Burning .mkv to dvd

[rikd]

Hello,
I am new to this forum so forgive me if I have posted in the wrong thread.

I've burnt an .mkv file to DVD using Toast but there is no audio in the playback.

In the past, in order to burn to DVD, I've converted .mkv files to .mov and it works (usually) without a problem but this time the conversion left the audio/video completely out of sync!

Would be grateful for any advice.

Thank you in advance.

[netmask56]

A bit more information may help

MKV files can contain many different audio formats so it depends a lot on the media player you are using if it supports the particular audio format of the audio in the MKV file.

Post a MediaInfo report on the MKV file this will reveal the contents of the MKV file, video, audio and subtitles, chapters etc

Are you Authoring the file to produce a normal DVD to play in a standalone player ie with VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders? Or are you simply burning the MKV file to a DVD blank as data?

[rikd]

Thanks for responding so promptly netmask56 but I'm some distance from the techies on this site so please bear with me.

How do I extract the Mediainfo report?

I'm simply burning the the .mkv file to a blank DVD.

[netmask56]

Run MediaInfo and select the MKV file for it to inspect - then set the View in MediaInfo to TEXT. Then you can simply copy and paste the report into a post. It would look like this

Complete name
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.44 GiB
Duration : 53 min 43 s
Overall bit rate : 3 835 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2011-07-15 21:33:00
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.1.0 ('Happy up here') built on Jan 19 2010 12:09:24
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings : CABAC / 8 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, RefFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 53 min 43 s
Bit rate : 3 375 kb/s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.153
Stream size : 1.27 GiB (88%)
Writing library : x264 core 115 r2008 4c552d8
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:2:2 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / 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=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 53 min 43 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 148 MiB (10%)
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No

[rikd]

Thank you netmask56. As suggested:

General
Unique ID : 195371661343720324487601581319091767268 (0x92FB3699F449418796CC51ABD5B5C7E4)
Complete name : /Users/erik/Downloads/Phantom.Thread.2017.DVDSCR.x264-DrinkBetterWater.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 1.08 GiB
Duration : 2 h 10 min
Overall bit rate : 1 188 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2018-02-07 11:38:22
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.7.0 ('Back to the Ground') 64bit built on Jan 8 2014 15:10:52
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings : CABAC / 8 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Bit rate : 940 kb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 464 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.85:1
Original display aspect ratio : 1.85:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 120
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / 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=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.601

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2 h 10 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 224 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 208 MiB (19%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 1
00:12:27.079 : en:Chapter 2
00:23:59.104 : en:Chapter 3
00:34:29.350 : en:Chapter 4
00:45:07.037 : en:Chapter 5
00:57:22.021 : en:Chapter 6
01:10:57.953 : en:Chapter 7
01:21:31.202 : en:Chapter 8
01:34:52.303 : en:Chapter 9
01:47:15.378 : en:Chapter 10
02:00:46.973 : en:Chapter 11
02:09:59.158 : en:Chapter 12

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ridk, Phantom.Thread.2017.DVDSCR.x264-DrinkBetterWater.mkv appears to be a warez file.
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