Extracting H264 Video from MKV Container...

[Dreakon]

I have a MKV video file here. It runs fine in Media Player Classic, but I throw the file through MKVextract.exe (part of the mkvtoolnix package) to extract the video alone and it goes to hell.

Here's what the mkv file looks like playing normally in Media Player Classic:


Here's what it looks like after I extract the video using MKVextract.exe and/or VirtualDubMod and play it in Media Player Classic:

(note, its the same frame and everything, the entire video stream is messed up)

I honestly have no idea why its doing this. I've extracted other H264 video files from other MKV containers and this hasn't happened, tons of times. This is news to me and I don't even know where to start looking for help. The mkvtoolnix package is updated to the latest, as is VirtualDubMod. I've tried other programs as well to extract it like Avidemux and AVI-Mux_GUI.

Hope someone here has a few hints to get this working for me. :P


P.S: Something wierd though, the video plays fine if I play it in VirtualDubMod rather than Media Player Classic. Media Player Classic gets the mucked up mess you see up there though. Windows Media Player also doesn't play it right.

[Soopafresh]

Looks like it is a raw h264 file complaining about not being in a container. You can use Yamb 1.6 to mux it into MP4, or AVC2AVI to mux it to AVI. Sometimes it happens...

[Dreakon]

You can use Yamb 1.6 to mux it into MP4

I intend to edit with it, so turning it into a functional AVI file would be better than just putting it in a container.

or AVC2AVI to mux it to AVI. Sometimes it happens...

No go, same problem happens even after putting it through AVC2AVI.

I think your right about it complaining about not being in a container though... I can't imagine what the problem is though. I find it odd that it works right in Virtual Dub Mod when I play it, but in media players like MPC I get that garbled mess. Thanks for the help though.

If you have any more ideas for me to try, please feel free to post. :P


EDIT:
Oddly enough, it also works in VLC player. I use Media Player Classic (and I don't intend to switch) so that's more important to me personally. But now, somehow, I'm even more confused than I was before...