TKaraoke supports many video formats including VOB, Divx, AVI, MPG, MP3+G, MP4, and MKV. MKV is the x264 container offering high quality video at smaller file size. Many believed x264 is the best video encoder out there and
TKaraokeTools (TKT) supports audio modifications on MKV files. Divx users might want to consider using x264. The space saving on MKV files compared to VOB should be around 60% to 80%.
Required Tools:1.
TKTAdvantages of TKT:1. Free
2. Support unicode file names
3. Simple to use
4. Automatically use progressive scan to de-interlace if source video is interlaced
5. Take advantage of dual-pass conversion provided by mencoder for high quality mkv output. Note that technically, mencoder only support single pass or dual pass. There is no such thing as "triple pass" in mencoder. Some conversion tool played around with dual-pass and called it "triple pass" but that not really triple pass.
TKT is a multi-threads application. It will make use of all processors/core in your computer. Hence, for better performance, do your encoding on a multi-processors or multi-cores machine. TKT will still work on a single-core machine but it will be a lot faster on a dual-core/quad-core.To convert VOB karaoke files to MKV karaoke files to use with TKaraoke, follow these 3 simple steps!
Step 1:
Code:In TKT, click Browse and select the folder containing your VOB files.
Step 2:
Code:In TKT, click Browse to select the output folder to hold the output MKV files. Note that TKaraokeTools will be quite slow if this folder is a network folder. This is a known issue with TKaraokeTools. Hence, when possible, pick a local output folder. The input folder selected in Step 1 can be a network folder.
Step 3:
Code:Click "Convert VOB to MKV" to begin encoding. Advanced users may uncheck the "audo detect" boxes and provide different output options instead of using the default settings.
Note that TKT uses
mencoder to encode the video. TKT focuses on the quality of the output instead of speed. Hence, the overall speed is around 15% to 20% slower than the "default" quality options often used by other encoding tools such as
MediaCoder. TKT has an option to copy the the audio tracks over to avoid loss in sound quality.
About the Auto Detect Features:When checked, TKT will automatically pick a good value for the output options according to the following rules:
1. The Video Bitrate is 30% the bitrate of the input VOB file.
2. The Resolution is 640x480 if the Display Aspect Ratio (DAR) of the input VOB file is 4/3. The Resolution is 640x368 if the DAR is 16/9 or other ratios. There is a good reason behind this pick so before you overwrite this value, be sure you know what you are doing (do some reading on the H264 encoding).
3. The Framerate matches the framerate of the input VOB file.
4. The Display Aspect Ratio matches the DAR of the input VOB file.
5. The Scan Type is always Progressive. If the scan type of the input VOB file is Interlaced, TKT will de-interlace it using Cubic Interpolating technique.
Edited by moderator Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:06:22 PM(UTC)
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