Blu-Ray player with non-traditional 720p playback

[craigmack55]

Hi everyone I know that mkv playback on a blu-Ray player is new, but I was wondering if ANY blu Ray players can play mkv at non 720p resolution such as 1280x576. Also, can the PS3 play non-traditional 1280x576 files if I used mkv2vob to skip the process of using crop2mkv. Thank you!

[yoda313]

FYI that resolution is PAL resolution.

Actually I'm not even sure why that is because I thought HD resolutions weren't region specific anymore just the frame rate ---- anyway I digress....


The 576 indicates its pal (European) format. Pal dvd resolution is 720x576 so I'm extrapolating that 1280x576 is pal high def.

You will need to reconvert it to work on American equipment - unless you play it back on a pc of course - it will do the conversion for you.

I can't comment on mkv2vob as I think I've only used it once or twice.

Edit - as you probably know US standards are 1280x720 or 1920x1080 (double check me on the 1920 part....)

edit 2 - it does seem I'm right about the resolution being standard now - its the frame rate thats different - here are the bluray specs from the "what is bluray" link on the left of the screen:

lu-ray Disc
Video codecs MPEG2 - MP@HL and MP@ML
AVC/H264 - MPEG-4 AVC: HP@4.1/4.0 and MP@4.1/4.0/3.2/3.1/3.0
VC-1 - AP@L3 and AP@L2
Video frame size

High Definition Video
1920x1080x59.94i, 50i (16:9)
1920x1080x24p, 23.976p (16:9)
1440x1080x59.94i, 50i (16:9) AVC / VC-1 only
1440x1080x24p, 23.976p (16:9) AVC / VC-1 only
1280x720x59.94p, 50p (16:9)
1280x720x24p, 23.976p (16:9)
Standard Definition Video
720x480x59.94i (4:3/16:9)
720x576x50i (4:3/16:9)

There is no spot for 1280x576. It is possible you acquired a poorly upconverted dvd resolution video. If that is the case you might be better off converting to dvd resolution?????

[KBeee]

Apparently the LG 370 and LG 390, and a couple of Samsung BluRay players can play back mkv and avi's with higher than standard resolution.
But I'd suggest you check with owners of said machines to make sure.

[jagabo]

Forget Blu-ray players for anything other than Blu-ray discs. Use WDTV, WDTV Live, Popcorn Hour, etc.

[jman98]

Forget Blu-ray players for anything other than Blu-ray discs. Use WDTV, WDTV Live, Popcorn Hour, etc.

This is good advice because DVD and BluRay players tend to be a lot more fussy about what they will play for AVI, MKV, etc. than media playback devices like the ones jagabo listed. Just note that some BluRay owners have reported having to re-encode their MKVs because the resolution is not exactly 1280x720 or 1920x1080. Media playback devices like the WDTV, etc. have no such limitation. If you're OK with having to re-encode a lot of stuff just to get it to work, I guess you might consider this. I think that LG and Samsung make BluRay players capable of MKV playback, but you should expect the resolution limitation I mentioned to apply.

[Ai Haibara]

Ah - that might have some bearing on what I was wondering here. (Though I could've sworn all the MKV and MP4 files I attempted to test WERE 1280x720...)