multiAVCHD - author Blu-ray/AVCHD (Blu-ray players, camcoders, Viera TV) + (HD) DVD

[deank]

Originally Posted by tkamp

I tried BDsup2sub with the mplayer exported idx/sub, and I get an error "Invalid Control Buffer..."

Subtitles are exported with mencoder, not mplayer.

Can you update your multiAVCHD now (with multiUPDATE.exe) and try again? It could be related to insufficient memory for the java sandbox.

**

In build 583 I fixed a problem with extracting subtitles if path contains spaces and increased java memory to 256mb as suggested by bdsup2sub author.

[jsffm]

First test of DVD-Folders with Build 581:

2 DVDs, first one no errors, second one some java error messages, but 3 of 4 subtitles were ok. Maybe a problem with the fourth subtitle, which had the same LID as one of the others. Both DVDs worked fine on my BD-Player.

Second test with Build 582 is in this moment writing to BD-R. There are some videos with elementary streams and celltimes.txt and one DVD-Folder which had 2 mp2-audiofiles and one ac3-file. Your program did ignore the mp2-files, that´s ok. Better would be transcoding them to ac3.

I will report later when writing is finished.

After that I will repeat first test with Build 583.

[deank]

There is a problem with some subtitle streams which bdsup2sub cannot process:

Decoding frame 11/1037 at offset 0x0000a800
Decoding frame 12/1037 at offset 0x0000b800
Decoding frame 13/1037 at offset 0x0000c800
Decoding frame 14/1037 at offset 0x0000d800
Decoding frame 15/1037 at offset 0x0000e800
Decoding frame 16/1037 at offset 0x0000f800
Decoding frame 17/1037 at offset 0x00010800
ERROR: Corrupt buffer offset information

And output contains only the first 17 subtitles. I'll send a message to the author of the program. After all he posted that it is experimental (I think).

@jsffm: mp2 -> ac3 leads to audio sync problems. I have no DVDs with mp2 audio to perform some tests. I need the output of mplayer -identify with such VIDEO_TS of .IFO.

Dean

[jsffm]

Originally Posted by deank

@jsffm: mp2 -> ac3 leads to audio sync problems. I have no DVDs with mp2 audio to perform some tests. I need the output of mplayer -identify with such VIDEO_TS of .IFO.

Dean

Most of my DVDs are recordings from TV, there is always a audiotrack with mp2. Is there a 2. track with ac3 the mp2-track can be ignored, but sometimes there is original language as third track in mp2 and this is importand.

You will get the output of "mplayer -identify".

[deank]

You'll need something like:

mplayer -frames 0 -identify g:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO > info.txt

and send me info.txt contents.

In fact I need the lines saying something like:

audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (5.1) language: en aid: 128.

discard the above... I googled, so I found

format: ac3
format: dts
format: lpcm
format: mpeg1

I'll try to implement mpeg1 (mp2) to ac3 conversion based on the settings in Audio/Subtitles tab. The same goes for DTS.

I think I'll just add ac3, dts and lpcm in pass-thru mode (no converting) and will convert mpeg1 with eac3to. Still I have no idea if audio will be in sync so you'll have to do a test and report back.

Dean

[jsffm]

I transcode mp2 to ac3 with eac3to and had never a problem with synchronization. mp2-tracks has mostly 192 kb/s and I use the same for ac3.

I dont´t see a reason for transcoding dts.

Second test is done, The video importet from DVD-Folder is ok.

But I have a problem with the two videos with chapters importet from celltimes.txt, they start with the second chapter and I miss the beginning of the video. Celltimes.txt doesn´t start with 0 or 1.

Test 3 with Build 583 is running.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally Posted by Kurtnoise

@SMD: if you want to extract subtitles from VOB files properly, use DVDSubEdit...

Thanks Kurt.... However, I have been unsuccessful in getting the extracted .sup streams to work with TSmuxer

[deank]

Build 584:

DVD import:

* DTS, LPCM and AC3 audio tracks are processed without any re-encoding and MPEG audio is encoded with eac3to
* Fixed a problem with chapters, not having 00:00:00 as a first jump point
* Added warnings if importing files, whose pathnames contain dash sign "-". DVD import will not work (because of ifoupdate) if the dash sign is present anywhere in the path to your IFO files.

Dean

[rc111]

Dean,

Would it be possible to add support for AAC audio with TS files? I am using the Hauppauge HD PVR to record, but the audio is AAC and there is no other choice. I tried your program with the TS files created by the PVR, and it did a great job with the video (burned 3 files of about 7 to 8GB each without overflowing the disc) but I got the "AAC audio not supported" and no audio on the disc.

I've tried some other software and nothing else seems to work very well. Most of the programs I tried, like the PowerProducer software that came with my LG Blu-ray burner, will re-encode the video so that the output is about 3 times the size of the original file, which negates any advantage to using Blu-ray (in addition to the problem of no audio). The Total Media Extreme software that comes with the Hauppauge PVR does a great job with standard DVDs, but the most I can get on a DL disk is about 8GB, and the bundled version doesn't support burning to Blu-ray discs. When I tried burning with either Power Producer or Nero, an 8GB file TS was expanded to about 20GB, in addition to the problem of no audio.

If your MultiAVCHD program could be modified to support AAC in TS files, it would be a much better program than any of the retail software I've seen. Or if you have any other suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated.

[jfcarbel]

Originally Posted by deank

Version 2.7 (Build 581):

This release features DVD to AVCHD / Blu-ray conversion.
Dean

What bitrate is the DVD reencoded with to H.264?

[jsffm]

Originally Posted by jfcarbel

What bitrate is the DVD reencoded with to H.264?

There is no reencode.

[deank]

Originally Posted by rc111

Would it be possible to add support for AAC audio with TS files?

I thought I added AAC audio conversion... but I must have missed it (it is just for mp4/mkv files). Yes, I'll add the support later today.

Originally Posted by jfcarbel

What bitrate is the DVD reencoded with to H.264?

DVD titles are already in Blu-ray compliant format (except those with mpeg audio) so multiAVCHD simply demuxes all video+audio+subtitles and muxes them back into AVCHD/Blu-ray structure without any reencoding.

Dean

[elijah.baley]

@ rc111

As a matter of fact, the HDPVR can encode in AC3 in 2 channels for analog input and 5.1 channels for digital. Take a look at the software you are using (TMT, SageTV, EyeTV...) and change the input accordingly. For capturing AC3 through optical input you might need to update the firmware of your HDPVR.

[deank]

Build 585+

* FULL DOWNLOAD for updated mencoder and BDSup2Sub! Many thanks to the author of BDSup2Sub (0xdeadbeef) who updated the program to handle some badly demuxed/authored DVD subtitles.

* Support for up to 32 subtitle and 32 audio tracks for all input modes/files
* Added AAC->AC3 for m2ts/ts/etc files
* Added extended information for bdsup2sub subtitle conversion


If all goes okay with dvd subtitles it will look like this:

[12:56:32] Converting file to BDMV (G:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO).
[12:56:32] Pre-processing DVD playlist file (G:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO)...
[12:56:32] *** Extracting chapters (ifoupdate)...
[12:56:32] *** Screening for audio and subtitles...
[12:56:35] *** Subtitles: 720x480 29.970 SID#000 (bul)...
[12:56:35] *** Extracting subtitles ID#000 (mencoder)...
[12:57:26] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[12:57:34] *** Imported subpictures: 277/277
[12:57:34] *** Extracting audio (mplayer)...
[12:57:34] *** Extracting ac3 track #128 (eng)...
[12:58:41] *** Extracting video (mplayer)...

if not:

[13:06:37] Converting file to BDMV (DVD (01-01-01) D:\__TEST\DVD\).
[13:06:37] Pre-processing DVD disc folder (D:\Downloads\__TEST\DVD\)...
[13:06:37] *** Extracting chapters (ifoupdate)...
[13:06:37] *** Screening for audio and subtitles...
[13:06:40] *** Subtitles: 720x576 25.000 SID#000 (bul)...
[13:06:40] *** Extracting subtitles ID#000 (mencoder)...
[13:08:52] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[13:08:59] !!! BDSup2Sub reported: 287 warnings!
[13:08:59] !!! Last imported subpicture: 17/1037
[13:08:59] !!! Subtitles may be incomplete!
[13:08:59] *** Extracting audio (mplayer)...
[13:08:59] *** Extracting ac3 track #128 (bul)...

Dean

[strad]

Hello Dean,
first of all: your continuous devotion for corrections in the program is absolutely stunning and everybody must be very, very grateful. Thank you!
Now, my feedback here actually refers to the subtitle matter only:
since 2 days I had several attempts (IFO in/BluRay/BDMV out) with your last versions, which partly failed, due to subtitle problems and maybe to my computer, but I think, the kind of movie and subtitle structure matters too.
Example:
tonight I managed (with v.584) to burn a BD-RE with two films, one by the way showed subtitles, the other not, though the conversion went smoothly without any error message!

Right now, with v.585 and two additional films, movie 1, with v.584 completely OK, shows:

[13:02:03] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[13:02:17] !!! BDSup2Sub reported: 1 warnings!
[13:02:17] !!! Last imported subpicture: 1113/1113
[13:02:17] !!! Subtitles may be incomplete!
[13:02:17] *** Imported subpictures: 1113/1113
[13:02:17] *** Subtitles: 720x576 25.000 SID#003 (deu)...
[13:02:17] *** Extracting subtitles ID#003 (mencoder)...
[13:03:06] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[13:03:08] *** Imported subpictures: 5/5
[13:03:08] *** Extracting audio (mplayer)...
[13:03:08] *** Extracting ac3 track #128 (deu)...
[13:03:58] *** Extracting ac3 track #130 (eng)...
[13:04:49] *** Extracting video (mplayer)...
[13:06:23] Pre-processing completed!

The next film:
[13:09:04] *** Extracting subtitles ID#001 (mencoder)...
[13:10:06] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[13:10:09] !!! BDSup2Sub reported: 4 warnings!
[13:10:09] !!! Last imported subpicture:
[13:10:09] !!! Subtitles may be incomplete!
[13:10:09] !!! Error converting subtitles! (java?) (Java is OK!)
[13:10:09] *** Extracting audio (mplayer)...
[13:10:09] *** Extracting ac3 track #128 (deu)...
[13:11:09] *** Extracting ac3 track #130 (eng)...
[13:12:11] *** Extracting video (mplayer)...
[13:13:50] Pre-processing completed!

now on movie 3 it´s working since 1 hour:
*** Extracting subtitles ID#001 (mencoder)...

What do you think of that?
I pray, that it at least finishes.....

greetings from strad

P.S.: still got stuck (since 75 min.) !!!

[strad]

So the question is:
if I import the "problem movies" via DVD folder instead via IFO, will it work for those, like skip the subtitles (I forget about them)?

[deank]

The first one looks fine (warnings are nothing to worry about since all subtitles are exported).

The second shows that BDsup2sub has a problem and cannot convert these subpictures.

Please make sure you have the LATEST FULL download (I updated it just 30mins ago) - it contains the new mencoder and bdsup2sub.

Let's hope that the third one will be fine... but it is taking too much time (one hour?!).

Please check what is your mencoder version in tools folder (via command prompt).

*** Were these tests with IFO or folder mode? If IFO files contain only one title it won't make a difference I think but you can test and import the FOLDER... then remove some titles if you wish.

*** Also - use taskmanager to KILL mencoder process.

Dean

edit: can you also post the lines from the log with "[13:02:17] *** Subtitles: 720x576 25.000 SID#003 (deu)..."...

[strad]

I think I have to abort, it doesn´t finish.
But actually it´s a pity, that then the program shuts down and don´t keep the files.

Sorry, didn´t read your remarks before....

I always used IFO import and only left one subtitle in order to avoid any problem....

Thanks for the suggestion: killed memcoder and it goes on!

here the full log-excerpt for that movie:

[13:01:13] *** Extracting chapters (ifoupdate)...
[13:01:13] *** Screening for audio and subtitles...
[13:01:15] *** Subtitles: 720x576 25.000 SID#001 (deu)...
[13:01:15] *** Extracting subtitles ID#001 (mencoder)...
[13:02:03] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[13:02:17] !!! BDSup2Sub reported: 1 warnings!
[13:02:17] !!! Last imported subpicture: 1113/1113
[13:02:17] !!! Subtitles may be incomplete!
[13:02:17] *** Imported subpictures: 1113/1113
[13:02:17] *** Subtitles: 720x576 25.000 SID#003 (deu)...
[13:02:17] *** Extracting subtitles ID#003 (mencoder)...
[13:03:06] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[13:03:08] *** Imported subpictures: 5/5
[13:03:08] *** Extracting audio (mplayer)...
[13:03:08] *** Extracting ac3 track #128 (deu)...
[13:03:58] *** Extracting ac3 track #130 (eng)...
[13:04:49] *** Extracting video (mplayer)...
[13:06:23] Pre-processing completed!
[13:06:23] Detected video: ID#1:V_MPEG-2 720x576, fps=25.000
[13:06:24] Detected display AR: 1024x576 (AR:1.78)
[13:06:24] Total of 1 tracks found in this file.
[13:06:24] Adding subtitles (dvddump.1.deu.sup) (deu)
[13:06:24] Adding subtitles (dvddump.2.deu.sup) (deu)
[13:06:24] AR of 16:9 will be set for this title.
[13:06:24] Adding audiofile (dvddump.128.deu.ac3)
[13:06:24] Adding audiofile (dvddump.130.eng.ac3)
[13:06:24] Generating meta file for tsMuxer...
[13:06:24] M2TS stream split set at 3999MiB...
[13:06:24] Checking for external chapters (e:\temp\dvddump.txt)...
[13:06:24] Using external chapters...
[13:06:24] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[13:08:58] Done!
[13:08:58] "Move transitional files" option will be applied!
[13:08:58] Input folder is multiAVCHD compilation and its contents will be moved.
[13:08:58] Setting vertical resolution value (576i).
[13:08:58] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[13:08:58] Media transfer: 00001 -> 00001.m2ts
[13:08:58] Processing playlist files...
[13:09:00] Will use chapter marks: 00:00:00.000;00:00:00.000;00:07:04.799;00:12:29.880;00:18:03.359;00:25:47.800;00:31:41.199;00:35:14.760;00:41:35.639;00:51:07.959;00:59:34.879;01:06:02.959;01:15:29.080;01:21:05.359;01:24:50.359;
[13:09:02] Will use chapter marks: 00:00:00.000;00:00:00.000;00:07:04.799;00:12:29.880;00:18:03.359;00:25:47.800;00:31:41.199;00:35:14.760;00:41:35.639;00:51:07.959;00:59:34.879;01:06:02.959;01:15:29.080;01:21:05.359;01:24:50.359;

[strad]

and:
is it in that consense of any use to activate "Change first SRT line timing"?

[deank]

This one looks okay...

I just fixed the problem of having 00:00:00.000 chapter mark twice. You can use multiUPDATE.exe to update the version you have.

Also you didn't say if you have the complete download from this afternoon.

*** I don't understand your question about SRT subtitles.