mkv2vob: New App to Remux MKV x264/AC3 which play on PS3

[eitach]

Hi 3r1c, there are any plans to new version soon? maybe you will add options to "Subtitle Options" like, size, font, bold... ?
add MPEG/2L support to convert to ac3? AVCHD option?

[NiGHTsC]

Hi 3r1c, there are any plans to new version soon? maybe you will add options to "Subtitle Options" like, size, font, bold... ?+1
Wondering why mkv2vob will change the font after converting.

[tintin1001]

Is there anyway to create files with PCM instead of DTS->AC3 ?
And would these be playable? Eventhough it would only be worthwhile for HDMI

[Sagaroth]

Hi there
The program is great !
3r1c please make Cyrillic subtitles usable in next version
Thanks and keep up the good work !

[veggav]

Hi, longe time din't check the mkv2vob progress.
Does the ps3 still have problems with fault 720p like 1280x568 ?
The green bar issue ?

Does the mkv2vob transcode when you add a srt subtitle ?
Does it take a long time for that ?

[metoo999]

Hi, longe time din't check the mkv2vob progress.
Does the ps3 still have problems with fault 720p like 1280x568 ?
The green bar issue ?

Does the mkv2vob transcode when you add a srt subtitle ?
Does it take a long time for that ?

You mean when you try to make a AVCHD disc out of a MKV when it's not exactly 720p or 1080p? Yeah, it still does that.

I believe it does transcode when adding subtitles because the PS3 can't read separate subtitle files. Not sure how long it takes, but it's fairly long on my C2D 2.0 GHz.

[Oleg Rode]

Hi there
The program is great !
3r1c please make Cyrillic subtitles usable in next version
Thanks and keep up the good work !
Yes, also ask for this!:)

[johnmerrick]

does anyone know why DTS mkv's become much smaller than their original size?

not complaining by the way because i like the fact i can get 1080p's onto a DVD9!

thanks

[naj]

Usually DTS is 1536kbps long, and AC3 is 640kbps, thus a lot smaller...

[NiGHTsC]

@3r1c
Any chance to support SSA/ASS subtitle type in the future?
font changing is the point!

Thank you.

[Sirlx]

Hi :)

First, excuse my bad english, i'm french. :)

I would like to congratulate Eric for his wonderful work on this program, i use it everyday.

I have a question: is mkv2vob Vista-64 bits compatible ? And if not, is there any chance to get soon an update for that ?

Thx a lot :)

[vg132]

Any chanse for this great tool to go open source?

/Viktor

[Sulimo]

This probably was answered in the 100 pages or so of this thread but...

I'm using version 2.24. Anyway running a certain mkv that is H.264/AAC audio I notice that it seems to convert the audio to Dolby Digital no matter what setting I try. Is there a way for it just to pass through and keep the original AAC audio?

[metoo999]

Any chanse for this great tool to go open source?

/Viktor

Yeah, I would love an OS X version. This and TSMuxer are probably the only PC programs I use regularly. I hate having to boot my Macbook into Windows. :(

[metoo999]

This probably was answered in the 100 pages or so of this thread but...

I'm using version 2.24. Anyway running a certain mkv that is H.264/AAC audio I notice that it seems to convert the audio to Dolby Digital no matter what setting I try. Is there a way for it just to pass through and keep the original AAC audio?

I don't think you can change that function. You might have to use MKVToolnix to demux and another program to remux the audio/video into a container the PS3 can read.

[azyd]

This probably was answered in the 100 pages or so of this thread but...

I'm using version 2.24. Anyway running a certain mkv that is H.264/AAC audio I notice that it seems to convert the audio to Dolby Digital no matter what setting I try. Is there a way for it just to pass through and keep the original AAC audio?

use yamb.... it will allow you to remux your h264 and acc streams to a compatible mp4 file thats playable on the ps3

[Poof]

5. Playback the vob file through tversity, burn to dvd-r, flash drive, etc...

I converted an x264 mkv to both mpg and VOB, then tried to load them into encore, and it could tell the mpg wasnt a real mpeg2 stream (meaning it wanted to transcode it), and it treated the VOB like an ac3 stream (no video).

So, this program doesnt work or what?

[Poof]

Confirmed. Tested with DVDflick and both VOB's and MPG's are read as corrupt or incorrect streams.

Also, upon loading the program, comodo firewall reported trojan activity coming from "loader.exe". What sort of bullshit are you trying to pull? Cant believe doom9 hasnt banned you yet.

[azyd]

Confirmed. Tested with DVDflick and both VOB's and MPG's are read as corrupt or incorrect streams.

Also, upon loading the program, comodo firewall reported trojan activity coming from "loader.exe". What sort of bullshit are you trying to pull? Cant believe doom9 hasnt banned you yet.

first of all the files that get produced are ment for the ps3 not for your pc.
second i have had this prog scince day one i never had any problems.... so watch who you accuse of what....

[metoo999]

My scanner hasn't picked up anything in the MKV2VOB installation, and I've been using the program with few problems for almost half a year.

[rolanocalhau]

Hello 3r1c!
What a great app you made. Congratulations.
I'm already using it for some time and been very usefull.
I have the last version v2.2.4 and the last file I tried to convert gave me the following error:
"The function SetMode was called on a stream[?] that hasn't been previously initialized with SetSource."
I found it very strange because I didn't know your program would use VirtualDub.
After I close this dialogue box the status shows complete but the file is missing - and nothing was done in spite it took more than 1 hour.
The file I'm trying to convert is 4,37 GB, 720p. Details:
Muxer mkvmerge v2.2.0
Duration 1:41:02,524
Audio DTS
Sampling rate 48000
And I'm loading subtitles from srt.
I have splited the file in half and the result is the same.
Can you or anybody help?
Thanks a lot.

Can anyone help on this?

Another problem I found is related to mencoder.exe: in the beginning of the transcoding i get the traditional windows message "mencoder.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close".
Why?

[azyd]

i have some files that have been encoded high@level 4.1(1080p) and no matter what i do i cant get my ps3 to read the video.... it will give me the audio.
is there anything that can be done to fix this.....?

[GuyManDude]

I have an mkv file that uses "MPEG-1 Audio layer 2" for the audio codec and can't be converted by mkv2vob. Is there a way to convert this file so that I can play it on my PS3?

[azyd]

I have an mkv file that uses "MPEG-1 Audio layer 2" for the audio codec and can't be converted by mkv2vob. Is there a way to convert this file so that I can play it on my PS3?

you are going to have to manually encode the audio to ac3 and then remux it to an mkv or pop it in to tsmux.er

[incognitos]

I take conversion without transcoding and when I click Add File I have a status "ERROR REPAIRING AC3". This is error?? or program only repairing AC3 and after conversion vob will be ok??

[lazarusbf]

hello everyone,
i've been using this fab application for a while now, but only for tv series episodes and all went fine.
today that was the 1st time i went for muxing a 4.4Go mkv file so that i could play it on the pS3 but after about 6 hours work, the progress bar was still barely at half the job.
Is this normal ?
for sure my pc's ageing (simple athlon 2.8, 1Go RAM), but does it take about 15 or 18hours to mux such a file ?

[skylinekiller]

Do you guys think this program is being scrapped? There are a lot of discrepancies and haven't been any updates. I would actually pay money for it if it worked better. Nothing else accurately converts MKV files. I hope the creator makes updates.

[eitach]

Do you guys think this program is being scrapped? There are a lot of discrepancies and haven't been any updates. I would actually pay money for it if it worked better. Nothing else accurately converts MKV files. I hope the creator makes updates.

Yeha me too!!!, or the u will release the open code for someone else if u don't have time for this...

[rsaini]

How can I extract the streams that are in my VOB files? Tried tsmuxer and mkvextract but no luck...

[clotz2000]

How can I extract the streams that are in my VOB files? Tried tsmuxer and mkvextract but no luck...

http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Vobtools/Vobedit06.zip

VOB editing utility, can split, demux, remux and join VOB files.

Hope that helps...

[rsaini]

http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Vobtools/Vobedit06.zip

VOB editing utility, can split, demux, remux and join VOB files.

Hope that helps...

will try...thanks

[-=Pjay=-]

Hi and thx Eric for the great app.
However, I had two mkv's which needed "repair AC3" and the 5.1 stream was converted into 2.0. (I have the latest version)

My question is if there is some way to embed subtitles into the VOB or TS so that the PS3 can read it from the stream (on/off functionality)? The reencoding is very time-consuming.
Or is PS3 only able to use embedded streaming of subs in DVD or BD mode?

Would also be great to have some sub editing options in the app, souch as font size and type, offset and so on.
Oh, and would it be possible to include some more info about the progress other than the very fat bar? ;)
I open the txt file in the TEMP-folder regularly to read the progress (% completed, FPS, time remaining). Would be nice to have this info in the app window.

[chadsmith]

first of all thx 3r1c for this great app.
I would like to know if there is anyway to change the bitrate mkv2vob uses so i can fit 10GB into DVD9 cause i dont want to spli it (it ruins the movie:P)
thx for the help...

[Shayx]

hey 3R1C!
i have a question for you...

can we expect a QUAD support in the future releases of MKV2VOB?

[NiGHTsC]

Please let us to add subtitle without mux it into MKV, simpler and faster.
If it's possible, please add the support to other subtitle type, eg, SSA and ASS, and not only SRT.

Thanx 3r1c, you have made an awesome program!

[NiGHTsC]

hey 3R1C!
i have a question for you...

can we expect a QUAD support in the future releases of MKV2VOB?
Yah, multi-thread support would be great too, I have X2 4200+ and I just realized it's using only 50% of CPU Ultilization.

oh 3r1c, about the subtitle support, maybe you could do the same as AVIAddXSubs?
it has a build-in subtitle options.
http://www.calcitapp.com/AVIAddXSubs.php
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/125/57375881eb9yn5.jpg

Thanx again.

[avih]

Is there any reason that this thread is crowded with quite a few users with 10 messages each on average? Is this thread linked from another forum? I'm just interested..

[metoo999]

Is there any reason that this thread is crowded with quite a few users with 10 messages each on average? Is this thread linked from another forum? I'm just interested..

I'm guessing because we post a lot.

[prophetizer]

i've been having problems with this app lately, just not working right. if i use tsmuxer it does fine, so i dunno. is there some known bugs right now? where can i see that list?

[MicoMaco]

I already made a separate thread on this issue I have but no one answered. Since it is about mkv2vob I finally decided to come here and ask the same question again. mkv2vob allows transcoding mkv files to avi with XviD codec. Now the question. Why is a target bitrate in such created avi files encoded with Xvid codec limited to about 3050 kbps in mkv2vob. We all know XviD can go as high as 10000 kbps. I discovered the same issue in Super. Both of these software use mencoder.exe. Does this limitation come from mencoder? How can I go above 3050 kbps?

Thx for your time and answers!

MM

EDIT: Don't bother, I figured it out already, it definitely has to do with mencoder and in mkv2vob I assume the app uses default values for XviD encoding. All I have to do to manually set the bitrate is run mencoder from cmd line and set the bitrate there.

[Cyberz]

very good app!

But I have some request, or suggestions if u want.
Destination Folder should always be the same folder where the mkv file is, if u don't choose another.
If u choose add directory and u already extracted the file it should not try extract the rar files again. (it never works anyway)
And maybe a stop button?

[chadsmith]

I already made a separate thread on this issue I have but no one answered. Since it is about mkv2vob I finally decided to come here and ask the same question again. mkv2vob allows transcoding mkv files to avi with XviD codec. Now the question. Why is a target bitrate in such created avi files encoded with Xvid codec limited to about 3050 kbps in mkv2vob. We all know XviD can go as high as 10000 kbps. I discovered the same issue in Super. Both of these software use mencoder.exe. Does this limitation come from mencoder? How can I go above 3050 kbps?

Thx for your time and answers!

MM

EDIT: Don't bother, I figured it out already, it definitely has to do with mencoder and in mkv2vob I assume the app uses default values for XviD encoding. All I have to do to manually set the bitrate is run mencoder from cmd line and set the bitrate there.

can you please help me?how can i change the bitrate mkv2vob uses when converting to x264?i want to lower it so i can fit a movie to dvd9,is there any way?

[NiGHTsC]

can you please help me?how can i change the bitrate mkv2vob uses when converting to x264?i want to lower it so i can fit a movie to dvd9,is there any way?
Yah, I would like to know what command you used to change the default bitrate...
I found that my AVI didn't drop alot, 9k to 7.6k, 1.6~k I think, hope I won't need to reconvert it.

by the way, just found out that it's MEncoder which doesn't support Multi-Thread, hope it's a future feature?

[skylinekiller]

If you want to add subs to mp4 use YAMB. it's free.

[skylinekiller]

I think it's clear that this program is dead. I havent seen any responses from the developer in some time now.

[metoo999]

That appears so. Is the source really necessary for someone to cobble another version together? It seems like mostly what this program does is take other programs like TSMuxer and Besweet and tell them to produce files with an output that the PS3 accepts.

[eitach]

3r1c is here. I checked in his profile :"Last Activity: 25th September 2008 16:36"
so 3r1c, please, give us some updates! we need your program! please!

[burro08]

im sure 3r1c has a life lol im sure hell be back at some point

[lazarusbf]

hello
i've been using this application for a while now, and i always needed to transcode my mkv files into mpegs + subtitles encoding so that they would play on my PS3.
now i also have some new video files who are still mkv AND (french) subs integrated but still i need to demux them into mpegs for my PS3.
The question is: what options should i uncheck because i've just gave it a try but it looks like it's going to take ages again to convert while i've already had the job done in the past within a few minutes, i'm sure it's a question of settings in the configuration section. Can anybody be of help ? thanks

[NiGHTsC]

You need to tanscode again if the MKV codec isn't supported by PS3.
what codec is that MKV? and resolution?