.MKV Question.. What is it exactly and how does it work?
August 29th, 2013
My questions are:
How do I use a .MKV file?
Can I use ConvertX with a .MKV file?
Can I burn a .MKV file to DVD?
The movie has Subtitles, will convertx give me problems? They weren’t added subs by someone, they are original.
Please explain the MKV process from download, to DVD burn, if there is something different I need to be doing with the MKV file to watch and burn. They are mostly for DVD burning to watch in my DVD player, if that matters. Just want to tell everything so I can get a correct answer.
One more Question, if I download a Bluray rip and burn it to DVD will it play in a NON Bluray DVD player? Not sure if the Bluray process it’s self carries over to the disk once it’s online and just leaves the Bluray quality, not the format it’s self if you understand that.
Thank you.
i dunno much about MKV but you can convert them quite easy to avi with MKV2VOB
1. VLC will play .mkv files.
2. Yes, ConvertX will reencode an .mkv, but it will take much longer than a standard XviD -> DVD conversion.
3. See above.
prozac4312 replied: 1. VLC will play .mkv files.
2. Yes, ConvertX will reencode an .mkv, but it will take much longer than a standard XviD -> DVD conversion.
3. See above.
I also added one more question, the movie has Subtitles. So if I download a MKV movie and use convertx will it also transfer the subs without problems? Also what about my Bluray question?
The source of the rip is irrelevant. If you’re converting it to DVD, it doesn’t matter if it came from a VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, or Betamax for that matter.
Yes, you can add subtitles with ConvertX. Add the video, click to drop down the ‘titleset’ menu, go to ‘subtitles’, right click, and ‘add subtitles’.
RagIng AnGels replied: So I download a lot of Movies from BB, usually they are .AVI .WMV. A lot of the time the poster of the Movie uploads it in the .MKV video codec format. I remember one time I tried to use it and it opened Windows Movie Maker and didn't even play the video, it was unable for some reason. Now I am pretty much having to download MKV for a certain movie due to about 10 AVI posts being broken.
My questions are:
How do I use a .MKV file?
You don’t have the necessary codecs installed to play MKV files. Which means you won’t be able to convert them either.
What you need is a H.264 codec. ffdshow will do that and so will coreavc pro, however ffdshow can decode much more than just H.264, it can decode many different video and audio formats.
You also need the Matroska splitter.
I suggest ffdshow and Matroska splitter
generic for 32 bit windows or 64 bit versions
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/SVN%20builds%20by%20clsid/
Matroska splitter
http://haali.su/mkv/
Can I use ConvertX with a .MKV file?
see above, you need directshow codecs for ConvertX
Can I burn a .MKV file to DVD?
You can store a MKV video on a DVD but it won’t be playable in a DVD player unless it is converted.
The movie has Subtitles, will convertx give me problems? They weren't added subs by someone, they are original.
It shouldn’t do, you can always extract the subs if necessary. Media player classic has a utility to extract subs on the Files menu called DSM converter Files->Utils
Please explain the MKV process from download, to DVD burn, if there is something different I need to be doing with the MKV file to watch and burn. They are mostly for DVD burning to watch in my DVD player, if that matters. Just want to tell everything so I can get a correct answer.
Follow the above and everything should be okay.
You would be better off getting a hardware media player, it would mean you don’t need to keep spending time converting videos before watching them. It would be much quicker and easier.
One more Question, if I download a Bluray rip and burn it to DVD will it play in a NON Bluray DVD player? Not sure if the Bluray process it's self carries over to the disk once it's online and just leaves the Bluray quality, not the format it's self if you understand that.
Thank you.
A Bluray rip just means that a Bluray was used as the video source, just like HDTV means a High Def TV broadcast was used as the source.
Providing the video is converted to DVD format, it won’t matter. But using Hi Def videos as DVD converting sources is wasting a lot of downloading and a hell of a lot of conversion time. H.264 video is a slower to convert than other sources as it requires a fair bit of CPU resources to decode. There are ways around that.
Do yourself a favour and get yourself a media player.
You can read the info in my signature (Help Guide & MKV Info)
It may help you getting a better understanding of MKV
Good luck
Mighty_Marvel replied: RagIng AnGels replied: So I download a lot of Movies from BB, usually they are .AVI .WMV. A lot of the time the poster of the Movie uploads it in the .MKV video codec format. I remember one time I tried to use it and it opened Windows Movie Maker and didn't even play the video, it was unable for some reason. Now I am pretty much having to download MKV for a certain movie due to about 10 AVI posts being broken.
My questions are:
How do I use a .MKV file?
You don't have the necessary codecs installed to play MKV files. Which means you won't be able to convert them either.
What you need is a H.264 codec. ffdshow will do that and so will coreavc pro, however ffdshow can decode much more than just H.264, it can decode many different video and audio formats.
You also need the Matroska splitter.
I suggest ffdshow and Matroska splitter
generic for 32 bit windows or 64 bit versions
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/SVN%20builds%20by%20clsid/
Matroska splitter
http://haali.su/mkv/
Can I use ConvertX with a .MKV file?
see above, you need directshow codecs for ConvertX
Can I burn a .MKV file to DVD?
You can store a MKV video on a DVD but it won't be playable in a DVD player unless it is converted.
The movie has Subtitles, will convertx give me problems? They weren't added subs by someone, they are original.
It shouldn't do, you can always extract the subs if necessary. Media player classic has a utility to extract subs on the Files menu called DSM converter Files->Utils
Please explain the MKV process from download, to DVD burn, if there is something different I need to be doing with the MKV file to watch and burn. They are mostly for DVD burning to watch in my DVD player, if that matters. Just want to tell everything so I can get a correct answer.
Follow the above and everything should be okay.
You would be better off getting a hardware media player, it would mean you don't need to keep spending time converting videos before watching them. It would be much quicker and easier.
One more Question, if I download a Bluray rip and burn it to DVD will it play in a NON Bluray DVD player? Not sure if the Bluray process it's self carries over to the disk once it's online and just leaves the Bluray quality, not the format it's self if you understand that.
Thank you.
A Bluray rip just means that a Bluray was used as the video source, just like HDTV means a High Def TV broadcast was used as the source.
Providing the video is converted to DVD format, it won't matter. But using Hi Def videos as DVD converting sources is wasting a lot of downloading and a hell of a lot of conversion time. H.264 video is a slower to convert than other sources as it requires a fair bit of CPU resources to decode. There are ways around that.
Do yourself a favour and get yourself a media player.
I actually didn’t have to do any of that, all I did was through it in ConvertX and hit Convert, converted it and burned it and I am able to watch it in my DVD player. Just did the same thing I do with AVI and such. Thank you though.
RagIng AnGels replied: I actually didn't have to do any of that, all I did was through it in ConvertX and hit Convert, converted it and burned it and I am able to watch it in my DVD player. Just did the same thing I do with AVI and such. Thank you though.
That’s because “all of that” was about you being able to play MKVs in Windows Media Player
.GhostShot. replied: RagIng AnGels replied: I actually didn't have to do any of that, all I did was through it in ConvertX and hit Convert, converted it and burned it and I am able to watch it in my DVD player. Just did the same thing I do with AVI and such. Thank you though.
That's because "all of that" was about you being able to play MKVs in Windows Media Player
Gotcha. Well thank you, this definitely came in handy as I now know what to do with them so your work didn’t go unnoticed. Thanks again.