EVOB De/Multiplexers

[deakorn]

Was wondering if someone could help me find a way to convert the raw .wav file that u get from eac3to to WMAPRO 5.1 VBR. Acrowley states above how to get it to CBR but ProCoder doesnt do VBR 5.1, only CBR. I have tried using a avisynth script with the WMCmd.vbs but i get the following error:

D:\RawSource>cscript.exe "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Components\Encoder\WMCm
d.vbs" -input "D:\RawSource\Audio_Only.avs" -output "D:\children.audio.wma" -a_m
ode 3 -a_codec wmapro -a_setting 640_48_6_24
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

Prepare to encode failed with error -1072886856 The input media format is invali
d.

my avisynth script looks like this:
Directshowsource("D:\RawSource\children.audio.wav",fps=23.976,video=false,audio=true)


also i tried using dbpoweramp but it crashes at 30%.

any help would be appreciated thanks :)

[zgx]

@deakorn:

Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV

"The WAV format is limited to files that are less than 4 GiB in size, due to its use of a 32 bit unsigned integer to record the file size header (some programs limit the file size to 2 GiB)."

I suspect you have a 24 bit multichannel PCM file and those tend to be quite large. It's probably the size of the file that causes your avisynth script and dbpoweramp to malfunction.

I'm at the moment facing similar problems when trying to encode a 6 GB+ file to FLAC. The solution I think is to use the RAW PCM file and not give it a WAV header or to split the file into smaller files that can then be given WAV headers.

Please let me know if you find another good solution to this problem.

[olivierdb]

You may want to look into this (http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet433.htm) to convert your WAV to raw PCM. You'll have to compile the C++ code though!

[zgx]

@deakorn:

If you decide to split the RAW PCM file you should make sure you dont break any samples. Each sample in a 24bit/6 channel file is 18 bytes long. A 16bit/6 channel file has 12 byte long samples.

So with your 24 bit file make sure you split size in bytes are dividable by 18.

[Pelican9]

Changes for v0.625

- Fixed bug with stream renumbering during Rebuild
- It's working with all 32 subtitles now

madshi:
Thank you for your help.

[ACrowley]

@deakorn ,why do you want to use vbr ?

I mean 1pass CBR is fine...WMV HD DVDs are using 1pass cbr too ?

I dont have PRoblems to encode a huge wave 32bit to wmapro in ProCoder..
I made it with over 10gb 32bit wave

You can use SteinbergNuendos encoder ...works fine

[PHD_1976]

Is it possible somehow to get information about chapters' timing from Blu Ray discs?
Regarding HD-DVD - its all clear, cause .xml file contains this info.
But I have no idea where is it even stored in Blu-Ray.

Thanx.

[deakorn]

thanks for the responses everyone

@ACrowley: I always thought VBR was suppose to be better then CBR. Ill give procoder a shot and see how it sounds with CBR.

[ACrowley]

thanks for the responses everyone

@ACrowley: I always thought VBR was suppose to be better then CBR. Ill give procoder a shot and see how it sounds with CBR.

At the momnet i encode the EAC3 from Troy HDVD 640kbps 5.1 DD+ to WMA10 pro 640kbps 1pass CBR 48khz 24bit.
No Problems with the big input Wave at 5.1, 24bit, 8GB into ProCoder.

BUT : The wave file in 24bit 5.1 "seems to be" not correct , but its Ok.
Any player shows wrong Runtime and Nuendo/Vegas/Audition cant import it, i dont know why. But after encoding its ok.
I works fine when you convert the 5.1 wave to 6 24bit mono waves with Tranzcode 0.40
The waves are now clean and you can import the monos in Nuendo and encode them to wma, or import them into other encoders like Surcode,SoftEncode
Or you create a 5.1 wave with Tranzcode and use Procoder

VBR Bitrate is maybe a choice when you encode low Bitrate Audio like mp3.
But for "HighDef" Audio ,WMA10Pro with 640kbs is perfect.
And as i say original WMV HD DVD use CBR 1pass to and MS suggest it to.
I mean AC3/DTS/EAC3 are all encoded with cbr 1pass

@Pelican
Can you add more Infos to the Output File Name from demuxed Audio Track ? The Bitrate and Channels would be fine :
PEVOB_1_PEVOB_2.DD+.640kbps.5.1.stream.00

[-Eraser-]

hi,

i tried to re-encode the ddp-track ("A Scanner Darkly" HD DVD) to ac3, using eac3to
but i get an error: "getting "dump" instance failed"

do i need to download/install a dump filter (don't know where to get it) ?

[ACrowley]

hi,

i tried to re-encode the ddp-track ("A Scanner Darkly" HD DVD) to ac3, using eac3to
but i get an error: "getting "dump" instance failed"

do i need to download/install a dump filter (don't know where to get it) ?


the Dump.ax Filter is part of Graphedit

Its in the Dir from graphedit. dump.ax

[-Eraser-]

the Dump.ax Filter is part of Graphedit

Its in the Dir from graphedit. dump.ax

ok tnx, i found it ;)

[dmz01]

It was only a one line fix. However, testing is everything. Looks like I'll need a sample. 50 to 100 Megabytes with some recognizable audio. rogepost.com is my favorite.

Ron

Hi Ron,

Would it be possible for to add a "rebuild" feature similar to that of evodemux that would remove all unnecesary pakets? I would love to have a standard 188packet TS stream that only contained the streams I wanted. To jumpstart you if you want I do have the code (from another project of mine) to generate the new PAT/PMT.

I'm not looking for a full re-mux. All I'm thinking about is something like this:

Foreach TS input packet
{
if (packet's PID is one of streams I want to keep)
write packet to output;
else if (packet's PID is PAT)
write new PAT to output;
else if (packet's PID is PMT)
write new PMT to output;
else
/* skip */ continue;
}

This would allow me and others to play those files with a lot more software than just PDVD/WDVD. Elecard decoder package and NVidia Pure Video Decoder package can both be used instead to play those files in Media Center for example, since both come with TS demuxers.

PS. To me you will always be dr1394 :D:D:D

[olivierdb]

Are there any known bugs using the DD+/DTS/AC3 Source Filter with InterVideo Audio Decoder? I've seen on this forum that some have opted for

File Source(Async)>Sonic HD Demuxer>Sonic Audio Decoder
rather than
DD+/DTS/AC3>InterVideo Audio Decoder.

Others have reported problems with the second method here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=980151#post980151).

Any ideas what the problem might be?

[NHRaider]

Are there any known bugs using the DD+/DTS/AC3 Source Filter with InterVideo Audio Decoder? I've seen on this forum that some have opted for

File Source(Async)>Sonic HD Demuxer>Sonic Audio Decoder
rather than
DD+/DTS/AC3>InterVideo Audio Decoder.

Others have reported problems with the second method here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=980151#post980151).

Any ideas what the problem might be?

As the Greatful Dead said, "what a long, strange trip it's been"... After searches I came across this thread. I did find and load Sonic CinePlayer HD DVD Decoder Pack v.4.2.0.140 and tested it and it WORKED...

For some reason, I could get the DD/DTS/AC3 to only work on smaller files...The Sonic 4.2 worked with the larger main features...

[zgx]

Are there any known bugs using the DD+/DTS/AC3 Source Filter with InterVideo Audio Decoder? I've seen on this forum that some have opted for

File Source(Async)>Sonic HD Demuxer>Sonic Audio Decoder
rather than
DD+/DTS/AC3>InterVideo Audio Decoder.

Others have reported problems with the second method here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=980151#post980151).

Any ideas what the problem might be?From what I understand InterVideo Audio Decoder will only give you stereo audio when decoding DD+. Use the search function in this thread this has been discussed before.

[zeropc]

Changes for v0.625

- Fixed bug with stream renumbering during Rebuild
- It's working with all 32 subtitles now

nice :)

say, did this new version fix the stuttering with happy feet hd dvd? i can't test right now as i'm not on windows for the time beeing.

[zgx]

I just used xport to dump a 7.1 LPCM track.

It worked well the only problem is that I have no clue how the channels are mapped. Usually with 5.1 tracks they come out of xport as "L,R,C,BL,BR,LFE" as opposed to "L,R,C,LFE,BL,BR" but this is a 7.1 track and it sounds as if one of my front channels are comming out of the left rear. Anyone have any idea?

[Darth Pinous]

I just used xport to dump a 7.1 LPCM track.

It worked well the only problem is that I have no clue how the channels are mapped. Usually with 5.1 tracks they come out of xport as "L,R,C,BL,BR,LFE" as opposed to "L,R,C,LFE,BL,BR" but this is a 7.1 track and it sounds as if one of my front channels are comming out of the left rear. Anyone have any idea?

7.1 LPCM track, hmmm ? Sounds like Innocence... :rolleyes:

Someone wrote all the channels mapping for LPCM, 1 or 2 weeks ago.

For 7.1, it should be L,R,C,LS,RLS,RRS,RS,LFE while correct order for WAV should be L,R,C,LFE,RLS,RRS,LS,RS

[zgx]

7.1 LPCM track, hmmm ? Sounds like Innocence... :rolleyes:

Someone wrote all the channels mapping for LPCM, 1 or 2 weeks ago.

For 7.1, it should be L,R,C,LS,RLS,RRS,RS,LFEAwsome :). Anime fan or hd enthusiast I take it?

[Darth Pinous]

Awsome :). Anime fan or hd enthusiast I take it?

little bit of both... and coz I know only two BR with LPCM 7.1, Crank and Innocence, I had one chance on two. :)

[drmpeg]

I just used xport to dump a 7.1 LPCM track.

It worked well the only problem is that I have no clue how the channels are mapped. Usually with 5.1 tracks they come out of xport as "L,R,C,BL,BR,LFE" as opposed to "L,R,C,LFE,BL,BR" but this is a 7.1 track and it sounds as if one of my front channels are comming out of the left rear. Anyone have any idea?
Here's the channel mapping for all the Blu-ray LPCM formats:

mono M1 X
stereo L R
3/0 L R C X
2/1 L R S X
3/1 L R C S
2/2 L R LS RS
3/2 L R C LS RS X
3/2+lfe L R C LS RS lfe
3/4 L R C LS Rls Rrs RS X
3/4+lfe L R C LS Rls Rrs RS lfe

X = zero samples, Rls = Rear left surround, Rrs= Rear right surround

Ron

[idbirch2]

Hi, I wonder if someone can give me a little bit of advice. I'm trying to re-encode the Phantom Of The Opera HD-DVD which is VC-1 and DD+ audio. I am serving up the video to Procoder2 with the following avs script:

directshowsource("F:\test\test.GRF",fps=23.976,audio=false)

The graph consists of the Sonic HD Demmuxer and the Sonic Video Decoder. I have used eAC3to to convert the DD+ to standard DD. The problem is that when I mux the new mpv and ac3 files, the audio starts in sync but gradually drifts further and further out until it is a couple of seconds out at the end. I am convinced that the frame rate I selected when re-encoding the video is to blame but I'm not sure what to change.

If I force the frame rate in the avs script, Canopus sees whatever I tell it to. If I dont specify, Canopus detects 29.97fps. I thought all HD-DVDs are 23.976p? Am I wrong? Should I be forcing 23.976 in the avs file?

Secondly, what should the output framrate be set to? I originally tried the "23.976p -> NTSC" option in Canopus but this had the problem I described above. I have just re-encoded choosing an output frame rate of 23.976p because I figured keeping the output at exaclty the same fps as the input would work. I am still waiting for that re-encode to finish and was hoping for a little guidance from an expert.

Thanks.

[ACrowley]

Problem is that Sonic Decoder outputs garbage with wrong Framerate, wether you set it to.
Result is the wrong 29.97 Framerate and a not smooth Video with skipped Frames

-You "must" use the Framecount Value for the demuxed VC1 with SonicDecoder.
-"Calculated" Frames (not counted) from Evodemux is the correct Value.

-Also do not use SonicHDDemuxer. Use ElecardMpegDemultiplexer (from latest Xmuxer) .Works better imho
Filesource-ElecardMpegDemultiplexer-SonicCinemasterVideoDecoder 4.2

-Create your AVS with :
DirectShowSource("G:\yourvideo.grf",fps=23.976,framecount=xxxxxx,seekzero=false,seek=true,audio=false)

-You will get the same 23.976 fps Output. When you want convert it to 25fps just just fps=25
-After encoding the Audio is 100% sync

-------------------------
Other Method is :
1. mux the Evo into mkv with Haalis gdsmux
2. Remux it with mkvmerge and 23.976 timecode ( when you directly use the evo for encoding you have again wrong Framerate)
3. create your graph with HaaliMediaSplitter-WMVideodecoder DMO
4. Create your AVS with DirectShowSource("G:\video.grf",fps=23.976,audio=false)

With this Method you need no Framecount Value etc and you can seek through your Graph/AVS ( with Sonic you cant seek)

I had Problmes with SonicDecoder on Perfume HDDVD VC1. There was heavy Blocking around 5minutes
And with WorldTrade Center there are some Sences with Artefacts.
Micosofts VC1 Decoder works without Problems in these Scenes. But generally Sonic works very well with a great looking Picture

I think this will fix your Problems

[idbirch2]

Great, thanks for your help. I have another encode going through with the avs script you suggested, will be about 2 hours before I know if it's worked, fingers crossed.

[Devilman]

I dont know if i'm correct here anyway but i have a few question.

I cant playback dd+ with any type of player, I have installed Sonic Scenarist 4.2 BD Edition and the dtsac3source "dtsac3source-full.ax" and no player can play the dd+ A_EAC3 from the MKV File.

So i sayed to myself, ok than i make a normal AC3 from the dd+. I got eac3to 1.2 and wanted to extract the EAC3 out of the MKV but mkvextract says: "'A_EAC3' is not supported".

What can i do, i want to play the mkv with the EAC3 audio, or extract them and resample to normal AC3 and mux it back, but i cant do either...

Please help me!

[zgx]

So i sayed to myself, ok than i make a normal AC3 from the dd+. I got eac3to 1.2 and wanted to extract the EAC3 out of the MKV but mkvextract says: "'A_EAC3' is not supported".

Please help me!Try the latest pre-build of mkvtoolnix at http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/pre/

Not sure if it helps but it might.

[Devilman]

@zgx I already have, but thanks for the fast replay

Any other suggestion?

[zgx]

@zgx I already have, but thanks for the fast replay

Any other suggestion?Try Graphedit.. "Haali Media Splitter -> Dump"

[Rectal Prolapse]

You want the "Sonic CinePlayer HD DVD Decoder Pack v.4.2.0.140" not the one you used - I would guess that only has 4.1 decoders, not 4.2, right?

[Devilman]

@zgx i am not very familiar with graphedit. Are there any tutorials for it, because i searched at the board and on google and find only crap.
My Graph looks like this, but when i press the play button nothing happen.
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1490/filmat8.jpg


@Rectal Prolapse thx for replay, in Graphedit these filters are available for me:
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/2970/sonicqs7.jpg
i dont know if its the right version, but i am looking for the Version u discribed.

[jokin]

Thes settings work good for me when encoding to WMV via the WMCMD.vbs.

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7800/audgrfov2.jpg

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8830/vidgrfsz4.jpg

[ACrowley]

You want the "Sonic CinePlayer HD DVD Decoder Pack v.4.2.0.140" not the one you used - I would guess that only has 4.1 decoders, not 4.2, right?


yep. 4.1 isnt working with EAC3

Maybe he has the same Problem i had last Days.

After i installed 4.2 i can connect to EAC3.
After i installerd 4.1 and over it 4.2 Package it works..dont know why

[SpAwN_gUy]

Sorry for my post... i've just read ACrowley's post.. i'll try this gdsmux ... (currently am) ... 'caouse i need seeking.. thanks..

//OLD POST
okay guys,.. could you help me with my problem...
i have a (named)HD-DVDBackup,.. i've seen somwhere here that one of you guys dealed with that Movie..
source ic VC-1 ~17Gb for Video.
so,.. i have Sonic's DShow-Filters installed, graphedit and bunch of PCs waiting for x264farm job... but
.. i tried the way: Graphedit -> avisynth(i really need this) ..
http://www.ljplus.ru/img3/s/p/spawn_guy/Graphedit.jpg
DirectShowSource("G:\DVDRiP\_HD\_HD-Video.GRF", audio=false, seekzero=false, seek=true, fps=24).trim(0,201480)
but... both MPC and VDubMod show me the length of 1hour 40mins 55secs .... but the original time is like 2hours 20mins 5secs.. but if played in the end the video continues to play,...

any thougts?

and then i tried tutorial on page 7 ... and i'm stuck in the beginning... i have graph that ends with Haali MKV Muxer,.. and.. ?? what sould i do? .. press paly.. or what?

[idbirch2]

Problem is that Sonic Decoder outputs garbage with wrong Framerate, wether you set it to.
Result is the wrong 29.97 Framerate and a not smooth Video with skipped Frames

-You "must" use the Framecount Value for the demuxed VC1 with SonicDecoder.
-"Calculated" Frames (not counted) from Evodemux is the correct Value.

--Create your AVS with :
DirectShowSource("G:\yourvideo.grf",fps=23.976,framecount=xxxxxx,seekzero=false,seek=true,audio=false)

-You will get the same 23.976 fps Output. When you want convert it to 25fps just just fps=25
-After encoding the Audio is 100% sync

I think this will fix your ProblemsHi, well the re-encode finished but I am still having problems. I used the framecount option in the avs and set Procoder to output at 23.976p (same as source I think?) but the audio still drifts out. It falls behind by a few seconds so by the end of the film, audio is heard first and then the video. Does that mean I need to increase of decrease the video frame rate in order to sync up?

EVOdemux also detects Phantom of the Opera as 29.97fps, is that normal? Will the POTO HD-DVD definitely be 23.976?

[ACrowley]

Hi, well the re-encode finished but I am still having problems. I used the framecount option in the avs and set Procoder to output at 23.976p (same as source I think?) but the audio still drifts out. It falls behind by a few seconds so by the end of the film, audio is heard first and then the video. Does that mean I need to increase of decrease the video frame rate in order to sync up?

EVOdemux also detects Phantom of the Opera as 29.97fps, is that normal? Will the POTO HD-DVD definitely be 23.976?


All HDDVD are 23,976 ,all Blueray too
In this Thread is everything explained
Evodemux shows 23.976 cause its a Pulldown.

I used ProCoder a lot of times to encode HDDVD to WVC1.
Never had any async Problems. There must be something wrong in your encoding chain

What Audio are you using ? What VideoCodec etc etc
Need more Infos to help you

[idbirch2]

Evodemux shows 23.976 cause its a Pulldown.In EVODemux, I am seeing 29.97, was that just a typo?

What Audio are you using ? What VideoCodec etc etcI posted all that info further up the page - "The graph consists of the Sonic HD Demmuxer and the Sonic Video Decoder. I have used eAC3to to convert the DD+ to standard DD."

I used ProCoder a lot of times to encode HDDVD to WVC1.Do you mean from VC-1 or? :confused: If you have done alot of these can you let me know what framerate you are selecting on the source and target sections of Procoder? Thanks.

[ACrowley]

23,976 in Procoder.
Allways the same fps Value you have in your avs

No, in Evodmux "its not just a typo"..its a Pulldown from 29.97fps to 23.976fps ,so the Video runs at 23.976

With more infos i want to know what codec youre using in Procder to encode the avs....i cant find any info in your post about your Target

Yes, i made HDDVD VC1 to WVC1 720p ( x264 too) encodes ..here is small sample
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WL2GNL38

I suggest to read more in this Thread im sure you will find most answers

[idbirch2]

OK, seeing as that's what I'm using already, does anybody else have any ideas as to where I'm going wrong?

[ACrowley]

Idbirch

Simply tell use
1. codec /settings/ your avs script etc
2. what container
2. with what app do you mux the encoded video
perhaps in wich player its async ...

i think nobody can help you without more infos

[idbirch2]

I'm not sure which codec/settings you're referring to so I'll try and cover everything.

From the original HD-DVD, I open the PEVOB_1.EVO file in EVODemux. There is just one VC-1 video track which I leave selected and I uncheck audio tracks 2 & 3 leaving only the English DD+ track. I then rebuild as a single EVO, which merges the 2 EVOs from the HD-DVD.

I open this EVO in Graphedit and to the output pin, attach the Sonic HD Demuxer. Attached to this are the 2 Sonic decoders, audio version 4.2 and video version 4.1. I close off the audio side with the DirectSound Device and leaving the video output pin open, save the graph.

Then I create an avs script with the following:

DirectShowSource("F:\test\test.GRF",fps=23.976,framecount=202980,seekzero=false,seek=true,audio=false)

I open this AVS file with Canopus Procoder and choose to output as HD MPEG2 with the following settings:

Source:
Video 1920x1080
FPS: 23.98
Interlacing: Non-interlaced
AR: 16:9
Audio: None

Target
Stream Type: MPEG2 Elementary
Video: 1920x1080
FPS: 23.976
Interlacing: Not interlaced
AR: 16:9
Highest Quality 2-pass VBR
Video bitrate: 16500
Max bitrate: 25000
Min bitrate: 500
Audio: Don't Use

For the audio I have tried 2 methods. 1 was to run the .ddp file through eAC3to which converts to .raw and then to .ac3. The other method was to create an avs script like so:

DirectShowSource("F:\test\audio.GRF",fps=23.976,framecount=202980,seekzero=false,seek=true,video=false)

And then feed that through BeHappy, outputting an AC3. The graph used is identical to the video one, apart from closing off the video side and opening up the audio side. In both cases, the muxed video drifts out of sync with the audio. I have tried muxing with TMPGEnc Xpress 4.0 and Manzanita, no difference.

I am about to scrap everything so far and start again but try using demuxed, elemtary streams from EVODemux rather that running the audio and video graphs from a rebuilt EVO to see if that helps. Any pointers in the mean rime would be greatly appreciated.

[Momber]

To whom it may concern - here is a little update on the list of HD-DVDs that EVOdemux cannot rebuild into anything that's usable with PowerDVD:

- Running Scared
- Black Rain
- The Good Shepherd
- Unforgiven
- Happy Feet
- The Rundown

And yes, I did try the latest version 0.26b.

Regards
S.

[Chumbo]

...
2. Remux it with mkvmerge and 23.976 timecode ( when you directly use the evo for encoding you have again wrong Framerate)
...
I'm new to the MKV world, so I was curious as to how you did this. I got all the latest stuff from Haali and mkvtoolnix (v2.0.2). I first tried the command-line parameter: −−default−duration. I tried the following but it failed:
−−default−duration 1:23.976fps

So I resorted to using the v1 timecodes file. My timecodes file looks like this:
# timecode format v1

# The very first line MUST have this format. Later formats will increase
# the version number.

# As you can see empty lines and other lines starting with '#' are ignored.

# The second line with contents MUST be 'assume <fps>', e.g.
assume 23.976
If I understand right, by not putting any specific time codes, the fps assumed will apply to the entire stream specified, i.e.,
--timecodes 1:c:\Media\timecodes-v1.txt

Thank you.

[Pelican9]

To whom it may concern - here is a little update on the list of HD-DVDs that EVOdemux cannot rebuild into anything that's usable with PowerDVD:

- Running Scared
- Black Rain
- The Good Shepherd
- Unforgiven
- Happy Feet
- The Rundown

And yes, I did try the latest version 0.26b.

Regards
S.
If you share the first 300MB of any of those titles' main EVO I'll try to find the bug.
PowerDVD 7.3 cannot play any single EVO for me, so it's hard to test the rebuilt EVO.
If you find a bug feel free to pm me next time.

[misdecrypt]

Any chance for that chapter support I asked a few pages back for?

[SpAwN_gUy]

damn,.. gdsmux shows me proper VideoType and AR,.. but when i press START,.. it does nothing,.. and when i press STOP it creates 65MB MKV-File .. and thats all.. :( ... what am i doing wrong?

[Pelican9]

Any chance for that chapter support I asked a few pages back for?

It's on my to-do-list... :-)
If you want to help me give me the format of the file you want.

[SpAwN_gUy]

It's on my to-do-list... :-)
If you want to help me give me the format of the file you want.I think as Output OGG-ChapterFile would be great :) ..
Preset=!OGG
Format=CHAPTER%C=%hh:%mm:%ss.%ms\nCHAPTER%CNAME=Chapter %c\n
Header=
Footer=

[Momber]

If you share the first 300MB of any of those titles' main EVO I'll try to find the bug.

I'd be happy to do that - please tell me exactly how.

PowerDVD 7.3 cannot play any single EVO for me
Yes, PowerDVD 7.3 is scum. I'm using v. 7.1.

Greets
S.

[ACrowley]

@chumbo
You only have to load the .txt File into mkvmerge for you Video

open the Windows editor and type in
# timecode format v1
assume 23.976

in mkvmerge click on the Videotrack and select Timecode and load the text file...thats all

@idbirch
I found your mistake.
You MUST use the demuxed mpv File! Not the rebuilded Evo.
The demuxed mpv from Evodemux is the right File
Load it into Grapedit via Filesource(async)

Filesource(async)-SonicHDDemuxer-SonicCinemasterVideoDecoder4.2

Also you have to crop the Video ,cause you dont want waste Bitrate for the Black Bars ,right?
And a light denoiser RemoveGrain(Mode=2) ,gives more compression and a clean looking Picture

And why do you encodee to a Mpeg2 ?? Mpeg2 is only good wit High Bitrates over 10Mbps.
And over 10Mbps the File is perhaps bigger as the EVO.

Use WMV 9 AP ( WVC1) in ProCoder or encode with megui to X264 or xvid...Mpeg2 makes no Sense imho