virtualdub for mkv

[SignedupGuest]

Is there any software that allows me to edit an MKV the same way I can edit an avi (lets say xvid) in vdub?

My requirements are:
1# Need video and audio
2# needs to be very, very easy (as in I can visuall see the video as I edit it and can 'cut' parts out)
3# ideally it wont re-encode (kind of the same way mkvmerge doesn't re-encode).

These edits do not need to be down to the frame. Even if its 1-2 seconds off its ok for this project.

[poisondeathray]

avidemux

[SignedupGuest]

hmmm, interesting tool, but when I do a edit I do not have any video in MPC HC but video in VLC (which I do not use).

I also tried an FLV lossless video only edit. It did manage to load the file but when I tried to save it as HuffYUV codec it doesn't play in either of my MPC HC versions, in VLC or even with directShowSource.

[poisondeathray]

I thought you didn't want to re-encode ? Technically you lose quality with huffyuv because it's upsampled to yuy2, and when you re-encode again to your final format, you will lose quality again

video=>copy
audio=>copy
format=>mkv

This would be similar to editing in vdub with "direct stream copy" with no quality loss

I also tried an FLV lossless video only edit

FLV can't hold huffyuv, you would have needed to select "AVI" as the format

[SignedupGuest]

I do not want to re-encode the mkv. I was able to save it as an mkv with my edit. But I did not get any video (black screen) in MPC HC. Only audio. I did about 1m test on two seperate MKV files.

But now that I got that app installed I do want to re-encode an separate FLV into a lossless format, with or without audio. I got an FLV that wont open in vdub (with directshowsource), so im hoping avidemux can solve the issue (I just cant seem to encode it).

btw: No matter what file type I try (flv or mkv) the encoding screen (haff or mkv copy) stays at 0% till its done encoding.

[poisondeathray]

what kind of video compression on a) the mkv b) the flv ? use mediainfo (view=>text) if you don't know, copy & paste back here

what version of avidemux ?

[SignedupGuest]

avidemux is 3.6 32 bit (not all that stable tho, ive had to kill it in the task managed 4 times now).

mkv:

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=10
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

as for the flv, not sure. But the mkv right now is more important.

[SignedupGuest]

also right now both the MKV and the FLV load fine in avidemux (I can navigate fine). It just seems avidemux cannot encode it correctly.

[poisondeathray]

you mean 2.6? (not 3.6?) .

Some people are having problems with the newest 2.6 , try an older version. I've tested it on dozens of mkv and flv videos and it works fine . Or even go back to 2.5.x builds . They don't necessarily have to be installed, you can use a portable version

http://avidemux.razorbyte.com.au/

It just seems avidemux cannot encode it correctly.

If you set it to "copy" it's not doing any encoding . Did you remember to enter the extension when you saved the video? (e.g. "myvideo.mkv")


If you are re-encoding the flv, you can open the flv in vdub with the ffinputdriver plugin for vdub , or with an avs script with ffms2 , or even use another utility like ffmpeg (or a GUI like winff, avanti)

[SignedupGuest]

yeah 2.6, was a typo....

I tried 2.5, failed to load several flv's, once I got one working the encode seemed to have worked (was able to load it in VLC).

I also did a 'copy' on the mkv, so not sure what is happening. I can play the original fine, but the edit gives me no video.

Maybe ill look at all of this tomorrow. Been drinking tonight :P