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

[deank]

I use imagewriter in avs only for preview but don't want to use avisynth/directshow for thumbnails. It is easier but a lot of users won't be able to use it as it will require avc decoder and splitter. It was in the initial release but I dropped it because of MacOS users.

Menu buttons and navigation are in IGS stream inside m2ts, so you can't do anything until someone releases a proper muxer for such streams.

Without a proper way to mux h264 (menu page from avs) and the IGS - you can't do anything. My breakthrough with creating custom menu was to find a workaround on muxing video and navigation.

Yes, each menu page is in separate m2ts, but without navigation stream (IG) inside - it is unusable.

[jjrdias]

Hi,

Since the last two or three builds of the app, i've been unable to play the resulting DVD's. I'm converting Clone Wars episodes into AVCHD, and everything always went fine. Nowadays, the DVD's i burn (exactly as i did before) simply won't run. Am i the only one with this problem?

Thanks a lot for all the hard work.

[deank]

Explain more in detail.

Did you use update only or complete download?
Did you replace tsmuxer with other version?
Were you able to play the compilation before burning?
What player do you use for playback?
What error do you get?
Did you use custom menu before?
What was the last build you were successful on playing output with?

I don't recall doing changes in the program that would affect its performance to such extent (except for changing tsmuxer version in full download).
I removed predefined menu in last few builds. Check your checkboxes in Author and Menu tabs.

[jjrdias]

Thanks for the swift reply

I cannot pinpoint the exact last build when it worked flawlessly - the last DVD i bruned with the app that worked was about a month and a half ago
I update the app whenever it starts (autoupdate), and i manually updated the DAT files
I did not replace TSMuxer
I dragged the AVCHD folder to PowerDVD before burning, to make sure it was working, and it played fine - which made not being able to play the DVD even more strange
As far as an error, PowerDVD - that plays the other DVDs i burned with MultiAVCHD just fine - just stops.

Thanks in advance

[deank]

PowerDVD won't play multiAVCHD output. It has a problem and I don't know what it is. I suspect it is 'showing real title count' instead of 40 as before.

Do you use hardware player?

I can PM you a byte to change in index.bdmv and test if you're familiar with hex editing... just for a test.

edit: it is at offset $6b (zero based) in index.bdmv and you can change it to $28 (hex)

[jjrdias]

Thanks again,

Actually, i only play my BR and AVCHD's with PowerDVD, through my laptop with blu-ray player. Waiting to buy a good standalone player or a PS3. Maybe that's the problem. The thing is, it plays three MultiAVCHD DVDs i burned previously. Weird. Will give the latest burned DVDs to a friend that has a PS3, to see if they play. I'm afraid i don't know much about hex editing, but will still give it a try.

Thanks for the help, and will inform on the results.

[deank]

If you're using PDVD I guess this is the problem. I got reports from many users having their PDVD giving strange errors like 'DVD door not closed' or similar with builds after I did change what I said in previous post.

You can send me your index.bdmv at my email and I'll return it to you with the change so you can test easily. No need to test with PS3 - it works, as I do my tests on PAL PS3.

[jjrdias]

Thanks,

Will send you the index file, as soon as possible.

Cheers

[jjrdias]

Could you PM'm me your e-mail so i can send you the index file?

Thanks

[Solaris]

Hello Dean,

I don't know if it has already been reporte but I have encountered a problem after cleaning up the AVCHD subdirectory. I deleted som of the old folders and now I get a message 'cannot rename file D:\AVCHD to D:\AVCHD-20090315-XXXXXX' when I try to create multiBD. XXXXXX stands for the time and changes every time I try again. Furthermore MultiAVCHD jumps to the top of the screen and sort of minimises to a small rectangle. No way to do anything but close and restart. And then again the same message. Any ideas?

Regards.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I use imagewriter in avs only for preview but don't want to use avisynth/directshow for thumbnails. It is easier but a lot of users won't be able to use it as it will require avc decoder and splitter.

DGavcDec does not require any codecs and splitters installed!

[deank]

Originally Posted by jjrdias

Could you PM'm me your e-mail so i can send you the index file?

It is in program's about window.

Originally Posted by Solaris

I don't know if it has already been reporte but I have encountered a problem after cleaning up the AVCHD subdirectory. I deleted som of the old folders and now I get a message 'cannot rename file D:\AVCHD to D:\AVCHD-20090315-XXXXXX' when I try to create multiBD. XXXXXX stands for the time and changes every time I try again. Furthermore MultiAVCHD jumps to the top of the screen and sort of minimises to a small rectangle. No way to do anything but close and restart. And then again the same message. Any ideas?Regards.

You either use READ only folder/drive or the AVCHD folder is locked by other application.

I always use "Custom name" and it is appended to the AVCHD name, so just try it. Also - it is always GOOD IDEA to check what your TARGET and TEMP folder settings are. Those errors depend solely on the user.

Originally Posted by Atak_Snajpera

DGavcDec does not require any codecs and splitters installed!

Oh, I didn't know - never used it. Is this 'dgavcdec' free and where do I get it?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Oh, I didn't know - never used it. Is this 'dgavcdec' free and where do I get it?

ofcourse it's free. This is the only way to get frame accurate access from .m2ts
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=122598

[deank]

But it won't work for mpeg2/vc1 streams inside m2ts, right?

[Atak_Snajpera]

But it won't work for mpeg2/vc1 streams inside m2ts, right?

For mpeg2 use DGIndex http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144903

for vc1 we have no solution Maybe you should try with latest ffmpeg.

[deank]

Too many variations. I can easy get frames from mkv (despite the codec), probably from mpeg - i have to check.

ffmpeg is no good because it needs to seek to requested frame and it takes FOREVER if frame is @1h point.

And of course all this will be unnecessary if chapter thumbnails are not used or I can simply use avisynth and directshow and it will work for those with needed codecs (which I don't want to do)

[jjrdias]

Originally Posted by deank

If you're using PDVD I guess this is the problem. I got reports from many users having their PDVD giving strange errors like 'DVD door not closed' or similar with builds after I did change what I said in previous post.

You can send me your index.bdmv at my email and I'll return it to you with the change so you can test easily. No need to test with PS3 - it works, as I do my tests on PAL PS3.

Burned a new DVD with the index.bdmv file you modified, and it worked like a charm. Now PowerDVD could recognise the DVD, and all went perfectly fine. If others out there are having trouble playing the DVDs with PowerDVD, this small change could make a whole lot of difference.

Thanks a lot for the great and swift help, and for the app.

[deank]

I guess I'll revise the change I did few builds ago and PDVD will work again. Update to build 462 - it is fixed.

Thanks again, jjrdias!

[gevmack23]

Great program, I have been using it for just 2 days. It is a must have. No rush, but how is the center alignment of 1980x8?? mkv files coming along?

[deank]

It's coming slow as for 1280x(<584). If there is someone familiar with h264 slices and their insertion in h264 stream or (the easier one) PIP subpath in mpls for BD/AVCHD let me know.