I'm having some trouble converting MKV files to AVI using virtual dub...

[darkzero297]

The audio tracks are in vorbis. For some reason when I try to add the vorbis track to the video it doesn't work at all. I am forced to convert the vorbis to MP3 and that takes too long for me. Can someone tell me the proper way to add a vorbis audio track to a video using virtual dub?

[FallenAngelII]

VirtualDubMod. Get it.

[darkzero297]

That's what I have. I add the vorbis track using Virtual Dub Mod and I interleave it with the video but it doesn't process the audio unless it is in MP3 format for some reason. Why is this?

[celtic_druid]

Because adding vorbis audio to an avi is a really bad idea. mkv is probably the best container for vorbis audio with video other than theora. So best to re-encode or leave it as an mkv.

If you really want vorbis audio in an avi container, try ffmpeg. Probably the mkv is more compatible though.

[darkzero297]

I don't REALLY want it. I just wanted to know if I could incorporate it into an AVI using virtual dub but I guess it doesn't work. It's alright though because I can still convert it to MP3 but it takes time and I don't really like that. Oh well. Thx anyways ppl.

[celtic_druid]

If you only need one audio stream you could try mencoder with -ovc copy -oac mp3lame. Still slow, but easy to batch process so you can leave and do something else.