Converting Anime to playable format? (.MKV to .???)

[Piercing Heavens]

The only video I have is anime in HD from torrents. All recent and current anime is encoded in HD Format H.264 under .MKV

I have tryed converting these files to .avi or .mp4 but they always lose the subtitles in the process. Any one knowledgeable enough to provide some input please.

Also what is a good *free* video converter and what would be the desired resolution and audio qualities I should be converting to?

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

 

[droidSPARX]

can't u just download the SD version which r in avi format
or
just go to those streaming anime sites with Skyfire browser(which I tested and will be doing with DX)

 

[krichek]

I don't have an X yet, but I'm hoping since it's advertized as being DLNA compliant I'll be able to plug it into my windows 7 machine and have Windows Media Player convert anything to a format playable on the X. Do your mkv's play in WMP?

If that doesn't work I'll load up Twonky on my WHS and transcode them from there.

 

[Sek0n]

Handbrake is the best vid converter imo, and its free.
As for subs; when you add a video, there is a tab for them--"Subtitles"-- that will let you select subtitles to use.

 

[aldo]

The MKV container has the ability to store a subtitle file separately from the video and audio. AVI and mp4 do not. You will have to burn-in the subtitles onto the actual video and then convert (meaning the subs are a part of the actual video instead of being a separate file).

 

[droidSPARX]

The MKV container has the ability to store a subtitle file separately from the video and audio. AVI and mp4 do not. You will have to burn-in the subtitles onto the actual video and then convert (meaning the subs are a part of the actual video instead of being a separate file).

this is why DLNA might not work with subtitles unless its hardcoded

I tried this with my PS3