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Doffy90
14th April 2009, 00:52
Hello.

I tried to take screencaps of an MKV movie with VirtualDub, but then I noticed that its not supported. Then I tried VirtualDubMod which do support MKV but that still didn't work.

Anyone care to help me?
Adub
14th April 2009, 04:50
Just use Media Player Classic. It works fine.
poisondeathray
14th April 2009, 14:50
Hello.

I tried to take screencaps of an MKV movie with VirtualDub, but then I noticed that its not supported. Then I tried VirtualDubMod which do support MKV but that still didn't work.

Anyone care to help me?

What do you mean it's not supported?

Did you open the mkv with an .avs script or directly ? Can you "see" the video successfully? Do you have a vfw encoder enabled for that video type?


Just use Media Player Classic. It works fine.


^the problem with MPC is that it is difficult to navigate to a specific frame, and you are forced to use either vmr9 renderless , or vmr7 renderless both which discolor the screenshot
Doffy90
14th April 2009, 16:04
What do you mean it's not supported?

Did you open the mkv with an .avs script or directly ? Can you "see" the video successfully? Do you have a vfw encoder enabled for that video type?

I opened it directly in both VirtualDub & VirtualDubMod and neither of them displayed the movie.
poisondeathray
14th April 2009, 16:10
You need to enable a vfw (video for windows) decoder.

Use mediainfo to determine what kind of video (e.g. h.264, VC-1 etc...) , then enable it in the ffdshow vfw configuration (gold colored icon, not red colored icon)

Another option would be to open it up with an .avs script in vdub
Keiyakusha
14th April 2009, 16:12
Doffy90
VirtualDub have no mkv support, VirtualDubMod extremely outdated. Use Avisynth(DirectShowSource) + VirtualDub.
Doffy90
14th April 2009, 16:21
Doffy90
VirtualDub have no mkv support, VirtualDubMod extremely outdated. Use Avisynth(DirectShowSource) + VirtualDub.

Downloaded and installed Avisynth, still wont open in VirtualDub.
Keiyakusha
14th April 2009, 16:24
Doffy90
You should USE avisynth, not just install it.
Doffy90
14th April 2009, 16:26
Doffy90
You should USE avisynth, not just install it.

Ok but theres no exe file, or at least not one that i can see.
RunningSkittle
14th April 2009, 19:00
Im suprised no one mentioned AVIdemux..
Doffy90
14th April 2009, 19:46
Ok? But how do I use any of these things?
Guest
14th April 2009, 19:59
Ok? But how do I use any of these things? Read the available documentation.
Mtz
14th April 2009, 20:20
Use VirtualDubMod and open the MKV via DirectShowSource.

enjoy,
Mtz
Doffy90
14th April 2009, 20:40
Use VirtualDubMod and open the MKV via DirectShowSource.

enjoy,
Mtz

Doesn't work either. I selected DirectShowSource on "AVI Synth Template".

And besides if I do get it to work with all the stuff u guys wrote I would no clue what to do with it? I just want to take a bunch of screencaps (automaticly, not manually)
LUCHOO
15th April 2009, 03:35
Doesn't work either. I selected DirectShowSource on "AVI Synth Template".


installed Avisynth ?
Doffy90
15th April 2009, 16:25
installed Avisynth ?

yes..
Mtz
15th April 2009, 17:52
When you play the mkv file with Media Player Classic can you see in taskbar the icons for Haali and ffdshow? If not, install them.

enjoy,
Mtz
Doffy90
16th April 2009, 20:53
I can't use the Classic Player because it doesn't take automated screencaps.

Edit: I opened the gold icon (FFDShow) like you said but I have no idea what to select...