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Converting MKV files to AVI/DVD

  • 11-11-2009 11:55am
    #1
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,662 ✭✭✭


    Hi All

    I'm having problems converting .mkv files to either AVI or DVD. The program I'm using is ConvertXtoDVD. It converts fine and the output is in VOB files.
    The problem is when I playback the DVD on regular DVD player there is no sound. The DVD will play perfect on my PS3.
    When I try to play the DVD back on computer through Windows media or Nero it has no sound. The only player which plays with sound is VLC.
    I'm presume its a problem reading the codec in the file.
    Any help will be much appreciated.


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  • #2
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    nslattery1974 wrote: »
    Hi All

    I'm having problems converting .mkv files to either AVI or DVD. The program I'm using is ConvertXtoDVD. It converts fine and the output is in VOB files.
    The problem is when I playback the DVD on regular DVD player there is no sound. The DVD will play perfect on my PS3.
    When I try to play the DVD back on computer through Windows media or Nero it has no sound. The only player which plays with sound is VLC.
    I'm presume its a problem reading the codec in the file.
    Any help will be much appreciated.

    sounds like it's not demuxing the audio during the conversion process perhaps?

    I've used ConvertX plenty of times myself to burn AVIs to DVD but I've never used it for MKVs.

    A free tool called SUPER will be able to create the VOB files for you (just make sure it demuxes the audio), however you'll then need an additional tool to create the menu files necessary for the DVD players and i'm not to well up on that... sorry.


  • #3
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,662 ✭✭✭Luckycharms_74


    Thanks I will try that ;)


  • #4
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    I use Handbrake for format conversion. Works a treat.


  • #5
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,662 ✭✭✭Luckycharms_74


    Macros42 wrote: »
    I use Handbrake for format conversion. Works a treat.

    Thanks Macros42. Hope it solves my problem. Plus it seems to be a freeware as well :D


  • #6
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    It's Open Source - completely free. Hope it does the job for you.


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  • #7
    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    I use Xvid4psp for exactly the reason of converting mkv to avi, works 9 times out of 10. May have to play around with a couple of settings but it's free and pretty reliable.


  • #8
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,662 ✭✭✭Luckycharms_74


    Macros42 wrote: »
    I use Handbrake for format conversion. Works a treat.

    Hi Macros42

    I tried to convert MKV file to AVI with HANDBRAKE. When the conversion was completed the sound was distorted and out of sync with the movie, making it unwatchable. Is there a setting I need to use in the audio conversion???


  • #9
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Forget about Handbrake. Ive seen that stuttery audio problem before, its not related to your settings and there's no fix. Its just to do with the age of the program, it can't seem to handle some seemingly normal AC3 audio streams.

    And the latest SVN version (test/beta) seems to have fixed the problem, but has dropped support for AVI completely.


  • #10
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    DannyBuoy wrote: »
    I use Xvid4psp for exactly the reason of converting mkv to avi, works 9 times out of 10. May have to play around with a couple of settings but it's free and pretty reliable.

    this is the one i've used also and found no problems with it. As far as i can remember, ConvertXtoDVD doesnt support MKV's.

    There are also converters available solely for MKV to AVI but i've never tried them.


  • #11
    sandleman1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭sandleman1979


    Try using mkv2vob...
    http://www.mkv2vob.com/showthread.php?tid=1

    easy to use...can output to a number of formats...


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  • #12
    polyfusion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 679 ✭✭✭polyfusion


    Had a similar need as the OP yesterday, found an open source program called "AllToAvi" (http://sourceforge.net/projects/alltoavi/) that did 23 out of 24 files for me flawlessly, but one file just won't convert properly, and I tried it on 2 different computers. End up with a file exactly 2 minutes long (should be about 45mins). It must be an issue with the file (but it plays perfectly) - a real head scratcher.

    I'll try some of the other programs mentioned on it.


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