Import issues - MKV

[RolltheStampede]

Try to use a ffmpegsource.
Download it from this Doom9 thread. Get 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

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

I had a similar problem with .MKV before. And this is how I got it fixed.

hi you seem pretty knowledgable about this. could you use the avs file and edit it directly in premiere using the mkv import instead of running it through Vdub.
sort of like a dgindex file.

im at work so i cant try it first hand yet

[Kariudo]

that should work just fine (as fine as any other script would), ffmpegsource() is frame-accurate as well

[mirkosp]

Yeah, as Kariudo said, direct avs editing with ffmpegsource does work just fine. However, I should note that it tends to be sensibly slower than direct avs on d2v files, since the mkvs are most likely to contain a lossy video stream which means that not all the frames are keyframes, hence the slower editing. You can notice this especially when you try to move "backwards" between frames or when you just move between far points in the source file or in the timeline. The "backwards" thing is especially noticeable if you try to export one clip with the speed reversed. It will take a lot of time. I think that exporting it with the normal speed, importing that exported clip, time-reversing it and re-exporting might take less time.
So yeah, depending on your system setup, editing with avs directly with ffmpegsource might or might not be a good idea, it's up to you, and in any case it will be slower than d2v.

[Ardour]

Okay, so I'm having a problem with getting the script open in VD.

I followed everything in the thread to the best of my abilites. I was also wondering about the 1.21 version of ffmpegsource because I could only find version 1.12...
Help plz. And would it matter if I said that my file was a .mp4?
Thx in advanced.

[LantisEscudo]

Re-open your script in Notepad and save as ANSI text, not Unicode. Avisynth doesn't recognize Unicode text.

[Ardour]

My Hatsukoi avisynth script was ANSI txt already...
Any other suggestions?

[mirkosp]

Make sure you don't have any japanese or otherwise weird character in the path or filename.

[Qyot27]

I was also wondering about the 1.21 version of ffmpegsource because I could only find version 1.12...

FFmpegSource 1.21:
http://code.google.com/p/ffmpegsource/d ... r&can=1&q=

and FFmpegSource2 2.12:
http://code.google.com/p/ffmpegsource/d ... z&can=1&q=

You can also find straight SVN builds on the downloads page too, but unless you've got some really esoteric problem I'd just wait for the next official release.

[Ardour]

Nope. No japanese or other worldly texts in my script.
Anybody have any other suggestions?

And thanks Qyot for the links. :]

[Bakadeshi]

if all else fails, you can always get virtualdubmod and open the video using AVISynth template, choosing DirectSHowSOurce(), then click "Tools"-> "Script Editor" and change DirectShowSOurce to ffmpegsource. Virtualdubmod will always create the avs file in the proper character coding.

(I dunno why this was taken out of amvapp, its so convinient for avisynth script editing.)

ALso I think the latest version of amvapp has ffmpegsource built in. That might be your easiest method of getting it and making sure it all works out of the box.