Software to Convert MKV to other format with same quality and size - Suggestions plz

anfjavid

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HEllo guys. I have a movie which has a size of 1.5gB, 1080p blu ray rip and is in MKV format. Now for some unknown reason, my Media player could not FORWARD SEEK (or fast forward) the video. Its an excellent quality rip, i dont want to loose that . Watched half of the movie and now in order to reach that position i will have to play it from the beggining.

FYI this is the Media info report

Format : Matroska

Format version : Version 2

File size : 1.48 GiB

Duration : 1h 33mn

Overall bit rate : 2 281 Kbps

Movie name : Source.Code.(2011).BRRip.1080P

Encoded date : UTC 2011-07-17 00:25:56

Writing application : mkvmerge v4.7.0 ('Just Like You Imagined') built on Apr 21 2011 01:13:14

Writing library : libebml v1.2.0 + libmatroska v1.1.0

Video

ID : 1

Format : AVC

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile : Main@L4.0

Format settings, CABAC : Yes

Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames

Muxing mode : Header stripping

Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

Duration : 1h 33mn

Nominal bit rate : 2 235 Kbps

Width : 1 920 pixels

Height : 1 080 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate : 23.976 fps

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0

Bit depth : 8 bits

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.045

Writing library : x264 core 112

Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=2 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=0 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2235 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Language : English

Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177

Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361

Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio

ID : 2

Format : AAC

Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec

Format profile : LC

Codec ID : A_AAC

Duration : 1h 33mn

Channel(s) : 2 channels

Channel positions : Front: L R

Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Compression mode : Lossy

Language : English

So please suggest me the best software which can convert an MKV file to an MP4 or AVI format regardless of the codec. But the file size or the quality should remain almost the same. Even if the file size is going to increase by 50% i am not concerned but the quality loss should not be more than 25%.

I have tried several apps like total video converter, Cyberlink Media espresso, snowfox converter, divx converter pro, tmpgenc, etc, etc. None of these work with mkv format.

So please please guys help me out...

TIA
 
Re: Software to Convert MKV to other format with same quality and size - Suggestions

You can do a simple remux using MP4Box. It will retain the same streams but put it in an MP4 container. File size, quality will remain identical. If you want a GUI try MediaCoder, MeGUI or FFCoder and go for "Copy" or "Copy Streams" option for both video and audio, selecting MP4 as your final container. There is also a MP4Box only GUI but I don't know how well that works.
 
Re: Software to Convert MKV to other format with same quality and size - Suggestions

do as sub says

no need to rip it again and lose quality

what i can see is it has only 1 audio and no delays [thats grt.] so just use avidemux and chose copy in both video/audio to mux it in another format avi,mp4 .... mp4 should be better in your case

this can also be done with virtual dub mod or super video converter
 
Re: Software to Convert MKV to other format with same quality and size - Suggestions

Format Factory from Formatoz.com works great.
 
Re: Software to Convert MKV to other format with same quality and size - Suggestions

mkvmerge can also work ... just load this movie and remove all chapters

just leave video/audio/subtitle file and re-mux it to mkv again
 
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