Matroska and VirtualDubMod scripts

[tHe gLouCh]

Which is the correct script, the first or the second ? And is there a difference ?

1 -
FIRST PASS
VirtualDub.Open("F:\\TOTO\\TEST.avs",0,0);
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VirtualDub.SaveMKV("F:\\TOTO\\TEST_1.mkv");

SECOND PASS
VirtualDub.Open("F:\\TOTO\\TEST.avs",0,0);
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VirtualDub.SaveMKV("F:\\TOTO\\TEST_1.mkv");

2 -
FIRST PASS
VirtualDub.Open("F:\\TOTO\\TEST.avs",0,0);
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VirtualDub.SaveMKV("F:\\TOTO\\TEST_1.mkv");

SECOND PASS
VirtualDub.Open("F:\\TOTO\\TEST_1.mkv",0,0);
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VirtualDub.SaveMKV("F:\\TOTO\\TEST_1.mkv");

[ChristianHJW]

Be careful to use the latest compilation from CVS to use Matroska from scripts, in the official 1.5.1.1a release there was a bug forbidding that, but its fixed in CVS now ....

[Suiryc]

First one should be the correct one.
For the second pass of the second script you try to open the mkv file and write in this file in the same time, which obviously isn't a good idea :) (never cut off the branch you are sitting on :p).

[Defiler]

Speaking of VirtualDubMod CVS.. Is there a site (like there is for Avisynth) that posts nightly/recent CVS builds?
People frequently ask me where to get VDM with working Matroska support, and I'm forced to send them a zip file. It would be nice to have a page to link to.

[Belgabor]

Currently not, we had that on the project page. We havent done it yet 'cause we thought we would upgrade to 1.5.2+ and release a new version soon, but as you probably know 1.5.2+3 turned out to be buggy, so we never actually came to it. We have some stuff to do before the next release, but it won't be too far =)

[Defiler]

Is there a nightly source zip somewhere? I hate using CVS on Windows. :)

[ChristianHJW]

http://www.tortoisecvs.org ... CVS on Windows cant be easier, even i learned to use it ;) ....

[Kalewynn]

I'm not sure this is the best place for me to post this, but since it involves VirtualDubMod and Matroska, and I dont like starting unnecessary threads I think it's about the best I've found.

My problem was that when using VDM to change a large OGM file (700 MB) to mkv, (using Direct Stream Copy of course) VDM crashed at the middle of the process, leaving me with a playable file of about 450 MB. I demuxed the OGM to an avi and two ogg audio files and tried to mux that. It worked but it was agonizingly slow, specially towards the end, there were moments, when the status windows said it rendered as little a 80 or 90 files per second, and a few times it even stopped completely for a short moment.

Hope you fix this feature in the next version, other than that, VDM just keeps getting better and better, congratulations on your work and effort. We all really appreciate them.