Help with MKV loading

[Emess]

Today I was messing around with some functions I'd written to handle alpha channel operations, so I grabbed a small mkv for use as a background clip, however I am having trouble opening it in avisynth.

ffmpegsource("Blank.Clip.720p.x264-darkhold.mkv")

DSS completely failed and filled up all my RAM before crashing avidemux, is there anything else that might do it? I tried remuxing into an m2ts file and using neuron2's DGAVCIndexNV but that choked on it as well.


Thanks for any help,

E~

[thewebchat]

This looks like a downloaded file! It is a rule 6 violation.

[Guest]

To dispel the concerns tell us what the MKV file contains and where you grabbed it.

[Emess]

I downloaded it from http://voodoo-powered.net/Blank.Clip.720p.x264-darkhold.mkv It's just a 1000 frame blank clip with silent audio.

E~

[Guest]

OK, that certainly wouldn't be protected content, so we're good to go here. Can anyone help Emess?

I'll look at it now too.

[thewebchat]

[09:10] <Emess> thewebchat: way to blow it :/
[09:15] <Emess> I actually know whats wrong with it btw
[09:15] <Emess> in fact I specifically created the file to break ffms2 and dss as a sidefuckup
[09:15] <Emess> the audio is 6ch 24bit PCM
[09:15] <Emess> lavc goes FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF at it
[09:16] <Emess> nfi why dss breaks but that explains ffms2 and avcsource
[09:20] <Emess> tbh
[09:20] <Emess> I didnt even open it
[09:20] <Emess> I just wanted to suck neuron2 into a rule 6 violation over a blank clip
[09:20] <Emess> I dont use windows either

Although, for the record, it opens just fine with DirectShowSource.