Second-Party Plugins¶

Second-party plugins are officially maintained but distributed as separate packages to keep the core installation lightweight.

Overview¶

Installation¶

Second-party plugins are officially maintained but distributed as separate Python packages. Note that many of these also require specific native VapourSynth plugins to be installed in your VapourSynth environment.

You can install plugins individually or choose one of the pre-configured bundles.

pip install vsview[recommended]

pip install vsview[full]

uv add vsview --extra recommended

uv add vsview --extra full

Detailed installation for individual packages can be found in their respective sections below.

Audio Convert ¶

pip install vsview-audio-convert

uv add vsview-audio-convert

The Audio Convert plugin integrates a specialized AudioNode processor into the VSView pipeline for reconciling differences between script audio and system playback capabilities.

Available Options¶

• Sample type conversion
• Sample rate conversion
• SoX Quality presets

VapourSynth Requirements¶

• ares: Required for SoX quality presets and higher-quality resampling.
• atools: Fallback for basic sample type conversion if ares is not installed.

Comparison ¶

pip install vsview-comp

uv add vsview-comp

The Comparison plugin provides an integrated workflow for extracting frames and uploading them directly to Slow.pics.

It features automated frame selection, filtering by picture type, and integration with TMDB.

Features¶

• Frame Selection:
  • Choose frames manually or automatically based on frame count and time range.
  • Filter by picture types (I/P/B-frames) and combed frames.
  • Select the darkest and/or lightest frames using asymmetric Gaussian brightness scoring.
• Probability Curve:
  • Bias which part of the timeline random frames are drawn from using an interactive curve editor.
  • Click Curve... next to the random frame count to open the editor.
• TMDB Integration:
  • Search and retrieve metadata from TMDB to automatically populate collection names.
  • Customize the naming format in the plugin Settings.
• Direct Upload:
  • Upload extracted frames to Slow.pics.
  • Configure login in the plugin Settings to upload directly.

Settings¶

Probability Curve Editor¶

Click Curve... (next to the random frame count) to open the curve editor and bias where in the timeline random frames are sampled from.

The boundary points (start/end frame) are fixed horizontally but their weights are editable. Y = 1 everywhere gives uniform sampling.

Dark / Light Frame Selection¶

Candidate frames are scored with an asymmetric Gaussian on their average luma (PlaneStatsAverage):

• Dark: peak ≈ 6.5 % (σ left = 0.015, σ right = 0.15)
• Light: peak ≈ 75 % (σ left = 0.45, σ right = 0.90)

Browser ID¶

Every upload is tagged with a persistent Browser ID UUID so Slow.pics can associate it with your browser session.

Script Integration¶

All set_output outputs are available by default. Pass allow_comp to explicitly exclude specific outputs.

VapourSynth Requirements¶

• fpng (Optional): For slightly faster frame extraction.

FFT Spectrum ¶

pip install vsview-fftspectrum

uv add vsview-fftspectrum

The FFT Spectrum tool provides a visualization of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) spectrum of all the planes of a video clip.

Histogram ¶

pip install vsview-histogram

uv add vsview-histogram

Provides per-frame video scopes as tabs inside a single panel.

• Updates are paused during playback and resume on the active tab when playback stops.
• Right-click any plot to copy or save the view.

Levels¶

Plots a per-plane pixel value histogram for the current frame.

Luma¶

Displays a luma scope using a VapourSynth ModifyFrame node, rendered through the standard graphics view.

Only GRAY and YUV inputs are supported. RGB input shows an error overlay.

Vectorscope¶

Plots chroma (U/V) distribution on a 2D plane.

Graticules show 75 % and 100 % saturation circles, a skin-tone reference line, and primary/secondary color targets that automatically adjust based on the clip's color matrix (supporting Rec. 601, Rec. 709, Rec. 2020, and ST 240M).

RGB input is not supported and shows a warning. GRAY input plots all pixels at neutral chroma.

Waveform¶

Plots pixel values column-by-column as a waveform. Logarithmic density scaling is applied per-column.

CIE Chromaticity¶

Plots the chromaticity coordinates of the frame pixels onto a standard CIE chromaticity diagram (CIE 1931 xy or CIE 1976 u'v'). This allows visualizing the gamut coverage and color distribution of the video.

Graticules show the boundary triangles for common color gamuts (Rec. 709, Rec. 601, DCI-P3, and Rec. 2020) and a reference crosshair for the D65 white point.

Only RGB input is supported. Other formats, or clips without a valid _Primaries frame property, will display an error overlay.

FrameProps Extended ¶

pip install vsview-frameprops-extended

uv add vsview-frameprops-extended

This plugin adds more categories and formatters to the built-in Frame Properties panel.

Split Planes ¶

pip install vsview-split-planes

uv add vsview-split-planes

Split Planes splits a video clip into its individual planes for inspection.

Features¶

• Extends the Graphics View's default context menu to provide a way to offset chroma plane values.