put .mkv file on a dvd to play in blu-ray player

[andru123]

If i just put the .mkv file on a DVD+R(DL), will blu-ray player play it? or .mp4, whatever other format. I mean, it can play divx files...
Or do i actually need to "author" the file first so it is converted in a "real" blu-ray format?
Can I author blu-ray format on a DVD-DL disk at all? Or is it only for real blu-ray disks?

[Capsbackup]

If i just put the .mkv file on a DVD+R(DL), will blu-ray player play it? or .mp4, whatever other format. I mean, it can play divx files...
Or do i actually need to "author" the file first so it is converted in a "real" blu-ray format?
Can I author blu-ray format on a DVD-DL disk at all? Or is it only for real blu-ray disks?

I am not aware of any BluRay players that will accept a .mkv file.
I believe if you can convert that .mkv to .ts or .x264, you could just load it into tsMuxeR and select BluRay or AVCHD, and tsMuxeR will convert it for you. Then just burn that to DVD disc.

[poisondeathray]

I am not aware of any BluRay players that will accept a .mkv file.

There are some blu-ray players that can support .mkv container now e.g. LG BD370

@andru123 - check your manual , and another option is multiavchd to author to DVD5/9 or BD25/50

[Capsbackup]

There are some blu-ray players that can support .mkv container now e.g. LG BD370

@andru123 - check your manual , and another option is multiavchd to author to DVD5/9 or BD25/50

Good to know, thanks for pointing that out. :)
I think your multiavchd idea is a better option for compatibility among many players.

[ChickenMan]

I see no where in the specs for the LG BD370 that it can play mkv files. It quotes Divx or am I blind?
http://www.lge.com/au/tv-audio-video/video/LG-blu-ray-player-BD370.jsp

[deank]

Strangely enough it is not on the LG site, but:

The second reason to buy this player is for its comprehensive support for movie formats, not only can you play DVDs and Blu-rays but most of the most popular 'net formats including MPEG2, MPEG4 AVC (H2.64), raw VC1 files, DivX, and for you HD fans, MKV. It will even playback videos encoded in the AVCHD camcorder format.

C-Net Australia review (http://www.cnet.com.au/lg-bd370-339295287.htm)

[Ghitulescu]

It's in the manual, but who reads them anyway :rolleyes:

Beware, converting an MKV file into a BD structure requires additional bits, sometimes up to 10%, which is a lot.

[m99]

Samsung also have some new players which support .mkv.

[stax76]

I'm not sure everybody noticed but DivX Plus means H.264 + AAC + MKV. It uses all the formats we like, the new web player supports it already and it's promising great hardware support so I made sure DivX Plus has the best possible support in StaxRip.

[bennynihon]

It's in the manual, but who reads them anyway :rolleyes:

Beware, converting an MKV file into a BD structure requires additional bits, sometimes up to 10%, which is a lot.

Good point. I have some MKV's that already sized to fit on a DVD (4.7GB) and converting them to be Bluray compliant unfortunately winds up making them no longer fit on a single DVD.

What's the best approach to shrink the enoding a bit so that the Bluray compliant structure would fit on a single DVD? Thanks

[Dark Shikari]

There are some blu-ray players that can support .mkv container now e.g. LG BD370

@andru123 - check your manual , and another option is multiavchd to author to DVD5/9 or BD25/50AFAIK, the Oppo player will play MKVs as well.

[Ghitulescu]

If i just put the .mkv file on a DVD+R(DL), will blu-ray player play it? or .mp4, whatever other format. I mean, it can play divx files...

Why don't you try it yourself? We don't know what BD player you have, what kind of MKV file (codec, parameters, substreams etc.) you use, if the DVDR medium is accepted by your player and so on ...

[kurkosdr]

Or do i actually need to "author" the file first so it is converted in a "real" blu-ray format?
This is what you must do if you want compatibility with as much bluray players as possible.

If the mkv file is in the correct resolution (1920x1080, 1440x1080 and 1280x720 are the supported resolutions for the "real" bluray format), then you can easily author it in "real" bluray format using TsMuxer (see guide (http://brothers_grim.webs.com/bd/index.html) here).

To see in what resolution your mkv clip is, just play it with VLC and click on Tools -> Codec information.

--> If the mkv is in the correct resolution, just follow the guide above and author it in "real" bluray format.

Also, some new and advanced bluray players have started to support playing MKV files from DVDs. If you have such player, then just write the MKV file in a DVD as "Data DVD" with Nero. But unfortunately, most players do not support that feature yet (if you are consider buying a player, look for the DivxHD logo, it means t can play the MKVs you find on the net)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/4074585699_c27aacfe51_o.png

[Eldorado]

Using tsMuxer to convert a MKV to BluRay worked perfect..

Unfortunately, I have a number of MKV's that when converted won't fit on a DVD9..

Has there been a one button software created that can shrink it down to fit on the required media? Or do I need to go with a 2 step process?

ConvertXtoDVD works great for converting almost anything to DVD and specifying a size.. would be nice if they were able to incorporate the BluRay structure

[setarip_old]

In order to compress/shrink the BluRay you've created, among others, you could use either "BD-RB" or "multiAVCHD".

Of course, if you have the ability to rip the full disc, it would be simpler to go DIRECTLY from your original BluRay disc to either program, without creating an .MKV.

[hatetea58]

u should convert mkv to a dvd format, then u can burn it to dvd.

[kurkosdr]

u should convert mkv to a dvd format, then u can burn it to dvd.

Converting to "dvd format" (it's called "DVD-Video" by the way) will result in the resolution being reduced from High Defintion to Standard Defintion.

So, if you want to preserve the HD resolution, you have to use some format that supports HD resolutions, such as the "Bluray structure"

You can do this by following the guide I posted above.

[Eldorado]

Thanks guys.. maybe the best route for now is to convert an oversized MKV to BluRay with tsMuxer, then use BD-RB to shrink it down to DVD9 size

Keeping fingers crossed on the ConvertXToDVD guys come out with some sort of ConvertXToBD proggy!

[kurkosdr]

Thanks guys.. maybe the best route for now is to convert an oversized MKV to BluRay with tsMuxer, then use BD-RB to shrink it down to DVD9 size
Yep, that seems the best option to me.

Keeping fingers crossed on the ConvertXToDVD guys come out with some sort of ConvertXToBD proggy!
Even if they do, I 'd still stick to TsMuxer!

This is because most of the "ConvertXto..." software has the nasty habid of re-encoding practically every clip you insert to it, even if the clip is already in the correct format and all is needed is to take the stream from the .mpg file and put it in a .vob file (for dvd-video). This costs you a lot in terms of quality and time.