MKV Madness

[AliceD-25]

Hey everyone, I'm new here on this forum. I have been on AnimeMusicVideos.org for some time now, enjoying all kinds of great AMV's, and I finally decided to try to make one of my own. I started out with reading A&E's Technical Guides to All Things Audio and Video, and I downloaded the AMVApp 3.0.

Now the problem I've been having, and a search around the forum showed me that I wasn't the only one, is getting MKV files converted to AVI. I've read about every topic I could find on the subject, read the Various Media Formats Guide. I tried the FFVideoSource en DirectShowSource codes. I tried MKVextractGUI and some other programs, but nothing seems to work.

The thing that puzzled me was that supposedly I shouldn't have any problems at all if I used the AMVApp. Anyone has some suggestions what the problem might be? I'm completely out of ideas or other methodes to try, so I would be very glad if someone can help me.

[Kariudo]

Not sure if the amvapp comes with ffmpegsource or not (grab from here, unzip and stick the dll in ...\program files\avisynth2_5\plugins\) but even if it doesn't, directshowsource should've worked.

Please post your avisynth script and any error(s) you see when trying to open it in vdub

the amvapp isn't a silver bullet for editing, just a collection of useful editing stuff.

[Kionon]

I realise I'm taking a stick and poking you with it, but with the fact you said you read all the guides, stickies, and you lurked, did you miss the heavy implication that in general your question is connected with illegally obtained source?

There are legitimate uses of MKV but they are rare. Please stipulate clearly this is your situation.

I'm picking on you because I was complaining about this just last night. I won't help someone use MKVs unless they demonstrate their process is one (like storage of ripped BRDs) that follows the Org Code of AMV Ethics. In general this is why your lurking was not fruitful. If you're using MKVs, odds are you are doing something we officially cannot endorse.

[AliceD-25]

@ Kariudo

Thanks for the help, but it didn't work. I downloaded ffmpegsource, and put the .dll file in the plugin directory, but it still gives me an error. So I tried the DirectShowSource command again, and this is what I got.





On a side note, I found a program that converts MKV to AVI with relative quality loss.

@ Kionon

Well yes, I did read that the use of pirated material is forbidden on this site. And I admit, I am guilty. I wanted to use some scenes from the opening of Shigurui, and frankly, I can't afford to buy the whole DVD box for 5 seconds of the material I want to use in the AMV.

[Kariudo]

Strange...
I'm stumped.

[mirkosp]

Try ffvideosource instead of directshowsource, my 2 cents are on missing directshow codecs.

[Kariudo]

Try ffvideosource instead of directshowsource, my 2 cents are on missing directshow codecs.

op has already tried ffvideosource

[Zarxrax]

I've encountered a similar error before. I don't know what caused the problem but it's probably something funny with the mkv file. Try finding a different version of it.

[mirkosp]

Try ffvideosource instead of directshowsource, my 2 cents are on missing directshow codecs.

op has already tried ffvideosource

Ziiinnnnn, missed that. I'd try to mux into a ts and load into dgavcindex for the sake of trying something, then.

[Kionon]

Windows version of avidemux 2.4.4 gtk?

Avidemux converts MKV files quite nicely. No quality loss, straight to huffyuv.