MKV2PS3 History:


1.4.5 (29 Feb 2021):

• Fully native support for Apple's new M1 (ARM) Macs

• Reliability improvements


1.4.1 (20 Oct 2019):

• Fixed issue where ads would show up even for customers that have bought the app


1.4.0 (10 Oct 2019):

• IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to macOS 10.13

• MK2PS3 is now free of charge but will display information about our other products

• Add support for 'Dark Mode' on macOS 10.14 'Mojave' and above

• Improved reliability and stability


1.3.3 (21 Apr 2017):

• Improved reliability and stability

• Fixed rare crash when having multiple entries of a broken bookmark

• Add new jobs on top by default - restore old behaviour by:

defaults write com.corecode.MKV2PS3 InsertJobsAtBottom -bool YES


1.3.2 (28 Apr 2016):

• Fix problem with destination folder selection not being remembered

• Improved detection of surround sound tracks


1.3.1 (22 Apr 2016):

• Fixed problem with queue not working at all


1.3.0 (11 Apr 2016):

• IMPORTANT: The minimum system requirements have been raised to macOS 10.10

• Added a "Next to" option to always create the MP4 next to the original MKV

• Improved reliability and stability

• Detect 'aic' video codec which can not be converted

• Fix issues when pressing 'Enter' in main window

• Fix problem with selecting default conversion destination folder

• Include a complete localization to German

• Include a comprehensive localization to Italian (thanks to Mattia Confalonieri)

• Include partial localizations to all languages supported by Mac OS X


1.2.3 (21 Jan 2015):

• Fixed conversion problem with some files


1.2.2 (8 Jan 2015):

• Fixed problem ("invalid MKV") with 10.7 & 10.8 introduced in last version

• Made subtitle handling more error-resilient - restore old behavior by:

defaults write com.corecode.MKV2PS3 FixSubtitleDuration -bool no


1.2.1 (15 Nov 2014):

• Fixed conversion problem with some files

• Fixed problem with subtitles in UTF-16 format

• Added hidden option (Terminal) to produce streamable 'fast-start' files:

defaults write com.corecode.MKV2PS3 ProduceStreamableFiles -bool yes


1.2.0 (14 May 2014):

• Convert videos with HE-AAC sound so they can be viewed with sound on the PS3

• Added recognition of subtitle files that have suffixes like '-eng' or '-forced'

• Added warning when converting files that can't be converted to MP4

• Added warning when movie to convert disappears during conversion

• Added warning when dropping Aliases onto MKV2PS3

• Improved cleanup of temporary files when conversion fails

• Fixed some conversion failures with subtitles

• Fixed crashes with malformed videos or videos without audio track

• Fixed problem where queue would not continue after a conversion failure


1.1.4 (19 Nov 2013):

• Improved stability

• Warn when converting videos which can not be viewed on the PS3

• Fixed conversion of files with damaged AAC audio tracks

• Detect when source MKV is removed before conversion starts


1.1.3 (13 Sep 2013):

• Fixed detection/conversion of 6.1 DTS-ES audio tracks

• Added support for recognizing subtitle files with language coded filename


1.1.2 (20 Jun 2013):

• Fixed possible crash caused by system updates

• Added elapsed conversion time display for finished files

• Fixed problem where MKV2PS3 would "freeze" converting some files

• Fixed problem where added files would be processed in the reverse order


1.1.1 (24 Apr 2013):

• IMPORTANT: fix incompatibility with Mac OS X 10.7.x

• Fix status icons not appearing after conversion


1.1.0 (6 Apr 2013):

• Improved subtitle support

• Fixed conversion of files with broken AAC audio tracks

• Display status icons after conversion

• Added options to rate the app on the MacAppStore or on MacUpdate

• Added option to delete original file after conversion

• Fixed rare problem where resulting file would play at a weird resolution

• Warn when user selects a read-only file destination

• Warn when necessary free disk space for conversion is not available

• Warn when conversion failed because of a full hard-disk

• Prevent system idle sleep during conversion (to prevent conversion failures)

• Ask about really quitting the application when conversion is in progress

• Warn on rare 10-bit videos that won't play on most devices

• Disabled subtitle conversion by default (can cause rare conversion failures)


1.0 (10 Jan 2013):

• Initial release