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.)




