BlankClip

BlankClip produces a solid color video clip with silent audio. The clip passed as an argument is used as a template - for frame rate, image size, and so on, but the template is optional. You can specify as many clip properties explicitly as you wish. By default, BlankClip will produce a pitch-black 10 second clip; 24 fps, 640x480, RGB32, with 16 bit, 44100 Hz, mono, silent audio.

When supplying a template, BlankClip returns a clip with properties copied from that template. If the template is audio-only, you get a blank audio-only clip, and if it's video-only you get a blank video-only clip. If you start to add parameters that force a video track (i.e. width, height or pixel_type) or audio track (i.e. audio_rate, channels or sample_type), the remaining parameters for that track will be the defaults. (AviSynth v2.60)

Blackness is an alias for BlankClip. The parameters are the same.

Syntax and Parameters

BlankClip( [clip clip, int length, int width, int height, string pixel_type,
      float fps, int fps_denominator, int audio_rate, bool stereo, bool sixteen_bit,
      int color, int color_yuv] ) (deprecated)

BlankClip( [clip clip, int length, int width, int height, string pixel_type,
      float fps, int fps_denominator, int audio_rate, int channels, string sample_type,
      int color, int color_yuv] )

Blackness( ...same parameters as BlankClip )

clip  clip =

if supplied, the resulting clip will have the clip properties of the template, except for the properties you define explicitly.

int  length = 240

Length of the resulting clip, in frames.

int  width = 640

int  height = 480

Width and height of the resulting clip.

string  pixel_type = "RGB32"

Pixel type of the resulting clip; can be any of the following:

RGB24	RGB32	YUY2	YV12	YV16 *	YV24 *	YV411 *	Y8 *
* AviSynth v2.60

AVS+ these color formats are allowed:

bits	RGB(A)	YUV(A)444	YUV(A)422	YUV(A)420	YUV411	Y only
32	RGBPS
16	RGB48 RGBP16	YUV444P16	YUV422P16	YUV420P16		Y16
14	RGBP14	YUV444P14	YUV422P14	YUV420P14		Y14
12	RGBP12	YUV444P12	YUV422P12	YUV420P12		Y12
10	RGBP10	YUV444P10	YUV422P10	YUV420P10		Y10
8	RGB24 RGBP RGBP8	YV24	YUY2 YV16		YV411	Y8
with alpha channel
32	RGBAPS
16	RGB64 RGBAP16	YUVA444P16	YUVA422P16	YUVA420P16
14	RGBAP14	YUVA444P14	YUVA422P14	YUVA420P14
12	RGBAP12	YUVA444P12	YUVA422P12	YUVA420P12
10	RGBAP10	YUVA444P10	YUVA422P10	YUVA420P10
8	RGB32 RGBAP RGBAP8

float  fps = 24

Frame rate of the resulting clip.

int  fps_denominator = 1

Specify frame rate in rational form (numerator/denominator). For example, fps=30000,fps_denominator=1001 (approximately 29.97 fps) or fps=24000,fps_denominator=1001 (approximately 23.976 fps).

Note – if fps_denominator is given (even if it is "1"), fps is rounded to the nearest integer.

int  audio_rate = 44100

Sample rate of the (silent) audio.

Note – BlankClip(audio_rate=0) produces the same result as BlankClip.KillAudio.

int  channels = 1

Specifies the number of channels of (silent) audio.

bool  stereo = false

Deprecated: use channels instead.

If true, the (silent) audio is in stereo: channels=2.

string  sample_type = "16bit"

Specifies the audio sample type. It can be 8bit, 16bit, 24bit, 32bit or float.

bool  sixteen_bit = true

Deprecated: use sample_type instead.

true and false give both 16 bit, except when a template is used where a different bit is set.

int  color = $000000

Specifies the color of the clip, black (= $000000) by default. See color presets for preset color. See Colors for more information on specifying colors.

int  color_yuv =

Specifies the color of the clip using YUV values. It requires setting pixel_type to one of the YUV formats; otherwise it doesn't do anything.

Examples

# produces a black clip (3000 frames, width 720, height 576, framerate 25),
# with a silent audio track (16 bit 44.1 kHz stereo):
BlankClip(length=3000, width=720, height=576, fps=25, color=$000000)

# produces a black clip (3000 frames) with the remaining clip properties of the AVI:
video = AviSource("E:\pdwork\DO-Heaven.AVI")
BlankClip(video, length=3000, color=$000000)

# produces a black clip (3000 frames) with the remaining clip properties of the AVI:
# produces a black clip (3000 frames) with the remaining clip properties of the AVI:
video = AviSource("E:\pdwork\DO-Heaven.AVI")
audio = BlankClip(video, audio_rate=48000)
AudioDub(video, audio)

Changes

v2.55	Added color_yuv.
v2.58	Added channels and sample_type.
v2.60	Added pixel_type="YV24"/"YV16"/"YV411"/"Y8".
	Supply useful defaults for new Audio/Video when using a Video/Audio only template clip.