Hi there, forgive me if this is in the wrong thread, and if so, then move accordingly :-)
Right, I have a few .mkv / .avi files which have been ripped from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs at 720p, and are approx 1.5 - 2.5GB in size. Is it possible for me to burn these files somehow onto a Dual-Layer (Verbatim's I have) and watch in a standard DVD player, or even a Blu-Ray player (I have both).
That said, if they're only 1.5-2GB in size, they must not be very good-quality HD rips. That's about the size of a high-quality DVD rip.
Anyway, unless you convert the video, I doubt you'll be able to downgrade it to 480i/p for DVD. If you want to play it on your Blu-Ray player, what you can do is remux it to an AVCHD folder using tsMuxer. The process only takes a few minutes at max, and what you get is exactly like a DVD folder... but a Blu-Ray folder instead.
Once you've got this, all you have to do is burn it with ImgBurn or whatever program you want. In ImgBurn, there'll be a message popping up asking if you want to burn with UDF, which you should say OK to.
I'd say do this, because it saves you a heck of a lot more time than converting the video.
If your video has an odd resolution, though - standard resolutions are 1280x720 (hence the 720p) or 1920x1080 (hence the 1080i/p) - you'll have to add borders to it to make it a "true widescreen" ratio. If you don't, you'll end up getting a green bar on the bottom of your video. but this is only really important if you've got subtitles as they won't show up, so if you're not worried about that, then feel free to mux to AVCHD.
Alternatively, I think you can just mux it to .m2ts (the .vob of Blu-Ray) and burn it onto a disc from there, and things should be good. Don't trust me on that, though. I could be completely wrong.
