MKV extract

[Faltzer]

Anthor question, I've noticed that the extracted AVI file is now fairly large, it's about 2GB for only 1.5 minutes of footage (uncompressed) and about 300~400MB when extracted using a lossless codec (h264) yet the actual episode is 350MB for 25 minutes?

[Qyot27]

That's because lossless coding = huge files (most of the time, anyway - there are some tricks, but they only apply in special circumstances). This is why cutting short clips - 20 secs or less, usually - is the recommended method. By running the file through AviSynth, you're decoding the video, not extracting it. Hence, it's going to be at the mercy of whatever compressor you're using.

The best option is to make sure VDubMod is set on Fast Recompress mode, and use either Lagarith or the YV12 version of HuffYUV (which is only available in ffdshow's VFW encoder). Of course, if the video editor you plan on using doesn't support YV12 or doesn't support it correctly, then you're better off leaving it on Full Recompress and saving the files in RGB - in which case use either Lagarith or regular HuffYUV.

[skysky]

I am having a hard time extract MKV files too.
I tried to FFMpegSource.dll as suggested above but I was not able to fine the dll.
I extracted ffmpegsource() extraction but it had only included 4 files in it.
Copying.GPL
FFMS2.dll
ffm2.html
ffmsindex.exe

I am completely lost on how to use VirtualDub to get my files.
I am able to open the mkv files in VirtualDub but it always seem to crash whenever I attempt to save.
It crashes no matter what type I try to save it as. either the HuffYuv clips, setting = "predict gradient(best)", etc...
I am trying to make an important music video and would really appreciate any help anyone have.
I got Adobe premium pro and Windows Movie Maker, that are to edit the files the way I want them to.

Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.

[Qyot27]

I am having a hard time extract MKV files too.
I tried to FFMpegSource.dll as suggested above but I was not able to fine the dll.
I extracted ffmpegsource() extraction but it had only included 4 files in it.
Copying.GPL
FFMS2.dll
ffm2.html
ffmsindex.exe

That's because the FFmpegSource being referred to back in November when this thread was started was version 1.21, you downloaded one of the 2.00 beta versions. If you check the last page in the FFmpegSource thread, however, there's a wrapper function that will force the betas to behave like the older 1.x versions did, more or less. Just copy and paste those instructions into a file named ffmpegsource2.avsi and then use FFmpegSource2("video.mkv",atrack=-1) to call the filter. Or download the 1.21 version and use that.