converting mkv to bluray and other formats - discussion and issues

with the release of harmy's v2 in mkv, and

with our upcoming release for our project..

there always seems to be a lot of questions

and issues with burning to bluray or converting

to other formats..

list your issues or ideas and solutions here..

for me

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i'm downconverting the MKV to a lower bitrate avi,

with just one soundtrack (english stereo)..

i've used several programs but all have had problems,

and i'm using the latest versions..

FIRST : i have an uncorrupted, known good version of the

MKV from myspleen, you need to check that yours is good

also... then

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got MULTIavhcd from a suggestion...

computer number 1-> installed, but the program crashed

when loading the MKV (probably not enough memory?)

computer number 2 -> installed, everything loads, but the

program crashes when trying to do any kind of conversion

AVIDEMUX -> program crashes when trying to save to a video file

VIRTUAL DUB -> crashes

Total video converter -> crashes

TSmuxer -> program crashes

MKV toolnix -> able to split files, but the split files do not load

into any other program and give errors

Solveig multi media splitter -> crashes

All to AVI -> crashes

AUTOMKV -> doesn't do what i was looking for..

the only program that i sort of got to work was: Mediaencoder

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attempt number 1 -> transcoding error at 50%, the thread locked

up, and crashed, however the file worked so i had half the movie

attempt 2-> tried setting a cutting point at 1 hour, but the program

ignored any set time points, and ALWAYS started at the beginning.

attempt 3 -> started from scratch, and now it seems to be working..

i went to DOOM9 forums, but couldn't find anything too helpful.

videohelp.com led me to a lot of tools, but most didn't work..

i saw a whole bunch of standalone MKV -> avi converters,

but all of them crashed..

at some point, i'll try to burn a bluray also,

we'll see how that goes.

later

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I'd be interested to hear if anyone has a good method for converting MKV to something that can be played or streamed on an XBOX 360.

Wonder why MKV is not supported?

What about on the PS3?

My 360 will play any dvd as long as it is region 0 or 1 or any mixed media disc as long as it is AVI.

skyjedi2005 said:

Wonder why MKV is not supported?

 

What about on the PS3?

My 360 will play any dvd as long as it is region 0 or 1 or any mixed media disc as long as it is AVI.

mkv is just a container,

if it has the right video format inside of that..

you can extract it (with tsmuxer) and put it

in an AVI, otherwise if it's another format you

would have to convert it..

don't own a ps3 (and never will SONY!)...

so can't help you there..

later

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