Import issues - MKV

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Import issues - MKV

Postby nevada11 » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:06 pm

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Yeah, its a download source too >.<

You can see the version of Vdub there too, and opened it via avisynth and directshowsource

Please help ='[

Anymore details, feel free to ask
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby Vax » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:23 pm

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.
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby nevada11 » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:27 pm

Vax wrote:Try to use a ffmpegsource.
...and create a script with
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ffmpegsource("path to video file", vtrack=-1, atrack=-1)


Thanks for the advice (:

but I got lost from that point i quoted.
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby nevada11 » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:42 pm

[Excuse double post]

I followed Vax's intrusctions up prior to where he mentioned the script

First, I opened the mkv file via notepad and I got the error message noting that the file is too "large" for notepad and I was advised to use another editor to edit the file.

I was told by Vax, that this is normal. I copied the code given in the post above and ready to paste. The notepad file couldn't "recognize" the mouse even after i right clicked. So I then clicked the Edit tab and then clicked paste.

I saved the document as Hellsing.avs with the same folder as my mkv file.

Now I open the .avs file in Vdub via avi synth and DirectShowSource and I get the error message:

"FFmpegSource: Couldn't open path to video file."
"(Document where .avs file is located)"

I get the same error message when I import it as File --> "Open video file". I also receive the same error message when I import the script in Zarx.

I must have gone wrong somewhere in there :|

Thanks for reading and the help.
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby Vax » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:58 pm

"(Document where .avs file is located)"
Is that what you inserted in your script?

From what I see on your error message it's supposed to be
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ffmpegsource("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Hellsing Ultimate OVA 1.mkv", vtrack=-1, atrack=-1)
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby nevada11 » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:39 pm

It worked as I imported it via avi synth and directshowsource

But the problem is I expected it to unpack. Now I have to save it as .avi and compress it. It's estimated to be finished in one day.

I try a direct stream copy and its already 1 GB at only 1 minute of encoding.

Is there anyway to speed the process.
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby AaronAMV » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:41 pm

Less filters? Faster filters? Better processor? Other than that, no.

My Munto 2 took 37 hours to convert. :|
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby nevada11 » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:03 pm

Damn-it,

It's worth the wait perhaps.

Thanks for the help.
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby lagger_3D » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:15 pm

Hello, I'm new to the forum. Well, actually I've been here allllll along, but have never interacted with anyone else until now... tah-dah! Okay, now down to business...

I have a mkv media file that I need to convert to avi or wmv to import into my editing software. I have sony vegas 8, but I'm self-training myself on the program and it gets frustrating so I take it into Windows Movie Maker often (I know, WHY would I want to do that? I guess I've just been using the crap for so long that it's second nature to me now). So does anyone know of a converter... preferibly FREE that is great and doesn't leave any marks on the video until you BUY the actual converter? I'm a poor college student, as I'm sure most of us are... but I have a few idea's for Witchblade amvs that no one else has done.

Thanks for the help, :D

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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby Kariudo » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:01 am

use avisynth and virtualdub/mod to turn those .mkv files into editable (read: hueg liek xbox) .avi files

the other posts in this thread should be all you need
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby RolltheStampede » Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:12 pm

Vax wrote: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
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby Kariudo » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:09 am

that should work just fine (as fine as any other script would), ffmpegsource() is frame-accurate as well
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby mirkosp » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:09 pm

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.
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby Ardour » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:45 pm

Okay, so I'm having a problem with getting the script open in VD.
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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.
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Re: Import issues - MKV

Postby LantisEscudo » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:13 pm

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