Avisynth + Vdub + mkv = T_T

[ForeverZeroo]

OK. I had this problem on my last computer and fixed it. But then my computer was stolen....and not only was the fixed solution....but all my notes on what different stuff to try.

I have some of the avs files which worked on my last computer...but now will not work on this one.
here is the code:

#ASYNTHER Default (Source)
DirectShowSource("G:\[A-FanRips]Dragonball_Z_-_Season_1.R1DVD_[3Audio][XviD]\[A-FanRips]Dragonball Z - 031[3Audio][XviD].mkv",fps=23.976)

That worked on my last computer but when i put it into Vdubmod on this one...i get this error:
Avisynth open failure:
Directshowsource: Could Not Open as video or audio

Video returned: Directshowsource: couldn't open file
Cannot play back the file. Format is not supported.

Please help one more time T_T

[Vax]

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AVISource("path to video")

If that fails, try ...

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ffmpegsource("path to video file", vtrack=-1, atrack=-1)

[ForeverZeroo]

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AVISource("path to video")

If that fails, try ...

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ffmpegsource("path to video file", vtrack=-1, atrack=-1)

I tried the AVI one with no dice.

The 2nd one....would i have to change the numbers or anything for the Vtrack A Track stuff? or is it as is?

[Vax]

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AVISource("path to video")

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ffmpegsource("path to video file", vtrack=-1, atrack=-1)

I tried the AVI one with no dice.

The 2nd one....would i have to change the numbers or anything for the Vtrack A Track stuff? or is it as is?

Download the ffmpegsource plugin from this Doom 9 thread (I personally recommend the 1.21 version, not the beta), put the dll in your avisynth plugins folder (usually c:\program files\avisynth 2.5\plugins), and create a script with the one i posted. The numbers, try it with them first, then if no luck, try without them.

[Qyot27]

DirectShowSource isn't working because you don't have Haali's Media Splitter and XviD or ffdshow installed.

FFmpegSource's parameters are completely optional. vtrack=-1 is practically redundant (-1 just tells the plugin to grab the first available track, which for video it would do anyway; if the file had multiple angles, vtrack=1 or vtrack=2 or so on would specify which track you want it to process), and atrack=-1 is only necessary if you want audio to be retained, as FFmpegSource doesn't load audio by default (again, the -1 specifies the first available track and positive numbers specify the track number if you need to be exact, such as in the case of files with multiple audio streams).

[ForeverZeroo]

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AVISource("path to video")

If that fails, try ...

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ffmpegsource("path to video file", vtrack=-1, atrack=-1)

I tried the AVI one with no dice.

The 2nd one....would i have to change the numbers or anything for the Vtrack A Track stuff? or is it as is?

Download the ffmpegsource plugin from this Doom 9 thread (I personally recommend the 1.21 version, not the beta), put the dll in your avisynth plugins folder (usually c:\program files\avisynth 2.5\plugins), and create a script with the one i posted. The numbers, try it with them first, then if no luck, try without them.

No dice. None of that worked :-/

[Purge]

maybe its the audio - kill the audio

either dont include the atrack=1 line with ffmpeg
or include ",audio = false" if you use directshowsource

[ForeverZeroo]

maybe its the audio - kill the audio

either dont include the atrack=1 line with ffmpeg
or include ",audio = false" if you use directshowsource

Negitive. That doesnt work either :-/

[Phantasmagoriat]

Does the file play in Media Player Classic, or Windows Media Player?
Does the file play in VLC?

Either way, I would usually suggest the cccp [from my sig]
if that doesn't work maybe try changing the file extension to mp4 or avi and then retry. I've come across a couple situations where that worked... although I don't really know why...

hope that helps

[Qyot27]

if that doesn't work maybe try changing the file extension to mp4 or avi and then retry. I've come across a couple situations where that worked... although I don't really know why...

Because perception is a bitch. At least for some people they think that using a different, common extension will warrant them more downloads. Or something. I've seen it with some videos uploaded on Local which were clearly H.264-encoded MP4 files, but had .avi extensions instead.