greenrupee said:

Hi all, new to the forums and the Despecialised Editions. I've downloaded the AVCHD versions, but is it worth downloading the MKVs? Are they better quality, and can they be burned to Blu-Ray as easily as the AVCHD ISOs? Thanks :)

1: "Worth it" is subjective, but in my opinion - definitely. The MKV's are better in every way. If you have a Blu-Ray burner and a blank BD (the MKV is Blu Ray only, whereas the AVCHD is for burning to a DVD to be played back on a BD player - it's for people who aren't able to burn to Blu-Ray) there's no reason to opt for the AVCHD version over the MKV release, the only downside is the additional amount of time it takes to DL a larger file.

2: Yes, it's just as easy in my opinion - but it requires a few more steps.

Once you've DL'd the MKV, use tsMuxer to create BDMV and Certificate folders (the two folders you'll use to create the BD). Follow this guide (by the way - for Step #2 in those directions - when you do that on your end you'll want to check every box you see, there's not need to leave any unchecked. Also, ignore the "note" at the end of those directions, just follow steps 1 - 5, ignore all else.)

Once that is complete you'll have the two folders you need to create the BD using Imgburn. Follow this guide.

Both tsMuxer and Imgburn are free programs. So, it's just a matter of reading and following those two sets of directions and clicking a few buttons, there's no background knowledge or "figuring stuff out" required. It's straight forward, but in the event that you do have a question you can just post it here and somebody'll answer it pretty quickly.

Or, if your BD player supports playback of .MKV files from a thumbdrive (it needs to support the NTFS file structure and also MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 23.976/24 FPS [video] and DTS-HD-MA [audio]) you can go that route and bypass the entire disc creation process. My Oppo does, most don't. I still prefer to playback from disc though (there's no difference obviously, quality-wise, I just like having the disc itself.)