MKV Playback on PS3 Help

[King_Nothing]

Hey everyone, I have an MKV File that is 7.94 GB and is 1080p video. The video would be the NBC broadcast of the Olympic Gold Medal Mens hockey game. I would love to be able to burn this on a DL disc for playback on my ps3 in HD. I have read some guides and it seems there is some re-encoding required, which I really do not know much about, nor do I think my cpu could do it.
I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions, or if someone is willing to format it for me on a disc?(I would of course supply the file and disc and compensation).
It was a great Olympics and a great hockey game, would love to cherish it in the best possible format, thanks in advance!!

[Cjlcooter]

Hey everyone, I have an MKV File that is 7.94 GB and is 1080p video. The video would be the NBC broadcast of the Olympic Gold Medal Mens hockey game. I would love to be able to burn this on a DL disc for playback on my ps3 in HD. I have read some guides and it seems there is some re-encoding required, which I really do not know much about, nor do I think my cpu could do it.
I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions, or if someone is willing to format it for me on a disc?(I would of course supply the file and disc and compensation).
It was a great Olympics and a great hockey game, would love to cherish it in the best possible format, thanks in advance!!

Hi, Shawn, this question was asked before in the Metpage Tech Center last year here is the post but basically the program you will need is called mkvtovob ---> http://www.videohelp.com/tools/mkv2vob : )

https://forum.metpage.org/viewtopic.php?t=21683

[King_Nothing]

Thanks Chris, ill admit, I was feeling pretty lazy last night and did not search
Ill give this a shot!

Also, just curious, in terms of frame rate for 720p vs 1080p, which would be better?
the 1080 is 29 FPS
the 720 is 50 something FPS

A Tad naive on the subject, which would be better to get???

Specs on the 1080p:

Video Codec: H264
Video Bitrate: 6000kbps
Video FPS: 59.94
Video Resolution: 1920x1080

Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 640Kbps
Audio Channels: 5.1

Size: 7.94 GB
Language: English
Description: FPS=29.97

Specs on the 720p (I cannot get all the details at the moment but I know the FPS is around 50 or so)
The file size was approx. 7.96 GB as well.

Just not sure which version would be the BEST to get for playback on ps3 for HDTV
Thanks for ALL the help!

[Cjlcooter]

Thanks Chris, ill admit, I was feeling pretty lazy last night and did not search
Ill give this a shot!

Also, just curious, in terms of frame rate for 720p vs 1080p, which would be better?
the 1080 is 29 FPS
the 720 is 50 something FPS

A Tad naive on the subject, which would be better to get???

Specs on the 1080p:

Video Codec: H264
Video Bitrate: 6000kbps
Video FPS: 59.94
Video Resolution: 1920x1080

Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 640Kbps
Audio Channels: 5.1

Size: 7.94 GB
Language: English
Description: FPS=29.97

Specs on the 720p (I cannot get all the details at the moment but I know the FPS is around 50 or so)
The file size was approx. 7.96 GB as well.

Just not sure which version would be the BEST to get for playback on ps3 for HDTV
Thanks for ALL the help!

Hi Shawn, the program works because I have used it before, for my PS3 but 1080p is the best there can be, however the Hockey game was not shown in 1080p on NBC HD however because Cable Companies and most Satalite providers only broadcast in 1080i as far as I know we are still many year away before they can broadcast in full 1080p on the HD channels available (because they would have to run new lines to be able to handle quality of Full HD of 1080p)

Technically 720p will look better on the tv because it is uses progressive scan as opposed to 1080i which would be interlaced.

here is some info about progressive & interlaced
http://www.axis.com/products/video/came ... e_scan.htm

If you have more questions please feel free to ask them. both will still look amazing but in the end go with the one that looks the best for you because you want to keep it and watch it later : )

[Arthuro]

You could also try the "PS3 media server" program which is 100% free. Once installed on your computer, you just need to plug your PS3 to your PC via an ethernet cable and you'll be able to stream all your HD files directly from your computer through your PS3. It also works with a wireless network but the bitrate might be lower.
To me it's much better that way because you do not need to burn your files to discs, any file format is accepted (mkv, vob, ts, avi, wmv, ...), and there is no size limit to the files you want to play. You can have a mkv file that is 20Gigas and play it that way. There are many options available, allowing you to add subtitles and other stuffs.
That's really convenient.
If you want to give it a try, here's a link where you'll find the software : http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/downloads/list

[King_Nothing]

Thanks for all the help guys! I have heard great things about Media Server, but my CPU HDD is not the biggest and I need to conserve much space as possible. Im gonna give both tries a go, and see how they work

Thanks!

[Cjlcooter]

Thanks for all the help guys! I have heard great things about Media Server, but my CPU HDD is not the biggest and I need to conserve much space as possible. Im gonna give both tries a go, and see how they work

Thanks!

Glad to help you out anytime Shawn : )