Convert .MKV video files to .m2ts for PlayStation 3 using tsMuxeR
Besides gaming, the Sony PlayStation 3 is an excellent device for high definition video playback. Besides Blu-ray disc playback support, the PS3 can also play high definition video files, which can be downloaded from the Internet. The most common HD video file format is currently the Matroska (.MKV) file format, which the PS3 does not currently support. The .MKV files however in many cases contain AVC encoded video with AC3 audio, which are PS3 supported formats. In order to play the files a simple process of converting the .MKV files to .m2ts files must be performed, but with the free tsMuxeR software this is very simple to achieve and takes only a few minutes.
Preconditions
- tsMuxeR software. Download from here and extract to appropriate folder
- Matroska .MKV video files with AVC (h.264) video and AC3 audio streams
Make sure you have some free space on your hard drive as a file with roughly the same size than the original file will be created in this process.
Using tsMuxeR
The conversion process using tsMuxeR is a very simple one. It consists of adjusting a few settings, which you can see highlighted in the screenshot on the right.
The video or audio content is not actually converted at all. All tsMuxeR does is that it extracts (demuxes) the video and audio from the Matroska .MKV file and wraps them (muxes) to a .m2ts transport stream format. The video or audio remain untouched, so the quality is not impacted and the process is very fast.
Perform the following steps:
- Open a .MKV file with AVC/AC3 content using the Add button
- Observe the track info for AVC profile information. If it shows a value higher than 4.1, then use the Change level function to adjust it down to 4.1
- Choose M2TS muxing as Output
- Click browse button and choose the name and location for your file
- Click Start muxing to begin
After a few minutes you should have files named filename.m2ts and filename.meta. Now all you need to do is to burn these on a DVD-R(W), and slip the disc to your PS3. The PlayStation recognizes the file on the disc allowing high definition video playback!
August 4th, 2010 at 6:13 am
well done. i have a bunch of video needed to be converted for my new bought ipod. thanks for sharing,i will give it a try.
July 19th, 2010 at 2:27 am
ps3 needs to update and get divx PLUS certified, and also support rmvb.
transcoding is a waste of time and pc resources.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:46 am
Never mind i brougt the blu-ray disc to my mate who has the newer smaller type ps3 and there it worked perfectly.
I’m wondering if it’s just my ps3 or that all the early ps3’s have this problem.
May 14th, 2010 at 10:36 am
I wan’t to play 720p and 1080p mkv files on my ps3 using 25GB BD-R discs.
So far i tried converting to Blu-ray with tsMuxeR_1.10.6 and then burning the content with Nero settings at UDF 2.50 physical. But when i put the disc in my ps3 it doesn’t recognise it and i can’t play anything.
Is there something i’m forgot?
May 9th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Fast, awesome picture quality, but no audio. It plays fine on my pc with vlc but the PS3 doesnt get any audio. Anyone have any suggestions?
I followed that guide to a t apart from having two files created to allow for FAT32, the metadata file was renamed to suit each of the two files.
March 21st, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Awesome! Worked for me, took 15 seconds and played flawlessly off a USB stick.
You’re the Champ.
Dutch
March 17th, 2010 at 9:50 am
When I play back the video (on computer) I just converted to m2ts from MKV, there is no audio, only video is being played back. I have made sure that the volume is up all the way….anybody ever have this problem? If so is there a way to fix it?
March 10th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
^ Yes file size increases a bit, for eg: increase of around 300 mb for a 4.3 gb file. So you need to split it for 2 DVD5