Using the codecs and guide provided I was able to open my mkv files in virtualdub with a very simple avisynth script
FFCopyrightInfringement(filename)
I found that using DirectShowSource does get the file to open but when in virtualdub the playback slider doesn't move while in vritualdubmod I have a smooth playback but no audio. However that's ok cause the new script has taken care of that but now there are no subtitles in the video footage. Now I know for a fact that it is possible to get subtitles from these mkv files as I was able to do so by sheer luck in the past. I was fiddling with my CCP settings by randomly checking and unchecking boxes when all of a sudden I saw subtitles in virtual dub when I loaded the mkv. I was wondering how I can replicate those results again. Pretty much I intend to take my subbed anime episodes and make small clips out of them for personal projects. I figure learning how to keep/remove the subtitles on them would be a handy skill to learn just in case I need to do so again in the future.

