The mkv2vob is a real Swiss Army knife of video conversion for the Sony PlayStation 3. It is a front-end application for a number of audio and video conversion tools that automates the process of converting Matroska .MKV files into a PS3 compatible format. Unlike tsMuxer, which we have covered in our two recent guides [...]
This article is a sequel to our previous guide, which explained how to convert .MKV files to .m2ts for PlayStation 3 playback. Absolute novices are recommended to read it before continuing with this one, as we intentionally leave out some basics covered in the previous guide.
This time we show you how to convert .MKV (Matroska) [...]
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 [...]
Most people are familiar with the AVI videos and the term DivX is widely popularized, but when they come across a video file with a .MKV extension, there seem to be a lot of confusion. The purpose of this article is to clear these confusions and problems and give you clear instructions how to play [...]
A while ago our guide writer and multimedia specialist Siku wrote two exellent guides for converting video files, Divx AVI for an example, to Nokia E90 Communicator compatible format. With these instructions one can produce MPEG-4 video files with near-DVD quality and hi-fi audio. Perfectly suitable for watching TV-series, music videos, or even movies on [...]
In a bold move, Nero Software AG some time ago released a freeware, command line version of their famous Nero Digital AAC encoder – which was previously only available bundled with their flagship Nero Burning ROM software package. Recent listening tests showed that Nero AAC’s quality is quite good, leaving to the user the delightful [...]
Like you all know it’s not always easy to pick up a decent DVD recordable media out there. Even so-called “good” brands like Verbatim, TDK, Maxell etc are not always bullet proof choices. So what can you do? Well you need to do some work to see if your discs are good, decent or bad. [...]
The BIN/CUE CD image storage format was created by Jeff Arnold, developer of the CDRwin CD copying software. Here, we’ll teach you how to burn BIN/CUE images using the highy popular Nero Burning ROM CD/DVD writing software. While the BIN/CUE image format is old, and the recording process using Nero is actually quite simple, this [...]
In this guide we will use DVD Rebuilder Pro to make a backup of DVD. DVD Rebuilder is pretty easy to use and there’s also some nice features for advanced users. DVD-RB doesn’t require any commercial MPEG-2 encoder, though one can be used. In DVD-RB Pro you can use either QuEnc, HC, ReJig, ProCoder or [...]
No matter what DVD-to-DVD-R compressor or transcoding software you use, MenuShrink will improve the quality of the backup. The scheme is simple – by replacing the animated menus with still picture some more free space is recovered. This free space is then used for the actual movie, resulting in higher average bit rate thus giving [...]
