Originally posted by Ryu77:

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You removed the load VS filter line and the subtitles still showed? That plug in is what is needed to load the subtitles. The avs file will be used to re-encode the movies (harcode the subs). VirtualDub, meGUI, avidemux and many other applications accept an AVIsynth script as an input source.

I wouldn't worry about the sound too much. In fact when you load it into your encoding application, I would disable it. Just make sure you have the frame rate right for your video. If you leave 23.976 in the AVIsynth script and your video is different that is going to distort the duration of the movie quite a lot. I would recommend using MKVextract GUI to demux the sound from the mkv file. If you want to re-encode the audio (for example DTS to Dolby) you could use EAC3toGUI, MeGUI etc.

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Originally posted by Nemasys:

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this topic is chock full of great info but none of it seems to help me.

i have been using mkv2vob to get my mkv files to play on my PS3 and i was pleased with the result until the other day when i used mkv2vob and it took three times as long as usual and the resulting file was 2x as big as the source mkv. i couldnt and still cant figure out what went wrong. i downloaded another version of mkv2vob and same thing. so i decided to look for an alternative and thats how i came to this topic. i followed Ryu's directions for Tsmuxer to the T and, much like zr123, i get audio and no video.

all i want is a way to get my mkv files to a playable PS3 format without losing too much video quality and i want to keep the AC3 5.1 sound. oh and i dont want a file that 2-3x bigger than the original mkv. is that too much to ask?

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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moddep, do you have Nero Recode? If you do that will probably be the easiest way to recode to AVC. Once I get your answer then I will give your more detail of the steps you need to follow.

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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Ok... let's do it.

First step is to make sure your AVIsynth script is correct. Are you using AVSEdit as I suggested?

If you are I want you to press the preview button (located next to the # symbol). You can scan through the video using the bar at the bottom. Be patient though, when dealing with 1080p there usually will be some lag. Can you see the video and your subtitles? If you can that's great!

Next step is to extract the audio stream from your mkv file so we can remux it back in later. You will need to use MKVextractGUI. Get it here... http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_...vextractgui.cfm

You will also need MKVtoolnix. Here... http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_.../mkvtoolnix.cfm

Once you've downloaded those two. MKVextractGUI must be in the same directory as MKVtoolnix. Run MKVextractGUI and select only the audio stream and demux it to a location you will remember. I would recommend creating a project folder and putting all your files in that, but it's up to you. Tell me when you get through that. :-D

Just a quick question, do you want this media file compatible with the PS3? If you do then you can't use a mkv container as you mentioned earlier. My preference would be the m2ts container.

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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moddep, what concerns me a little is you said you removed the command line to load the VSfilter from the AVIsynth script but you still saw subtitles. That is giving me the impression that DirectVobSub may be loading the subs automatically as a result of them having the same file name.

That's why it's important for me to know if you press the preview button in AVSEdit that you still see the subtitles. I don't want you to spend 24 hours+ encoding a video file, only to find out that the subtitles weren't loaded.

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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DirectShowSource("D:\ExampleVideo.mkv",23.976)
loadplugin("D:\VSFilter.dll")
TextSub("D:\ExampleSubtitle.srt")

Then you need to alter the directory to where the plug-in is located. For example: loadplugin("D:\AVIsynth plug-ins\VSFilter.dll"). Can you please rename the subtitle file to something different so DirectVobSub doesn't load it? It would be better to let the VSfilter take care of it. It's getting very late here (Australia), so I will be back tomorrow to give you guidance in using MeGui and the x264 codec. For now can you download these...

MeGui: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_...cfm/v0_2_6_1041

x264 codec: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_...coders/x264.cfm

Feel free to play around and get familiar with the MeGUI interface. Maybe you can work it out without my help. :-D

Just remember to select High profile and 4.1 level in the x264 codec settings for PS3 compatibility.

If you make any progress, let me know. See you tomorrow!

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Originally posted by Smoggie80:

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Ryu, what are your thoughts on Gotsent mkv to mp4? I'm sure you have heard of it and even had a quick dabble with it.
Every mkv file i get, i use Gotsent to mux the file to a vob, without fail, and then i just burn the resultant vobs to UDF data discs, therefore i am only using 1 mux programme and nero.

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Originally posted by Dfram:

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Hey Ryu77m or someone here's what I've been doing. Loading my .mkv file in tsmuxergui. I choose m2ts muxing, this is it Here
This is it when its done Here.
I've tried the ts muxing way, also changing the level to 4.1 and also remuxing the m2ts and all the playstation ever says is corrupted data. Im trying to stream from vista with little luck some divx works and thats about it. Any help would be great.
Thank You

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