BD Rebuilder Beta - Bug Reports Only

[Shuttle99]

It shows x264 running on 4 cores and bouncing between 93 100% its been running now for about 6 hours and its a 35 gig file so it should be done at most in the next hour. No errors coming back in BD RB so I think it's fine and I will let it run another hour or so. I also refreshed the workfiles folder and the MKV file went from around 5 gig to 6 gig on the update.

It finished just fine.

Now testing on another with multiple files and it has stopped again at 22% on pass two of the third file. Seems to be random.

[steelfatboy]

Just running 29.01 and it's progress bar stopped at 50% but appears that it's still running according to the CPU. Is there anyway to tell the progress if it the progress bar stops.

I am experiencing the same thing encoding Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

The movie is still encoding, it is just the progress bar that has stopped.

[steelfatboy]

Have you seen a message in the log that says "GUI issue, no hWnd returned"? If not, then it isn't that the progress bar isn't updating, it means it just happens to be going slow right now and if you give it some time it will update.



Oops, that message is not in the log, so it must just be going slow.

[bassnut]

I can confirm this as well ...... I have been stuck at 68.6% now for a bit but all 4 processors are lit. X264 is running and no message in the log.

http://209.91.177.82/Images/pic.jpg

[Shuttle99]

It's not slow it stops. I am running another movie now with multiple files and it randomly stops on them and starts again when it starts the next file in line.

[jdobbs]

It's not slow it stops. I am running another movie now with multiple files and it randomly stops on them and starts again when it starts the next file in line. All I can say is that if you don't get the message, BD-RB is getting the window handle. I guess there's always the possibility that X264 is frozen -- but I doubt it.

You didn't answer my question -- did you get the GUI error message?

[Shuttle99]

Sorry there was no error messages. The bar stopped 22% of pass 2 and started again at the end when the audio and video are being put together and it's writing the folder. BD Rb is working fine and not hanging nor is X264 it's only the progress bar that stops updating.

[bassnut]

Well it might be just slow as JD has stated. Movie (Hellboy 2)finished completely without any errors or messages. I did notice at the begining with quicker encode for extras that the gooy was not updating, it just seemed like it went from 0% to 2.5% ...... but then the files could just have been too small to require an update and BDRebuilder did it at the end though I have never seen this befor ver 29.01.

Windows Vista 64 Bit

[Shuttle99]

When it stops updating nothing updates speed, ETA,FPS, frames it all stops and never resumes. The first time it stopped was on a movie with a single file to process it only started again when it started to write the final folder. Then the next one it did it on had multiple files to process and when it sops on a file it only resumes when it starts the next file but then it will hang again. The program continues just fine so it's more cosmetic and has no affect in the end you just have no idea how its coming along.

Windows Vista x64 here.

[Sophocles]

Sorry there was no error messages. The bar stopped 22% of pass 2 and started again at the end when the audio and video are being put together and it's writing the folder.

I experienced what I thought was a reencode issue on the second pass that seemed to do something similar. It appeared as though nothing was going on, the meter simply wasn't moving. I avoided the temptation to restart BD RB, and I'm glad I did, because a short time later the reencode finished and everything played back perfectly. Since the entire process finished in 3 hours and 43 minutes with two pass (Eagle Eye) and that's about average for a standard 105 to 120 minute movies I can't say why that happened.BTW, it was on Windows 7 64 bit.

[MILLZY]

I wonder i somebody could please help me out.I am trying windows 7 on one of my pc`s and i am not comfortable editing the registry for the problems with vc-1.I have tried the tweaks but can not seem to get them to work.I am looking for the one-click batch file that turbojet came up with(thanks) but the link is dead.Any help please..........:confused:Thinking of going back to xp64

[jdobbs]

I experienced what I thought was a reencode issue on the second pass that seemed to do something similar. It appeared as though nothing was going on, the meter simply wasn't moving. I avoided the temptation to restart BD RB, and I'm glad I did, because a short time later the reencode finished and everything played back perfectly. Since the entire process finished in 3 hours and 43 minutes with two pass (Eagle Eye) and that's about average for a standard 105 to 120 minute movies I can't say why that happened.BTW, it was on Windows 7 64 bit. Was that also on v0.29.1? Did you get any kind of error message in the log?

[jdobbs]

Sorry there was no error messages. The bar stopped 22% of pass 2 and started again at the end when the audio and video are being put together and it's writing the folder. BD Rb is working fine and not hanging nor is X264 it's only the progress bar that stops updating. That's just really weird. I wonder if this is something related to the latest X264 updates? If you get to 22% it means it had to have had the window handle to show the status to that point... all that BD-RB does after that is check the window caption for updates a few times a second. The 22% was on the "Current Progress" bar, right (not "Overall Progress")?

[Groucho2004]

That's just really weird. I wonder if this is something related to the latest X264 updates? If you get to 22% it means it had to have had the window handle to show the status to that point... all that BD-RB does after that is check the window caption for updates a few times a second. The 22% was on the "Current Progress" bar, right (not "Overall Progress")?

Hi jdobbs,

I sent you a PM about this problem.

[Shuttle99]

I remember in one of the post there was a line you could add to bdrebuilder.ini that opened a dos window and you could see the progress there can you tell me the line to again and I can add it and run another and watch what happens beween BD rb and the dos open window.

Yes the 22% was on the current progress the overall was over 50% but nothing was updating.

[Capsbackup]

i remember in one of the post there was a line you could add to bdrebuilder.ini that opened a dos window and you could see the progress there can you tell me the line to again and i can add it and run another and watch what happens beween bd rb and the dos open window.

Yes the 22% was on the current progress the overall was over 50% but nothing was updating.

show_encoder=1

[Sophocles]

Was that also on v0.29.1? Did you get any kind of error message in the log?

Sorry should have posted that it was on the previous version. Was this an issue that was recently fixed?

[meatwad]

Just running 29.01 and it's progress bar stopped at 50% but appears that it's still running according to the CPU. Is there anyway to tell the progress if it the progress bar stops.


I found that if CoreAVC 1.9.5 is your default H264 decoder you'll experience symptoms like these. Check and see if CoreAVC is doing the decoding instead of FFDshow. I've experienced lock-ups of other running programs when this happens as well. It might possibly be due to having CUDA acceleration enabled, but I never did any further troubleshooting once I found out what was causing it on my system.

[writersblock29]

Windows XP X64 here. I can confirm that the progress bars aren't reporting back in real time; it's sporatic at best. Some streams, both bars read fine... then it'll hit a spot where both bars appear to freeze. Task manager still reports the CPU's being taxed. Framerate and frames encoded information also freezes.

I did Bee Movie last night, and when I noticed the behavior, I left it alone all night. The result was a completed project when I checked it this morning: And both bars showed 100% completion. I'm working on Braveheart, Disk One now, and six hours into it, it's showing an overall progress of .18% with no activity on the current progress bar. I'm betting that leaving it alone will result in completion, but point being, the progress bars aren't reporting accurately here, either.

To my recollection, earlier versions worked fine--but I won't swear to that, since I usually start projects in the evening, and ignore the computer until I wake up the following day. That, and I've been using Windows 7 RC right up until two days ago, when I re-installed XP X64. So I really hate to report anything on any platform that's A) Not yet supported, B) Itself, still in beta, and C) different than the environment I'm using now and noticing strange behavior on.

[Edit] A half an hour from posting this, I checked BDRB again out of curriousity. 54% overall, 13% current, with framerate info and encoded frames info going strong. So it jumped from .18% to 54% in a half an hour.

Also, this is using FFdshow as the decoder.

[meatwad]

Windows XP X64 here. I can confirm that the progress bars aren't reporting back in real time; it's sporatic at best. Some streams, both bars read fine... then it'll hit a spot where both bars appear to freeze. Task manager still reports the CPU's being taxed. Framerate and frames encoded information also freezes.

I did Bee Movie last night, and when I noticed the behavior, I left it alone all night. The result was a completed project when I checked it this morning: And both bars showed 100% completion. I'm working on Braveheart, Disk One now, and six hours into it, it's showing an overall progress of .18% with no activity on the current progress bar. I'm betting that leaving it alone will result in completion, but point being, the progress bars aren't reporting accurately here, either.

To my recollection, earlier versions worked fine--but I won't swear to that, since I usually start projects in the evening, and ignore the computer until I wake up the following day. That, and I've been using Windows 7 RC right up until two days ago, when I re-installed XP X64. So I really hate to report anything on any platform that's A) Not yet supported, B) Itself, still in beta, and C) different than the environment I'm using now and noticing strange behavior on.

[Edit] A half an hour from posting this, I checked BDRB again out of curriousity. 54% overall, 13% current, with framerate info and encoded frames info going strong. So it jumped from .18% to 54% in a half an hour.

Also, this is using FFdshow as the decoder.

So it's not CoreAVC? I've done two movies with 0.29.01 and haven't experienced this yet (using Windows 7 X86). Anyway, I'm sure J. Dobbs will get to the bottom of this for those that are experiencing this issue.

[writersblock29]

@Meatwad

At least in my case, no, it's not CoreAVC. I do own it, but haven't used or even installed it on this system. The projects do complete if left alone--and to keep checking back on a project that's "frozen," you'll sometimes see that it's frozen at a different spot than it was before. The disk I'm running now, Braveheart Disk One, went from locked up to running fine (it's chewing on the main feature now)... but I doubt the process of doing the work was interupted at all when the progress bars weren't operational. Bee Movie, last night, didn't seem to take any longer than a normal project. My daughter's watching it right now on our HTPC, and it's working fine.

[jdobbs]

@Meatwad

At least in my case, no, it's not CoreAVC. I do own it, but haven't used or even installed it on this system. The projects do complete if left alone--and to keep checking back on a project that's "frozen," you'll sometimes see that it's frozen at a different spot than it was before. The disk I'm running now, Braveheart Disk One, went from locked up to running fine (it's chewing on the main feature now)... but I doubt the process of doing the work was interupted at all when the progress bars weren't operational. Bee Movie, last night, didn't seem to take any longer than a normal project. My daughter's watching it right now on our HTPC, and it's working fine.Just brainstorming... have you changed the default priority?

[writersblock29]

Just brainstorming... have you changed the default priority?

No. When I was using Windows 7, I had to in order to get BDRB to work on it, but I've reinstalled Windows XP X64 two days ago. When installing FFdshow, I pretty much left everything to defaults other than enabling Mpeg2 and using the MT codec for H264.

[jdobbs]

Sorry should have posted that it was on the previous version. Was this an issue that was recently fixed? Yes. In v0.29.1 I rewrote the routine that collects the window's handle so it uses EnumWindows()...

This is a new issue completely. Now it never fails to collect the handle (or there would be an error report in the log) -- but for some reason it's not getting updates from the X264 window's caption at some point during the encode.

It's working 100% for me on Windows Vista.

[Capsbackup]

Yes. In v0.29.1 I rewrote the routine that collects the window's handle so it uses EnumWindows()...

This is a new issue completely. Now it never fails to collect the handle (or there would be an error report in the log) -- but for some reason it's not getting updates from the X264 window's caption at some point during the encode.

It's working 100% for me on Windows Vista.

Just to confirm, its working fine for me too, with XP Pro 32bit.
Both BD-RB's and x264's display are advancing/progressing congruently together, both on screen or when minimized.

[prospeed]

Same reported issue regarding progress bar updating..
x264.exe running fine. About 2.25hrs into job.

Pass 1/2 - Speed:0.0x - ETA: 00:00:00 - FPS:0.00
Frames: 000000 / 000000

[PurpleMan]

jdobbs,

I have reported this issue before, but never got a reply.

When doing titles that have seamless branching (disney titles, for instance), or in my case - Gladiator (original disc this time), in which the main movie is split across like 50 different m2ts's, the BD25 backup (complete backup) often shows a slight pause during playback in parts where there's a file-change.

For example, in Gladiator theatrical cut, PowerDVD7 completely hangs at the scene-change (and file-change) at around 1 hour 34 minutes, while PowerDVD9 shows a slight pause (less than 1 second) then resume playing.

This *might* be a powerdvd issue, but then again - it might not be.

You have any idea why this would/should happen?

[PurpleMan]

Also, another question.

I noticed that secondary audio (dd+) is usually mapped to track 6656 on original m2ts's (I suppose this signifies that it's a secondary audio stream), but on the bd25 backup, they are mapped to 435x (like primary audio tracks).

Is this on purpose?

[DK]

Concerning the "freezing issue" when jumping a chapter forward or backward I had problems with "Swing Vote" and 28.04 but I do NOT have this problem with 29.01 - at least not after re-doing Swing Vote.

Attached you may find log, inf, index.bdmv and movieobject.bdmv of both conversions in case it may be useful.

Thanx for all the effort!

[BZeeme]

BD Rebuilder v0.29.01 (beta)

This is the 1st version that properly did a movie-only backup of CJ7!
With other versions the backup would play until I jumped to a different chapter - then the video would turn to garbage (audio and subtitles were fine).

[jdobbs]

Also, another question.

I noticed that secondary audio (dd+) is usually mapped to track 6656 on original m2ts's (I suppose this signifies that it's a secondary audio stream), but on the bd25 backup, they are mapped to 435x (like primary audio tracks).

Is this on purpose?Not on purpose -- but the only way TSMUXER will do it. It plays back correctly...

[jdobbs]

jdobbs,

I have reported this issue before, but never got a reply.

When doing titles that have seamless branching (disney titles, for instance), or in my case - Gladiator (original disc this time), in which the main movie is split across like 50 different m2ts's, the BD25 backup (complete backup) often shows a slight pause during playback in parts where there's a file-change.

For example, in Gladiator theatrical cut, PowerDVD7 completely hangs at the scene-change (and file-change) at around 1 hour 34 minutes, while PowerDVD9 shows a slight pause (less than 1 second) then resume playing.

This *might* be a powerdvd issue, but then again - it might not be.

You have any idea why this would/should happen?Definitely a PowerDVD issue IMHO... it doesn't seem to be buffering enough to account for the delay associated with switching to a new file.

[drmih]

Not on purpose -- but the only way TSMUXER will do it. It plays back correctly...

Has there been any further developments on the other types of Secondary Audio (PiP) as that seems to be on the majority of discs?

[PurpleMan]

Definitely a PowerDVD issue IMHO... it doesn't seem to be buffering enough to account for the delay associated with switching to a new file.

Well, considering I'm playing it from a mounted ISO file, I'd reckon it doesn't take my HD a complete second to read another file.

Mentioning again that on PowerDVD7 it hangs altogether (doesn't resume playing even after many seconds).

[jdobbs]

Well, considering I'm playing it from a mounted ISO file, I'd reckon it doesn't take my HD a complete second to read another file.

Mentioning again that on PowerDVD7 it hangs altogether (doesn't resume playing even after many seconds). C'mon. I'm not going to argue about it... no other reports and PowerDVD only? Seems straightforward to me. Threre's really nothing I can do about bugs in PowerDVD.

[jdobbs]

Has there been any further developments on the other types of Secondary Audio (PiP) as that seems to be on the majority of discs? Not yet. The only way I can think of to support it is to demux and remux myself... and thats no small task.

[PurpleMan]

C'mon. I'm not going to argue about it... no other reports and PowerDVD only? Seems straightforward to me. Threre's really nothing I can do about bugs in PowerDVD.

I'm not arguing, I'm contemplating the idea. We're on the same side here :).

I just figured that if this was a PowerDVD issue, it would have been apparent on the original disc too, wouldn't it?

Since it's not, it should indicate that something is different on the backup up disc. Unless my logic is wrong here.

[Capsbackup]

I use PowerDVD 7.3, and my full movie backup to BD-25 has an ever so slight hesitation with Gladiator at 1:34:04, no freezing, and continues playing. However, when I play it back on my Sony BX1, it is hardly noticeable, but reminds me of a slight pause that is sometimes associated with a layer change when watching a DVD DL movie.
To me, this is extremely hard to detect, and if you blink, you would miss it. The original does seem to avoid this at this same location. This is not a concern to me though.

[jdobbs]

I've just updated the link on the first post of this thread with a new version of BD-RB (v0.29.02). The changes for this release are:- Made changes to the code for collecting the hWnd
of X264 and updating progress. It appears that
X264 can have more than one top level hWnd that
is associated with its process id, causing BD-RB
to sometimes look for status in the wrong place.
- Corrected an issue in which stopping an encode in
ABR mode, and then resuming in 2 pass could cause
BD-RB to fail (no .STATS file).
- Updated the Movie-Only playlist selection dialog
so it accurately displays chapters (rather than
marks). Also corrected the chapter output to the
.META file in the same way. This should prevent
meta files with too many chapters.
- Updated X264 version to the latest release (r1151)
- Other minor corrections and cosmetic fixes.

[daberti]

I've just updated the link on the first post of this thread with a new version of BD-RB (v0.29.02). The changes for this release are:- Made changes to the code for collecting the hWnd
of X264 and updating progress. It appears that
X264 can have more than one top level hWnd that
is associated with its process id, causing BD-RB
to sometimes look for status in the wrong place.
- Corrected an issue in which stopping an encode in
ABR mode, and then resuming in 2 pass could cause
BD-RB to fail (no .STATS file).
- Updated the Movie-Only playlist selection dialog
so it accurately displays chapters (rather than
marks). Also corrected the chapter output to the
.META file in the same way. This should prevent
meta files with too many chapters.
- Updated X264 version to the latest release (r1151)
- Other minor corrections and cosmetic fixes.

Just asking, but when will it be fixed the subtitles' error when encoding in 720p?

TIA

[jdobbs]

Just asking, but when will it be fixed the subtitles' error when encoding in 720p?

TIACan you give me a title for which it fails? The ones I've tested work fine.

[worknstiff]

:thanks: JDobbs for President! No Wait JDobbs for Master of the Universe! Besides the frozen status on RBLD 29.01, it still turned out an excellent copy of Watchmen in a high quality (slow) Movie Only BD9 encode that has fixed the FF/Chapter seek problem. It also picked out the correct playlist and not the longer Director's commentary movie, and produced a copy that is identical (on my 50in plazma using my 50+ eyes ) with the original. What more can I say! I think he has produced the holy grail of BD movie backup, the crown for the BD_DVDShrink if you will. I think there is lots of stuff going on with the Full Disk & PNP and java stuff that will be a pain but thats not what I am after. I have had Watchmen lying around with dust accumulating on it and the 3 duds I had previously burned for weeks and can finally put it away.
Thanks-Again JDobbs and soon as Paypal gets my deposit look for another donation for the great program.

[Sharc]

Can you give me a title for which it fails? The ones I've tested work fine.
Some titles work fine, some do not. One I had which did not work was PERFUME: The Story of a Murderer, Region B.
(I could give you more titles if it helps, all are Region B, however).

[PurpleMan]

Just finished doing Batman Begins again (full backup BD25).

Unfortunately, result has major PiP issues.
The problem is two-fold:

1. When you turn on the "in-movie experience" (pip), the secondary video appears even when it's not supposed to (which means I see a black frame in the pip, because there's no video there).

2. Even in parts that it IS supposed to be showing, it seems slight unsynced with when the video frame jumps from one side of the screen to another. I mean, PiP is in lower-right corner and we have this guy talking there. then the frame moves to the lower-left corner and you see the guy there for half a second, then it switches to another scene, as if that half of second was intended for BEFORE the frame moved from one side to the other. (I confirmed this on the original disc, in which it is indeed in sync with the frame-move).

I don't have a standalone player, but both these issues presented themselves in PowerDVD7, PowerDVD9 and TotalMedia Theatre 3. All of which play the original disc correctly with no problem.

[daberti]

Can you give me a title for which it fails? The ones I've tested work fine.

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1305325&postcount=3936

Title is Black Hawk Down (Region B)

[GaPony]

Maybe you Region B guys should send jdobbs your problematic movies... Consider it a sacrifice to science. :)

[stackner]

i have used bdrebuilder a few times now making bd25's all have worked well. however i have tried the original stargate movie to bd25 but it is compressing to 6gbs total. the movie stream is compressing to 2.5gb. im choosing bd25 so why is the final product coming out at 6gb? ive tried many different settings even. have not had this happen with any other movie and ive used all bd versions from 0.25.03 0.29.02

i tried both the latest versions 0.29.01 and 0.29.02 on the disc with same problem.

[setarip_old]

@stackner

Hi!

1) What region is your original, commercial BluRay disc?

2) What software and procedures did you use to eliminate/overcome the copy protection of the original disc?

[allright]

Using BD-Rebuilder v0.29.2

Now I'm getting a lot of these while encoding:
- [07:57:18] GUI issue, no hWnd returned.
- [07:57:18] GUI issue, no hWnd returned.

2-3 every second.

Movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132620/
Region: B.
Used DVDFAB 6.06 to rip.

[Groucho2004]

Using BD-Rebuilder v0.29.2

Now I'm getting a lot of these while encoding:
- [07:57:18] GUI issue, no hWnd returned.
- [07:57:18] GUI issue, no hWnd returned.

2-3 every second.

Movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132620/
Region: B.
Used DVDFAB 6.06 to rip.

Are you using "SHOW_ENCODER=1" in your ini file?