Hi Guys, I have some MKV files which fit on a standard DVD however my bluray player doesn't have MKV support however it does have AVCHD support. I used tsmuxer to convert the file but then its about 200mb over the capacity. Someone mentioned about splitting the streams and lowering the bitrate of the audio which should be enough to then fit on a DVD. Can anyone tell me how I might achieve this? Or does anyone have any other suggestions on how i can dot his without losing too much quality? Many thanks in advance.
Try this, uncropMKV. You most likely need to make your AVCHDs a compliant resolution too... most MKVs are non-compliant. This app will also decrease the bitrate so it will fit on a DVD, or DVD9. You need to specify what bitrate you want though... or it will create a file the same size as the original MKV. Any questions, please read through the entire thread there.
I second this answer, but I have used Multiavc totally and it is FREE and includes UncropMKV. Does a terrific job and includes everything you will ever need to author MKV's One other FREE app you might want to consider, for trimming the credits ect. is MKV Merge. Just add the original video file and then go to the global tab, enable splitting and there are various options with where you want the file split. after completion, which is very fast you end up with an extra mkv file but with 001/002 endings to highlight which parts are which. Ad this into multiavchd and you are away. Hope this helps
fearforce - Any chance you can tell me what I should be doing with the multiAVCHD? I dont see how it would downsize the video file?
multiAVCHD does not compress, it just muxes several media files/folders structures. It also creates different style menus. You need to use uncropMKV to make a compliant MKV/and compress for AVCHD. Then if you wish you can use multiAVCHD to create a more professional looking AVCHD disc.
yes as Odin says, if you went to the MultiAvcHD site and downloaded everything, then you will also have UncropMKV which is the best file for making your mkv compliant with AVCHD 720/1080p etc. As for resizing, in my original reply I mentioned I use MKVmerge for that, but it is not actually resizing anything because that will lose quality, but you can select the output size to be just right for a singke DVD-R etc.
