smartLabs tsMuxeR: Transport Stream muxer

[shon3i]

TSMuxer 1.8.8b dosent give me this error: Where you find TSMuxer 1.8.8b ?

EDIT: I found http://www.smlabs.net/tsMuxer/tsMuxeR_1.8.8(b).zip

[rack04]

I'm trying to create a simple bat file to mux h264 and AC3 to blu-ray disc output.

Here is what I have:


@SET TSMUXER_PATH=C:\Program Files\tsMuxeR\tsMuxeR.exe
@SET VIDEO_INPUT=C:\Temp\Video.h264
@SET AUDIO_INPUT=C:\Temp\Audio.ac3
"%TSMUXER_PATH%" MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --demux --vbr --vbv-len=500 V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "%VIDEO_INPUT%", fps=23.976, insertSEI, contSPS A_AC3, "%AUDIO_INPUT%", lang=eng

[binky]

Try using eac3to to demux the raw video and audio streams from the original m2ts files and then mux everything back to m2ts with tsMuxeR. That should probably get rid of the audio desync problems.

Can you give the command line to use for this? It isn't clear what I need to do by reading the documentation for eac3to. Do I need any other software? I'm also curious as to why I need to do this. Shouldn't tsMuxer be able join files without problems?

Thanks.

[rebkell]

If I use eac3to to extract an .h264 file and an ac3 file, would it work the same as extracting to an mkv, as far as fixing the gaps and overlaps?

[lennyd19]

Hello Ihave been encodeing all my dvd's to hdd for sometime and had no probloms. I just steped into to the world of blu ray. I am useingg the tsmuxer to put on my hdd and use in my tvix. I have tried four times to mux the files tried 2 different movies and each time About half way through it says there is no disk in the drive. I know it is something i am over looking. So A little help and guidence would be apperciated. Thanks!

[madshi]

Can you give the command line to use for this? It isn't clear what I need to do by reading the documentation for eac3to. Do I need any other software? I'm also curious as to why I need to do this. Shouldn't tsMuxer be able join files without problems?
There are different ways to use eac3to. If you have a full Blu-Ray disc you can use "eac3to BluRayDiscPath" to get a list of tracks. Then you can demux all tracks of a specific title you're interested in, e.g. "eac3to BluRayDiscPath 1) -demux".

tsMuxeR can join files just fine, and from what I've heard they play fine, too. However, multiple joined m2ts files are a bit problematic because the audio overlaps. If the media player is clever enough, it can work around the issue. In your case that doesn't seem to be the case. eac3to removes the audio overlaps so that you don't depend on the media player working correctly...

If I use eac3to to extract an .h264 file and an ac3 file, would it work the same as extracting to an mkv, as far as fixing the gaps and overlaps?
Yes, for audio. No, for video. But overlaps are normally only in the audio tracks with Blu-Ray discs. So no problem...

[hedpe]

what I am trying to is split a m2ts file, with no luck so far:

MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --auto-chapter=5 --split-chapters=5 --split-size=4GB --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC,/mnt/iso/BDMV/STREAM/00001.m2ts, insertSEI, contSPS, track=4113, fps=23.976
A_AC3,/mnt/iso/BDMV/STREAM/00001.m2ts,track=4352


but I get the error:

$ /usr/local/bin/tsMuxeR /tmp/test.blah outs
SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.7.3(b) http://www.smlabs.net
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.1 Resolution: 1920:1080p Frame rate: 23.976
Can't create file outs/BDMV/Stream/00001.m2ts


I am definitely not out of disk space and it has access to that directory. Additionally, it creates the blu-ray directory structure in 'outs'

[f@chance]

TSMuxer 1.8.8b was flagged by zone alarm as a risk in the spyware scan. Anyone else had similar experience?

[kurt]

TSMuxer 1.8.8b was flagged by zone alarm as a risk in the spyware scan. Anyone else had similar experience?
nope...

[GreenOnyx]

Is there any word on when the TrueHD bug will be fixed? It seems like it should be pretty high priority, but I don't see it mentioned anywhere and it wasn't addressed in the latest beta.

[gav1577]

TSMuxer 1.8.8b was flagged by zone alarm as a risk in the spyware scan. Anyone else had similar experience?

Its a false positive

[GZZ]

Anyone know why TSmuxer detect my stream as 1920:1084p after I have reencoded it ??? Anyway to correct this ??

If I load the *.264 file in MediaInfo, DGAVCIndex or any other program it says the resolution is 1920:1080p. I have even tried burn it on a DVD-RW and whats it on my PS3 and it detect it fine as 1080p/24 fps.

The only problem I have seen is that powerdvd dont show my subtitles, but they works fine on my PS3... It all started after I changed my x264 script which is like this (today), but I cant see any reason why that should have anything to do with it, because it still says 1920x1080 when encoding..


1Pass:
"d:\x264.exe" "%IN_TITLE%.AVS" --bitrate %IN_BITRATE% --level 4.1 --sar 1:1 --aud --vbv-bufsize 14745 --vbv-maxrate 17500 --filter 0,0 --bframes 3 --direct auto --keyint 24 --min-keyint 1 --subme 2 --analyse none --me dia --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --stats "stats1.log" --pass 1 --output NUL

2 Pass:
"d:\x264.exe" "%IN_TITLE%.AVS" --bitrate %IN_BITRATE% --level 4.1 --sar 1:1 --aud --vbv-bufsize 14745 --vbv-maxrate 17500 --filter 0,0 --ref 3 --bframes 3 --direct auto --keyint 24 --min-keyint 1 --subme 7 --mixed-refs --weightb --trellis 1 --psy-rd 0.8:0.8 --aq-strength 0.8 --me umh --merange 24 --scenecut 32 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --mvrange 511 --aud --nal-hrd --no-psnr --no-ssim --stats "stats1.log" --pass 2 --output "%IN_TITLE%.264"

I suspect the reason why the subtitles isnt working in powerdvd is because tsmuxer mux them as 1920:1084p.

Anyone tried this because and know why ?

[kaid]

what I am trying to is split a m2ts file, with no luck so far:

MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --auto-chapter=5 --split-chapters=5 --split-size=4GB --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC,/mnt/iso/BDMV/STREAM/00001.m2ts, insertSEI, contSPS, track=4113, fps=23.976
A_AC3,/mnt/iso/BDMV/STREAM/00001.m2ts,track=4352


but I get the error:

$ /usr/local/bin/tsMuxeR /tmp/test.blah outs
SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.7.3(b) http://www.smlabs.net
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.1 Resolution: 1920:1080p Frame rate: 23.976
Can't create file outs/BDMV/Stream/00001.m2ts


I am definitely not out of disk space and it has access to that directory. Additionally, it creates the blu-ray directory structure in 'outs'

Don't worry, you're not doing anything wrong, TsMuxer/Linux is b0rked for BD/AVCHD muxing! This first error ist just due to case-sensitivity, but even if you work around it it still won't work. More about it here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141803), and for a solution (not using TsMuxer) see here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141855).

But if you're only trying to split a file, you don't need the --blu-ray muxoption anyway, why not leave it out and mux plain old .m2ts (just add .m2ts to "outs" in your case!)?

[hdpete]

Is there any word on when the TrueHD bug will be fixed? It seems like it should be pretty high priority, but I don't see it mentioned anywhere and it wasn't addressed in the latest beta.

I agree, it would be my highest priority at the moment. TsMuxer is a great program, not being able to handle TrueHD muxing is it's only downfall as far as I'm concerned.

[hedpe]

Don't worry, you're not doing anything wrong, TsMuxer/Linux is b0rked for BD/AVCHD muxing! This first error ist just due to case-sensitivity, but even if you work around it it still won't work. More about it here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141803), and for a solution (not using TsMuxer) see here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141855).

But if you're only trying to split a file, you don't need the --blu-ray muxoption anyway, why not leave it out and mux plain old .m2ts (just add .m2ts to "outs" in your case!)?

Thanks for all of your contributions digging in to things with the Linux version! It's a pain to be only semi-supported.

I was unaware i could remove the --blu-ray and use outs.m2ts. When I try this, however, it seems to dump 3.8GB and then stop, never generating my second split file:

$ tsMuxeR /tmp/blah.meta outs.m2ts
SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.7.3(b) http://www.smlabs.net
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.1 Resolution: 1920:1080p Frame rate: 23.976
100.0% complete
H264 bitstream changed: insert nal unit delimiters
Decoding AC3 stream (track 2): Bitrate: 640Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 6
100.0% complete
Can't determine size for file outs.split.1.m2ts


any ideas here?

[kaid]

Thanks for all of your contributions digging in to things with the Linux version! It's a pain to be only semi-supported.

I was unaware i could remove the --blu-ray and use outs.m2ts. When I try this, however, it seems to dump 3.8GB and then stop, never generating my second split file:

$ tsMuxeR /tmp/blah.meta outs.m2ts
SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.7.3(b) http://www.smlabs.net
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.1 Resolution: 1920:1080p Frame rate: 23.976
100.0% complete
H264 bitstream changed: insert nal unit delimiters
Decoding AC3 stream (track 2): Bitrate: 640Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 6
100.0% complete
Can't determine size for file outs.split.1.m2ts


any ideas here?

Hmmm.. I gotta admit the only time I ever split anything with tsmuxer was for my menugenerator script (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=141173)... I don't do FAT32, i keep the fullsized file and copy it over to the PS3 (via DLNA/uPNP, but download from a local HTTP- or FTP-server also works!), which had a 320GB fitted..

You sure there's enough space on the drive? Try leaving out the --split-chapter and --auto-chapter options, you don't need these for .m2ts since chapters aren't supported in .m2ts (hooray for scene selection in the new PS3 firmware btw! ;-), maybe that fixes it!

Could just be another bug in the Linux-version, dunno.. As a workaround, you could always mux a single .m2ts and then do the splitting with tsremux by (ab)using the crop feature! But that's rather painful to do I guess, setting the splits manually...

[jtheripper]

I agree, it would be my highest priority at the moment. TsMuxer is a great program, not being able to handle TrueHD muxing is it's only downfall as far as I'm concerned.

I also agree. I hope he fixes the truHD bug soon as many new blurays are coming with that and tsremux cant mux multiple streams. Also the price of BD-R are coming down so it is becoming feasible to use those instead of dvd+r dl

[ACrowley]

Ive a Problem.

I have a lot of Remuxes in MKV from HDDVD VC1. The Pulldown from VC1 was removed with eac3to.
But TSmuxer tells me VC1 29.97fps with Pulldown ?

When i try to remux these MKVs to m2ts with TSmuxer i get these Errors:
1. With Remove Pulldown Option :

Output:
SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.8.8(b) http://www.smlabs.net
VC-1 manual setted fps not equal stream fps. Change VC-1 fps from 29.97 to 23.976
Decoding VC-1 stream (track 1): Profile: Advanced@3 Resolution: 1920:1080i Frame rate: 23.976
-----------------------------------------------

Errors:

Warning! Source stream contain irregular pulldown marks. Mistiming between original fps and fps/1.25(without pulldown) exceed 100ms.
Warning! Source stream contain irregular pulldown marks. Mistiming between original fps and fps/1.25(without pulldown) exceed 200ms.
Warning! Source stream contain irregular pulldown marks. Mistiming between original fps and fps/1.25(without pulldown) exceed 400ms.



-----------------
without Remove Pulldown

Reading buffer overflow. Possible container streams are not syncronized. Please, verify stream fps. File name: E:\HD Movies\The.Bourne.Ultimatum.HDDVD.Remux.1080p.VC1.AC3.5.1.DL.mkv

Same Result when i set the Video manually to 23.976fps

My Target is to remux the VC1 into a compliant m2ts Stream...


EDIT:
I ask Madshi about this Problem. He Told me that earlier eac3to Version wasnt able to fully remove the Pulldown Flags. Theres where still Rests from the Flag. And Tsmuxer cant remux these VC1 Streams.
Removing Pulldown with latest eac3to results in a 100% 23.976 10890p VC1 File. Tsmuxer detects it as 1080p 23.976

EDIT2:
I found a Way to fix/completly remove the remaining Pulldown Flags out of these bad VC1 Streams

1 Demux VC1 from mkv via Graphedit
-Filesource(async) - ArcsoftMKvSplitter - Dump

2. Remove pulldown with latest eac3to

3. Remux to whatever

[kurt]

@ acrowly:

maybe try to etract the vc1 with mkvextract and load the elementary stream in tsmuxer...

I never had this issues in tsmuxer, but I never mux to mkv in eac3to before (while removing pulldown) as you did. I usually just extract the video with eac3to....

[rica]

@ acrowly:

maybe try to etract the vc1 with mkvextract and load the elementary stream in tsmuxer...

I never had this issues in tsmuxer, but I never mux to mkv in eac3to before (while removing pulldown) as you did. I usually just extract the video with eac3to....

I agree; vc1mkvs are always problematic.

Extract vc1 [you can also use GraphStudio for extracting vc1:
Haali splitter > Dump (*.vc1) ]

What i'd suggest remux it into a TS container with TSMuxer.(don't remove pulldown)
Then extract vc1 again with eac3to (newest version); this will remove pulldown.

[Butterfly666]

2/3sec. of the movie is gone when I use the split option.
Is there a fix for the split option when muxing to bluray?

[Bosko]

Hi,

Just a couple quick questions (no offense meant with any of these, just playing it safe!). Thanks!

1. Are all the versions of txMuxeR 100% spyware (or anything "bad") free? Does the program conflict with anything else?

2. If version 1.8.8 beta is the newest version, why is 1.8.4 listed on the official website as the newest version here?
http://www.smlabs.net/tsmuxer_en.html

SmartLabs tsMuxeR is a freeware.
* SmartLabs tsMuxeR licence agreement - view
* SmartLabs tsMuxeR for Windows - download (Links to: http://www.smlabs.net/tsMuxer/tsMuxeR_1.8.4(b).zip)
* SmartLabs tsMuxeR for Linux (console only) - download
* Release notes - view

3. Which version is better/safer to use?

4. Why is the newest version getting flagged as a virus, as stated on this thread?

5. Is this the best program to allow .mkv files to play on the PS3?

6. Does the program "call home" or try to connect to the internet for any reason?

Thanks for the help! And sorry again for the goofy questions, but I always play it safe before installing new software. This looks great though for PS3 stuff!

[odin24]

Hi,

Just a couple quick questions (no offense meant with any of these, just playing it safe!). Thanks!

1. Are all the versions of txMuxeR 100% spyware (or anything "bad") free? Does the program conflict with anything else?Does not conflict with anything. I use AVG, no virus or spyware warnings.

2. If version 1.8.8 beta is the newest version, why is 1.8.4 listed on the official website as the newest version here?
http://www.smlabs.net/tsmuxer_en.html

SmartLabs tsMuxeR is a freeware.
* SmartLabs tsMuxeR licence agreement - view
* SmartLabs tsMuxeR for Windows - download (Links to: http://www.smlabs.net/tsMuxer/tsMuxeR_1.8.4(b).zip)
* SmartLabs tsMuxeR for Linux (console only) - download
* Release notes - viewMaybe 1.8.4 was the last final version. I have no issues with 1.8.8.

3. Which version is better/safer to use?No issues with either, I've been using 1.8.8 since it's release, I use it almost everyday.

4. Why is the newest version getting flagged as a virus, as stated on this thread? Maybe it is the virus software that particular person is using. I can assure you it was a false positive, no issues on my PC.

5. Is this the best program to allow .mkv files to play on the PS3? In my opinion, yes. Unless the file is not compatible at all, which is not uncommon... if so your file would need recoding.

6. Does the program "call home" or try to connect to the internet for any reason? No. Just to be safe you could block it from accessing the internet through Window firewall.

Thanks for the help! And sorry again for the goofy questions, but I always play it safe before installing new software. This looks great though for PS3 stuff!


See my comments above.

[kaid]

Antivirus software sometimes acts incredibly stupid and offensive in giving totally false alarms. E.g. there's a packer program (it's like ZIP, only much smaller and for executables!) called "kkrunchy" that has been made by guys making 64k Intros (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64k_intro), because they need every byte they can save. Now, since coders of malware also use this packing program (and possibly Tsmuxer, too?) because they too try to keep their stuff as small as possible, stupidass virus software screams "malware!!!" for every program that uses it, even the 64k Intros it was originally made for! That's exactly as stupid as saying ZIP is malware, because Virii *can* come in a ZIP!

Wikipedia even has some information (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_compression) on this issue:

Also, some older virus scanners simply report all compressed executables as viruses because the decompressor stubs share some characteristics with those. Most modern virus scanners can unpack several different executable compression layers to check the actual executable inside, but some popular anti-virus and anti-malware scanners have had troubles with false alarms on compressed executables.

[Bosko]

See my comments above.

Thanks for the reply!

More specifically, for hidef tv shows in .mkv format, converting them with tsMuxeR will provide a better picture quality that using mkv2vob, is that correct? (Better was probably too generic a term to use when I asked... :) )

Do you know what the changes were from tsMuxeR 1.8.4 to 1.8.8?

Thanks again!

[odin24]

Thanks for the reply!

More specifically, for hidef tv shows in .mkv format, converting them with tsMuxeR will provide a better picture quality that using mkv2vob, is that correct? (Better was probably too generic a term to use when I asked... :) )

Do you know what the changes were from tsMuxeR 1.8.4 to 1.8.8?

Thanks again!


It is safe to assume that tsMuxeR will yield better results over using mkv2vob because tsMuxeR just muxes, no trascoding... whereas I believe mkv2vob does just that, trascodes to vob.

As for changes in versions I am not sure.

[kaid]

It is safe to assume that tsMuxeR will yield better results over using mkv2vob because tsMuxeR just muxes, no trascoding... whereas I believe mkv2vob does just that, trascodes to vob.

As for changes in versions I am not sure.

AFAIK mkv2vob also does remuxing wherever possible, it only does transcoding if the target is incompatible with the source.Didn't mkv2vob actually include TsMuxer (or was it TsRemux?)?

[nwg]

Is there any reason why a surcode created DTS file doesn't get detected in TSMuxer?

[jj666]

What source are you encoding the DTS from? I don't have problems with Surcode here (usually used via EAC3TO).

Cheers,

-jj-

[jj666]

6. Does the program "call home" or try to connect to the internet for any reason?

Only if you are remuxing illegal stuff with it ;-)

Tongue firmly in cheek of course.

-jj-

[odin24]

Is there any reason why a surcode created DTS file doesn't get detected in TSMuxer?

You need to remove zero padding first. Just run it through eac3to again, just change the name.

eac3to audio.dts fixed_audio.dts

[nwg]

That worked thank you.

[Audionut]

4. Why is the newest version getting flagged as a virus, as stated on this thread?

Either A-Squared is really good or really shite. You pick.

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[LonelyWolf]

Hi to all and excuse my poor english.
I've a question about tsmuxer:
I'm using it to remux a mkv (video h264 high profile@5.1 and ac3 audio) to ts or m2ts and i've noticed something strange.
In my player (it's an HDD box player) the time starts from 9'30" to 10'00" but the movie is shown from the beginning.
I don't know what's the problem, this occours either muxing to ts, m2ts or blu ray; with or without insert sps/time.
Can't FF or FR.
The movie plays fine.

Using tsremux on the same original mkv the problem doesn't exists, and i still can FF or FR.
The movie plays fine.

version used 1.8.4 and 1.8.8


thanks

Edit:
Just to clarify:
mkv movie are samples, i'm testing my fullHD TV, and the hdd box player.
The player has Sigma Designs EM8623L chipset, it decode directly not streaming.

[jj666]

You shouldn't use 5.1 profile in any Sigma chipset player as these are only certified to level 4.1 H264, you get all sorts of issues otherwise. I'm assuming this is some re-encoded stuff you've downloaded - I've never known such a profile be used elsewhere. If you encoded this yourself, don't use such a profile next time, if you downloaded it, firstly it shouldn't be discussed here and secondly you can never be sure how flawed the encode is.

-jj-

[frenchglen]

Is 88200 and 44200 sample rate LPCM input going to be supported some time?
This program is fantastic.

[LonelyWolf]

You shouldn't use 5.1 profile in any Sigma chipset player as these are only certified to level 4.1 H264, you get all sorts of issues otherwise. I'm assuming this is some re-encoded stuff you've downloaded - I've never known such a profile be used elsewhere.
If you encoded this yourself, don't use such a profile next time, if you downloaded it, firstly it shouldn't be discussed here and secondly you can never be sure how flawed the encode is.

-jj-

5.1 works everytime, 4.1 sometimes doesn't works (i can't see the video track), i don't know why (used h264info/tsmuxer to change level).

Edit again:
After searching more info:
I think MPEG-4.2 ASP@L5 means that the chipset support 5 high level?

I'm newbie with this codec.
I'm not talking about level/profile in this post, i'm wondering why using tsmuxer the timer starts from 9'30" (the movie starts from beginnin) and why not using tsremux.

I wrote about level/profile/chipset just to explain what i'm using.

[jj666]

In my experience with both Tvix 5100 (Sigma 8623) and IstarHD (Sigma 8635), 4.1 level will work fine, 5.1 level will usually not work. If the file has been encoded with 5.1 and a large amount of reference frames, changing to 4.1 level will not help, the best you will get is a pixelated image (you can use MEDIAINFO or similar to check such encode/codec information).

I have no issues with H264 and TSMUXER from either TV captures (via Dreambox), or Blu-ray disks (via Anydvd HD). There are some differences between the available muxers (for instance TSMUXER won't remux TrueHD properly). Once you start to re-encode things, you also introduce other compatibility issues which is what you are seeing, combined with amateur/idiocy encoding at 5.1 level.

As mentioned, if you're not encoding the stuff yourself, you have to live with poorer quality and things not working as expected.

-jj-

[LonelyWolf]

Please don't talk about quality, it's not the matter now.

What I'm talking about isn't encoding, just muxing with tsmuxer and tsremux.

Difference playing the clip muxed with tsmuxer starts at 9.30 muxed with tsremux starts at 0.0, both clips are shown from the beginning.

That's independend from how is encoded the video stream.

[frank]

That's independend from how is encoded the video stream. Oh no, you have a lot to learn.
Blu-rays and others are certified for level 4.1!! No BD or HD disks are encoded with 5.1. When you feed a real (not patched) 5.1 level encoded stream to a SA player then you get problems.
And you cannot simply change the level by patching the stream. You have to reencode. tsMuxeR has problems with 5.1 streams because nobody has really tested. And 5.1 is not necessary.
jj666 has fully right.

[cwm9]

I keep seeing references to how "true-hd doesn't work with tsMuxer," but I don't seem to have any problem with it. When I rip just the video and only the True-HD track as a as a blue ray disk, convert to a .iso, mount it with DaemonTools, and play it in PowerDVD, it works just fine. PowerDVD even says it is playing a "Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 xxxxKbps" stream. 1500KBps is about typical.

Is PowerDVD lying? Is it only playing the AC3 core? Has the true-hd problem been fixed, or is it only a problem with certain discs or... ?

[odin24]

I keep seeing references to how "true-hd doesn't work with tsMuxer," but I don't seem to have any problem with it. When I rip just the video and only the True-HD track to a .iso, mount it with DaemonTools, and play it in PowerDVD, it works just fine.

Has the true-hd problem been fixed, or is it only a problem with certain discs or... ?

The issue is TrueHD playback on a PS3 or standalone (after tsMuxeR).

[LonelyWolf]

Ok, tsmuxer can't mux correctly h264 stream with 5.1 level, tsremux doesn't.

tsmuxer adds from 9'.30" to 10' to the clip "time".

So the clip's duration depend on how it's muxed?

:confused:

Oh no, you have a lot to learn.
It's true and i know! :D

But if the problem is the video track 5.1 on my standalone, why muxing with tsremux goes fine and with tsmuxer doesn't? The track is the same in both mux cases.
:confused:

[jj666]

If you are playing back on a standalone player, the best thing to do is confine any 5.1 encoded files to processing from the recycle bin. Having to re-encode an already re-encoded HD file totally defeats the idea of HD feeds being better quality. You can check the number of reference frames with MEDIAINFO, if it is 4 or below for 1080p, or 8 or below for 720p, it may be possible to change the level to 4.1 with H264INFO.

I can tell you with 100% confidence that TSMUXER does not have issues with H264 per se based on my own personal remuxing of hundred of personal files. I can also tell you I've never seen such an issue with timing with either the small number of re-encodes I do, or with remuxes direct from original source.

Ask your torrent site or whatever to post the codec information before downloading in future and avoid 5.1 encodes like the plague ;-) It's not possible to make a bug report about something you didn't encode yourself as it's not reproducable easily.

-jj-

[Bosko]

The issue is TrueHD playback on a PS3 or standalone (after tsMuxeR).

So if you have an .mkv file of a tv show that's "HD" and you use this program to make it so it can be played on a PS3, it won't be in HD? So will it just be the same as the regular .avi file version of the same show?

Thanks!

[odin24]

So if you have an .mkv file of a tv show that's "HD" and you use this program to make it so it can be played on a PS3, it won't be in HD? So will it just be the same as the regular .avi file version of the same show?

Thanks!

I was refering to Dolby TrueHD (on Blu-rays), you'll still get the "HD" if you use this to convert TV show mkv's.

[asarian]

First off, I think tsMuxeR is a fantastic programme! I use it all the time. :) Lately though I learnt that an age-old issue, which I heretofore attributed to something else, may in fact be caused by tsMuxer, after all. Namely, when streaming an (H264/AVC) .m2ts file (made with tsMuxeR) to my PS3, I can't properly use the 'goto' function. When I say, for instance, "Go to time-index 01:25:54," then, 9 out of 10 times, the request is either simply ignored, or the movie just pauses indefinately.

Now, I recently heard that VOB files, created by mkv2vob, do not have this problem! So, that begs the question: what is causing tsMuxeR to not get it right? Or, more importantly, what, if anything, can be done to fix this? I reckon if mkv2vob can manage, tsMuxeR should be able to do so as well, right?

[Jeff Flowerday]

First off, I think tsMuxeR is a fantastic programme! I use it all the time. :) Lately though I learnt that an age-old issue, which I heretofore attributed to something else, may in fact be caused by tsMuxer, after all. Namely, when streaming an (H264/AVC) .m2ts file (made with tsMuxeR) to my PS3, I can't properly use the 'goto' function. When I say, for instance, "Go to time-index 01:25:54," then, 9 out of 10 times, the request is either simply ignored, or the movie just pauses indefinately.

Now, I recently heard that VOB files, created by mkv2vob, do not have this problem! So, that begs the question: what is causing tsMuxeR to not get it right? Or, more importantly, what, if anything, can be done to fix this? I reckon if mkv2vob can manage, tsMuxeR should be able to do so as well, right?

I think the problem may be the PS3 not tsmuxer. The goto function on my Popcorn works fine with H264 m2ts files created by tsmuxer.

[asarian]

I think the problem may be the PS3 not tsmuxer. The goto function on my Popcorn works fine with H264 m2ts files created by tsmuxer.

The odd thing is, sometimes it does it work, and it jumps directly to the requested index. Could this be key-frame related somehow? I just don't get why sometimes I get a hit, and often a miss.

[ultratoto14]

Is your problem occurring during streaming or even if the file is on the PS3 hard drive ?