Container switch only - MKV to MPEG

[hardy]

I have been out of the game for a while. My situation is... I stream encodes on my Blu-ray player via USB connection (external hdd)

Most of my encodes have DTS audio and my Blu-ray player is very picky. It won't read DTS in the MKV container. But, it will read DTS in the MPEG container. So is ffmpeg still the best thing to use for a simple container switch? No re-encoding, no compression. Just a container switch.

I would definitely rather have DTS than settle for AC-3

[racer-x]

This seams to work. At first it complained of bitstream errors and suggested to add "-bsf h264_mp4toannexb" .

for %%a in ("*.mkv") do "C:\FFmbc\ffmpeg" -i %%a -bsf h264_mp4toannexb -c:v copy -c:a copy -f mpegts %%~na.mpg
pause

[hardy]

Better than...

ffmpeg -i <input.mkv> -vcodec copy -acodec copy <output.mpg>

[racer-x]

Mine is a Batch Script and will re-pack every MKV in the folder into an MPG. Make sure to edit path to ffmpeg and use latest version.

Try it and see if it works for you.........

[jagabo]

Note that racer-x's batch file creates MPEG transport streams rather than program streams. Change "mpegts" to "mpeg" to get MPEG program streams. Also, it may not work right if the source files have spaces in their names (this may vary depending on the OS). Put quotes around the input and output file specs.

for %%a in ("*.mkv") do "C:\FFmbc\ffmpeg" -i "%%a" -bsf h264_mp4toannexb -c:v copy -c:a copy -f mpeg "%%~na.mpg"
pause

[hardy]

Unsuccessful converts, the audio file would not open afterwards. It says corrupted.

[jman98]

In all seriousness, wouldn't it make more sense to do one of these instead?
1) Buy a streaming media player, like a Western Digital or similar model, that accepts DTS in MKV.
or
2) Buy a new BluRay player that does the same.

What kind of player do you have with this crazy limitation anyway? Letting your player make you have to spend the rest of your life doing major conversion work is a losing proposition, but go ahead if you wish.

[hardy]

Yeah that would be easier. I'm sure the newer models accept DTS in the MKV container.

[_Al_]

My choice would be to try m2ts or ts using TsMuxer. You know that mpg works but did you try m2ts?

[_Al_]

try this:

@echo off
SETLOCAL
SET tsmuxer="C:\... path ...\tsMuxeR.exe"
set output=C:\output
if not exist "%output%" MD "%output%"
echo MKV into m2ts

for %%a in ("*.mkv") do (
  echo.
  echo %%~na%%~xa
  echo ---------------------------------------------
  echo MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --vbr  --vbv-len=500                > remux.meta       
  echo V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "%%a", insertSEI, contSPS, track=1              >> remux.meta   
  echo A_DTS, "%%a", track=2                                            >> remux.meta
  %tsmuxer% remux.meta "%output%\%%~na.m2ts"
  )
echo.
echo Done Remuxing
DEL remux.meta
ENDLOCAL
pause

[hardy]

m2ts does not support DTS playback either, unfortunately

Edit: My player
Sony BDP-S3100 Blu-ray Disc Player