In our previous AVCHD guides for PlayStation 3 we have use DVD recordables as the medium for transferring the content to the console. This however has some downsides, the worst one being that file size increases in the MKV to AVCHD conversion process as the AVCHD adds all kinds of meta-data to the content. In [...]
The conversion of high definition .MKV (Matroska) video just got easier with the release of the latest mkv2vob versions. From the version 2.4.3 and up the mkv2vob tool supports creation of AVCHD (aka Blu-ray on DVD) discs with support for subtitles. If you have AVCHD compliant video material then it will not even need to [...]
GOTSent is an easy to use application for converting .MKV (Matroska) video files to the .MP4 (MPEG-4) format. The MPEG-4 is a videly supported audio/video format which can be played on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, HTPCs and number of other MP4 compatible playback devices. In this articles we explain the basics of using the [...]
The new tsMuxeR version 1.84 introduces support for .SRT subtitle format. In our previous guides we have shown you how to author Blu-ray/AVCHD discs from .MKV files using tsMuxeR. This guide is an extension to our previous guide, covering the new subtitle features of the tsMuxeR. By using this guide you can convert compliant high [...]
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 [...]
mkv2vob is a software for converting .MKV or .TS video files into Sony PlayStation 3 compatible format. Files with compatible content streams are remuxed without transcoding, so the process is very quick and there is no quality loss. mkv2vob can detect incompatible audio and video streams and transcode them automatically into a compatible format. It [...]
SmartLabs tsMuxeR is a transport stream muxer. It can demux and remux content streams from one container format to another.
Supported output formats:
TS
M2TS
Blu-ray
Supported video codecs:
H.264
VC-1
MPEG2
Supported audio codecs:
AAC
AC3 / E-AC3(DD+)
Dolby True HD (for streams with AC3 core only)
DTS/ DTS-HD
LPCM
Supported subtitles:
M2TS Presentation graphic stream
Supported containers and formats:
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