converting mkv files to play on ps3...

[john.med]

i've been using mkv2vob but now it says it cannot unrar a file i have. Can anyone help me? I'm a noob.

 

[FiXX]

whats the filetype your trying to open?

 

[McBunny]

unrar it first then use it

 

[john.med]

Unraring as we speak,... only 2 hours to go at the mo!

thanks for the advice, will let you know how I get on.

 

[KDF]

2 Hours to unrar ?? wtf did you download ?

 

[McBunny]

lol even a rar of a full bluray doesnt take that long

 

[john.med]

44% after 1hr08mins, 720p 6Gb film....

 

[McBunny]

what else you doing on the pc that should take maybe 3 minutes to un rar on a average pc

 

[The Ironist]

Takes me about 15mins to do a 8GB on a pretty basic PC.

 

[john.med]

Nothing else running .... I'm using a Dell Vostro 1500, aint the fastest lappy in the world.

and it didn't even unrar the file in the end!

 

[Munson]

WTF? 2 hours to unpack 6GB?

Your HDD must be full and or fragmented to f**k, and/or fucked, and or your CPU is s**t and/or fucked. Basically you're either doing something spectacularly wrong, or you're doing it on a ZX81.

 

[Munson]

lol even a rar of a full bluray doesnt take that long

You mean, probably/apparently?

 

[john.med]

If I use mkv2vob to unrar/convert 5 or 6 Gb it takes about 5 mins. When I tried to unrar a rar'd mkv file of similar size it took hours using winrar evaluation copy.

Didn't bloody work either. I'm a noob with this type of shizzle.

My lappy is an 'Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 1.40 GHz and 2.0 GB or RAM, Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family'.... Was never the fastest kid on the block, but was a cracking bargain.

 

[Munson]

I didn't even know mkv2vob had any unpacking features. As for WinRAR taking hours to extract the archive, and then failing - have you tried another similar file? It sounds currupt to me TBH. Do you have any PAR2 files to check it?

 

[McBunny]

You mean, probably/apparently?

obviously

 

[Munson]

currupt

r****d

 

[john.med]

The file is an 'unknown format or damaged'.

I'm a bit new to all this. I've done it about 10 times without fail, so was quite surprised when mkv2vob had been handling rar files, and then threw a wobbly and said it couldn't unrar,.. It worked ok this morning with a 5Gb file, well actually it buggered up the sound, but it was ok 2nd time round clicking some dts to ac3 tab...

Anyone found a quick way of saving big files to the ps3? Wireless is painfully slow, and streaming can be a bit stuttery on my setup.

 

[McBunny]

yes use a cable