Converting mkv to other formats on the mac
To play mkv video on the ps3 I use two small scripts called mkv2ts and mkv2m4v which converts to m2ts and m4v (mp4)
The mp4 video can also be used on Apple gadgets like the iphone/ipad/apple tv.
These scripts uses the following command line tools:
- mkvtoolnix - I installed this using macports
- ffmpeg - also from macports
- MP4Box - I downloaded the precompiled binary from here: http://www.tkn.tu-berlin.de/research/evalvid/
- tsmuxer - There is an unofficial version that works with snow leopard here: http://instantitunes.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/use-tsmuxer-on-snow-leopard/
Here are my scripts:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/150120/mkv2m4v
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/150120/mkv2ts
The original scripts can be found here:
mkv2m4v - https://gist.github.com/619933/
mkv2ts - http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-137517.html
