multiAVCHD - author Blu-ray/AVCHD (Blu-ray players, camcoders, Viera TV) + (HD) DVD - Page 76

gg72 · 13th March 2009, 22:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by nwg

The video may not be compatible in the mov file. You can use Ripbot to create a new file that works in MultiAVCHD.

Yes, I do it, but it works only with 5.1 audio track, trailers with 2.0 audio don't...

drelin · 13th March 2009, 23:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by gg72

Yes, I do it, but it works only with 5.1 audio track, trailers with 2.0 audio don't...

Ripbot work fine with 5.1 or 2.0 aac audio.

For my tests with multiavchd, I've convert mov audio aac with ripbot (launch a convert job and catch the audio ac3 created on the temp folder).
Select Bluray output.

Dave5118 · 14th March 2009, 02:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by deank

You can now use external chapters in .txt file. TXT file format is really relaxed

and could be a mess such as:

Code:

00:00:02;00:00:03;00:00:04;00:00:05 ; 00:00:06
00:00:07
00:00:08;
00:00:12;00:00:13;00:00:14
00:00:15

00:00:16;
00:00:17
00:00:18
00:00:19 00:00:20 00:00:21 00:00:22 00:00:23

Each line can contain one or many chapter marks, separated by ";" or space " " and time stamps have to be exactly 8 characters long (HH:MM:SS, not M:SS or H:MM:SS or H:M:S...). Empty lines are ignored.

I think of dropping out the oldest (predefined) menu style with "Title#1... Title#20". I doubt anyone uses it anymore... Then of course multiAVCHD will ALWAYS require avisynth when menu is created.

Does anyone still use the pre-custom menu from the initial versions? It will decrease the size of multiAVCHD package (and DAT) by ~50%.

I think I'm missing something here, how do you get multiAVCHD to read the text file, I've named mine exactly the same as the 'movie' file, in the same directory, but it just uses the 5 min chapters when I set it to 10 in the text file.

drpaulng · 14th March 2009, 04:09

Does multiAVCHD support wmv? How can we make wmv (vc-1) fit into multiAVCHD without re-encoding to H.264?

MMtracker · 14th March 2009, 05:57

When I try to create the DVD, I get an error that says "mplayer.exe missing. Background for title #1 skipped! (XMB)"
I did install mplayer today. Is it looking for it in a specific directory? (I have it in C:\program files\Mplayer for Windows\MPlayer.exe.) Is it a version issue? (I have version 0.0.9.0 created Jan 14, 2009)? Is there more than one program called mplayer, and I have the wrong one? This must be something I did wrong, as noone else has reported this issue. Thanks.

v_o_r_t_e_x · 14th March 2009, 08:49

Hi Deank, me again ;-)

Do you think you'll find some time or reason to extend your great
software to allow / support more then 40 titles / movies on one disc?

I wonder that noone else seems to have this request. But for only
40 non-HD movies, a BluRay is just too big :-)

Thanks for all your work!

deank · 14th March 2009, 09:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMtracker

When I try to create the DVD, I get an error that says "mplayer.exe missing. Background for title #1 skipped! (XMB)"
I did install mplayer today. This must be something I did wrong, as noone else has reported this issue. Thanks.

Download the complete Setup_multiAVCHD_2.5.exe. It has mplayer included in multiavchd\tools folder. Don't install other mplayer packages.

Quote:

Originally Posted by v_o_r_t_e_x

Do you think you'll find some time or reason to extend your great software to allow / support more then 40 titles / movies on one disc?

Yes - it's just not as easy as it sounds.

@Dave5118: How did you understand they are @5mins but not @10? Do you see a log message "Using external chapters"? XMB chapter thumbnais don't follow real chapter marks, but jump points should be correct.

Atreide · 14th March 2009, 11:45

Hello Deank,
any update on the Panasonic SD card compatibility ? one file is good enough there, no need for 40

jfcarbel · 14th March 2009, 12:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atreide

Hello Deank,
any update on the Panasonic SD card compatibility ? one file is good enough there, no need for 40

LOL, was just wondering the same here today. I have a file of the 81st Academy Awards and its bigger than 5GB so it will not fit on a DVD-R. Tried a burn to DVD dual layer and it would not work in my Panasonic BD30. But I do have an 8GB SD card now that would work out perfect. Heck I would be happy if we could only get one title playing for now on it.

Dave5118 · 14th March 2009, 12:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by deank

@Dave5118: How did you understand they are @5mins but not @10? Do you see a log message "Using external chapters"?

No there was no "Using external chapters" message in the log. When I tried the created AVCHD (usb) on the PS3, I could see the 'jump points' were still 5 mins by pressing 'select' on the controller.

deank · 14th March 2009, 12:08

Then what do you see? Post your log...

Select [x] Add chapters each 5min... You should see a log message.

Code:

[13:11:17] Converting mkv file to AVCHD (D:\Downloads\__TEST\The Matrix 480p.mkv).
[13:11:17] Detected video: ID#1:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC:720x480 23.976fps (AR:1.5)
[13:11:17] AR of 16:9 will be set for this title.
[13:11:17] Detected audio: ID#2:A_AC3:audio (48000Hz/6ch) Language: eng
[13:11:17] Generating meta file for tsMuxer...
[13:11:17] M2TS stream split set at 4000MiB...
[13:11:17] Adding subtitles (The Matrix 480p.srt) (und)
[13:11:17] Adding subtitles (The Matrix 480p.sup) (und)
[13:11:17] Checking for external chapters (D:\Downloads\__TEST\The Matrix 480p.txt)...
[13:11:17] Using external chapters...
[13:11:17] Detected frame reference count: 3 (max:24).
[13:11:17] Compliant with L4.1 for 720x480p.
[13:11:17] Creating BluRay folders (tsMuxer)...
[13:11:20] Done!

If you use [x] Keep original chapters and such are found in input file - they will be used instead of external.

jbalsor · 14th March 2009, 12:56

i have a 16 gb sdhc just waiting here, hope to see sd support soon. Would be sweet. nevertheless awesome software just would be nice to stop eating through Dual layer DVD's.

Dave5118 · 14th March 2009, 13:14

Hi Dean, this is my log.

Quote:

[00:51:10] Log started for multiAVCHD v2.5 (build 460)
[00:51:10] Processing 1 input files/folders .
[00:51:10] Temp folder does not exist. Set to F:\_TEMP.
[00:51:10] Converting mkv file to AVCHD (F:\movie\movie.mkv).
[00:51:12] Detected video: ID#1:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC:1280x720 23.976fps (AR:1.78)
[00:51:12] Detected audio: ID#2:A_AC3:audio (48000Hz/2ch) Language: und
[00:51:13] Creating BluRay folders (tsMuxer)...
[00:57:07] Done!
[00:57:08] Preparing authoring information...
[00:57:08] Creating PAL top menu.
[00:57:08] Authoring custom titles menu (PAL).
[00:57:09] Encoding menu pages (x264)...
[00:57:16] Populating menu structure...
[00:57:23] Creating menu backgrounds for 1 titles (XMB)...
[00:57:45] Creating video backgrounds for XMB menu completed.
[00:58:40] Authoring custom menu completed.
[00:58:40] Setting menu for 1 titles...
[00:58:40] Completed.
[00:58:40] Creating AVCHD compatible 8.3 filenames...
[00:58:40] Done!
[00:58:40] F:\AVCHD folder created!
[00:58:40] Copy F:\AVCHD to root of USB drive/disk or MemoryStick card.
[00:58:40] Copy F:\AVCHD to X:\PRIVATE\ of SD/MMC card.

I named the text file movie.txt, and tried like this;

Quote:

00:10:00

00:20:00

00:30:00.....

then this;

Quote:

00:10:00;00:20;00:30.....

Cheers, Dave.

deank · 14th March 2009, 13:25

Enable [x] Verbose logging and post back.

There is something wrong that you do...

If you have your movie:

F:\movie\movie.mkv

and chapters

F:\movie\movie.txt

You should see a log message.

You can also execute multiUPDATE.exe and try again...

Dave5118 · 14th March 2009, 13:40

Ok, Dean....just about to watch the footie

will try that later.

Cheers, Dave.

MMtracker · 14th March 2009, 15:24

Dean,
If you implement the Carousel or Cover flow menu that Atak_Snajpera first suggested, will you be able to make it compatible with TVs with up to 5% overscan? The XMB menu is great, but on my HD TVs the top menu is half gone and the bottom line doesn't show at all, which is very typical for HD TVs that were produced before 2007 (at least in the US). So even if I upgrade my TV, it's likely if I bring my videos to show somewhere else, the overscan will cut the menu.

Thanks.

Dave5118 · 14th March 2009, 16:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by deank

Enable [x] Verbose logging and post back.

There is something wrong that you do...

If you have your movie:

F:\movie\movie.mkv

and chapters

F:\movie\movie.txt

You should see a log message.

You can also execute multiUPDATE.exe and try again...

I ran multiUPDATE.exe, and it appeared to update it again, even though it was currently showing 'build 460' already in multiAVCHD.

Yes, it worked this time, got chapters(jump points) at 10 mins

I did also, tick the 'verbose logging' box as well, but doubt that would have fixed it LOL

Cheers, Dave.

Atak_Snajpera · 14th March 2009, 16:25

Quote:

So even if I upgrade my TV, it's likely if I bring my videos to show somewhere else, the overscan will cut the menu.

Did you even bother to calibrate your tv????

odin24 · 14th March 2009, 17:18

I'm having trouble creating custom thumbnails on a custom menu. Is this possible or is the thumb generated from a random point in the video?

WhatHappend · 14th March 2009, 17:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atak_Snajpera

Did you even bother to calibrate your tv????

Most fixed pixel HDTVs prior to 2007 don't have any over-scan adjustments. I have the service manual for my model, and the question for my model has been ask many of times on the message boards. No over-scan adjustments.

We are not asking for much adjustment to the menus. The footer line is gone, the header line is just about all cut off on my TV. The first few letter on the Title are cut off on the left edge.

Calibration discs show you how much overscan your TV has (not tell you how to adjust for it). And 3-5% is the normal range.

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v_o_r_t_e_x Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 41	Request: More than 40 titles (movies) support. Hi Deank, me again ;-) Do you think you'll find some time or reason to extend your great software to allow / support more then 40 titles / movies on one disc? I wonder that noone else seems to have this request. But for only 40 non-HD movies, a BluRay is just too big :-) Thanks for all your work!

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Atreide Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 43	SD card Hello Deank, any update on the Panasonic SD card compatibility ? one file is good enough there, no need for 40

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deank Programmer (or just 教务长) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Valencia, Spain Posts: 4,251	Enable [x] Verbose logging and post back. There is something wrong that you do... If you have your movie: F:\movie\movie.mkv and chapters F:\movie\movie.txt You should see a log message. You can also execute multiUPDATE.exe and try again... __________________ multiAVCHD - donate \| popBD \| uncropMKV \| mkv2avi \| easySUP Last edited by deank; 14th March 2009 at 13:35.

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MMtracker Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 8	When I try to create the DVD, I get an error that says "mplayer.exe missing. Background for title #1 skipped! (XMB)" I did install mplayer today. Is it looking for it in a specific directory? (I have it in C:\program files\Mplayer for Windows\MPlayer.exe.) Is it a version issue? (I have version 0.0.9.0 created Jan 14, 2009)? Is there more than one program called mplayer, and I have the wrong one? This must be something I did wrong, as noone else has reported this issue. Thanks.

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jbalsor Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18	i have a 16 gb sdhc just waiting here, hope to see sd support soon. Would be sweet. nevertheless awesome software just would be nice to stop eating through Dual layer DVD's.

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Dave5118 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 10	Ok, Dean....just about to watch the footie will try that later. Cheers, Dave.

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MMtracker Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 8	Dean, If you implement the Carousel or Cover flow menu that Atak_Snajpera first suggested, will you be able to make it compatible with TVs with up to 5% overscan? The XMB menu is great, but on my HD TVs the top menu is half gone and the bottom line doesn't show at all, which is very typical for HD TVs that were produced before 2007 (at least in the US). So even if I upgrade my TV, it's likely if I bring my videos to show somewhere else, the overscan will cut the menu. Thanks.

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odin24 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Great North (the better half of North America) Posts: 301	I'm having trouble creating custom thumbnails on a custom menu. Is this possible or is the thumb generated from a random point in the video?