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How to play Despecialized Edition V2.5 on a PS3 if you don't have a BD burner
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This is from The Empire Strikes Back.

These markers were taken from The Empire Strikes Back chapters xml document that is created after extracting raw data (using MKVExtractGUI-2).

Although the chapter markers are similar to Star Wars, they aren’t exactly the same.

Also AVCHD is for burning to a DVD9 or Dual Layer disc. A Blu-ray player can read AVCHD. But AVCHD is not truly a “Blu-ray.” DVD9 or DVD+R/-R DL has storage capacity around 8.5 gb. While a standard BD+R has storage capacity of 25 gb.

My point is this: if you want to convert/retain most or all of the MKV data, it would be wiser to convert to Blu-ray. MKV files are roughly 17-20gb. A Blu-ray will easily contain converted MKV file. MKV can be converted to AVCHD format but will not contain everything the MKV offers due to DVD9/DVD+R/-R 8.5 gb capacity.

I was able to burn all three films using the Blu-ray options I mentioned. And yes, all three films work on PS3 and other Blu-ray devices.

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#909890
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How to play Despecialized Edition V2.5 on a PS3 if you don't have a BD burner
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Smosef said:

Would it be possible to transfer the 19 GB mkv file to a Blu ray disc as a data file and play the file from my Sony blu-ray player? I wanted to know if this was possible before copying the file and wasting a not so inexpensive BD disc.

Yes it’s possible. It took me a while to figure how to burn the Blu-ray version for PS3 (by this meaning using the MKV files to create a Blu-ray disc. Not using AVCHD to create a Blu-ray disc).

Here’s what I did:
Follow the instructions listed at beginning of this thread. This thread was written for people that want to use flash-drive or removable media to play the films on PS3.

However, you can still use the instructions above to create Blu-ray disc for PS3, but will have to make some minor adjustments.

First, getting MKVExtractGUI-2 to work properly is somewhat confusing. You have to download MKVToolNix and place MKVExtractGUI-2 inside of the MKVToolNix directory. When you download MKVExtractGUI-2 it will mention this. It will send you to the site to download MKVToolNix. I downloaded the most recent version of the 32bit MKVToolNix (read somewhere MKVExtractGUI-2 only works with 32 bit MKVToolNix. However I never tested the 64bit version).

When installing MKVToolNix, take note of the install destination (should be something like C:\program files\mkvtoolnix). Find that destination and move MKVExtractGUI-2 to it. Now click on MKVExtract (after it’s been moved into the MKVToolNix directory). Should work properly now.

Now onto the steps that are adjusted for Blu-ray disc. Follow all the steps outlined at the beginning of this thread, except for step #2. Instead of choosing “AVCHD disc,” choose “Blu-ray disc.” After muxing, instead of creating a root folder called AVCHD, I created a root folder called BD. Then moved the BDMV and CERTIFICATE to the BD root folder.

The remainder of the steps involve burning the BDMV and CERTIFICATE files you created to disc that is readable from the PS3/other Blu-ray devices. The following guide shows you how to burn those files for Blu-ray use:
http://www.dvd-guides.com/guides/blu-ray-copy/260-burn-blu-ray-avchd-using-imgburn

The Empire Strikes Back 2.0 Chapter Markers in milliseconds:

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00:19:36.040

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00:23:49.526

00:25:41.003

00:29:19.922

00:31:20.275

00:33:29.137

00:35:46.607

00:36:42.663

00:38:24.498

00:40:27.187

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00:45:59.751

00:50:04.495

00:52:06.117

00:53:47.985

00:57:08.185

01:00:25.915

01:03:15.518

01:05:12.468

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01:37:28.131

01:39:25.583

01:40:45.729

01:42:51.520

01:46:02.177

01:48:16.511

01:52:36.637

01:54:42.996

01:58:14.941

02:00:25.571

Return of the Jedi 2.5 Chapter Markers in milliseconds:

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00:12:22.790

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00:17:07.570

00:21:41.680

00:24:39.850

00:29:08.960

00:30:44.920

00:36:58.420

00:38:46.700

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00:53:38.840

00:56:08.990

00:57:57.600

01:01:55.330

01:05:33.060

01:07:01.310

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01:17:28.600

01:21:44.860

01:25:20.580

01:26:05.790

01:27:04.850

01:29:18.480

01:32:32.840

01:35:55.210

01:39:39.030

01:41:36.990

01:43:41.610

01:44:40.700

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01:50:50.870

01:53:50.880

01:54:22.250

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01:56:53.930

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02:01:12.650

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02:04:40.860

02:06:28.800

02:11:45.500