MKV to... After Effects

[varxtis]

Fair Enough So how can i differentiate between 8-bit and 10-bit? It doesn't indication in the properties. Like, If I wanted to go find an 8-bit version, as unlikely as that might be. And say I did have 8-bit footage, cause Im sure there is in my collection, what do you mean recontainer it? Pull the video from MKV as avi and then use handbrake or virtualdub to change it to mp4 or something?

[varxtis]

Sry for the double post... but I was curious about something and sure enough my fears are realized... I am truly ignorant to all this. So you know how we took the source video (valvrave -10.mkv) changed it to "video.mkv" copied it to C:\AMV\ and then created an avs file also named video.avs? Well I deleted the mkv, then took "guilty crown - 20.mkv", changed it to "video.mkv", copied it into C:\AMV\ and then ajusted the video.avs file to the following

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LWLibavVideoSource("video.mkv", format="YUV420P8") #Input video
ConvertToRGB(matrix="rec709") #If the video is HD

When I save, open Virtualdub, and then try to open the avs file, I get the following error

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Avisynth open failure:
LWLibavideoSource: failed to get the video track.
(C:\AMV\video.avs, line 1)

Im so affraid that this is going to happen for every video I want to extract thats perhaps done by a different sub group I want to do this so very badly what to do what to do.
Another problem is, I think I do actually prefer this method for the quality sake... but with how my mind works, I have such little specific planning. I usually insert an entire episode and then scrub through After Effects and Premiere. This is going to be a HUGE adjustment to me. I could really use a pros guidance as Im starting to realize how badly ignorant I truly am T_T

[BasharOfTheAges]

... You don't need to rename anything. "video.mkv" is a generic variable name. And, yes, every source file will be different.

[Fuzzy Chickens]

Is there anywhere or any books you might suggest me reviewing so i can better understand compression and codecs from a practical stand point?

Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a>

[Fuzzy Chickens]

Really? READFAG gets auto-filtered like that?

[Fuzzy Chickens]

Here's a guide I have for handling MKVs several different ways: Handling MKV & MP4 Files

Okay, I've successfully gotten video from an MP4 into Virtualdub that way... but what about audio?

[l33tmeatwad]

Here's a guide I have for handling MKVs several different ways: Handling MKV & MP4 Files

Okay, I've successfully gotten video from an MP4 into Virtualdub that way... but what about audio?

You'd have to import the audio separately then mux them together, here's a guide on how to do that in AviSynth.

[Fuzzy Chickens]

Meatwad, you are my favorite forum member ever.

[Fuzzy Chickens]

By the way, your guides were actually quite a bit more complicated than what I really needed to do. I was able to cut it down to a one-step process, as follows:

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use the FFVideoSource and FFAudioSource plugins for AVIsynth

Pretty easy.

[Fuzzy Chickens]

Hmm... the audio is intelligible, but really loud and scratchy. WTF.