i'm pulling my hair out with this stupid .mkv file

[Event3horizon]

I have an h.264 mkv file that says it is 1280 x 544 resolution which results in 2.35:1 , there are no letterbox bars in the video.

Problem is: I'm trying to put this on a bluray structure using multiavchd but when I do, the log says that the height (544) is not Bluray/AVC HD compliant. When I play the finished ISO on my powerdvd on the PC, the video looks ugly, squeezed, no letterboxing.

I've tried handbrake to reconvert the file to another resolution but NOTHING results in the proper way. IS THERE A PROGRAM THAT LETTERBOXES!!!!

[poisondeathray]

it has to be full frame (1280x720) with letterbox

you can re-encode letterboxed with uncropmkv

[johns0]

Most of those mkv are encoded that way to be played by any media player that displays it with the correct ratio be it hardware or software,its not meant to be blu-ray spec.

All you can do is re-encode as poisondeathray suggested.

[guns1inger]

MultiAVCHD will also do this. UncropMKV is basically MultiAVCHD's Transcode option as a standalone program. Load the file in MultiAVCHD. You will see that the title is listed in Red. Click the title to open it's properties, then click Transcode. It will automatically set the correct resize for 720p (or 1080 - whichever is appropriate to the source). Check the bitrate, select 2-pass fast for the encoding method (there are other methods, but this seems to produce good quality at reasonable encoding speeds) and then OK your way back out to the main screen. MultiAVCHD will now add the letterboxing, re-encode, and author.

AVCHDCoder makes all of this a lot simpler, but doesn't have the same authoring options as MultiAVCHD.

Personally, for a single title no menu disc, I use AVCHDCoder. If am doing a multi-title disc or want menus, I use MultiAVCHD.

[Event3horizon]

yes!!! uncrop mkv was the little tool that i needed. Thank you!

[guns1inger]

You are better off learning how to use multiAVCHD properly . . . . . . . .

[Event3horizon]

well, after I "transcode" it for a bd-complaint resolution, I can't seem to stop the damn subtitles from appearing in the final product. I checked everything in multiavchd to turn it off, I EVEN REMOVED the subtitles track from the uncropmkv but after it passes through uncropmkv the subtitles are "burned in." Can't find a way to stop that.

[poisondeathray]

did you remove the subs to a different folder? (e.g. remake a new mkv with mkvtoolnix, uncheckmark the subs, then move that mkv to a different folder), if not, your directvobsub will activate and it will hardsub the file

[johns0]

In Multiavchd you need to uncheck subtitles & audio/Force display of first subtitle track.Also make sure you dont have the hard-encode subtitle tab showing in the transcode window.

Uncropmkv doesn't hard-encode subtitles by itself.Are you sure the subs are hard-encoded or just showing up due to being parsed into the files?

[Benjy]

Try Ripbot !!! is very simple to use and very efficient

[multiAVCHD]

The problem is that you have [x] SUBTITLES plug-in in FFDSHOW enabled. Disable it and it will be okay.

[Event3horizon]

ok . This is so weird and funny. I suppose I could have done what deathray said and remake the mkv and remove the subtitles, but what if say I want to utilize them?

So, I did check the other things like "Force display of first subtitle track" and unchecked it. I opened DirectVOBsub and there was nothing checked there. I also did what Dean said and check the FFDSHOW and the "subtitles" checkmark wasn't enabled.

So what i did was, I transcoded the movie within multiavchd and instead actually CHECKED "hard encode subtitles" (i can't do this in the seperate uncropmkv tool") and lo and behold the final product doesn't hard encode the subtitles but makes them an option to turn on! Lol?

Maybe a small Bug in multiavc?

Dean zdraveite kak si bre mnogu me haresva tazi programa.. merci!

[video_magic]

Get Mkvtoolnix. Have a good look at the Header Editor (available from the File menu), load your MKV.....

I think that will do what you want without reencoding.