Unable to open .avs files in virtualdubmod

[wilLAG]

All I want to do in VDM is to make clips out of my AVI episodes (I used AllToAVI to change .mkv files to .avi). Following the information someone pointed out here, I made a script in wordpad that says:

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AVISource("C:\Users\Willow\My AMO\Anime\Princess Tutu\trans\Princess Tutu - 09.avi")

I saved it at the address "C:\Users\Willow\My AMO\My AMVs\Load Tutu 09.avs". I open VDM, go to Open video file..., select it, and it pops up with this message:

Avisynth open failure:
Script error: syntax error
(C:\Users\Willow\My AMO\My AMVs\Load Tutu 09.avs, line 1, column 1)

I then try a different approach. I go to Open video file via Avisynth..., select Default (AVI Source), and then select the file (Princess Tutu - 09.avi) at the address given above. However, another error pops up and this one says:

Avisynth open failure:
AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc h264
(C:\Users\Willow\My AMO\Anime\Princess Tutu\trans\Princess Tutu - 09--default2.avs,line 2) <-- after the 2nd time I tried this approach.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Why would I need a decompressor for h264? I'm selecting the .avi files I made from the .mkv h264 files with AllToAVI, not the originals.

Thank you.

Note: I installed AMVapp twice b/c running the tests gave me failures, but after looking up a thread on the forum I've found that they just don't work in Vista.

[mirkosp]

For starters, there is a new guide: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech3/
Second, instead of changing the mkv files to avi files, you should just load them directly in avisynth with ffvideosource (the plugin comes with the new amvapp).

[wilLAG]

Second, instead of changing the mkv files to avi files, you should just load them directly in avisynth with ffvideosource (the plugin comes with the new amvapp).

You mean I can upload the .mkv files, select the clips I want, and put them out as .avi clips? I'll have to read up on it more closely later. Thanks.

Will keep updating as I go along.