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H_264
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:06 pm
by fpefpe
Hello -- I ripped a DVD and they tried to play it via my ROKU. The Roku Media Player (channel) notes that it
supports the MKV filetype but it needed a "codex" to play the mkv file generated by makemkv -- it did note that it
supported a H_264 encoding
Can did be done with makemkv?
Re: H_264
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:37 pm
by Woodstock
MakeMKV does not do video CODEC conversions... it simply copies the video to the MKV file. And h.264 is a pretty popular standard right now - Just how old is your Roku? h.264 should be part of its firmware.
Most tools out there convert TO h.264, because it is a more efficient compression scheme than MPEG2, used in DVDs.
Re: H_264
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 8:25 pm
by ndjamena
Apparently Roku won't touch MPEG2 and will only pass through DTS to a capable receiver. It's probably not the best player for DVD rips. If you must use a Roku, you'll need to convert the files using Handbrake or similar.
Re: H_264
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:33 pm
by fpefpe
ndjamena wrote:Apparently Roku won't touch MPEG2 and will only pass through DTS to a capable receiver. It's probably not the best player for DVD rips. If you must use a Roku, you'll need to convert the files using Handbrake or similar.
Hello -- That is exactly what I did -- converted the mkv to m4v with handbrake and roku plays the m4v fine -- thanks