From x264 (mkv) to XviD (avi)

[sarpanch]

Hey everyone.

I have one video file encoded with x264 in mkv container. Audio is AC3.

Is it possible to encode the video to XviD and finally place it in avi container with AC3 sound.

I've searched the forum but couldn't find a solution for this.

Need your help guys.

Thanks.

[hoozdapimp]

There may be a better way to do this, but...this works for me:

1) Use mkvtoolnix to extract the AC3 from your xvid
2) Use an avs script to encode using MeGUI. The script is as simple as this:
DirectShowSource("yourfile.mkv")
3) Mux the AC3 that you extracted in step 1 with the AVI output in step 2. I use VirtualDubMod for this, but there are probably many different ways to do this.