Scroll down to find the preferred OS X version.
- Click Download.
This method allows you to download Mavericks and Yosemite by logging with your Apple ID — only if you previously downloaded them from the Mac App Store.
Without App Store: Download Mac OS version as Apple Developer
If you are signed with an Apple Developer account, you can get access to products that are no longer listed on the App Store. If you desperately need a lower OS X version build, consider creating a new Developer account among other options. The membership cost is $99/year and provides a bunch of perks unavailable to ordinary users.
Nevertheless, keep in mind that if you visit developer.apple.com/downloads, you can only find 10.3-10.6 OS X operating systems there. Newer versions are not available because starting Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.7, the App Store has become the only source of updating Apple OS versions.
Purchase an older version of Mac operating system
You can purchase a boxed or email version of past Mac OS X directly from Apple. Both will cost you around $20. For the reason of being rather antiquated, Snow Leopard and earlier Apple versions can only be installed from DVD.
Buy a boxed edition of Snow Leopard 10.6
Get an email copy of Lion 10.7
Get an email copy of Mountain Lion 10.8
Get an email copy of Lion 10.7
Get an email copy of Mountain Lion 10.8
The email edition comes with a special download code you can use for the Mac App Store. Note, that to install the Lion or Mountain Lion, your Mac needs to be running Snow Leopard so you can install the newer OS on top of it.
How to get macOS El Capitan download
If you are wondering if you can run El Capitan on an older Mac, rejoice as it’s possible too. But before your Mac can run El Capitan it has to be updated to OS X 10.6.8. So, here are main steps you should take:
1. Install Snow Leopard from install DVD.
2. Update to 10.6.8 using Software Update.
3. Download El Capitan here.
2. Update to 10.6.8 using Software Update.
3. Download El Capitan here.
“I can’t download an old version of Mac OS X”
If you have a newer Mac, there is no physical option to install Mac OS versions older than your current Mac model. For instance, if your MacBook was released in 2014, don’t expect it to run any OS released prior of that time, because older Apple OS versions simply do not include hardware drivers for your Mac.
But as it often happens, workarounds are possible. There is still a chance to download the installation file if you have an access to a Mac (or virtual machine) running that operating system. For example, to get an installer for Lion, you may ask a friend who has Lion-operated Mac or, once again, set up a virtual machine running Lion. Then you will need to prepare an external drive to download the installation file using OS X Utilities.
After you’ve completed the download, the installer should launch automatically, but you can click Cancel and copy the file you need. Below is the detailed instruction how to do it.
STEP 3. Install older OS X onto an external drive
The following method allows you to download Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks.
- Start your Mac holding down Command + R.
- Prepare a clean external drive (at least 10 GB of storage).
- Within OS X Utilities, choose Reinstall OS X.
- Select external drive as a source.
- Enter your Apple ID.
Now the OS should start downloading automatically onto the external drive. After the download is complete, your Mac will prompt you to do a restart, but at this point, you should completely shut it down. Now that the installation file is “captured” onto your external drive, you can reinstall the OS, this time running the file on your Mac.
- Boot your Mac from your standard drive.
- Connect the external drive.
- Go to external drive > OS X Install Data.
![Avisynth mac os x Avisynth mac os x](/uploads/1/2/6/6/126605649/698015353.png)
Locate InstallESD.dmg disk image file — this is the file you need to reinstall Lion OS X. The same steps are valid for Mountain Lion and Mavericks.
How to downgrade a Mac running later macOS versions
If your Mac runs macOS Sierra 10.12 or macOS High Sierra 10.13, it is possible to revert it to the previous system if you are not satisfied with the experience. You can do it either with Time Machine or by creating a bootable USB or external drive.
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Sierra
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Sierra
Instruction to downgrade from macOS High Sierra
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Mojave
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Catalina
Before you do it, the best advice is to back your Mac up so your most important files stay intact. In addition to that, it makes sense to clean up your Mac from old system junk files and application leftovers. The easiest way to do it is to run CleanMyMac X on your machine (download it for free here).
Visit your local Apple Store to download older OS X version
If none of the options to get older OS X worked, pay a visit to nearest local Apple Store. They should have image installations going back to OS Leopard and earlier. You can also ask their assistance to create a bootable USB drive with the installation file. So here you are. We hope this article has helped you to download an old version of Mac OS X. Below are a few more links you may find interesting.
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Developer(s) | AviSynth developers, Doom9 forum users |
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Stable release | 3.6.1 (AviSynth+)[1] (June 19, 2020; 6 days ago) [±] |
Preview release | 2.6.1 Alpha (May 17, 2016; 4 years ago) [±] |
Repository | |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Windows |
Type | |
License | GNU GPL |
Website | www.avisynth.nl |
AviSynth is a frameserver program for Microsoft Windows developed by Ben Rudiak-Gould, Edwin van Eggelen, Klaus Post, Richard Berg, Ian Brabham and others.[2] It is free software under GNU GPL license.
Scripting video editor[edit]
AviSynth acts as a non-linear video editor controlled entirely by scripting (without a GUI).[3] It emulates an AVI video file (or WAV audio file) as seen by the VFW downstream application, which is typically a media player, video editing software, or an encoder.[4]
AviSynth is built upon filters, which are much like DirectShow filters, but with a different binary interface. Filter capabilities include cropping, deinterlacing, inverse telecine, working with still images, doing basic color grading, reducing video noise, and many other things. AviSynth also performs traditional video editing tasks like cutting, trimming and re-sequencing segments.
For example, consider the script 'myAvi.avs' (just a plain text-file saved with the extension 'avs')
This script file can be opened in most media players (such as Windows Media Player). The program will play the video file 'myAvi.avi' cropped down to its top-left 320 pixels by 240 pixels and blurred by a small amount. Operations occur in sequential order, so the cropping occurs first, then the blurring.
Technically, AviSynth constructs a filter graph (like MicrosoftGraphEdit but with added capabilities),[5] controlled by scripts written in the AviSynth scripting language. Its functionality can be extended through the use of third-party filters known as plugins. An external plugin list is maintained at AviSynth Filter Collection.
AviSynth is a frameserver – the calling program requests audio/video frames and the script serves them. The calling program can call frames in any order, allowing it to pause, jump forward or backward etc., just as with a physical file.
AviSynth scripting language[edit]
The scripting language is a dataflow language:[5] a programming paradigm that describes a directed graph of the data flowing between operations. It lacks most procedural programming control structures,[6] but containing many features familiar to programmers, including variables, distinct datatypes, conditionals, and complex expressions.
The language works primarily with the audio/video clip as a built-in data type. The clip is a complex structure with many attributes such as width, height and duration.[7] The language also has several other more standard data types: int, float, bool and string.[8] These can be used to perform calculations, decisions, and write text such as subtitles to the video.
The script has a single return value, which is the audio and video 'seen' by the program running the script. This is normally the last line of the script, but a return statement may be inserted at any point.
'Hello World'[edit]
This example is a 'Hello World' program.
If the above text is entered into a text file with the .avs extension, it can be opened in Windows Media Player or any of the other programs in the list below, and a video containing the words 'Hello, world!' will be displayed.
The BlankClip function creates a new video. The parentheses at the end of the word are optional, since no arguments are being passed, but are given in this case to indicate it is a function and not a variable.
The Subtitle function draws the words 'Hello, world!' on top of the previously-created blank video.
Although both functions both accept many more arguments (for example, controlling the size and length of the blank video, and the positioning, font, and color of the subtitle), this example leaves them out; the functions use built-in default arguments.
Avisynth uses syntactic sugar that makes simple scripts far easier to write: an implicit variable called Last. Without implicit variables, the above script would have to be written like this:
or like this:
Explicit clip variables are normally only used for functions involving more than one clip:
Video-processing[edit]
This example takes an actual video, applies some simple processing, and returns it to the output.
The AviSource function is used to load an AVI video from a real location. To open other media types, the DirectShowSource function could be used instead. ReduceBy2 divides the vertical and horizontal size of the video in half, and GreyScale removes all color information.
AviSynth filters work in many RGB and YUVcolor spaces to allow all kinds of video input and output.[9] Certain functions only work on specific color spaces, requiring conversion – for example, most videos are distributed in a YUV color space, but most color correction is done in one of the RGB spaces. A color-correcting script might look like this:
User defined[edit]
The AviSynth scripting language allows for users to define their own functions.
This is an example of a function that allows you to dissolve from one clip to another without damaging interlacing lines.
AviSynth 3.0 and AviSynth+[edit]
AviSynth 3.0 was a complete rewrite of AviSynth 2.x, and aimed to overcome the limitations of AviSynth 2.x.Adding improvements such as an abstracted color space model, in which new color spaces (including two with 45-bit depth) could be supported through a plug-in mechanism, better cache management for better performance, and using Ruby rather than the homegrown language employed in current versions.[10]
AviSynth 3.0 was to be available for other operating systems than Windows, instead relying on GStreamer, extending support to platforms such as Linux, Mac OS X and BSD. Development has been stalled since August 2007.[10][11]
The most current and modern version of AviSynth today is AviSynth+, originally a fork of the official AviSynth 2.xx, but AviSynth+ has since gained widespread recognition and has become the go-to implementation. It rewrote most of the original AviSynth code, and introduced long-sought features such as 64-bit support, multithreading, deep color spaces, support for recent compilers, new scripting constructs (new control-flow constructs such as loops), and increased performance in many areas.[12] At the same time it retained 100% compatibility to the AviSynth 2.5/2.6 series, both for filters and host applications. At the time of writing (2019-05), it is also actively maintained.
AviSynth for non-Windows operating systems[edit]
AviSynth 2.xx may be used under operating systems other than Windows through the use of Wine. To work on scripts VirtualDub/VirtualDubMod can be used as on Windows. To interface between AviSynth under Wine and for example FFmpeg running on a Linux host, Avs2YUV can be used. Avs2YUV is a Windows command line program that is run under Wine and renders the output of an AviSynth script to stdout that is then piped to FFmpeg. Avs2YUV also supports writing to a named pipe.[13]
There is a Linux port of AviSynth called AvxSynth.[14]
AviSynth compatible programs[edit]
Program name | License | Comments | Homepage |
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Adobe Premiere Pro | Proprietary, commercial | Versions 6.0 and later (up to and including CS4) have an AviSynth import plugin available. | Premiere AviSynth import plugin |
Avanti GUI | Proprietary, freeware | Avanti GUI is a free front-end for FFmpeg with the option to insert AviSynth as pre-processor. | Avanti GUI |
AvsPmod | GPL | AvsPmod is AviSynth script editor with builtin player, syntax highlighting and code autocompletion. | AvsPmod |
Cinema Craft Encoder | Proprietary | Cinema Craft Encoder is a commercial MPEG-2 encoder that supports AviSynth input. | Cinema Craft |
FFmpeg | LGPL2.1+, GPL 2+ | FFmpeg compiled for windows can receive AviSynth input | instructions |
GOM Player | Proprietary, freeware, ad-supported | can play .avs files | |
Media Player Classic | GPL | Media Player Classic is capable of loading and playing AviSynth scripts. The 32-bit version is needed. | Media Player Classic |
Microsoft Expression Encoder | Proprietary, freemium | Microsoft Expression Encoder can import and transcode .avs files. | |
MPlayer | GPL | MPlayer can play .avs files | |
Nero Multimedia Suite | Proprietary, commercial | Nero Showtime can play avs files | |
SUPER | Proprietary, freeware, ad-supported | SUPER (Simplified Universal Player, Encoder and Renderer) is freeware from eRightSoft that can encode most common video formats and has full AviSynth support. | SUPER |
TMPGEnc | Shareware/freeware | TMPGEnc is a free MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoder. TMPGEnc Plus and TMPGEnc Express are commercial versions of TMPGEnc that include enhanced functionality, as well as the removal of a 30-day restriction on MPEG-2 encoding present in TMPGEnc. | Pegasys Inc. |
Total video converter] | Proprietary, trialware | Total video converter has an AviSynth import plugin available. | Total Video Converter |
VirtualDub | GPL | VirtualDub is a widely used all-purpose video converter. | VirtualDub |
VirtualDubMod | GPL | VirtualDubMod contains several AviSynth-specific features such as explicit support for AviSynth scripts, an AviSynth script editor, and more. However, it has not been updated since 2006 and contains many bugs.[15] | VirtualDubMod |
Windows Media Player | Proprietary, component of Windows / freeware | Windows Media Player is capable of loading and playing AviSynth scripts, so it is a good choice for simple playback and testing. It may require some registry tweaks to get it working. | Windows Media Home |
In addition, several programs have now been created which accept only AviSynth scripts as input - thereby simplifying the programs themselves but giving users the full power of AviSynth for input.
There are also several batch encoding applications that tie together AviSynth with command line audio and video encoders and muxers to provide an all-in-one, modular, customizable video encoding application. MeGUI is an example of this kind of application.
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Although AviSynth scripts are meant to be easily opened in simple text editing programs, there are several editors meant especially for editing AviSynth scripts such as AvsPMod.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Mac Os X Versions
- ^'AviSynth+'. GitHub. 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^'Avisynth Copyright'. AviSynth Mediawiki. AviSynth Team. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^'Main Page - Avisynth'. AviSynth Mediawiki. AviSynth Team. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^'More about AviSynth - Avisynth'. AviSynth Wiki. AviSynth Team. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ ab'The Script Execution Model: The Filter Graph'. AviSynth Wiki. AviSynth Team. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^'AviSynth syntax: control structures'. AviSynth Wiki. Avisynth Team. Retrieved Sep 21, 2014.
- ^'Clip Properties'. AviSynth Wiki. Avisynth Team. Retrieved Oct 27, 2019.
- ^'Script Variables'. AviSynth Wiki. Avisynth Team. Retrieved Sep 14, 2017.
- ^'Convert - Avisynth'. AviSynth Wiki. AviSynth Team. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ ab'Avisynth 3 - dead project?'. Doom9 Forum. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^'AviSynth v3'. AviSynth Mediawiki. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^'AviSynth+'. AviSynth Mediawiki. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^'Avs2YUV'. Akuvian.org. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^'avxsynth/avxsynth: Linux Port of Avisynth'. GitHub. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^'SourceForge.net: VirtualDubMod: Bugs'. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
External links[edit]
- AviSynth home page: (English)(Japanese)
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