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laserfan

25th January 2009, 00:57

For MPEG2, only allows 'Extract As' MKV, not M2V.

Greif

26th January 2009, 01:24

great tool does it support thd+ac3 output files? did not see the option in the dropdown only ac3 and thd seperate.

yes it should allow THD+AC3 extrac on TrueHD streams

nwg

26th January 2009, 18:11

How do I select the features as I just get a extract button and not a features/queue buttons.

Greif

26th January 2009, 18:48

Click on the feature row you would like to see the streams of.

Maybe I'm not understanding your problem.

nwg

26th January 2009, 19:14

Click on the feature row you would like to see the streams of.

Maybe I'm not understanding your problem.

There is no feature button like there used to be. If i click on extract I get the error "Retreive features prior to enqueueing job".

http://www.apah20.dsl.pipex.com/pics/extractor.jpg

Paddy97

26th January 2009, 19:27

There is no feature button like there used to be. If i click on extract I get the error "Retreive features prior to enqueueing job".

http://www.apah20.dsl.pipex.com/pics/extractor.jpg

Just below the "Input" field there is a blue "feature" text that is underlined. Click on that one and you are all set. Thats the location of the old button.

Greif

26th January 2009, 19:44

sorry. I should update the image from the first post.

nwg

26th January 2009, 21:37

Just below the "Input" field there is a blue "feature" text that is underlined. Click on that one and you are all set. Thats the location of the old button.

Ok thanks. I think the button is better as I never saw that underlined and as a link.

mikelebron

27th January 2009, 23:15

Question, why does the CPU utilization for the GUI process almost equal the eac3to process? Isnt eac3to performing all the heavy lifting?

Greif

27th January 2009, 23:28

I think it's a focus thing, since the GUI is in the foreground, it gets the CPU's attention. I can set the priority of both the GUI and the eac3to process.

MaFL

30th January 2009, 15:25

Hi Greif,

could you please add support for:

DTS-ES 7: DTS-ES, German, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48khz

DTS Hi-Res
4: DTS Hi-Res, German, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 3018kbps, 48khz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48khz)

These can only be converted to AC3. No DTS option available

Would it be possibly to preload the default extensions for audio like for video? User configurable would be a dream ;)
Because mostly everyone converts always to his standard settings.
e.g. for me it would be: THD always to FLAC.

Also it would be nice to have the language in the filename for audio & subtitles.
#FEATURE_#STREAM_LANGUAGE_subtitle/audio.extension
#FEATURE_#STREAM_subtitle/audio_LANGUAGE.extension

Thanks for this tool!

Matt

Greif

30th January 2009, 16:26

@MaFL

Sure thing. I will make the changes to those audio stream types.

I like the idea of having default extract settings. I will add to the list of things to do.

Sorry, I haven't release anything lately, I've been busy. I will try to get something out this weekend.

mikelebron

2nd February 2009, 01:14

Let me ask you why does the HdBr process have more threads and utilize more CPU then eac3to? I also noticed that on my quad core, one of my cores goes to 100% and all other cores hover around 8 - 10%. Is HdBr optimized for multiple cores?

Greif

2nd February 2009, 06:14

I would say no... it is not optimized for multiple cores. Currently, the BackgroundWorker class is being used to farm out to eac3to. I'm sure it could be optimized a bit better by using the Thread class and doing some plumbing work yourself, but I'm not really in the mood to do it.

I can see if I can clean things up a bit more.

~bT~

2nd February 2009, 13:43

FEATURE REQ:

set (default)/remember last output folder.
remember last source folder.

and you know the rest as i pm'd u :)

spida_singh

2nd February 2009, 14:26

eac3to 3.06 adds mkv options, is this a feature you could reflect in your tool? Would be great, madshi did state it's not fully complete yet, so, maybe it could come later? Cheers :D

Greif

2nd February 2009, 17:45

Yep, I'm working on single-file(s) feature selection... it's coming... slowly but surely.

Greif

5th February 2009, 04:14

I know I said I would have something out, but I'm working on some bugs and the latest release of eac3to introduced some exciting features (MKV input anyone??) :D

kurt

5th February 2009, 06:58

yeah, mkv input is a great thing :)

fourbigkids

5th February 2009, 22:43

Hi Greif and others.

Been using ToNmt with some success but having a problem with a group of HD-DVDs with TrueHD and giving this GUI a work out. I am a little new at this and very definitely not a sophisticated user of eac3to, tsmuxer, transcoders etc.

I want to extract HD video and the TrueHD track from these movies without degrading the quality. I intend storing them on a NAS and playing them back using a PCH A110. I have been using ToNmt to convert my HD-DVDs to .ts files - those that I convert successfully work fine. So I'd be happy to stick with that format.

I have been selecting the 1080p video file - which is usually VC1 so I leave it as VC1 as I don't have specific need for mkv. I select the True HD audio track and select for THD+AC3, because I understand that the PCH needs interleaved AC3 to playback the TrueHD. The result is two files, one video and one audio.

Is this all I need to do with this GUI in order to produce the main movie and TrueHD? If so, what next What do I do with them now? Is there a simple to use, reliable program to make these files into a .ts or something similar that I can use with my PCH? I thought tsmuxer might be it but I can only get it to pick up the video file (although, at the time I was testing I had left the video on the default setting and it was an mkv file).

Would appreciate some simple instructions on how to proceed or a pointer to where I might be able to find out.

Thanks.

Regards,

Allan

Greif

5th February 2009, 23:29

@fourbigkids:

The web page for the PCH A110 says it supports MKV. I would mux everything into an MKV, but I know others like the TS container.

Using the GUI, extract the video to VC1/H264/MKV and the audio to whatever format you want, then mux everything into an MKV using something like MeGUI (a la mkvmerge). Test it out on a movie and see if it works for you.

Sorry I can't comment on ToNmt cuz I've never used it and I don't use the TS container either - strictly MKV for me :D

setarip_old

5th February 2009, 23:39

@fourbigkids

Hi!

I'm not personally familiar with "ToNmt". It sounds like it may be useful to me.

Does it convert HD-DVD files ONLY to .ts, or is it also capable of saving as .m2ts?

ron spencer

6th February 2009, 00:13

TnNMT

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=1786

fourbigkids

6th February 2009, 01:08

fourbigkids

6th February 2009, 01:10

@fourbigkids

Hi!

I'm not personally familiar with "ToNmt". It sounds like it may be useful to me.

Does it convert HD-DVD files ONLY to .ts, or is it also capable of saving as .m2ts?

Yes, m2ts also. dburckh is a very helpful sort - I see ron spencer has posted a link.

Regards,

Allan

fourbigkids

6th February 2009, 07:49

@fourbigkids:

......

Using the GUI, extract the video to VC1/H264/MKV and the audio to whatever format you want, then mux everything into an MKV using something like MeGUI (a la mkvmerge). Test it out on a movie and see if it works for you.

......

Hi Grief, OK, possibly stupid question, I can get mkvmerge to open the video file but it doesn't want to know about the .thd+ac3 audio track when I try to open it in the Input window. It doesn't seem to be supported. Is there another program that I could use to mux these files (preferably not tsmuxer which seems to have a bug when it comes to TrueHD)?

Regards,

Allan

ACrowley

6th February 2009, 10:04

I noticed that this gui encodes FLAC in 2pass mode via eac3to ?

Greif

6th February 2009, 13:44

@Acrowly: the GUI is a front-end to eac3to...

@fourbigkids: I think you can just rename the thd+ac3 track to thd. See if that works for mkvmerge

As an aside, try to keep the posts in this thread related to the GUI. If you need assistance with something, search, PM, or open up another thread.

saint-francis

6th February 2009, 13:45

Hi Grief, OK, possibly stupid question, I can get mkvmerge to open the video file but it doesn't want to know about the .thd+ac3 audio track when I try to open it in the Input window. It doesn't seem to be supported. Is there another program that I could use to mux these files (preferably not tsmuxer which seems to have a bug when it comes to TrueHD)?

Regards,

Allan

Just change the format to something that mkvmerge likes. If you don't care about size and want to 100% retain the quality of the audio try transcoding to FLAC. Does the PCH like FLAC?

fourbigkids

6th February 2009, 22:59

@fourbigkids: I think you can just rename the thd+ac3 track to thd. See if that works for mkvmerge

As an aside, try to keep the posts in this thread related to the GUI. If you need assistance with something, search, PM, or open up another thread.

Thanks Greif, St Francis, and apologies for the distraction. Regards, Allan

hxall

17th February 2009, 22:45

Greif,

Great tool, thanks for your hard work, how's mkv input coming along?

fourbigkids,

Once you have extracted the video and audio files mux them back into .ts or .m2ts using tsMuxer, search doom and you'll find it, have been using this tool and eac3to to convert lossless True-HD into DTS to play on my A-100, using this process and works perfectly...

Greif

17th February 2009, 23:39

Sorry, it's still a work in progress. I underestimated the amount of "real work" I have on my plate. I'm pretty busy as of late.

I will do my best to get a release out ASAP. Please be patient.

Greif

3rd March 2009, 22:57

Status update - Just got back from vacation and am super busy with work for the next week or so. I will have time to work on this later next week.

sorry.

hxall

4th March 2009, 01:36

Status update - Just got back from vacation and am super busy with work for the next week or so. I will have time to work on this later next week.

sorry.
no worries friend, the price is right, so no complaints

yours is the only front end I use with eac3to as the other GUI registers as a virus with McAfee, would be great if it could work directly with m2ts and mkv's...

kurt

5th March 2009, 17:40

no worries friend, the price is right, would be great if it could work directly with m2ts and mkv's...
yeah - this would be great. as long with an option to load multiple m2ts files (like in seamless branching BDs or from selfrecorded HD cameras) :)

Greif

5th March 2009, 18:53

yep, it's coming

~bT~

6th March 2009, 02:12

yep, it's coming

waiting... this is imo, the 'best' gui i have used for eac3to. so simple. thanks again Greif!

Kurtnoise

6th March 2009, 11:58

yep, it's coming
you may look at the MeGUI's code (http://megui.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/megui/megui/trunk/packages/tools/hdbdextractor/) too (to avoid some wasting time ;))...

this would be great. as long with an option to load multiple m2ts files (like in seamless branching BDs or from selfrecorded HD cameras)
the megui current build (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143508) is able to do that...:)

Greif

6th March 2009, 12:54

I saw that. Thanks for putting it in.

When I finally have some time, I'll review the code in the trunk.

laserfan

6th March 2009, 15:35

waiting... this is imo, the 'best' gui i have used for eac3to. so simple. thanks again Greif!It is very, very nice, but you'll find it's missing some (pretty basic) features still--I don't want to gripe about it but wish instead to encourage the author to add some of the things mentioned in this thread the last month (or two?). :)

Greif

7th March 2009, 02:03

anyone want to be a beta tester for me?

~bT~

7th March 2009, 03:53

^ pm me mate.

Greif

7th March 2009, 04:59

Thanks. I'll msg you.

tebasuna51

7th March 2009, 13:06

anyone want to be a beta tester for me?

I can do tests over audio and mkv support.

hxall

13th March 2009, 00:36

Greif,

any news on a new release? thread getting a bit stale...

Greif

13th March 2009, 06:36

the tool is in MeGUI now. different source though. I have the EXE version. I *promise* to have something out this weekend.

Greif

16th March 2009, 14:01

I'm setting up a google code project with the latest stable release in the trunk and my current version in a branch. It should be up in the next couple of hours...

Greif

16th March 2009, 15:03

A google code project has been created. It is located at: http://code.google.com/p/hdbrstreamextractor/

You can view (http://code.google.com/p/hdbrstreamextractor/source/browse/) the source and download one of the two available releases:
1) HD-DVD/Blue-Ray Stream Extractor 0.5 (http://hdbrstreamextractor.googlecode.com/files/HdBrStreamExtractor_0.5.zip) - this is the release that has been available since January
2) HD-DVD/Blue-Ray Stream Extractor SVN (http://hdbrstreamextractor.googlecode.com/files/HdBrStreamExtractor_svn.zip) - this is the current code, not 100% stable but more features are available

Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Sharc

17th March 2009, 19:00

SVN: When opening a folder and clicking Feature(s) I am always getting a <System.NullReferenceException> error.
Very convenient GUI btw., thanks.

Greif

17th March 2009, 19:50

I just uploaded a new SVN build. Give that a try.