Converting RMVB to AVI

[Kilsorrow]

I'm guessing you've heard this one a lot, but I've been having trouble doing this for quite a while now. I've got Avisynth and VirtualDubMod, along with Real Alternative. Basically I downloaded a RMVB from [MOD 403: site name redacted], and am trying to convert it to AVI thru VDM. It's 29.97fps, and I've made the script:

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#ASYNTHER RMVB 29.97fps
DirectShowSource("%f", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

And then clicked "Open video file Via Avisynth", opened my RMVB using the 29.97fps template and I get the same message after a few seconds of it not responding:

Avisynth open failure:
DirectShowSource: Could not open as a video or audio.

Video returned: "DirectShowSource: couldn't open file D:\Documents and Settings\Dan\Desktop\AMVs\Sources\NarutoRMVB\naruto01.rmvb: Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported."

Audio returned: "DirectShowSource: couldn't open file D:\Documents and Settings\Dan\Desktop\AMVs\Sources\NarutoRMVB\naruto01.rmvb: Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported."

(D:\Documents and Settings\Dan\Desktop\AMVs\Sources\NarutoRMVB\naruto01--RMVB29972.avs, line 2)

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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[xPiikanyaa]

Well, it's not a good idea to download footage from the internet to use in your AMVs since the quality isn't as good and it's probably going to be full of subtitles. Well, I guess not everybody can use DVD footage. I can't, anyway. I won't go into details.
That aside. why not use a conversion program instead of AviSynth? I don't know if it'll work but it's worth a try.

[Qyot27]

Open file via AviSynth is NOT for opening scripts (and the fact you even see the option means you're using an extremely outdated version of VDubMod - extremely, since VDubMod itself is outdated; I highly suggest you update to either VDubMod 1.5.10.3 or VirtualDub 1.9.5). Open the scripts with the regular Open dialog instead.