Variables And Crop

I've set up variables on a compare script to save me time when choosing the best options to use before encoding. This works fine except crop won't accept the values. Here's the AVS: Code:

Sorry, you can't use a string to substitute for multiple integer arguments like that.

Not completely true. If you really want you can use something like: vsource=mpeg2source(source) clip1=Eval( "crop(source, " + size + ")" ).BilinearResize(512,272).Subtitle(caption1) What doesn't work is: clip1 = mpeg2source(source).Eval .... Btw, I believe it's not good and at least not necessary to use mpeg2source for the same source threetimes !?!?

I didn't even notice that. You're right, I think. I know I get all kinds of crashes when trying that. If you have one clip, best to open it once. Trim it if you need, but don't open it repeatedly in a script - lest you find this the hard way, halfway through a few hours of rendering.