[Matroska-users] Problems loading mkv file in DVD santa

[Christian HJ Wiesner]

Hi,

i beleive the problem is that the video of this file has an incredibly 
high (and unnecessary) resolution :

    * *Pixel Width* : 1280
    * *Pixel Height* : 720

A normal DVD, and for 99,99% certain the source of this file was a DVD 
once, has a max resolution of 720 x 480 (NTSC), and it makes no sense at 
all to increase the pixel resolution. You can never get a higher 
resolution than the original DVD has, so this is really stupid.

Obviously DVD Santa can not handle such an abnormal high input 
resolution, thats why its failing on this video stream. Your only chance 
to handle this file is :

- Use MKVextract from http://mkvtoolnix.matroska.org to extract the 
video stream alone into AVI
- feed the AVI into Virtualdub or VirtualdubMod, and reduce the number 
of pixels by using a 'resizing filter', preferably to something like 
only half the resolution (640 x 360). This means you have to have your 
PC run for several hours, as it has to reencode the movie completely 
(XviD codec is excellent for this).
- mux a new MKV using mkvmerge and mmg.exe (the GUI), also from 
mkvtoolnix, with the new video and the old audio
- run DVD Santa

Alternatively, you can
- download foobar2000 audio player/converter (http://www.foobar2000.org, 
get the 'special installer' and activate installation of the matroska 
plugin)
- load your MKV and convert the audio from AAC into a high bitrate MP3 
(320 kbps)
- extract your Video from the MKV with mkvextract into an AVI, as above
- convert to lower resolution with Virtualdub, like above
- use Virtualdub to add the high bitrate MP3 to the AVI
- convert the AVI with DVD Santa or any other DVD encoder (file will be 
higher size, but that doesnt matter as you only need it for conversion)

Christian
matroska project admin
http://www.matroska.org



The Jesster schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> I recently tried converting an mkv file to DVD using the guide found 
> here: http://www.matroska.org/technical/guides/dvd/index.html
>
> However, when I tried loading the file in DVD Santa, I got an 
> "Unsupported Video Stream" error.
>
> Attached is the report generated by matroskadiag.exe on the problem file.
>
> -=The Jesster: Gatchaba Goose=-
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 
>
>
>     Matroska file info : E:\Videos\Kamichu!-01_HDTV_720p_[MEYRIN].mkv
>
> *File size* : 369.03 MB
> *File complete* : yes
> *Duration* : 00:23:24.972
> *Title* : かみちゅ！ 第１回 「青春のいじわる」
> *Writing application* : mkvmerge v1.5.0 ('It's alright, baby') built 
> on Jul 1 2005 10:35:18
> *Muxing application* : libebml v0.7.5 + libmatroska v0.7.7
> *Date* : 2004-07-11 18:46:29.000
> *Tracks* : 3
> *Track 1* : Video
>
>     * *Codec* : Microsoft VFW compatibility mode (V_MS/VFW/FOURCC)
>     * *Fourcc* : XviD MPEG-4 codec (XVID)
>           o *Possible filter* : Xvid
>                 + *Installed* : yes, in C:\WINDOWS\System32\xvid.ax
>                 + *Link* : http://www.xvid.org
>           o *Possible filter* : ffdshow
>                 + *Installed* : yes, in e:\Program Files\Matroska
>                   Pack\ffdshow\ffdshow.ax (1.0.2.3)
>                 + *Link* : http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
>     * *Name* : XviD 1.0.3 QT3.0
>     * *Language* : Japanese (jpn)
>     * *Pixel Width* : 1280
>     * *Pixel Height* : 720
>
> *Track 2* : Audio