Seems I have some matroska video files. I'd love to play them on my Xbox via 360 connect. Seems the only thing that plays the files is VLC Player. Is there a Mac app that could convert them to MP4 or wmv? Or should I just watch on my iMac instead of big TV?
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omnis_audis - Mar 15, 2009 9:52:59 am PDT #9455 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Laga - Mar 15, 2009 10:04:14 am PDT #9456 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Seems I have some matroska video files
I read this as "matrioshka."
What, does each one contain another, smaller, file?
amych - Mar 15, 2009 10:07:06 am PDT #9457 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What, does each one contain another, smaller, file?
Potentially an infinite number of them, actually -- one of the defining features of mkv is that the container can hold any number of files, where most formats are limited to just a few each of audio and video in each container file. And, yes, it's named after the dolls.
Laga - Mar 15, 2009 10:38:52 am PDT #9458 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yes, it's named after the dolls.
I feel clever and yet, at the same time, kind of dumb.
Tom Scola - Mar 15, 2009 11:03:45 am PDT #9459 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
tiggy - Mar 15, 2009 11:05:24 am PDT #9460 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
you know what else would be lovely on the iphone/itouch? the ability to click on a link and have it open in a new window.
le nubian - Mar 15, 2009 11:28:00 am PDT #9461 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think Handbrake may convert .mkv files.
Jessica - Mar 15, 2009 12:31:28 pm PDT #9462 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
iPhone copy & paste rumors.
Oh pleasepleaseplease!
(Except that double-tapping is already a shortcut for "zoom in on this" so I hope there's more to the gesture than that if this rumor is true.)
omnis_audis - Mar 15, 2009 12:44:17 pm PDT #9463 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Handbrake was my first move. It wouldn't open the files.
Tom Scola - Mar 15, 2009 12:47:51 pm PDT #9464 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Are you on a Mac? Try installing Perian first, then try Handbrake.