SmartSmooth speed question

I use SmartSmoothHiQ & WarpSharp in AviSynth. But I use them through VDUB filters. so I have to add ConvertToRGB() & ConvertToYUY2() in the process like this: #crop/resize and other stuff ConvertToRGB() VD_SmartSmoothHiQ(5,45,254,"weighted") VD_WarpSharp(35) ConvertToYUY2() #END I recently found out that there is a AviSynth version of SmartSmooth. The quesiton is: If I put AS SmartSmooth before ConvertToRGB (since there is no AviSynth version of WarpSharp I still need those functions), would it result in any speed increse? Thanx HeSh

First off, the Avisynth version of SmartSmooth is not faster than the VDub verion yet. Second, if it were faster it would still not speed up your process, because in that case ConvertToRGB()<->ConvertToYUY2() would be the limiting factor. All that converting slows everything down so much that a little speed gain in one part of the chain won't help you anything.

As i thought, thanx anyway