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
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