RMVB to AVI using VirtualDubMod

[mahdlo]

Hello there,

I have been following kschang's method of converting RMVBs to AVIs using VirtualDubMod and Avisynth. I use a Windows bootcamp-ed MacBook because it's a faster conversion on there than my Dell.

The problem that I am having occurred once already, and that was fixed by a re-format of it on my Mac. What is wrong is that when I try to open the .avs of a .rmvb file using VirtualDubMod, I get an error saying that there is an Avisynth open failure, Audio and Video returned could not be opened, and that the format is not supported. But when I go on my Dell, it can actually open the .rmvb file that I am trying to convert on the Mac.

I have tried to open .avi, and .mkv on the Mac, and they both open. It's just the .avs of the .rmvb that I am trying to convert that is not opening on VirtualDubMod.

Anyone know why this is happening? I don't want to re-format the partition again.

Oh yes, I have tried deleting/uninstalling and then installing the programs. Didn't work...

Thanks!

[redwudz]

Not all RMVBs are easy to convert. Do you have a RM codec installed? I use Real Alternative Player for that.

And I quit using VDM/AVIsynth for my RM/RMVB conversions. I use Any Video Converter now and it seems to work well with most of them. Use the 'Customized AVI Movie' setting for more control of the output.

[mahdlo]

Yup, I have Real Alternative installed. It's been working until now.

Thanks a lot, I tried Any Video Converter and it works great. I'll use this method from now on.

[redwudz]

If you need to do extensive filtering of the RMVB converted file in VDM, you can also output from Any Video Converter with HuffyUV as a loseless codec. Then do your filtering in VDM, then re-encode to your final output, say Xvid, with minimal quality loss. The downside is the HuffyUV files are huge and you may need to install the HuffyUV codec for VDM to open them.

I'm not a fan of RM format and I always convert them to something more usable.