converting .mkv to a .avi that actually works - is this possible?

[phatj]

I have a movie in .mkv format that I want to burn to DVD to play in a stand alone DVD player.

I use avi2dvd to do that conversions. But this file is .mkv, so I need to convert it to an .avi first.

Any suggestions?

 

[TheRyuu]

An mkv is just a "storage container" for say normally a xvid file. Also, it can be divx too or really any mpeg4 format (H.264...etc..).
But normally, Xvid/Divx.

You should be able to use Virtual Dub Mod:
http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/

Download:
http://sourceforge.net/project/download...od_1_5_10_2_All_inclusive.zip&30472886

In order to select the streams you want, then just save it to an avi file.
Make sure that when you save it to an avi file you just do "direct stream copy".

And also, some type of files are not supported in avi mode too so you might have a trouble with (I think ogg audio isn't supported, but you'll have to check).

If you can't get it to open in Virtual Dub Mod then you can try just regular Virtual Dub (google it).

 

[StopSign]

Here's the real way to do it (without details):

- Demux and remove the audio/subtitles from the MKV container with MKVExtract GUI and MKVToolNix
- Convert audio stream to AC3 or MP2 using BeSweet (or with BeLight...which really is BeSweet with a GUI)
- Make an Avisynth script to load up the original MKV
- Use a MPEG2 encoder, like TMPGEnc, to encode your Avisynth script (which really is your MKV video stream) to an MPEG2 video stream (.m2v file)
- Use a DVD authoring program (like TMPGEnc DVD Author) to encode your DVD
- Burn your DVD

If you need further explanation on these steps, use Google or ask SPECIFICALLY what you don't understand.

 

[Auric]

ConvertXtoDVD in one EZ step.

Otherwise aforementioned VirtualDub and only fall back to demuxing with MKVToolNix if necessary.