CONVERTING MKV TO AVI-someone please!!!!!

[Jellybeantiger]

i'VE TRIED EVERYTHING IN HERE AND I CANT GET A MKV FILE TO CONVERT TO AVI

I'm trying to convert to avi but i can't .

the mkv merge program has an exe named mkv extract but when i use that, it does nothing - a black screen comes up then it closes.

I'm about to throw my whole pc out the bloody window,.


MKV - who invented this crap format?????

[Jellybeantiger]

MKv needs a proggy to use EASILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

[Jellybeantiger]

All MKV does is convert back into the same format .

I can see the vid ,audio and subs files but when I demux,it converts to MKV not the other formats.



Going crazy here.

Need my anti depressants.

No more mkv files everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

Worst format eva.

[Jeremiah58]

i'VE TRIED EVERYTHING IN HERE AND I CANT GET A MKV FILE TO CONVERT TO AVI

When I had a similar situation - this worked for me:
https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=325530&highlight=

BTW, mkv is a great stuff...just sometimes is a pain in the ass to convert to avi.

[Ai Haibara]

MKVExtractGUI requires mkvtoolnix to be installed to the same directory to work. Do you have both installed to the same directory?

[Jellybeantiger]

I have all this stuff but nothing works.

MKV is the pits.

[Jellybeantiger]

It only extracts to the same format-mkv.

I extracted the files but virtual dub mod doesn't read them-errors all over the place so I can't use that to convert to avi.

I can play the file on my pc with vlc media player but i need it to be avi so I can use it with sms media player for the ps2.

[Jellybeantiger]

Thanks Jeremiah for that program tip!!!

[theewizard]

download the mkvextratGUI

it's a zip/rar file unzip and place the files in the mkvmerge folder

run mkv extract

press the rest button drag & drop your file into contents window

if it does not show you the video & audio tracks

do reset and try again

took four try for me to get it going

then check ONLY one box the video track and then click the extract button

after that choose the audio tract and extract it

then use avidemux2 to mux them together as a playable Xvid file

if your planning on a DVD , skip the mux step

you will need to run the avi video thru your encoder to get an m2v file for gfd

or use the muxed xvid with convertX

OR you try super but it will make the file bigger and take longer

[Shilar]

download the mkvextratGUI

it's a zip/rar file unzip and place the files in the mkvmerge folder

run mkv extract

press the rest button drag & drop your file into contents window

if it does not show you the video & audio tracks

do reset and try again

took four try for me to get it going

then check ONLY one box the video track and then click the extract button

after that choose the audio tract and extract it

then use avidemux2 to mux them together as a playable Xvid file

if your planning on a DVD , skip the mux step

you will need to run the avi video thru your encoder to get an m2v file for gfd

or use the muxed xvid with convertX

OR you try super but it will make the file bigger and take longer

I've been using MKVExtractGUI for demuxing (more like unzipping) mkv, and I extract it all (I never can get the subs right. Then use Goldwave to make a ack walrus (Ogg Vorbis) to mp3/wav. Then I use VirtualDub, making a nice Divx/Xvid AVI that's compatible... If only everyone learned mp4 and AVI are more compatible than mkv...

[theewizard]

you can use super to extract the audio directly from the mkv to ac3, just be sure the sampling rate is set for 48000 and the bit rate is 192,224 or 384

that way the stream won't have to reprocessed

super also has a volume increase option that works very well, and does not adversely affect the timing ( doesn't mess it up )