HD mkv's to dual layer?

[nick101181]

I was wondering if it's possible to take a large mkv HD file and convert it and author it as a blu-ray,but burn it to a dual layer dvd? That way it'd still be high def but you'd be able to have chapters and menus like a normal blu-ray?

[theewizard]

AFAIK: any blu ray files burnt to a conventional DVD would have to be burnt as 'data' files

conventional DVD format does not allow for Hi-def res& frames

also a blu-ray hi-def dvd format holds a lot more data

so your files ( complete movie ) would be spread across multiple DVD discs ( yes even DL would take at least 2 discs maybe more )

the IDEA of authoring hi-def blu ray format and then trying to put those files on a regular DVD to play... does not compute.. the regular DVD player will not play them

are you trying to use DL DVD ( to play in your bluray player ) so you don't have to buy more expensive BLUray discs ?

OR, do jsut not know that the (2) are not the same thing, IF hi-def could be cramed into reg DVD-DL then blureay machines and discs would not be needed

regular DVDs have chapters & menus

[nick101181]

what I was wanting to do was take an hd rip that's an mkv some are around regular dvd-r size and some are dual layer size, convert those over to blu-ray type mpeg2 files and somehow get this high-def content onto a dual layer disc. It has been done before. People have crammed hd content onto dual layer and regular dvd-r's but I think a standard dvdr will only hold 45 mins and I'm not sure about dual layer. What I'm looking to do is since my mkv's are able to fit onto either dvdr's or dual layer discs, I want to be able to convert this back to some type of mpeg2 that is still HD but can have chapters and other things. I am also playing these on a PS3. I have converted some of these to vobs by using mkv2vob but they loose the ability to ff and rw and the ability to resume playback.

[jman98]

What you can do:

Burn MKVs to DVD as data discs (read that carefully - that is NOT the same as DVD format), assuming the file(s) will fit on your DVD blank.

Burn HD DVD format to DVD DL discs. The HD DVD spec supports this, but the current HD DVD players won't play them, even though they should.

What you CANNOT do:
Burn BluRay format on DVD DL discs. There is no support for this in the BluRay standard.

How much a DVD blank holds depends on the size of the blank (whether it's single or dual layer) and the bit rate of the audio and video file(s) that you burn to it. Saying that a standard DVD will only hold 45 minutes is not technically correct. At typical HD bit rates of 15000 Kbps, then perhaps that's right, but you could use lower bit rates (at lower quality) to fit more video on the disc.

My limited understanding that an unmodded PS3 won't play MKV files at all. The PS3 is not a great choice for playing anything but DVDs and BluRay discs. What you propose to do is very different.

[nick101181]

Yeah the PS3 won't play mkv's yet, but they do if you convert them to vob's first. They look beautiful but if you pause it for too long or try to rewind or fast forward you gotta start the movie from the beginning again.

[theewizard]

VOBs at what res ? 720*480 std DVD res, or at HD vob res ?

if at std DVD vob res, you might as well just convert the MKV to std DVD with full authoring chapters menus etc.

what program converts to HD vob format ?