Does anyone know how to convert MKV to AVI properly?

[Hiwatari]

Hi guys, i've tried using VirtualDubmod to convert MKV to AVIs, but i found that it doesnt work really well, maybe cos videos in VBR frequency don't really convert well...

Does anyone know what to use? or where to get proper tutorials about converting .mkv files to .avi files? I'm actually intending to convert the files to Xvid or DivX formats for backup and also so that i can play it on a DVD/DivX player.

Tried tutorials from VideoHelp.com but they aren't really that friendly and helpful...

Hope for tips from you guys!

[complich8]

VBR? VBR for video streams is dead-solid standard. VBR for audio is a little different, but just click "no" when it asks if you want to rewrite audio headers to "fix" skew and you should be fine...

Or are you talking about VFR? 'cause that's a different story entirely...

[Hiwatari]

VBR = variable bit rate. Apparently Virtualdubmod seems to have problems converting .mkv files which have vbr frequency. I think it applies to video frequencies.

Is there any other way to convert an mkv file properly?

[complich8]

It's pretty clear that you have very little idea wtf you're actually talking about ... you know what the letters "vbr" mean, but that's not what I was questioning and not really relevant. VBR has nothing to do with "frequency" and the only thing you could normally put in an mkv container that an avi wouldn't be able to handle is a VFR video stream. Either way, you wouldn't use the term "frequency" to describe anything about video work in normal circumstances.

You should probably ask more detailed questions ... tell us what you're doing and where it's failing. Just saying "gimme knowledge" doesn't really work too well.

Regardless, you should probably look into MKVExtractGui. You should be able to use it to rip out your streams, then you can mux them back together or reencode them however you'd like in whatever tools you're comfortable using.

[GhostKaGe]

http://www.videohelp.com (http://www.videohelp.com/) has a guide for just about every video convertion out there
http://www.riverpast.com/en/support/tutorials/convert/mkv/avi.php can't be certan of this method ive never tried it a friend put me onto it he swears by it but hes a gimp so if you decide to give it a try let me know how you get on

[Divinity]

http://www.videohelp.com (http://www.videohelp.com/) has a guide for just about every video convertion out there
http://www.riverpast.com/en/support/tutorials/convert/mkv/avi.php can't be certan of this method ive never tried it a friend put me onto it he swears by it but hes a gimp so if you decide to give it a try let me know how you get on

ahh man i knew that river past thing was too good to be true... need a serial key.. guess i have to find a crack.

EDIT: i got the patch for it! yes! it works! so easy! way faster than that command line crap.

[Aeon]

Riverpast looks awesome, I have Yu Yu Hakusho in OGM on my hard drive that I've wanted to burn forever.

[Divinity]

Riverpast looks awesome, I have Yu Yu Hakusho in OGM on my hard drive that I've wanted to burn forever.

aww man... i got the crack... but it still only converts like 1 second of it...

probably have to buy the real thing to convert it all.

[Degozaru Yo]

I usually just extract the video and audio from the MKV etc. with MKVExtract, (MKVtoolnix) and then do whatever I'd want to.

If you ask me, River Past cleaner is good for only the microsoft licensed stuff which is not supported by VDub anymore.
It usually does the few sec-coding because of the audio encoder so try to meddle around with it.
Also some XviD codec's seem to work pretty good with it.
I haven't meddled with it too much to actually find out why it does what it does because I have no need to. ^^

But yeah, MKVExtract is something you might want to look into.
Doom9-forums have a lot of info about it and VDub also.


Good luck.

[itadakimasu]

as GhostKaGe previously posted : www.videohelp.com.

a while back i was trying to burn ogm/mkv's to dvd so i could watch them on my tv. this proved to be very time consuming, i was able to convert them but it was very tedious and i wound up just leaving my ogm/mkv's on hard drive in my media center computer that i now have in my room.