.mkv to PS3

V1N · 29 Sep 2008 at 09:15

I've just made a post with my settings, and results.

A little pointless

but I did it anyway!

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12595757&postcount=12

Vin.

Memphis · 29 Sep 2008 at 10:22

drusus said:
Sorry to de-rail the thread but whats the best program to use for the 360?

mkv2vob?

Thanks

GotSent will do that too.

Rob43 · 30 Sep 2008 at 11:11

Having a problem with mkv2vob again

I'm converting a 1GB MKV to mp4 & sticking it on my usb key,but the ps3 is showing no file at all now :confused:

Tried pressing triangle-show all,but no luck

Tried a couple of different usb keys,but still the same

Any idea's

Rob

ic1male · 30 Sep 2008 at 11:17

Has the file got an extension of .MP4?

Rob43 · 30 Sep 2008 at 11:24

ic1male said:
Has the file got an extension of .MP4?

Tried that with the last file & still no luck. I'm going to try another file & see how i get on.

Thanks...will post back shortly

Rob

Rob43 · 30 Sep 2008 at 11:44

Still no joy :mad:

Just to make sure i'm doing this ok,i should be renaming the file as .MP4, the file is showing on my pc as an mp4 & plays just fine...just not on my PS3

All the other mp4s i have play just fine,but they have been done using PS3video9 convertor & it takes a while for each file,so would much rather be using mkv2vob

Thanks again for the help

Rob

drusus · 30 Sep 2008 at 11:51

Memphis said:
GotSent will do that too.

Cheers dude.

I tried converting a .mkv HD to mp4 with gotsent but its not showing up? Just streaming it from my harddrive. WMVHD work fine though.

fez · 30 Sep 2008 at 11:59

Mkv to vob is a charm to use. Really simple. Really quick and perfect quality. Deffo use it.

Memphis · 30 Sep 2008 at 12:00

drusus said:
Cheers dude.

I tried converting a .mkv HD to mp4 with gotsent but its not showing up? Just streaming it from my harddrive. WMVHD work fine though.

If the resulting MP4 is over 4GB, unfortunately the Xbox will not see it. This is due to a limitation of sharing MP4 files, rather than the 360. You would just need to split the file (I usually split the MKV, and then convert each bit) so it comes in under 4GB.

ic1male · 30 Sep 2008 at 12:14

Rob if MKV2VOB is transcoding the file using MPEG2 then the file extension has to be .MPG or .M2TS

Leave the extension setting in the program as .MPG so that the PS3 can work out what file it is.

Rob43 · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:30

ic1male said:
Rob if MKV2VOB is transcoding the file using MPEG2 then the file extension has to be .MPG or .M2TS

Leave the extension setting in the program as .MPG so that the PS3 can work out what file it is.

That works :eek:

nice one mate

Any idea's how i can't just use MP4 from the drop down menu though ? Will i lose any quality using the mpg setting ?

Thanks again,

Rob

ic1male · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:44

That was naughty Streeteh for saying MP4. Smacked arse for him.

All the MP4 setting is is a container. You'll be losing quality in the first place by a) encoding the original file to an MKV and b) by transcoding it again to MPEG-2 for playback on PS3.

I really wouldn't worry about it though. The things I've watched by doing this process show little to no blockiness and I am a bit of a quality freak.

Rob43 · 30 Sep 2008 at 13:51

Thanks for all the info mate

Should have noticed that you stated that earlier in the thread though

Rob

ojste · 30 Sep 2008 at 15:26

what i do is set transcoding to never, output file extension to .vob then convert. once its done i change the .vob to .mpg (literally just change the file extension) so that i can stream it via windows media player.