.mkv+decompress.exe=could not render video stream

[geordieskinheed]

ok,as it says in the title,when i try to use decompress.exe on an .mkv file i get an error message could not render video stream.Any ideas?cheers.

[teegee420]

Are you trying to convert to mpeg or something? There are other ways to do this.

[au7usa]

Isn't decompress.exe a tool to decompress the audio from AVI files?

[geordieskinheed]

i was following this guide https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/184742.php to make a avi i could watch on my stand alone player.

[teegee420]

Have you tried opening the mkv with Virtualdubmod and saving as avi? Make sure you select "direct stream copy" for the video.

[au7usa]

Article states;

[Just like article " https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/108498.php" but in this case you can't rename the file as avi. ]

It obviously uses DirectShow to decompress AVI, & OGM (i didn't know it would work with OGM but it did). I always assumed it used its own splitter.

Matroska doesn't work, i just tried it.

Looks like a job for.............................VirtualDubMod!

[zanos]

Virtualdubmod crashes when I use it. Is there some purpose to using mkv?