Recently found the guide on how to 'Convert MKV to AVCHD for PS3 and Blu-ray,' and I managed to convert a movie in MKV format and burn it to a DVD using TsMuxer and ImgBurn for playing on my bluray player. I also have several hi-def movies in AVI format which TsMuxer doesn't seem to be able to convert. After checking around for an hour I could only find info on converting from AVI to MKV, not the other way around. Is there a way to convert the AVI container to the MKV container or another format TsMuxer can convert or even from AVI directly to AVCHD to burn w/ ImgBurn while keeping the same quality of the orignal AVI? At the moment I'm using Magic Video Converter 8.0.2.18 to convert the AVI to AAC which is listed as a format that TsMuxer can convert but it's saying it's going to take about 5 hours. There's gotta be a better way. Thanks for any help, Matt For reference I'm listing the info on the video file that I got from GSpot v2.70a: FILE_NAME moviefile.avi FILE_NAME_WITH_PATH H:\Toshiba Back-Up 12-Apr-08\Matt Greek\Downloads\Movies\moviefile.avi FILE_SIZE 1,427,496,960 CONT_AUDIO_STREAM_COUNT 1 CONT_BASETYPE AVI(.AVI) CONT_BYTES_MISSING 0 CONT_INTERLEAVE_ALIGN Split CONT_INTERLEAVE_PRELOAD 512 CONT_INTERLEAVE_TIME 40 CONT_SUBTYPE OpenDML (AVI v2.0), CONT_TOTAL_BITRATE 0 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_AVI1 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_AVI2 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_CVD1 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_CVD2 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_DVD1 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_DVD2 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_SVCD1 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_SVCD2 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_VCD1 VIDEO_ASPECT_CONVERT_VCD2 VIDEO_ASPECT_SOURCE_MATCH VIDEO_ASPECT_TYPE_NTSC VIDEO_ASPECT_TYPE_PAL VIDEO_BITRATE 1863 VIDEO_CODEC_NAME XviD 1.2 SMP VIDEO_CODEC_STATUS Codec(s) are Installed VIDEO_CODEC_TYPE XVID VIDEO_DAR 1.818 VIDEO_DURATION 1:24:19 VIDEO_FIELDS_PER_SEC VIDEO_FRAME_COUNT 126470 VIDEO_FRAMES_PER_SEC 25.000 VIDEO_H264 VIDEO_MPEG2 VIDEO_MPEG2_3X2 VIDEO_MPEG2_BFF VIDEO_MPEG2_I_L VIDEO_MPEG2_PPF VIDEO_MPEG2_PROG VIDEO_MPEG2_TFF VIDEO_MPEG4 MPEG-4 VIDEO_MPEG4_BVOP B-VOP VIDEO_MPEG4_GMC VIDEO_MPEG4_NVOP VIDEO_MPEG4_QPEL VIDEO_PAR 1.000 VIDEO_PICS_PER_SEC 25.000 VIDEO_QF 0.147 VIDEO_SAR 1.818 VIDEO_SIZE_X 960 VIDEO_SIZE_Y 528 AUDIO_BITRATE 384 AUDIO_BITRATE_TYPE CBR AUDIO_CHANNEL_COUNT 6 AUDIO_CODEC 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3 AUDIO_CODEC_STATUS Codec(s) are Installed AUDIO_MPEG_STREAM_ID AUDIO_MPEG_SUBSTREAM_ID AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE 48000
I've never used GSpot so I cannot tell what the codec is, your post lists several. If you have an avi it is most likely XviD, the PS3 should be able to play that file as is. BTW, I use Media Info Raw to detect the specs of a movie file I have. If not I'd use AviSynth with MeGUI to recode the codec to h264 so that tsMuxeR can process the file. You also asked is there a way to go from avi-->mkv... use a program called AVImuxGUI. There is no recoding involved, it takes the contents of the avi and muxes them to mkvm that's just one of the many features of this useful proram. Read through this thread, it might be helpful. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/639346
