H264 in vdub giving me an error.

[SignedupGuest]

I just extracted a video with mkvextract and its in h264 format. Problem is vdub cant open it, "cannot detect file type of ..."

Also note: MPC cant run it, while VLC the video is blocky. Weird.

edit: But DSS works on the original MKV, hmmm.

[jagabo]

Nothing strange about this. Many programs cannot read containerless video streams.

[lordsmurf]

What was the original container? MKV or MP4, maybe AVI or MOV or something else?

MKVExtract may have not been needed.

I can give you more info on how to open in VirtualDub, but I want to first be sure your file is not corrupted from a potentially unneeded middle step you've taken.

[mail2tom]

If you want VirtualDub to read the file you'll need to run the .h264 video stream through AVC2AVI.

[lordsmurf]

I open MP4 directly in VirtualDub. I've been doing it every day for about a week now, on a project.