Convert .MKV to AVCHD for PlayStation 3 using Linux
Unfortunately a MKV to AVCHD conversion solution that would be as good as mkv2vob does not currently exist for the Linux operating system. But luckily you can run the very same mkv2vob on your Linux operating system, using the Wine Windows emulator. The installation process however includes one trick, as mkv2vob does not work on Wine straight out of the box. Read on to see how it’s done.
This guide is made with Ubuntu Linux 9.10 (Karmic Koala), but the guide is pretty much universal with perhaps minor adjustments.
- Install latest Wine. You can find this in Ubuntu Software Center, or the package manager of your Linux distribution. Personally I like Wine Doors, which installs Wine and a software management solution to install a number of popular Windows applications.
- Fetch winetricks script. Winetricks is needed for installing some additional Windows libraries, in order to make mkv2vob to work. Open console and type: wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
- Use winetricks to download needed Windows libraries. In console: sh winetricks vb6run wsh56
- Download the latest mkv2vob and open the installer file using Wine. Click here for the download
And you are done!
Next step is to configure and use mkv2vob for the AVCHD conversion. Check out our mkv2vob related AVCHD guides for guidance. Check out the screenshot of mkv2vob running on Ubuntu Linux – the picture also shows the correct settings for converting MKV files with subtitles to USB AVCHD format to be used in PS3.
September 13th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Good Job, guys! Very thanks!
September 3rd, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Play infaomrtive for me, Mr. internet writer.
June 27th, 2011 at 10:31 am
I cn make it work in ubuntu 10.04 and ubuntu 10.10 but the only roblem is this: I normally use subs for my videos, but when using the Output Type FILE i dont get the subs in the video. I select the Preferred Subtitle language and choose the proper language, I also check the boxes for Always Encode Subtitles and Load subtitles from file (thats what I do in windows and works like a charm as it burns the subs in the video). The only way I can get the subs to work is by choosing Output Type AVCHD – USB and doesnt work for as I would like to play (lets say) 5 videos in a row in my ps3.
Do you have any sugestions?? Thanx.
March 1st, 2011 at 6:09 am
I got it working by installing with wine first, then adding a copy of msvbvm60.dll to the new application folder under .wine/dosdevices/c:/program files/mkv2vob. Works a treat! Good that there are different ways of getting it to work.
July 28th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Great tip! Thanks
February 18th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
thank you very much, just what i needed