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

[georgem67]

I've tried a couple of m-hd files recently and unfortunately the aspect ratio is being stretched by mkv2vob compared to the original source files.
I have attached the info on these files here.
The 1st one has a resolution of 720 x 352 and the 2nd is 912 x 496
is this the problem?
I've tried them both in TSmuxer but the audio is not recognised only the video!
The audio is AAC in both files. Please help.

[azyd]

I've tried a couple of m-hd files recently and unfortunately the aspect ratio is being stretched by mkv2vob compared to the original source files.
I have attached the info on these files here.
The 1st one has a resolution of 720 x 352 and the 2nd is 912 x 496
is this the problem?
I've tried them both in TSmuxer but the audio is not recognised only the video!
The audio is AAC in both files. Please help.


Work flow to fix it, is as follows:

1) Demux the mkv file with tsMuxer (can use tsMuxerGui), do NOT use mkvmerge here.
2) Add the PAR tag back into the raw .264 stream with mp4box.
Example: mp4box -add video.264:fps=23.976(look at foot note)par=40:33 -new video.mp4 Note: Mp4box will assume an fps of 25 unless otherwise specified. That PAR is correct for anamorphic NTSC.
3) Remux with mkvmerge with the following command line added: "--engage keep_bitstream_ar_info".

Other PAR values:

Frame Size Aspect Ratio SAR SDB Profile
720x576 16:9 16:11 SDB ANAMORPHIC PAL
720x480 16:9 40:33 SDB ANAMORPHIC NTSC

got this from SDBits.org.... worked for me....

PS. dont worry about the frame size only wether its NTSC or PAL

Foot note.....

replace (look at foot note) with a :
if i had put the : there it would gimme this :par

[georgem67]

According to TSmuxer, there is only video within the MKV files, no audio at all.....

[azyd]

According to TSmuxer, there is only video within the MKV files, no audio at all.....

you dont need to worry about the audio..... cuse when you re-mkv the file you add the audio, and mkv2vob will re-encode to ac3. all this does is fix the aspect ratio....

[lazarusbf]

hello
there's a stupid question from me but i've never had to do the following and i don't want to do the job twice:
i've got this 8.5Go mkv video, 2 audio languages, i just want to keep one of it, then cut into 2 parts (only way for me to be able to transfer to PS3 with dvdrws) and convert with mkv2vob into mpeg or vob files: what do i do first and last ? is the cutting the final stage or the mkv2vob thing ?
sorry, i know it's rather dumb but my pc's very slow and answering my question would spare me a couple of hours. Thanks

[azyd]

hello
there's a stupid question from me but i've never had to do the following and i don't want to do the job twice:
i've got this 8.5Go mkv video, 2 audio languages, i just want to keep one of it, then cut into 2 parts (only way for me to be able to transfer to PS3 with dvdrws) and convert with mkv2vob into mpeg or vob files: what do i do first and last ? is the cutting the final stage or the mkv2vob thing ?
sorry, i know it's rather dumb but my pc's very slow and answering my question would spare me a couple of hours. Thanks

well you can get rid of the audio you dont want and split at the same time use mkvmerge GUI and you can select the audio you want to keep and also if you go to the globlal tab you can cut the file by size or by time, all at the same time. then you put them through mkv2vob.

[Nick.903]

Can you advise what's going wrong about Chinese subtitle issue? Thanks

[wormraper]

I'm having a strange issue (at least strange for me). I can run lots of of .mkv files through mkv2vob just fine. However I have some that whenever I run it through mkv2vob (no matter if it transcodes or just remuxes to another extension from .mkv) the output video is horizontally "squished". this only happens on some .mkv's. Some do, some don't. I also run the problematic files through mkvextract as well and the raw .h264 file also comes out horizontally squished. Basically I can remux it using mkvmerge and it looks fine but if I try to demux the video out into anything else the horizontal squish comes into effect.

[azyd]

I'm having a strange issue (at least strange for me). I can run lots of of .mkv files through mkv2vob just fine. However I have some that whenever I run it through mkv2vob (no matter if it transcodes or just remuxes to another extension from .mkv) the output video is horizontally "squished". this only happens on some .mkv's. Some do, some don't. I also run the problematic files through mkvextract as well and the raw .h264 file also comes out horizontally squished. Basically I can remux it using mkvmerge and it looks fine but if I try to demux the video out into anything else the horizontal squish comes into effect.

take a look at my earlier post 2502 should fix any aspect ratio issues.

[azyd]

Can you advise what's going wrong about Chinese subtitle issue? Thanks

i have no clue, but my best guess is that they are to big and they are bumping in to each other and getting cut of.....

if that the case, you can all ways manually put a space after or before the affected character.

but this is just an educated guess.

[wormraper]

take a look at my earlier post 2502 should fix any aspect ratio issues.

thanks azyd. Ok I seem to have another problem. on 95% of the files that I actually need to transcode (aka add subtitles) the audio and video go way out of sync. I thought that with the newest version of mkv2vob that out of sync audio was a think of the past???

[Nick.903]

i have no clue, but my best guess is that they are to big and they are bumping in to each other and getting cut of.....

if that the case, you can all ways manually put a space after or before the affected character.

but this is just an educated guess.


Hi azyd,

Thanks for your reply. Seems in this moment there is no prefect solution. Hopefully in future release, mkv2vob will allow a selection of font type. That will probably solve the problem.

Thanks again, and keep you good work.

Nick.903

[georgem67]

Having split a 7.94 gb mkv into 2 parts using mkmerge....how do I join the files together again to the original size?

video file joiner & simple file joiner do not work correctly on all files.
please help.

[azyd]

Having split a 7.94 gb mkv into 2 parts using mkmerge....how do I join the files together again to the original size?

video file joiner & simple file joiner do not work correctly on all files.
please help.

the same prog you used to cut will join them..... just add the first file the use the append button and add the second file and save it .

[georgem67]

the same prog you used to cut will join them..... just add the first file the use the append button and add the second file and save it .

Cheers. Thanks very much..
I'll give it a try.

[yigal33]

i get in the tarnscording messege menconder.exe

why?

tahnks!!

[azyd]

i get in the tarnscording messege menconder.exe

why?

tahnks!!

you shouldnt nee the memcoder on a 720p movie should just remux after encoding the audio.

[SilentTweak]

I've encoded a few files but the video stream has a higher bit rate than the original, now the file won't fit on a Dual-Layer DVD so I can play it on my PS3. I didn't even transcode the file, so does anyone know why this is happening?

[azyd]

I've encoded a few files but the video stream has a higher bit rate than the original, now the file won't fit on a Dual-Layer DVD so I can play it on my PS3. I didn't even transcode the file, so does anyone know why this is happening?

if i remember correctly after remuxing with mkv2vob and re-encoding the audio to 640ac3 the file will be about 5% larger than the original. cant remember why but i think it had to do with the ability to ff and frw. originaly this wasnt possible and we had to be happy with 1.5x. sucked if you had to stop a movie half way through.

[georgem67]

i HAVE MANY OLD VOBS FROM BEFORE WE HAD FF/RW . IS THERE ANYWAY TO PUT THESE VOBS THROUGH SOMETHING TO ADD FF/RW SUPPORT JUST LIKE THE NEW VERSIONS OF MKV2VOB CAN.

[azyd]

i HAVE MANY OLD VOBS FROM BEFORE WE HAD FF/RW . IS THERE ANYWAY TO PUT THESE VOBS THROUGH SOMETHING TO ADD FF/RW SUPPORT JUST LIKE THE NEW VERSIONS OF MKV2VOB CAN.

yes.

use tsremux and demux the audio and video.

browse for the file you want. you should see the audio and video in the box blow make sure you check off the boxes next to audio and video then right click on audio or video and select demux to elementary stream.
i name the video h264.h264 i just like it that way.
and the audio ac3.ac3

open up tsmuxer GUI and add the h264.h264 and ac3.ac3.

make sure that in the general track options you have the boxes of add picture timing info and continually insert SPS/PPS boxes checked off

when your done select m2ts muxing, you should see the file name change to *.m2ts then click on start muxing and you have your self a ff and frw file.

remember to rename to *.mpg when your all done.

[RYU810]

this app work for mkv file 15 GB?

[Nick.903]

Whenever I select Xvid as the transcoding codec, the error appear at the very last step (after 4-6 hour running the problem) for mkv files containing DTS audio track. File with AC3 track are working fine.

This is the error message "the function setmode was called on a stream[?] that hasn't been previously initialized with SetSource."

May I know what is the problem?

[pjohnson73]

I have two questions. First, is DTS much better than AC3? Also, does PS3 play DTS and if it does, will mkv2vob keep the DTS or always encode it to AC3?

[azyd]

this app work for mkv file 15 GB?

yes. file size should not be a problem.

[azyd]

Whenever I select Xvid as the transcoding codec, the error appear at the very last step (after 4-6 hour running the problem) for mkv files containing DTS audio track. File with AC3 track are working fine.

This is the error message "the function setmode was called on a stream[?] that hasn't been previously initialized with SetSource."

May I know what is the problem?

i dont do transcoding to xvid. so i cant help you. but you should try and see if you get the same errors transcoding to mpeg2 or h264.

[azyd]

I have two questions. First, is DTS much better than AC3? Also, does PS3 play DTS and if it does, will mkv2vob keep the DTS or always encode it to AC3?

ps3 will play dts.

ps3 will not play dts from the xmb.

ps3 will play dts from the blu-ray and dvd player.

[pxr5]

Is there a way that a file converted with mkv2vob be turned back into an mkv - I know that if it was dts originally, it is now ac3, but hopefully there is a way so it can be converted back and then on to a BR compliant disk with something like ripbot264. Thanks

[Oleg Rode]

ps3 will play dts.

ps3 will not play dts from the xmb.

ps3 will play dts from the blu-ray and dvd player.

A little comment - PS3 will play DTS, subtitles etc. from XMB, but you need to create AVCHD structure on any external device (i.e. USB HDD). Yep, it looks like this is the only way to play BD/HD-DVD movies from externall mass storage device.

[pjohnson73]

So if I burn to DL discs, it should play with DTS? I don't see an option with mkv2vob to keep it as DTS.

[azyd]

Is there a way that a file converted with mkv2vob be turned back into an mkv - I know that if it was dts originally, it is now ac3, but hopefully there is a way so it can be converted back and then on to a BR compliant disk with something like ripbot264. Thanks

yes demux the audio and video with tsremux. then you can use mkvmerge to create a valid mkv file.

you can use tsmuxergui to create a AVCHD also called a BD5 or BD9 . but the resolution had to be exactly 1920X1080 or 1280x720 other wise you get a green line at the botton of the screen taking up the diference in the hight.

audio shouldnt be a problem, AVCHD takes ac3 or dts.

[azyd]

So if I burn to DL discs, it should play with DTS? I don't see an option with mkv2vob to keep it as DTS.

no. you have to create a AVCHD or BD5 or BD9 to play dts on the ps3.

[pjohnson73]

Ok, I have an AVCHD folder created on my external HDD with a BDMV and CERTIFICATE subfolder but the only question is how do I keep the DTS with the movie. mkv2vob always converts it to AC3 correct?

[azyd]

Ok, I have an AVCHD folder created on my external HDD with a BDMV and CERTIFICATE subfolder but the only question is how do I keep the DTS with the movie. mkv2vob always converts it to AC3 correct?

you dont use mkv2vob to make an avchd ready file.
use tsmuxerGUI it will allow dts track.
select create blu-ray disk. and you should be set....

[Nick.903]

i dont do transcoding to xvid. so i cant help you. but you should try and see if you get the same errors transcoding to mpeg2 or h264.

The error only appear when using Xvid transcode, but not mpeg2 and h264. Unfortunately, the H264 transcode doesn't work well with Chinese subtitles. For mpeg2, the video quality is too low.

I'm getting a bit frustrated now.

[pjohnson73]

Is it better to use tsmuxer when I want to keep the DTS with the mkv? And also, once I create the file, can I burn it to DL discs? Transcoding from DTS to AC3 takes a long time with mkv2vob.

[azyd]

Is it better to use tsmuxer when I want to keep the DTS with the mkv? And also, once I create the file, can I burn it to DL discs? Transcoding from DTS to AC3 takes a long time with mkv2vob.

yes use tsmuxergui. just burn the BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders to a what ever you want just make sure its in udf 2.50 othere wise it will not work.

i keep saying this.... the video had to be exactly 720p or 1080p other wise your are going to get the green line of death at the bottom,

[azyd]

The error only appear when using Xvid transcode, but not mpeg2 and h264. Unfortunately, the H264 transcode doesn't work well with Chinese subtitles. For mpeg2, the video quality is too low.

I'm getting a bit frustrated now.

well at least whe know its not a problem with the program.... might be a codec error. you should try to get rid of all the codecs you have, reinstall only the ones you need the play the original file and to encode the file. (H264,DTS,XVID and AC3)
there might be some conficting codecs. if you still get the same problem.... then im out of ideas.

[pjohnson73]

Ok I will try tsmuxergui with my 1080p mkv's. Hopefully, it will split files ok. I want to split files and burn as AVCHD with DTS.

[Kali-]

support for x264_checker included in gotsent (detection of playable h264 files on the PS3/360) will be a nice feature
mkv2vob checker's is not working very well :/

[azyd]

support for x264_checker included in gotsent (detection of playable h264 files on the PS3/360) will be a nice feature
mkv2vob checker's is not working very well :/

never been a problem for me i only download stuff that i can play on the ps3.... would be worthless for me to do other wise cuse my comp isnt fast enough to decode 1080p and dts at the same time...

you should save time and effort and do the same.

[Kali-]

more then 80% of H.264 L4.1 i have seen is not playable on PS3/X360
a better detection of playable video will help neebie, surely not me...

[azyd]

more then 80% of H.264 L4.1 i have seen is not playable on PS3/X360
a better detection of playable video will help neebie, surely not me...

playback detection, i beleave(i might be wrong. pls correct if i am) is done by tsmuxer. you can manually update that your self.

i dont know where you get your files from but my stuff is the oposite only about 10% of the stuff i downloaded is not playable by my ps3. dont have a 360.

[georgem67]

Yes, most of the 1080p stuff I get works aswell but....now I have a problem with Sin City (1080p.iKa). Usually I turn off automatic encoding and the files are muxed perfectly with Mkv2vob...however this mkv is a black screen and wants to re-encode...I've got the other settings as x264 and Vob, but will the resulting encode be of inferior quality or should it be the same. Is there anything I can do to get the best results?
Thanks

[Kali-]

playback detection, i beleave(i might be wrong. pls correct if i am) is done by tsmuxer. you can manually update that your self.whit 1.8.8b i have the same problem

i dont know where you get your files fromitaly

[GreeKNastY]

any reasons why the 7 gig mkv files i convert are a teeny wee bit out of sync?..any options for this?...also to hear the audio well i have to turn my tv all tehw ay up to 50..haha its not a big deal but is tehre anything to do about that..i chose the boost audio settings but still nothin

thanks and great program..

[azyd]

whit 1.8.8b i have the same problem

italy

italy is a coutry....

[azyd]

any reasons why the 7 gig mkv files i convert are a teeny wee bit out of sync?..any options for this?...also to hear the audio well i have to turn my tv all tehw ay up to 50..haha its not a big deal but is tehre anything to do about that..i chose the boost audio settings but still nothin

thanks and great program..

well you can try to demux the dts from the mkv... then pop it in DTS to AC3. all you need to do is right click on the DTS2AC3.bat and select edit, and change the bitrate (-b) to 640 and save it.

now run it and you can remux the video and the audio with tsmuxergui and you are all set.

[georgem67]

The above mentioned mkv ( Sin City 1080p iKA ) rip is not possible with tsmuxer either. Tried to make M2TS file = fail and also an AVCHD, which did succeed in showing up as such in the PS3 drive but again just a black screen.
The file is 1920 x 1024 resolution and I've cut it into 3 parts, each of which is around 39mins = 3.7gb.
Mkv2vob has been re-encoding the 1st part for over 8 hours now and is only about 3/4 done! What's going on with this file? Why is this encode different to most of my others. Can anyone help?
I've attached the mkv info text about the file.

[azyd]

The above mentioned mkv ( Sin City 1080p iKA ) rip is not possible with tsmuxer either. Tried to make M2TS file = fail and also an AVCHD, which did succeed in showing up as such in the PS3 drive but again just a black screen.
The file is 1920 x 1024 resolution and I've cut it into 3 parts, each of which is around 39mins = 3.7gb.
Mkv2vob has been re-encoding the 1st part for over 8 hours now and is only about 3/4 done! What's going on with this file? Why is this encode different to most of my others. Can anyone help?
I've attached the mkv info text about the file.


well first of all who is that IKA..... try downloading Sin City 2005 BluRay 1080p DTS x264 dxva-EuReKA anything by Eureka or that says dxva(DirectX Video Acceleration) is going to work 100%. try to stick to proper groups.