Blu-Ray~DVD Backup & Conversion

[rack04]

No. It converts from BD-25/50 to BD-5/9/25. But yes, the purpose is to support standalone playback.

I think there is still alot of discussion about whether or not tsMuxer creates a BD-5/9/25 or AVCHD. Supposedly tsMuxeR uses typical AVCHD output from Nero Vision, including index.bdmv and MovieObject.bdmv.

For those who have been successful with BD Rebuilder, does your standalone player show the disk being played is an AVCHD or BD?

[jdobbs]

the index.bdmv and MovieObject.bdmv files from TSMUXER aren't used by BD Rebuilder. So the discussion would be only academic anyway. It uses the ones from the original disc.

[writersblock29]

@Rack04

The disks show up as BD on both stand-alone players I've tested my BD Rebuilder backups on. Arcsoft Totalmedia Theatre also sees them as BD. I'm no expert on set top players, so I'm not sure if there's a model or two out there that would see them as something different. But if it plays and behaves like your original disk, does it matter?

[rack04]

the index.bdmv and MovieObject.bdmv files from TSMUXER aren't used by BD Rebuilder. So the discussion would be only academic anyway. It uses the ones from the original disc.

Thanks for the info jdobbs. Is there anything that changes in the tsMuxeR Blu-ray Disc output to use the original disc .bdmv and MovieObject.bdmv files or is it a simple overwrite?

[BobZhome]

For those who have been successful with BD Rebuilder, does your standalone player show the disk being played is an AVCHD or BD?

My Sony BDP-S350 lists my backups as a AVCHD.

[jdobbs]

Some of the Sonys have a strange way of listing it. If you do a BD-9 it says BD-ROM, if you do a BD-5 is says AVCHD -- even it it is the exact same content. I'm guessing you put in a BD-5?

[BobZhome]

Some of the Sonys have a strange way of listing it. If you do a BD-9 it says BD-ROM, if you do a BD-5 is says AVCHD -- even it it is the exact same content. I'm guessing you put in a BD-5?

Nope, I used a Memorex(RITEK D01) DVD+R DL. Which gets pretty good quality scores with my burner.

[jdobbs]

Interesting. Your player, then, probably just calls anything that uses the red laser "AVCHD".

[Furiousflea]

My Sony BDP-S350 lists my backups as a AVCHD.

Hope you don't mind me asking, but does that play your menus ok maybe it's treating it as AVCHD and not allowing the menu if that is the case.

Sorry for my rude interrupting of the thread I'm looking to purchase this player.

[MadMonkey57]

@Rack04

The disks show up as BD on both stand-alone players I've tested my BD Rebuilder backups on. Arcsoft Totalmedia Theatre also sees them as BD. I'm no expert on set top players, so I'm not sure if there's a model or two out there that would see them as something different. But if it plays and behaves like your original disk, does it matter?

My Sony BDP-S350 lists my backups as a AVCHD.

Some of the Sonys have a strange way of listing it. If you do a BD-9 it says BD-ROM, if you do a BD-5 is says AVCHD -- even it it is the exact same content. I'm guessing you put in a BD-5?

Nope, I used a Memorex(RITEK D01) DVD+R DL. Which gets pretty good quality scores with my burner.

Interesting. Your player, then, probably just calls anything that uses the red laser "AVCHD".

I can comment on the way the Panasonic BD35 behaves... So far, i fed it only with red laser DVD-5:

- output from tsmuxer (i.e hybrid AVCHD/BD) : well accepted and reported as an AVCHD.
- output from Adobre Encore CS4 (i.e BD) and probably other commercial software as well : reported as an unsupported disc
- output from Adobe Encore CS4 patched so that index.bdmv and MovieObject.bdmv are AVCHD compliant (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1229828#post1229828) (i.e hybrid AVCHD/BD) : well accepted and reported as an AVCHD

It's a pity I have to go the "hybrid way" but it's my only option so far...

[jdobbs]

output from Adobe Encore CS4 patched so that index.bdmv and MovieObject.bdmv are AVCHD compliant (i.e hybrid AVCHD/BD) : well accepted and reported as an AVCHD
My guess is, though, that it wouldn't work with a disc that uses BD-JAVA... have you tried any of those? Typically you'll see a "Loading..." message at some point on those.

[MadMonkey57]

My guess is, though, that it wouldn't work with a disc that uses BD-JAVA... have you tried any of those? Typically you'll see a "Loading..." message at some point on those.

No, haven't tried (I don't think I own a BD-JAVA disc...). Nevertheless, it wouldn't be much of a problem coz I'm primarily aiming at main movie only backup.

[zeus163]

Hey!

I haven't been following the whole disc process for the PS3 for a day or so, but wanted to let jdobbs know that a donation was sent your way. Thanks for taking on this herculean task!

[smnckl]

@jdobbs

A small(?) request. On the movie-only backups made using your excellent BD-RB app, the movie ends and then it loops back and starts from the beginning. I am sure that there are people who like the old 8-track continuous loop.
Would it be possible for you to add a static menu, a la ConvertXtoDVD, and have the player return to that when the movie ends? Possibly paused with a VCR "Play" button image on the screen or like ConvertXtoDVD which plays a 10-15 second clip of the movie with audio.

Just say NO if it is too much coding to implement. 8-)

James

[jdobbs]

I'll do that at some point. But I first want to just make where it is more stable rather than add more features (with more bugs).

[smnckl]

I'll do that at some point. But I first want to just make where it is more stable rather than add more features (with more bugs).

Thanks for considering the suggestion. I understand the situation and am happy to wait.

Great job till now... have only had one issue so far when I messed up either Haali's or Avisynth when I did a disc cleanup, removing lots of other beta apps that I no longer use. The error message was

[16:52:57] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [16:55:31] Collecting video information [00001]
- Error [01:-1] returned from encoder. Retrying.
- Error [02:-1] returned from encoder. Retrying.
- Error [03:-1] returned from encoder. Retrying.
- Reached retry limit. Aborting.
[16:55:33] - Failed video encode, aborted


My question here is, does your trap routine recognize which app failed? If so, could it output a hint as to what the user needs to do to rectify the issue? If the trap does not go further, just forget I asked. :devil:

Thanks.

James

[jdobbs]

Yes. That error means X264 failed in the encode attempt. The command line uses is stored in the applications path in a file called "LASTCMD.TXT." If you run that command directly from a CMD window you can see what the actual X264 error is.

[smnckl]

Yes. That error means X264 failed in the encode attempt. The command line uses is stored in the applications path in a file called "LASTCMD.TXT." If you run that command directly from a CMD window you can see what the actual X264 error is.

Thanks for the feedback. The next time it happens (which has been only once so far) I will make sure to look there.

James