Bart Dorlandt - BAMweb.nl

There is this great tool which allows you to use your computer as a streamer to your PS3 system. This tool is called Playstation Media Server (PMS).

You need to install mplayer and mencoder for it to work, but there is the catch. The current mplayer and mencoder aren't build with ASS support, which supports the subtitles in a mkv file. Therefor you need to build them yourselves, which can be troublesome for the linux beginner.

There is another trick.

Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/mplayer/ubuntu karmic main # mplayer + ASS
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/mplayer/ubuntu karmic main # mplayer + ASS

Save the file and execute the following:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 85c8674a3706facd12503abc015a66e603e02400
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mplayer mencoder x264 

This will install the newer version of mplayer & mencoder. I'm not sure if you need x264, but it was on the page so I installed it. (probably wouldn't hurt)

Now, tick the ASS/SSA subtitles, Font config and 'use ASS default style' under MEncoder within transcoding options of the PMS program.

Also add the following line to the expert settings:

container == mkv :: -keep-pts

This trick has worked for me. Oh, don't forget the priority of your subtitles. Also in MEncoder of the PMS program.