M2TS vs MKV

[chocolateboy]

Hi Guys,

Im currently set up using 1gb network switch streaming m2ts (uncompressed) to my ps3 and I have skip transcoding on MPEG-2 MPEG-4 AVC etc and it works perfectly my PC uses almost 0 processing power and everything works like a dream! the problem though! Some backed up movies such as avatar have tons of scattered m2ts files which obviously means I cant just play the movie through and im pretty certain PMS doesnt support the playlist files ? other movies such as Prometheus have the movie in a single m2ts file which is perfect but im guessing this all depends on which company produces the blu rays?

So my question is can I play MKV's X264 without transcoding as long as it contains MPEG-4 AVC video? (I dont have any to test right now), and secondly is there any way to play a "playlist" of m2ts files or am I stuck with whatever structure is on the bluray?

Thanks,

Ben.

[aggsyb]

Anyone ?

[ExSport]

PS3 supports m2ts files natively so you can play them directly. Playlist is not supported but PS3 has settings to continue after one file is played so you can play all files in one directory continually (with some pauses between each file I suppose)

So my question is can I play MKV's X264 without transcoding as long as it contains MPEG-4 AVC video?

Yes, not natively but remuxed by txMuxeR. MKV container is changed to m2ts on the fly without any loss of quality but you will loose subtitle support (PS3 can't handle it)

[aggsyb]

Thanks for the reply I guess MKV is out of the question then as I dont want to transcode at all , you mentioned the ps3 can play MT2s files, is there anyway I can get PMS to play all the files in a folder in order? I can remove all the useless mt2s files and I know which order they play in , is there any automation in this or do I have to play them manually ?

cheers

[ExSport]

As I said, PS3 has settings to enable continuous play so if you will play any file in folder, when it ends, next one is played automatically. Order is taken alphabetically.

[aggsyb]

Oh wow thats so sick , exactly what im looking for is it turned on by default or just in the settings menu ? Thanks for the replies btw , really appreciate it

[ExSport]

Don't be lazy and check PS3 settings, manual or use Google how to enable it