I was just doing my semi-annual web search for any free UHD authoring tools and ran across this tool. Of course jdobbs, building on work by the tsMuxeR author(s) of course, is the first person on the internet to get this working at all! :-)
Despite having rushed the test and largely having no idea what I'm doing, I can report success under the following scenario:
Source file info (captured with Sony FDR-AX53 @ 4K/29.97fps):
Code:
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, RefFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 4 min 2 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 93.7 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 100.0 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
video reencode to h265 was via HandBrake with custom settings:
x265 (w/ AAC audio reencoded from PCM, inside MKV)
no change to resolution, anamorphic: none.
no filters
constant framerate
35000 kbps avg bitrate, 2-pass encode
(ultrafast, fwiw, to get it done sooner)
Remuxed with tsMuxeR 2.6.11 to Blu-ray folder output.
note: at this point I did burn the raw tsMuxeR output to a BD-RE25, which would play with audio and no video on my Xbox One S.
Processed with the TSM2UHD.
Burned final Blu-ray folder structure to BD-RE25 via ImgBurn 2.5.8.0.
Played back flawlessly in my Xbox One S.
One mistake I noticed I made was to leave Handbrake's framerate at 30fps instead of "same as source" or even 29.97 (I was working from an existing template and neglected to change this). The output file shows as 30.0 fps in MediaInfo, yet when played on the XB1S, it shows as 25fps and outputs at 50fps.
In any case, so far as I can tell this is a major breakthrough in home-authoring of UHD BD content, and therefore I am contributing to jdobbs for his initiative in tackling this issue (if he will kindly PM me the email address to which I can send his donation).
