Using Mkv2vob to convert mkv to avi with subs.

[spunge85]

Mkv's seem like a popular topic of discussion but after hours of searching i've yet to find a fix. Im using or trying to use mkv2vob to convert some anime mkv's to avi but the problem is that after muxing i am only getting around 39 seconds of video and a file size of 19mb. Im using the latest version and the audio seems to trancode just fine (taking around 3mins) but when it transcodes the video it stops on the second bar (around 4%) and then goes straight to muxing result being a short clip of video.
Can anyone help? do i need to download any codecs or decoders? The strange thing is that i've tried the older version 2.4.2 and it just skips the audio transcoding and goes straight on to video trancoding the whole mkv with subs but without audio, also it allows me to convert to mpeg2 perfectly so i know that the audio type is supported with 2.4.2. I don't really understand, it seems that if it were possible to combine the two versions i'd have a perfect copy.

Can anyone help or suggest another method of conversion?

I've also tried "any video converter" but it seems to add black boarders to the top and bottom for the subs and prevents me from being able to watch it properly in fullscreen because the subs would be cut off or if i fit to screen size i'd get a stretched picture. if someone know how to prevent this my problem would be solved. I've also tried xvid4psp with great results but it take way two long to convert.

[Baldrick]

Why reconvert? What are you going to play the video on?

In xvid4psp you can change encoding settings/profiles to get faster encoding, use for example constant quality mode or one pass encoding.

Other tools you can use use is handbrake(not latest version though), format factory.

[spunge85]

The reason im reconverting is that i would like to be able to play these on my xbox via external HDD, probably should of specified this in the first post. Since my pc is in a state of repair my xbox has now had to fill all of my media needs so i've been converting mkvs to avi on the family pc, its an old machine packing a mere 512 ram and a god only knows processor and its buggy as hell.

I suppose that its possible that its down to the computer im using and not an issue with the software, could some of the codecs installed conflict with each other? has anyone heard of this happening?

Thank for the info, i'll try the one pass option with xvid4psp and if things speed up it'll be my encoding goto from now on, reasons being that i think it gives better audio than the others i've tried and seems to hardcode the real subtitle track so it looks exactly like the styled ASS subs and not just blocky white font like in others i've used.

will also handbrake and format factory but would still like to know if anyone has a fix for mkv2vob because it just bugs me when things don't work and especially when i can't get them to work.

Many Thanks