Sourcing ASF/WMV 9 files

[mantis2k]

Damn, how can I source an ASF/WMV 9 file without re-encoding the video? Is there a way of converting this to AVI? Virtualdub will not open it for saving, so will any Microsoft software export this to AVI? Any help would be much appreciated!

[hanfrunz]

have you tried directshowsource("filename.asf")?

[mantis2k]

I just tried it, but there was an error:
Avisynth open failure:
DirectShowSource: I can't determine the framerate of the video, you must use the "fps" parameter.

[hanfrunz]

then, look in your manual and use the fps= parameter...

[mantis2k]

OK thanks! I'd never used that source before, so I never knew the syntax, and wondered if there may have been a problem detecting the framerate or something. Anyway, it seems to be working, so I'll see how I get on... I hope the audio remains in sync etc.

[squid_80]

VirtualDubMPEG2 might be able to save it as avi...

[mantis2k]

Nah, I don't think VD MPEG2 can handle WMV series 9, and from what I gather, newer versions of the software don't even support ASF/WMV at all.

[squid_80]

VDMPEG2 can definitely handle asf/wmv containers, whether or not it can decode the content depends how new your ffdshow is. I just tried it and at first got errors about no codec for WVC1, but a bit of tweaking fixed that.