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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
After quite a bit of consideration, I finally decided to order myself a PlayStation 3, the 40GB model. Unfortunately I had to send it back for replacement or repairs, as the unit I received was obviously faulty. Interestingly, I am not the only European customer that has bought a faulty PS3 40GB unit. Read on [...]
The momentum is high for the PlayStation 3. Price reductions brought the console quite close to Xbox 360, the game line-up is constantly improving and the Linux capabilities makes it a versatile platform with many uses. The most important factor however is the ending of the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war. The Blu-ray is [...]
While the hype around PlayStation 3 is considerably building up, due to improved games selection and price cuts, one of the potential killer features of the console has not received too much media attention. Future will show if I am correct, but Sony’s strategic decision to allow Linux installation on the console may turn out [...]
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 [...]
