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

[sftung]

Hi, MKV2VOB is great program...

but I got some problem on subtitle, some character set incorrectly rendered:

http://202.123.84.50/mkv2vob1.jpg

the character only show left side, 1/3 of right side is loss. it happen on some specified character onlt

I am using V2.2.4 and the subtitle encode is Chinese BIG5.

[phirestalker]

I was wondering if I could get the source code for mkv2vob, I use linux and I would like to make a version for linux. Great app by the way :)

I am sorry if someone already asked this, but the search function on this site doesn't bring up the page of the post with the relevent keywords, only the first page and there are too many pages to go through

[nosnoop]

I am sorry if someone already asked this, but the search function on this site doesn't bring up the page of the post with the relevent keywords, only the first page and there are too many pages to go through

Use Advanced Search and change "Show Results As" to "Posts".

And within this big thread, you can also do "Search This Thread" in your right upper corner.

[pommywbb]

Here's my first post - i've been using MKV2VOB for a good while now but I have a massive problem and so i've joined to get an answer - hopefullly!

Ok I have 300+ Blurays/HD-DVD's in MKV format - I have been making them into VOB's for my PS3 and it works great...

BUT - I recently upgraded to a Onkyo 606 amp and some Def Tech speakers and have noticed every single one I have converted - the sound is reversed!!!

Example - Let's say a car drives past on the screen from left to right... the sound annoyingly goes the opposite right to left!

If I put a original Bluray on, it's fine.

If I play a game, it's fine and the same with music and DVD's.

So... did you know your software does this?

And is there a fix?

I really hope so.

[azyd]

Here's my first post - i've been using MKV2VOB for a good while now but I have a massive problem and so i've joined to get an answer - hopefullly!

Ok I have 300+ Blurays/HD-DVD's in MKV format - I have been making them into VOB's for my PS3 and it works great...

BUT - I recently upgraded to a Onkyo 606 amp and some Def Tech speakers and have noticed every single one I have converted - the sound is reversed!!!

Example - Let's say a car drives past on the screen from left to right... the sound annoyingly goes the opposite right to left!

If I put a original Bluray on, it's fine.

If I play a game, it's fine and the same with music and DVD's.

So... did you know your software does this?

And is there a fix?

I really hope so.

hate to sound stupid but it might me a problem with the decoder u had in your pc at the time you turned them in to vob...... for the stupid part..... just swap the speaker cables unless you want to reencode all the audio....

[Socomscuba]

I've been using the mkv2vob for quite awhile now and it's been very helpful.

Lately though, I'm having a slight problem and it's bugging me.

When I attempt to select a .rar file from within mkv2vob it proceeds to unrar the file, but when done it gives me an error saying "unable to extract rar file".

I go to the directory where the rar file and the file is unpacked there, just fine. No problems.

It seems like I may have accidentally changed a setting in Winrar that makes it do something that mkv2vob doesn't like. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling both applications and the application settings seem to be "saved" on the PC somehow. I have Vista 64bit edition.

Any suggestions, I'm sure it's a small problem.

[frogman]

hate to sound stupid but it might me a problem with the decoder u had in your pc at the time you turned them in to vob...... for the stupid part..... just swap the speaker cables unless you want to reencode all the audio....

Can you post a couple of samples...I would like to test this out on my system. :thanks:

[pommywbb]

hate to sound stupid but it might me a problem with the decoder u had in your pc at the time you turned them in to vob...... for the stupid part..... just swap the speaker cables unless you want to reencode all the audio....

Thanks for the input - but it's not that.

I've tried on 3 different PC's.

And swapping the speaker cables...they are wired into the walls!

Hmmm... i'm sooo frustrated with it as there is no settings to try etc. and it's literally every single file it converts from amimation to action movies....

[azyd]

Thanks for the input - but it's not that.

I've tried on 3 different PC's.

And swapping the speaker cables...they are wired into the walls!

Hmmm... i'm sooo frustrated with it as there is no settings to try etc. and it's literally every single file it converts from amimation to action movies....

dont know waht to tell you i have encoded and remuxed tons of stuff and i have had no problems......you should try to do what i do. demux the dts track and convet it manually with dts to ac3 prog i found..... was going to upload it here but its 10kb to big:angry:. then if you need to reencode, remux to m kv with the ac3 and import to mkv2vob and if you dont then just import to tsmuxser GUI and create your m2ts file.......

[pommywbb]

Maybe it's my source? - I highly doubt it as they are verrrry strict on quality - but maybe you could try MKV2VOB on one of the files?

Micro High Definition Films

http://hd-bb.org

If you need an invite, let me know.

Cheers!

[prophetizer]

i've searched this thread and haven't found the answer, but how come some of the remuxed videos seem to stop after a minute or so, like it was at the end?

[thomasphoenix]

This is happening with me every single time , if i use a source with AAC 6 channel audio ( i found there is a difference in channel mapping aac channels go into the wrong channels if u use a dts channel position),Mkv2vob does a good job with dts only, or passthrough on ac3...
The author also did mention earlier that he intended this software only for ac3 passthru or dts.

hope this helps, solutio i found is use convertxtodvd and extract the ac3 (proper channel mapping ) from the created dvd files.

[pommywbb]

This is happening with me every single time , if i use a source with AAC 6 channel audio ( i found there is a difference in channel mapping aac channels go into the wrong channels if u use a dts channel position),Mkv2vob does a good job with dts only, or passthrough on ac3...
The author also did mention earlier that he intended this software only for ac3 passthru or dts.

hope this helps, solutio i found is use convertxtodvd and extract the ac3 (proper channel mapping ) from the created dvd files.

I'll give that a shot - thanks for your time, much appreciated!

[clotz2000]

I guess I just don't understand why anyone would want any HD movies with AAC sound... I guess for TV Episodes or Anime it would be ok.

[-=Pjay=-]

If this fine app ever get updated, I have one more request.

My display (front projector) does not support 24 fps, hence I prefere to convert the movies into 25 fps to have them run silky smooth on my display. For now I'm using mkv2vob to reencode (burning in subs) the mkv into a vob. Then i demux the resulting vob with TsMuxer into a h264 video file and a ac3 audio file. the video file is converted into 25 fps directly in tsMuxer. I then use BeSweet to convert the audio file from 23.976 to 25 fps. Then back to tsMuxer again to mux the h264 video file and the new ac3 audio file into a "final version" m2ts movie file.

Would be nice to have an option in mkv2vob that will do this automatically in the process. Would be faster and I would not have to do the job manually! ;)

[prophetizer]

i have noticed that when u remux an MKV for streaming on the PS3, and those odd times that it only plays for a few seconds and stops, for some reason the PS3 info will say that the file is only like 11MB instead of it being the 1GB file that it is on the PC

[eitach]

Someone know how can i change the font of the subtitles?

[wiggo123]

Very nice app. Just want to know the best way to burn it to a dvd-r. Ive got an 8 gig file which has been split in two. So can someone tell me the best way to burn it so it can be played back on my ps3?

Ive tried using nero, but on the ps3 it just comes up with a DATA DISC and shows no file no matter what I try to do.

TIA Wiggo

[bmnot]

you have to press "triangle" on your controller and press show all if i remember right,it will then show you what is in the dvd

[bmnot]

is there any way of changing biteate mkv2vob uses when transcoding to x264??

[lazarusbf]

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

Sorry, i was away for a while and didn't come to check answers.
I had to transcode again yes.

Now i'm on another issue and i can't figure out something:

I have this blu-ray rip, details below

It's french, but whatever, you'll understand what needs to

Format : Matroska
Taille du fichier : 7.95 Gio
Durée : 2h 20mn
Débit : 8125 Kbps
Date d´encodage : UTC 2008-08-14 16:09:23
Application utilisée : mkvmerge v2.0.2 (´You´re My Flame´) built on Feb 21 2007 23:40:55
Bibliothèque utilisée : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video #0
Codec : AVC
Codec/Famille : AVC
Codec/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Profile du codec : High@L5.1
Paramètres du codec, CABAC : Yes
Durée : 2h 19mn
Débit : 7154 Kbps
Débit nominal : 7478 Kbps
Largeur : 1920 pixels
Hauteur : 804 pixels
Format à l´écran : 2.35
Images par seconde : 23.976 Im/s
Chrominance : 4:2:0
Entrlacement : Progressif
Bibliothèque utilisée : x264 - core 60 r928M 4816918
Paramètres d´encodage : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:-2:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=6 / psy_rd=1.000000 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=1 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=2 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=14 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=7478 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq=´blurCplx^(1-qComp)´ / qcomp=1.00 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=14475 / ip_ratio=1.10 / pb_ratio=1.10 / aq=2:1.00
Langue : Français
Audio #0
Codec : AC3
Type de débit : CBR
Débit : 640 Kbps
Canaux : 6 canaux
Position des cannaux : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, Subwoofer
Echantillonnage : 48 KHz
Langue : Français

> My problem is the following: as a 8Go big MKV file, i've split it into 2 equal parts with MKVmerge as my only way to play them are to use the PS3 and DVDrW.
Then i use MKV2vob to convert them so that the PS3 reads them. Part 1 was fine, mkv2vob took about 2 minutes to convert as it didn't need transcoding. Tried it on my PS3 and went fine.
Then started the job for part2 with mkv2vob and then it starts transcoding ! It's now gonna take about 12 hours as my pc's old.
Why the hell does it need a transcode for a part of it while the first one didn't need to ?? All options are unchecked. I've tried the 'never' transcode option but then the PS3 tells me there's nothing on my DVDRW.

:stupid:

[azyd]

Sorry, i was away for a while and didn't come to check answers.
I had to transcode again yes.

Now i'm on another issue and i can't figure out something:

I have this blu-ray rip, details below

It's french, but whatever, you'll understand what needs to

Format : Matroska
Taille du fichier : 7.95 Gio
Durée : 2h 20mn
Débit : 8125 Kbps
Date d´encodage : UTC 2008-08-14 16:09:23
Application utilisée : mkvmerge v2.0.2 (´You´re My Flame´) built on Feb 21 2007 23:40:55
Bibliothèque utilisée : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video #0
Codec : AVC
Codec/Famille : AVC
Codec/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Profile du codec : High@L5.1
Paramètres du codec, CABAC : Yes
Durée : 2h 19mn
Débit : 7154 Kbps
Débit nominal : 7478 Kbps
Largeur : 1920 pixels
Hauteur : 804 pixels
Format à l´écran : 2.35
Images par seconde : 23.976 Im/s
Chrominance : 4:2:0
Entrlacement : Progressif
Bibliothèque utilisée : x264 - core 60 r928M 4816918
Paramètres d´encodage : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:-2:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=6 / psy_rd=1.000000 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=1 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=2 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=14 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=7478 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq=´blurCplx^(1-qComp)´ / qcomp=1.00 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=14475 / ip_ratio=1.10 / pb_ratio=1.10 / aq=2:1.00
Langue : Français
Audio #0
Codec : AC3
Type de débit : CBR
Débit : 640 Kbps
Canaux : 6 canaux
Position des cannaux : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, Subwoofer
Echantillonnage : 48 KHz
Langue : Français

> My problem is the following: as a 8Go big MKV file, i've split it into 2 equal parts with MKVmerge as my only way to play them are to use the PS3 and DVDrW.
Then i use MKV2vob to convert them so that the PS3 reads them. Part 1 was fine, mkv2vob took about 2 minutes to convert as it didn't need transcoding. Tried it on my PS3 and went fine.
Then started the job for part2 with mkv2vob and then it starts transcoding ! It's now gonna take about 12 hours as my pc's old.
Why the hell does it need a transcode for a part of it while the first one didn't need to ?? All options are unchecked. I've tried the 'never' transcode option but then the PS3 tells me there's nothing on my DVDRW.

:stupid:

its because the info isnt there anymore..... you can try to demux the audio and video and remux to a new mkv then try to run it in mkv2vob with the option to never transcode

[wiggo123]

you have to press "triangle" on your controller and press show all if i remember right,it will then show you what is in the dvd

Yeah I tried all that. Still no joy. Thanks anyway

[NiGHTsC]

@lazarusbf
You should just try to send the 8GB file to PS3 instead have it burned if you can't solve it.

Someone know how can i change the font of the subtitles?You can't and I hope it's a future feature.

[lazarusbf]

its because the info isnt there anymore..... you can try to demux the audio and video and remux to a new mkv then try to run it in mkv2vob with the option to never transcode

The 'info' what do you mean ? because i split it into 2 parts then every time the 2nd half will have to go through transcoding ?
Otherwise then yes i'll try as you say.
Thanks for your reply.

[lazarusbf]

@lazarusbf
You souldn't just try to send the 8GB file to PS3 instead have it burned if you can't solve it.


Is it because i'm french speaking, but i can't see what you mean in this sentence. (i understand all words, i mean, i don't get the sense of it). :stupid:

[mmace]

Is it because i'm french speaking, but i can't see what you mean in this sentence. (i understand all words, i mean, i don't get the sense of it). :stupid:I didn't get it either!

have you tried letting MKV2VOB split the file for you rather than doing it before?

The information about the video is at the start, when you split it the 2nd part has no information so MKV2VOB doesn't know if it's x264 L5.1 or 4.1 etc so it won't transcode, although you can force it to transcode in the settings

hope that makes sense

[NiGHTsC]

Is it because i'm french speaking, but i can't see what you mean in this sentence. (i understand all words, i mean, i don't get the sense of it). :stupid:I didn't get it either!

have you tried letting MKV2VOB split the file for you rather than doing it before?

The information about the video is at the start, when you split it the 2nd part has no information so MKV2VOB doesn't know if it's x264 L5.1 or 4.1 etc so it won't transcode, although you can force it to transcode in the settings

hope that makes sensehah, typo.

@lazarusbf
You should just try to send the 8GB file to PS3 instead have it burned if you can't solve the re-transcode problem.

[449514]

Hi,

I would appreciate it if someone could help me with a little problem I have with MKV2VOB.

I use it to convert video files so that they play on my PS3.

My problem is I don't know how to get english subtitles to show in films that have sections where the audio is in a foreign language (for example the 2 Kill Bill films - 80% of the movie is in English audio but then there are large sections with Chinese/Japanese audio. Normally english subtitles would come up on the screen for these bits.

The best I can come up with is to force MKV2VOB to encode english subs but it does it for the whole movie which is really annoying! If I don't force it to do this it just plays the foreign audio and doesnt display any english subtitles.

I have searched for a solution to this but havent found anything yet. Does anyone have any ideas?

[eitach]

Hi,

I would appreciate it if someone could help me with a little problem I have with MKV2VOB.

I use it to convert video files so that they play on my PS3.

My problem is I don't know how to get english subtitles to show in films that have sections where the audio is in a foreign language (for example the 2 Kill Bill films - 80% of the movie is in English audio but then there are large sections with Chinese/Japanese audio. Normally english subtitles would come up on the screen for these bits.

The best I can come up with is to force MKV2VOB to encode english subs but it does it for the whole movie which is really annoying! If I don't force it to do this it just plays the foreign audio and doesnt display any english subtitles.

I have searched for a solution to this but havent found anything yet. Does anyone have any ideas?

I think that the only way is edit the subtitle and remove the sentence that they already in English and leave only the translate sentence

[449514]

I think that the only way is edit the subtitle and remove the sentence that they already in English and leave only the translate sentence

Does this require a certain program to do this?

[NiGHTsC]

What kind of subtitle is it? IDX+SUB? SRT?
if it's srt, edit it with Notepad.
if not, God bless you.

[eitach]

Does this require a certain program to do this?

fundamentally, no. but i recommand u to edit the subtitle file with "Subtitle workshop".

[449514]

it's srt.

Thanks for the replies.

[asarian]

Hi,

I would appreciate it if someone could help me with a little problem I have with MKV2VOB.

I use it to convert video files so that they play on my PS3.

My problem is I don't know how to get english subtitles to show in films that have sections where the audio is in a foreign language (for example the 2 Kill Bill films - 80% of the movie is in English audio but then there are large sections with Chinese/Japanese audio. Normally english subtitles would come up on the screen for these bits.

The best I can come up with is to force MKV2VOB to encode english subs but it does it for the whole movie which is really annoying! If I don't force it to do this it just plays the foreign audio and doesnt display any english subtitles.

I have searched for a solution to this but havent found anything yet. Does anyone have any ideas?

There's plenty of .srt files out there (google is your friend) that have 'Japanese only' for the two Kill Bill movies. I know, cuz I used them myself. :)

[asarian]

Thanks for the input - but it's not that.

I've tried on 3 different PC's.

And swapping the speaker cables...they are wired into the walls!

Are the connectors that go into your amp wired into the wall too?? :) Just switch those!

[params7]

I have a problem. Whenever I encode while enabling subtitles, the output file never shows up in the output directory specified even after it says "Complete"

WTF? Where does it go? I even looked into the temp folder and its not there. And this happens everytime. When when I encode without subtitles hardcoding enabled, it shows up in the output directory specified.

[wereHamster]

I have some H264 clips (in a mkv container) that won't play on the PS3 (when I remux the bitstream into mp4 without any reencoding). The bitstream indicates that it's Main@4.1, and as far as I have read, the PS3 should be able to play that. In fact, some other clips that have the exact same level and profile play just fine. Now the strange thing is that mkv2vob somehow finds out that the PS3 won't be able to play the clip and tries to reencode it. My question is this: What are the exact requirements on H264 bitstreams? There clearly are more restrictions than max-level 4.1. What else does mkv2vob check to find out whether the bitstream needs to be reencoded?

[3r1c]

The identifier like "Main@4.1" is just metadata set in the stream by the encoder.
It can be completely false, but its more common for 4.1 files to be mislabled as 5.1, not the other way around.
mkv2vob does not use the metadata, it computes the real level from the stream info.

[azyd]

nice to see you back here 3r1c.... hope you stay for a while....

[yigal33]

good to see you!!! we need you!!

[eitach]

Hey 3r1c!!! we very glad to see u here!!! :) we need some updates like AVCHD, subtitle options.....

[twobells]

I have used MKV2Vob for converting 1080p .mkv titles to play on my PS3 since inception and love it.
My current version is 2.2.4

However I recently have an issue which I can't seem to resolve:

1: Some .mkv films have subtitles, but do NOT have an associated .srt/.sub/.idx or other subtitle they are hard coded.

2: I assumed that being hard coded MKV2VOB would have np in converting, however when I checked the finished job no subs.....
3: So with that in mind I forced subs on in the options [encode subtitles] still no luck, what am I doing wrong?

Many thanks in advance

tb

ps: I still have 'load subs from srt' ticked, assuming that its not a problem or causing a conflict.

[aHorseofCourse]

I have some H264 clips (in a mkv container) that won't play on the PS3 (when I remux the bitstream into mp4 without any reencoding). The bitstream indicates that it's Main@4.1, and as far as I have read, the PS3 should be able to play that. In fact, some other clips that have the exact same level and profile play just fine. Now the strange thing is that mkv2vob somehow finds out that the PS3 won't be able to play the clip and tries to reencode it. My question is this: What are the exact requirements on H264 bitstreams? There clearly are more restrictions than max-level 4.1. What else does mkv2vob check to find out whether the bitstream needs to be reencoded?

3r1c can correct me here if I'm wrong, but from what I understand the video stream must meet Level 4.1 standards, regardless of whether it's labelled 4.1, 5.1, etc. The key thing to look for is the number of reference frames. Basically, reference frames must be 1-4 @ 1080p and 1-9 @ 720p. Any higher than that (eg, 12 reference frames @ 720p) and the PS3 won't play it, hence the need for a transcode.
You can check the number of reference frames (and other stream info) with AVInaptic (http://download.videohelp.com/download/avinaptic-20071118-full-fixed.zip).
Mkv2vob may look at other stream info as well but checking the number of reference frames is usually a pretty sure indicator of whether or not a file will need to be transcoded.

[anakin16]

Can anyone tell me how to avoid oversizeing when encoding subtitles? When i used mpeg2 output size doubled!!!:devil: With x264 output size is 10-20 MB bigger. How can i avoid this?

P.S. The file in issue is Star_Wars_the_Clone_Wars_s01e05_720p.mkv with 1280x720 res.

Thanks:thanks:

[azyd]

Can anyone tell me how to avoid oversizeing when encoding subtitles? When i used mpeg2 output size doubled!!!:devil: With x264 output size is 10-20 MB bigger. How can i avoid this?

P.S. The file in issue is Star_Wars_the_Clone_Wars_s01e05_720p.mkv with 1280x720 res.

Thanks:thanks:

you cant.....

[Sulimo]

I'm wondering what specs the MKVs need to be for this to work.

I mean I created a bunch of MKVs using Handbreak and the PS3 template, but when I try and run them through mkv2vob I get an 'muxing failed' error.

[Nick.903]

Hi, MKV2VOB is great program...

but I got some problem on subtitle, some character set incorrectly rendered:

http://202.123.84.50/mkv2vob1.jpg

the character only show left side, 1/3 of right side is loss. it happen on some specified character onlt

I am using V2.2.4 and the subtitle encode is Chinese BIG5.

Hi 3r1c,

I got the same problem as sftung. Many Chinese characters appeared incompletely.

I know Chinese users are just minority in this community, but I wish you can still help us to look into this issue. Ideally the font type can be selectable by users.

Although there are some minor issues, mkv2vob is still the best converter which I have ever use so far. Thanks a lot for your great contribution to us.

Nick.903

[canuckerfan]

why doesn't mkv2vob allow me to leave DTS audio alone when converting to vob. doesn't the ps3 support DTS? or am I missing something?

[setarip_old]

@glmike

Hi!however i do not have the original .mkv files anymore.Then use the original source material that you first created the .MKV files from...