Encoding to h264 in .mkv container

[merch!]

I have an HD PPV concert that I recorded on my DVR and I want to make a high def copy of it, since I highly doubt it will ever see commercial release. I dumped it to my PC, but I don't have a BD burner or the know-how to author a BD. I figured a better option than the DL DVD I've already encoded would be to encode to AVC (is that h264? I'm not completely familiar with these terms) and burning to a DL DVD as data that I can view on my PS3.

I have looked through numerous walkthroughs on how to do this, and most seem to use Avisynth and a few other apps, but I have no experience with these. Can anyone show me a good Avisynth script to encode a 1080i MPEG transport stream to a 720p AVC file? In addition to the script, a good walkthrough would be appreciated.

Also, in the above format, a 260 minute concert should be able to fit on an 8.5 GB DVD with pretty good quality, right?

Thanks for any help.

[hoju3508]

Google RipBot264 or Megui.

You can encode to AVCHD format for your PS3 using either programs.

260 minutes is pushing it. You may want to break it up into 2 DVD9.

[Rojas]

Originally Posted by merch!

I have an HD PPV concert that I recorded on my DVR and I want to make a high def copy of it, since I highly doubt it will ever see commercial release. I dumped it to my PC, but I don't have a BD burner or the know-how to author a BD. I figured a better option than the DL DVD I've already encoded would be to encode to AVC (is that h264? I'm not completely familiar with these terms) and burning to a DL DVD as data that I can view on my PS3.

I have looked through numerous walkthroughs on how to do this, and most seem to use Avisynth and a few other apps, but I have no experience with these. Can anyone show me a good Avisynth script to encode a 1080i MPEG transport stream to a 720p AVC file? In addition to the script, a good walkthrough would be appreciated.

Also, in the above format, a 260 minute concert should be able to fit on an 8.5 GB DVD with pretty good quality, right?

Thanks for any help.

Well if you want to play it back on your PS3 then burn a AVCHD disc
download the demo version of Ulead VideoStudio 12 Pro or Cyberlink PowerDirector 8
you may want to split that file for better picture quality
Best to use 2 DVD-DL discs.
each DVD layer will hold about 40 minutes of high quality AVCHD video.

[merch!]

thanks! will give both those suggestions a try.

[Propellarhead9]

Or if you didn't want to change much around you could just put it on a thumbdrive and play it that way on your PS3.

[merch!]

put what on a thumbdrive? the .ts file? Does the PS3 plays those? Problem is, it's 18+ GB, and my biggest USB stick is 16 GB

[Propellarhead9]

Your DVR records to .ts? Either way though if you are looking at an 18+ GB file, there's no way you can compress that down small enough to fit on a DVD without losing a ton of quality, especially if you want to make it a playable disc.

[merch!]

Have you seen the quality on a downloaded HDTV broadcast in 720p? It's fantastic and usually equates to about 1.09 GB (1.45 GB for 5.1 AC3) for 45 minutes. If I could encode at those specs, I'd be happy with the quality and should be able to compress to about 6.5 GB (8.35 GB).

That's what I was hoping to figure out.


And yeah, the DVR is a Motorola DCT6412. It records to .ts