Converting .mkv to .avi issue
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Converting .mkv to .avi issue
Okay, I've read through quite a bit of the guides here in an attempt to figure out how to convert my .mkv files to .avi, but it's not working. (Note that I am a complete newbie to video-editing and to all of the programs mentioned/recommended by the guides; this is my first experience with them.)
I used VirtualDubMod and opened an AviSynth file with the DirectShowSource command. When I try to play the video in VirtualDubMod, though, I get a message that says:
"Oops -- VirtualDub has crashed. Details are listed below which may help you pinpoint the problem...
Crash details (best guess as to cause)
An out-of-bounds memory access (access violation) occurred in module 'VirtualDubMod'...while running thread "Processing" (thread.cpp:105)."
If I save it as an .avi without trying playing it first in VirtualDubMod, it does work, but the .avi file that comes out doesn't play fluidly. (Meaning if I press play, it's stuck on the first frame and doesn't do anything, and if I click around on the time line it just shows a still of the frame at that time.) If I try to import the .avi file to Windows Movie Maker, only the audio is read and when I try to play it it's very choppy.
What am I doing wrong? Does it matter that the video file is high-quality and rather large (~1 GB) and the output .avi file turns out to be ~100GB? (I made ample space for the output file.)
I used VirtualDubMod and opened an AviSynth file with the DirectShowSource command. When I try to play the video in VirtualDubMod, though, I get a message that says:
"Oops -- VirtualDub has crashed. Details are listed below which may help you pinpoint the problem...
Crash details (best guess as to cause)
An out-of-bounds memory access (access violation) occurred in module 'VirtualDubMod'...while running thread "Processing" (thread.cpp:105)."
If I save it as an .avi without trying playing it first in VirtualDubMod, it does work, but the .avi file that comes out doesn't play fluidly. (Meaning if I press play, it's stuck on the first frame and doesn't do anything, and if I click around on the time line it just shows a still of the frame at that time.) If I try to import the .avi file to Windows Movie Maker, only the audio is read and when I try to play it it's very choppy.
What am I doing wrong? Does it matter that the video file is high-quality and rather large (~1 GB) and the output .avi file turns out to be ~100GB? (I made ample space for the output file.)
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Re: Converting .mkv to .avi issue
If you're creating a 100 GB video file (uncompressed, right?), then you can't reasonably expect it to play fluidly in anything. Just too big.
That's why it's often recommended to cut only the clips you need.
That's why it's often recommended to cut only the clips you need.
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Re: Converting .mkv to .avi issue
I see. Am I able to cut the .mkv file to a shorter clip then?
It's un-edit-able because it's a .mkv file, so how would I make it shorter?
It's un-edit-able because it's a .mkv file, so how would I make it shorter?
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Re: Converting .mkv to .avi issue
Using the In/out markers in vdub, perhaps?
or whatever it is you PC people use
or whatever it is you PC people use
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Re: Converting .mkv to .avi issue
I don't have much experience dealing with mkv files, but there's this very useful plugin for avisynth called "ffmpegsource" that lets you open files like mp4 and mkv. I can't link you to it at the moment, sorry, but I remember that I downloaded it from a Doom9 forum. Maybe using that instead of Directshowsource might help?
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Re: Converting .mkv to .avi issue
Alright, I'm still having issues...
I'm using a different (much smaller) .mkv video file now to work with, and I tried using the FFmpegSource command (I downloaded what I think is the plug-in and extracted it into the AviSynth plug-in folder) with the video file. Again VDub will open the file, will save it, but I cannot play the video in VDub (when I try to play it, it gives me the same out-of-bounds error).
I also tried using the "in/out marker" thing...the suggestion was to crop, right? I looked up a cropping in Vdub tutorial and it requires the use of filters...but the Video > Filters is greyed out for me when the video is open. :S
When I save it as an .avi and then try to open the.avi file (with either DirectShowSource or FFmpegSource), it plays but it's not very fluid. This time, the starting .mkv file was <100MB and the ending file was 2GB; this should be small enough to play fluidly, but at some points the video and audio stutters...
I'm using a different (much smaller) .mkv video file now to work with, and I tried using the FFmpegSource command (I downloaded what I think is the plug-in and extracted it into the AviSynth plug-in folder) with the video file. Again VDub will open the file, will save it, but I cannot play the video in VDub (when I try to play it, it gives me the same out-of-bounds error).
I also tried using the "in/out marker" thing...the suggestion was to crop, right? I looked up a cropping in Vdub tutorial and it requires the use of filters...but the Video > Filters is greyed out for me when the video is open. :S
When I save it as an .avi and then try to open the.avi file (with either DirectShowSource or FFmpegSource), it plays but it's not very fluid. This time, the starting .mkv file was <100MB and the ending file was 2GB; this should be small enough to play fluidly, but at some points the video and audio stutters...
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Re: Converting .mkv to .avi issue
Wrong. "Cropping" is taking pixels off the edges of each frame -- it's spatial, not temporal.cheesekun wrote:I also tried using the "in/out marker" thing...the suggestion was to crop, right? I looked up a cropping in Vdub tutorial and it requires the use of filters...but the Video > Filters is greyed out for me when the video is open. :S
The suggestion was actually to use the In/Out markers (the rightmost buttons on the bottom of the VirtualDub window) to cut shorter clips out of the video, taking only the certain sections you need, so you save only a few seconds or a minute instead of an entire episode.
Also, cutting clips in this manner does *not* require the use of VirtualDub filters -- however, if you ever find yourself wanting to use a VDub filter for some other reason, you can enable that menu selection by changing your video processing mode to "Full recompress mode".
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Re: Converting .mkv to .avi issue
am currently encoding 1-24 of Regios 720p raws to lossless avi, each episode is around 6-8gig, they play in a normal manner for me o.o. i use FFMPEGSource and Lagarith lossless codec. Am new to editing aswell though so maybe am missing something herecheesekun wrote:Alright, I'm still having issues...
I'm using a different (much smaller) .mkv video file now to work with, and I tried using the FFmpegSource command (I downloaded what I think is the plug-in and extracted it into the AviSynth plug-in folder) with the video file. Again VDub will open the file, will save it, but I cannot play the video in VDub (when I try to play it, it gives me the same out-of-bounds error).
I also tried using the "in/out marker" thing...the suggestion was to crop, right? I looked up a cropping in Vdub tutorial and it requires the use of filters...but the Video > Filters is greyed out for me when the video is open. :S
When I save it as an .avi and then try to open the.avi file (with either DirectShowSource or FFmpegSource), it plays but it's not very fluid. This time, the starting .mkv file was <100MB and the ending file was 2GB; this should be small enough to play fluidly, but at some points the video and audio stutters...