m2ts conversion.

karltimber

Hi,
apologies if this has been asked before.

I have an 22gb m2ts file -movie with DTS sound.
I want to convert this to an approx 5gb mkv file with AC3 sound.

AC3 due to the hard drive player that is being used and 5gb - well space.
Player is a WD HD player - as on another thread here.

I have seen but not used Ripbot - will this do the trick, just need to understand the settings. What about Automkv ?
any other ideas ?

appreciated

K

MediaTank

Looks like Handbrake may be easier http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=14172

karltimber

d/l handbrake and it doesn't support certain m2ts files.
will look into it further.

can some-one explain what tsmuxer does exactly.

the size can stay the same for now - but really want to change the dts sound to ac3 --- mainly for the WD TV HD on another thread and so i don't have to put all dts movies thru my 5.1 sounds on my popcorn (a100)

thx

K

karltimber

just found this tool here to convert dts to ac3 for mkv files.

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=743

so, with mkv -smaller files - this would work fine.

question so - what utility is best at converting m2ts files to mkv - without doing anything to the audio.

have d'l so many tools not sure whats what - thanks

appreciate the time to reply

karl.

branners69

I use XviD4PSP 5.0 to convert my m2ts files into mkv files. I have never needed to convert DTS to AC3 but I am pretty sure it can do it as it gives you great control and there is an audio option, I just never use it.

If you are using 5gb files would you be better off changing to 720p, rather than 1080p?

If I wanted a 1080p file I would set the file size to 8-9gb.

For the record I use tsmuxergui to create the m2ts file which contains only the video. I would then select the audio I want, and after creating the mkv file with XviD4PSP 5.0 I would merge the two files using Mkvmerge GUI.

I view my files using my Dvico Tvix M 5100SH and my Sanyo Z2000 Full HD projector. I am only doing this for a few weeks so the above is just my findings!!

Best of luck!!

karltimber

fantastic Branners,

will have a look at that tomorrow.

the mkv's are all 720 anyways so thats not a problem.
I will check your program to see if it can encode DTS to AC3.
if not, I have another to convert them but it only works with mkv's.

there are so many progs out there, it gets confusing.

thx again.

k

branners69

karltimber wrote: »

...the mkv's are all 720 anyways so thats not a problem...
I will check your program to see if it can encode DTS to AC3.

The m2ts file is more than likely 1080p, as far as I am know?? You can use MediaInfoRaw which will tell you. You will need to change the resolution to 1280x720(688) in the Resolution/Aspects settings in Xvid.

I went through so many progs including Ripbot but Xvid works brilliantly and is well worth getting to know!

MediaTank

karltimber wrote: »

can some-one explain what tsmuxer does exactly.

It breaks apart the streams in a media file and allows you to create a new one. So you can extract just the audio and video streams you want, exclude subtitles etc. Additionally it allows you to make a TS file from an MKV file, which can allow some high spec encodes to play back correctly on an NMT or TViX.

I use it to extract extra audio streams allow for conversion of DTS to AC3.

karltimber

Looks great - will try on Monday hopefully and will go through the forums tonight.

to get a head start - what basic settings do you use to convert an m2ts file to mkv

thx again, much appreciated.

k