MKV to MP4

[Yugos]

I want to watch a movie on my plasma and the mkv does not play on it, how can i convert it to mp4 or just move the mpeg out of the container?

What is better?

[poisondeathray]

Try mkvtomp4 - it will re-wrap into mp4 (no quality loss) if the streams are compatible (some types of audio are not compatible in mp4 container)

Note many TV players are incompatible with certain encoding settings used . If it still doesn't play, use mediainfo (view=>text) on the mkv, copy & paste back the info here

[Yugos]

this is the manual, but still i do not get it...

[Yugos]

Try mkvtomp4 - it will re-wrap into mp4 (no quality loss) if the streams are compatible (some types of audio are not compatible in mp4 container)

Note many TV players are incompatible with certain encoding settings used . If it still doesn't play, use mediainfo (view=>text) on the mkv, copy & paste back the info here

this is the manual, but still i do not get it...

[poisondeathray]

Your manual says it supports mkv

So post the information from mediainfo as instructed above

You probably have to re-encode it (it's probably using incompatible settings or profile)

[johns0]

If it's just head stripping that's causing the problem then remuxing with mkvmerge will fix that.

[Yugos]

Your manual says it supports mkv

So post the information from mediainfo as instructed above

You probably have to re-encode it (it's probably using incompatible settings or profile)

what did you mean by that?

[poisondeathray]

Open the mkv with mediainfo, use view=>text, copy and paste the information back here

It will provide information if there is header compression, or other encoding settings that might be incompatible

[Yugos]

General
Unique ID : 190202525796195708525237523410383631629 (0x8F17AC8ACC6E36CBAE39C37EC355750D)
Complete name
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 6.78 GiB
Duration : 2h 49mn
Overall bit rate : 5 723 Kbps
Movie name : ReJIiZ MediaClub by BenderBEST
Encoded date : UTC 2013-02-28 04:01:56
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.0.0 ('The Stars were mine') сборка от Jun 6 2010 16:18:42
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 49mn
Bit rate : 4 020 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 536 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.244
Stream size : 4.63 GiB (68%)
Writing library : x264 core 129 r2245 bc13772
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=4020 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 49mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 233 MiB (3%)
Language : Russian
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 49mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 11ms
Stream size : 1.79 GiB (26%)
Title : English
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Text
ID : 4
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

[poisondeathray]

mkvmerge v4.0 didn't have header stripping enabled, but sometimes 5 reference frames can cause problems with some players . You might have to encode it with 4 or less

Also, how do you have this connected ? Some usb connections and FAT32 limitations < 4GB , the filesize is over this

[Yugos]

mkvmerge v4.0 didn't have header stripping enabled, but sometimes 5 reference frames can cause problems with some players . You might have to encode it with 4 or less

Also, how do you have this connected ? Some usb connections and FAT32 limitations < 4GB , the filesize is over this

hey i tried a simple lost 160mb file and it did not work!

i lost you from the mkverge on, how do i encode with 4 or less?

[DarrellS]

It might be because it has two audio files. It says it supports DTS so I would probably keep that. It doesn't say that it supports AC3 in MKV container (unless that's what it means by MPEG) which is weird and the AC3 audio is the first audio. You can use MKVmerge to remove the AC3 audio.

[poisondeathray]

It might be because it has two audio files. It says it supports DTS so I would probably keep that. It doesn't say that it supports AC3 in MKV container (unless that's what it means by MPEG) which is weird and the AC3 audio is the first audio. You can use MKVextract to remove the AC3 audio.

Dolby Digital is AC3



@Yugos - Bottom line is TV players are crappy and incompatible with many things. YOu'd be better off getting a media player like WDTV, popcorn hour, asus oplay etc.... or HTPC.

It might be that nothing works. I know it's not that helpful, but you have to try a bunch of things, such as what Darrell suggested, try rewrapping to MP4 (but DTS isn't "officially" supported in MP4) , you might have to re-encode with 4 or less reference frames, or you might have to add borders back to 1280x720

[Selur]

btw. to boost the mkv compatibility a bit reading/following:
https://trac.bunkus.org/wiki/FAQ%3AImprovingPlaybackCompatibilityWithPlayers
might help a bit.

[Yugos]

If this is what it takes and everyone that encodes a movie uses different tech could i just buy a cable from my computer to my tv?

I have an integrated card so scart is the only option and the distance is about 10m..

Will there be much delay if hd is played or will the lag be too much with that much cable?

[blagojap]

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[Yugos]

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