MKV conversion problem

Memphis · 9 Oct 2008 at 17:27

Firstly, apologies if this would be better in the Photography & Video section.

I have an MKV that I'm trying to convert to a format playable on my Xbox 360 or PS3. I've done this many times before, and am able to convert other files fine.

This one file will give me about 3 minutes, and that's it. Those 3 minutes are perfectly playable, there should just be about another hour and a bit afterwards!

I usually use GotSent for this, but I've tried Videora and MKV2VOB, and they all give me just 3 minutes. This suggests a problem with the MKV container as the video is perfectly playable as an MKV.

Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how to repair the MKV, or maybe strip the video manually if needs be?

Thanks for any help guys!

Memphis · 12 Oct 2008 at 11:15

Sorry to bring this thread back, but just got around to trying Super and while I didn't get the encoding options 'quite' right... it still only have me 3 minutes and 30 seconds of video

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Anyone got any other thoughts?

EDIT - Just tried TSMuxeR, and got the following: Matroska parse error: Invalid EBML number size tag 11 at pos 105133707
So it does look like the MKV container is damaged. Is there any way to sort the error?

Memphis · 13 Oct 2008 at 16:39

Just a friendly neighbourhood bump before I give up with this one

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Memphis · 13 Oct 2008 at 22:54

Thanks for the suggestion Dougsnake. Unfortunately, it crashes the second I tell it to even open the MKV

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Memphis · 14 Oct 2008 at 13:45

The crazy thing is, it plays perfectly as an MKV. Start to finish no problems what so ever.

Guess I'll just forget this one

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