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converting MKV files to DVD format
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redscouse
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6. January 2006 @ 01:56 |
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Fraternal greetings and a happy new year to you all??I?m having a problem burning some MKv files (matroska) to DVD.
I have 13 tv programmes from an American tv series in MKV format that I want to burn onto a dvd to enable them to be watched on a normal DVD player. attached to a TV. each programme is about 300-350mB in size the total together is approximately the capacity of a standard DVD.
After some searching I used virtualdubmod to convert to avi format and convert again however the file size is very big.
I then tried DVD santa after downloading and installing the matroska pack and converted to dvd format?
this converted it to audio_TS and VIDEO_TS..in the tempDVD folder
However the file is twice as big as the original folder and the quality of image is greatly reduced. I burned the files using DVDsanta to disc and it works in my PC DVD player?ie the pc recognises it and uses cyberlink to view the dvd?however my stand alone DVD player does not recognise it.
do you guys know of any better way to do this or have any advice for me ?..much appreciated
ps.very much a newbie to all this
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HippoXXL
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6. January 2006 @ 02:26 |
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Hi Redscouse,
MKV is a file type like AVI, that can store audio and video data in every codec that is installed on the computer generating the files. You need to know wich codec the MKV-files are compressed with. If you have the codec already installed on your machine (you have, if your computer can play the file) I would use TMPGEnc v2.524 for conversion. You can find it in the software section here on AfterDawn ( http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/t... ). You get good results with a bitrate of 5MBit or higher. In this quality 2 hours of video will fit on a DVD-5.
HTH,
Hippo
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redscouse
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6. January 2006 @ 02:57 |
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thanks for your reply hippo...
the individual mkv files will run for about 50 minutes using quicktime or VLC media player..so does this mean by using TMPGEnc at the bitrate you suggest I would need to use a large number of DVD's....your suggestion has got me thinking about converting them to SVCD instead as CD's would be less of a waste if things go wrong..is this feasible?
once again thanks
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HippoXXL
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6. January 2006 @ 03:17 |
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Well, the DVD-Specification allows also to use MPEG-1 video in 325*240 (NTSC) or 352*288 (PAL). You can use the VCD-bitrate of 1150kBit. This way nearly 8 hours will fit on a DVD-5 (or 15 hours on a DVD-9). Of course the quality is not the same as in MPEG-2, but you could make a nice menu for all programs, that would be quite comfortable.
So long,
Hippo
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location: germany
age: 34
profession: DVD-authoring
interests: japanese motorbikes, electronics
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HippoXXL
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6. January 2006 @ 03:26 |
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When you got the DVD files (VOB-structure) on your harddisk, you should burn it with DVD Decrypter for compatibility reasons. What make is your DVD-Player?
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interests: japanese motorbikes, electronics
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redscouse
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6. January 2006 @ 06:33 |
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I'm using a very cheap DVD player Bush 2045.....I've made it multiregion...and was using an old Ariston player but had same problems with that.....hoping to build an htpc later this year
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HippoXXL
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8. January 2006 @ 21:31 |
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Hi redscouse,
hope you had a nice weekend.
Cheap DVD-Players are not bad at all. Cheap players often support more formats than expensive brands, especially S*ny.
I have HTPC plans too. Few days ago I got a new DVB-S card, I can start now. (first step will be convincing my girlfriend we really need a Computer in the livingroom)
So long,
Hippo
If I gave my heart to you, I had none and you had two.
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location: germany
age: 34
profession: DVD-authoring
interests: japanese motorbikes, electronics
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AfterDawn Addict
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8. January 2006 @ 22:19 |
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hi
i think avi2dvd does MKV ? a free app...
Nothing here to see, move along folks.
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pazz
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10. January 2006 @ 08:08 |
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Hi Guys,
Hey hippo, overclockers.co.uk sells a really smart case for such a jobby as you and redscouser would like to achieve.
its really neat and small but comes in hefty at 60 squids....
i too am going that way and that small form factor case looks ideal.
there was a free proggy by the name of DivXtoDVD which seemed to get it right when transcoding to dvd format.
im sure it did matroska also....however, you'd have to look to find the older version of 0.5 or less as they now sell the thing.
made by vso i think.
handy and fast that was.....
one stop, one love.
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redscouse
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10. January 2006 @ 23:40 |
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thanks for all your help guys,,,I'm giving the various options a go and will report back to this thread ....regarding htpc cases...those silvertone cases are nice...expensive....anybody know of similar designs but cheaper ...I don't want to go down the shuttle route
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