frame accurate seeking in mkv

[actionman133]

Hi,

I have an MKV file I'd like to trim, filter and recompress. However, with the exception of DirectShowSource (seek = false), I can't get accurate trimming. The file is quite large and seeking sometimes takes longer than encoding using this method.

Is there a faster way to get accurate seeking? I tried transferring the stream to AVI via VirtualDubMod, but because it's H.264, it refused to do so...

[Manao]

It's not because it's h264 that it refused to do so, it's because it's not stored in the VFW compatibility mode.

You could trim the file with mkvmerge ( don't trim it precisely - you can't - just make sure to have the shortest file possible containing the part you want to recode )