BD Rebuilder Beta - Bug Reports Only

[e143slime8]

Another movie I've run into that will not play once burned onto 25G BD-r is Red Cliff parts 1 or 2. Neither movie, once burned onto media, will not play beyond the surface menu. Plays extras but will not play the movie, gets hung up with black screen and then freezes.

This makes Wizard of Oz, Bourne Supremacy series (all 3 of the burns) and now Red Cliff parts 1 and 2. Not sure what the common thread between these movies are. Burns are all full backups, no fancy editing. Latest SlySoft used in each case.

Attempting to play on Panasonic BD60. Only thing I haven't tried is playing these on a different player.

Again, I've so far, seen no response to my posts so any help here would be appreciated. In all cases, there were no burn error messages showing either.

TIA

Jdobbs, thanks for your response elsewhere.

Am finally doing housecleaning and have tested my accumulated pile of burned, backed up to 25G Bd-r Optiplex media. Add to the list of "won't play on my Panny beyond the introduction screens", the Matrix series. So far, backed up Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolution, same results. Have not yet tried "The Matrix" itself, fearing the same results. It, for now, remains on my computer waiting a burn.

I know that if I put these to 50G media, the burn will work.

Will continue to pursue and take this batch of unplayable discs to another player to see if it's a Panny problem.

slimer8

:thanks:

[colinhunt]

First test on v0.33.02 and something odd happened. Inspect gives "OK" for everything; no tweaks except custom size for BD-25. BD-RB running on a non-overclocked Vista 64-bit Ultimate.

Source is multiepisode anime BD50, with English and Japanese TrueHD audio and English subs.
1) Chose Movie Only
2) Chose Other Movie Only output and ticked the box for 1080p MKV.
3) To encode a single episode only, I then selected Alternate Movie Only, and chose first of the displayed playlists (00031 - 00:23:22 - 4 chapters)
4) Deselected English TrueHD.
5) Clicked Backup.

Once A/V streams were extracted, BD-RB tried to encode audio. A DOS window was kept open in the background for approx. 15 minutes for the Dolby Digital encode @ 640kbps. Progress was at 0% the whole time, but the value for "q" kept changing slightly every couple of seconds. Suddenly the DOS window disappeared (while still showing progress at 0%) and BD-RB reported it's Multiplexing M2TS. Then it reported Phase One complete and tried to enter Phase Two - Rebuild. Here's the log which shows what happened:

- Input BD size: 4,64 GB
- Approximate total content: [00:23:22.025]
- Target BD size: 23,49 GB
- Windows Version: 6.0 [6002]
- MOVIE-ONLY/ALTERNATE OUTPUT mode enabled
- One Pass ABR Mode enabled
- Audio Settings: AC3=0 DTS=0 HD=1 Kbs=640
[22:26:10] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [22:26:10] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00038]
- [22:28:28] Reencoding: VID_00038 (1 of 1)
- [22:28:28] Collecting video information
- [22:28:28] Keeping original video (no reencode)
- [22:28:28] Reencoding audio tracks (if req'd)
- [22:42:20] Multiplexing M2TS
[22:42:20]PHASE ONE complete
[22:42:20]PHASE TWO - Rebuild Started
- [22:42:20] Rebuilding stream 00038 [1 of 1]
- [22:42:20] Building ALTERNATE OUTPUT Structure
- ERROR in attempt to mux (MKVMERGE)
[22:43:47] - Failed to REBUILD

BD-RB seems to get a bit confused with all these demands made on it.

[setarip_old]

@jdobbs - Added some control code to prevent certain options from creating non-compliant streams.
- Updated the included version of X264.EXE to the latest release (r1510).

Does this mean that "HD-DVD Compliant" is now (once again) compliant, despite the X264.exe version change?

[Capsbackup]

@jdobbs;
I updated to the new recommended ffdshow you listed on the first page, even though all was working fine for me for all movie types, but to try and get my setup to agree with your inspect tool.
Inspect tool shows:
- Windows Version: 5.1 [2600]
- AVISYNTH Version: 2.5.8.0, not recommended version
- HAALI Splitter: Ok
- FFDSHOW: 3326, Ok
- FFDSHOW VC-1 set incorrectly: [0]
- FFDSHOW MPEG2 set incorrectly: [5]
- FFDSHOW AVC set to "libavcodec": Ok
- BD Rebuilder v0.33.0.2, Ok
- X264: Ok
- AFTEN: Ok
- FAAC: Ok
- MP4BOX: Ok
- WAVI: Ok
- TSMUXER: Ok
Since I am using XP Pro and have WMP11 installed, why does VC-1 say "set incorrectly: [0]", and what should the setting be? Do you now want VC-1 set differently if using WMP11? :confused:
What setting do you want for ffdshow for mpeg2, since I receive - "FFDSHOW MPEG2 set incorrectly: [5]"? Libmpeg2 has been my setting and has always worked, but what is your preference?
Since Avisynth 2.5.8.0 has been out for quite some time and not failed me yet, is there a reason you do not recommend it? Any testing on your part to include it in the recommended list?
I would like my setup to best match yours, so if any bugs develop, it will not be because of the setup. ;)

EDIT:
OK, I changed FFDSHOW MPEG2 to libavcodec and it now says Ok.

[worknstiff]

Pardon me for this question but I would like to know if there is a max encoding bitrate limit. I have just started a encode with almost 4hrs and BD_RBLD says bitrate is 3683 kbs. Am I pushing into blockyness territory? Has anyone been able to quantify what the minimun bitrate is for best picture quality? Is it affected by how many action scenes the movie contains or is there just a magic number to shoot for. Sorry to interupt but would like too know before I waste my time only to find out I maybe need to trim an episode or two from the disk I'm working on. thanks Jdobbs for the great program, it's is working for me (movie only) 100% of the time.

PS: just wanted to throw in that Toy Story 2 has some kind of glitch that causes the 1:32 minute runtime to change too 1:38 after BD_RBLDR puts the 23 part mpls back together while doing a Movie Only rebuild. I tried this with Clown_BD also with the same results, but the movie plays fine and ends at the 1:32 mark even though the time says 1:38. It has no problems with audio sync or skipping. Seeya, worknstiff

[jdobbs]

@jdobbs

Does this mean that "HD-DVD Compliant" is now (once again) compliant, despite the X264.exe version change? Not sure....

[jdobbs]

@jdobbs;
I updated to the new recommended ffdshow you listed on the first page, even though all was working fine for me for all movie types, but to try and get my setup to agree with your inspect tool.
Inspect tool shows:
- Windows Version: 5.1 [2600]
- AVISYNTH Version: 2.5.8.0, not recommended version
- HAALI Splitter: Ok
- FFDSHOW: 3326, Ok
- FFDSHOW VC-1 set incorrectly: [0]
- FFDSHOW MPEG2 set incorrectly: [5]
- FFDSHOW AVC set to "libavcodec": Ok
- BD Rebuilder v0.33.0.2, Ok
- X264: Ok
- AFTEN: Ok
- FAAC: Ok
- MP4BOX: Ok
- WAVI: Ok
- TSMUXER: Ok
Since I am using XP Pro and have WMP11 installed, why does VC-1 say "set incorrectly: [0]", and what should the setting be? Do you now want VC-1 set differently if using WMP11? :confused:
What setting do you want for ffdshow for mpeg2, since I receive - "FFDSHOW MPEG2 set incorrectly: [5]"? Libmpeg2 has been my setting and has always worked, but what is your preference?
Since Avisynth 2.5.8.0 has been out for quite some time and not failed me yet, is there a reason you do not recommend it? Any testing on your part to include it in the recommended list?
I would like my setup to best match yours, so if any bugs develop, it will not be because of the setup. ;)

EDIT:
OK, I changed FFDSHOW MPEG2 to libavcodec and it now says Ok.libmpeg2 should be ok too. I'll have to change the code to acknowledge that.

[jdobbs]

Once A/V streams were extracted, BD-RB tried to encode audio. A DOS window was kept open in the background for approx. 15 minutes for the Dolby Digital encode @ 640kbps. Progress was at 0% the whole time, but the value for "q" kept changing slightly every couple of seconds. Suddenly the DOS window disappeared (while still showing progress at 0%) and BD-RB reported it's Multiplexing M2TS. The percentage complete during encode staying at 0% is normal. I'm not sure why it does that -- but it is encoding ok, so you should ignore it.

Are you sure you didn't stop the audio encode somehow? That would result in exactly the error you received.

[colinhunt]

Are you sure you didn't stop the audio encode somehow? That would result in exactly the error you received.
Yup, I'm sure. I tried to run the encode a couple of times, with exact same results.

[jdobbs]

Yup, I'm sure. I tried to run the encode a couple of times, with exact same results. I just tested it following your steps on one of my "Firefly" discs. It worked fine on that one. What disc are you attempting to backup? I noticed also that you said you chose the episode in 00031, but the encode was of 00038...

[colinhunt]

I just tested it following your steps on one of my "Firefly" discs. It worked fine on that one. What disc are you attempting to backup? I noticed also that you said you chose the episode in 00031, but the encode was of 00038...
Samurai Champloo (US). I must've gotten mixed up with playlist numbers when re-trying the encode. That means the issue was not limited to one particular playlist item. I'll do some further debugging by trying the same encode on another PC, one not running Vista.

update: Ran the same encode on a Win XP Pro SP3 32-bit. Same result, unfortunately:

[14:55:19] BD Rebuilder v0.33.02 (beta)
- Source: BD_SAMURAICHAMPLOO_D1
- Input BD size: 4,64 GB
- Approximate total content: [00:23:22.025]
- Target BD size: 22,66 GB
- Windows Version: 5.1 [2600]
- MOVIE-ONLY/ALTERNATE OUTPUT mode enabled
- One Pass ABR Mode enabled
- Audio Settings: AC3=0 DTS=0 HD=1 Kbs=640
[14:55:19] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [14:55:19] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00038]
- [14:57:34] Reencoding: VID_00038 (1 of 1)
- [14:57:34] Collecting video information
- [14:57:34] Keeping original video (no reencode)
- [14:57:34] Reencoding audio tracks (if req'd)
- [15:09:49] Multiplexing M2TS
[15:09:49]PHASE ONE complete
[15:09:49]PHASE TWO - Rebuild Started
- [15:09:49] Rebuilding stream 00038 [1 of 1]
- [15:09:49] Building ALTERNATE OUTPUT Structure
- ERROR in attempt to mux (MKVMERGE)
[15:12:07] - Failed to REBUILD

And just in case it helps any, here's the job .INF:

[Status]
LABEL=BD_SAMURAICHAMPLOO_D1
VERSION=v0.33.02 (beta)
SOURCE_SIZE=4978784256
SOURCE_VIDEO_SIZE=4978784256
TARGET_SIZE=24326963200
REDUCTION=4.88612519626317
RESIZE_1080=0
AUDIO_TO_KEEP=jpn;
SUBS_TO_KEEP=all
BACKUP_MODE=1
MOVIEONLY_TYPE=5
QUICK=0
ENCODE_STEP=0
COMPLETED=1
REBUILD_COMPLETE=0
[00038]
USE_ORIGINAL=1
AUDIO=01
PGS=
M2TS_TARGET=24326963200
NSIZE=0
FLINK=-1
MLINK=0

WORKFILES folder contains two .264 files with identical size (3 594 012 KB), and two .ac3 files, with 1KB difference in size (371 284 KB and 371 285 KB), along with the usual .meta and .avs files.

[steveg32]

I can tell you that I've done "The Wizard of Oz" in both movie-only and full backup with no issues on my Sony standalone.

@e143slime8
I've also done "The Wizard of Oz" in full backup with no issues on my Pioneer BDP-120 standalone.

[DaMacFunkin]

Ran into a problem, been a long time since i had one, The Title Is Dr Parnasus Region B, i think the problem file(s) are AVC 1080i@25fps, audio is stereo ac3, there is a large one of these files (nearly 2 gig) later in the files list so doing a minimum file encode isnt an option, here is the Log:
[15:43:34] BD Rebuilder v0.33.02 (beta)
- Source: DOCTOR_PARNASSUS
- Input BD size: 42.09 GB
- Approximate total content: [03:00:51.680]
- Target BD size: 22.66 GB
- Windows Version: 6.0 [6002]
- One Pass ABR Mode enabled
- Audio Settings: AC3=0 DTS=0 HD=1 Kbs=448
[15:43:37] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [15:43:37] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00000]
- [15:43:40] Reencoding: VID_00000 (1 of 16)
- [15:43:40] Collecting video information
- Source Video: MPEG-4 (AVC), 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 725 frames
- Bitrate: 9,327 Kbs
- [15:43:40] Reencoding: VID_00000, Pass 1 of 1
- [15:44:33] Video Encode complete
- [15:44:33] Reencoding audio tracks (if req'd)
- [15:44:33] Multiplexing M2TS
- [15:44:35] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00022]
- Error in attempt to extract audio/subs.
- Not enought buffer for parse video stream. Current frame num 0
[15:44:35] - Failed to retrieve audio, aborted

Here is my ini:

[Options]
RESIZE=0
MODE=0
TARGET_SIZE=23200
AUDIO_TO_KEEP=eng;
SUBS_TO_KEEP=all
SD_CONVERT=0
COLOR_BOOST=0
RESIZE_1080=0
DTS_REENCODE=0
AC3_REENCODE=0
AC3_640=0
KEEP_HD_AUDIO=1
AVCHD=0
REMOVE_WORKFILES=0
AUDIO_TRACK_LIMIT=0
SUBTITLE_TRACK_LIMIT=0
CUSTOM_TARGET_SIZE=23450
QUICK_EXTRAS=1
FULL_AVCHD=0
ENCODE_QUALITY=0
ONEPASS_ENCODING=2
AUTO_QUALITY=1
[Paths]
SOURCE_PATH=D:\DOCTOR PARNASUS BD\DOCTOR PARNASSUS\
WORKING_PATH=E:\DR P\

any help much appreciated.

[Reveal]

-----------------------
[19:08:04] BD Rebuilder v0.33.02 (beta)
- Source: ORPHAN
- Input BD size: 22,76 GB
- Approximate total content: [02:02:55.993]
- Target BD size: 7,72 GB
- Windows Version: 6.1 [7600]
- MOVIE-ONLY mode enabled
- RESIZE 1080p to 720p enabled
- Audio Settings: AC3=1 DTS=1 HD=0 Kbs=640
[19:08:05] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [19:08:05] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00001]
- Error in attempt to extract audio/subs.
- 30.5% complete
[19:24:36] - Failed to retrieve audio,
-------------------------------------------------------
[Options]
MODE=1
ENCODE_QUALITY=2
AUTO_QUALITY=1
TARGET_SIZE=7910
QUICK_EXTRAS=0
AUTO_BURN=2
AUDIO_TO_KEEP=eng;
SUBS_TO_KEEP=all
SD_CONVERT=0
COLOR_BOOST=0
RESIZE_1080=1
DTS_REENCODE=1
AC3_REENCODE=1
AC3_640=1
KEEP_HD_AUDIO=0
AVCHD=0
REMOVE_WORKFILES=0
FULL_AVCHD=0
AUDIO_TRACK_LIMIT=1
SUBTITLE_TRACK_LIMIT=0
CUSTOM_TARGET_SIZE=23450
[Paths]
SOURCE_PATH=D:\ORPHAN.2009.720P.AC3.DVD9-REVEAL\ORPHAN\
WORKING_PATH=C:\USERS\XXXXXXXX\DESKTOP\XXXX\

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3766/errorstd.jpg

[beto21]

Hello I'm trying to reencode the Sherlock Holmes blu-ray (region A) to a BD25, first there's an audio that I cannot select, it says it's DTS-Express, Stereo; I believe that is for the picture in picture track, well I can't select it, and when I select backup anyway, I get this:
[12:15:03] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [12:15:03] Reencoding: VID_00181 (1 of 46)
- [12:15:03] Collecting video information
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 3,485 frames
- [12:15:03] Reencoding: VID_00181, Pass 1 of 1
- Encode failed. Retrying.
- Encode failed. Retrying.
- Reached retry limit. Aborting.
- FFDSHOW Revision: (3299)
[12:15:13] - Failed video encode, aborted

I tried before with an older 'revision' of FFDSHOW and didn't work either, but worked fine with another movie (NewMoon).

Any ideas?

[jdobbs]

-----------------------
[19:08:04] BD Rebuilder v0.33.02 (beta)
- Source: ORPHAN
- Input BD size: 22,76 GB
- Approximate total content: [02:02:55.993]
- Target BD size: 7,72 GB
- Windows Version: 6.1 [7600]
- MOVIE-ONLY mode enabled
- RESIZE 1080p to 720p enabled
- Audio Settings: AC3=1 DTS=1 HD=0 Kbs=640
[19:08:05] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [19:08:05] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00001]
- Error in attempt to extract audio/subs.
- 30.5% complete
[19:24:36] - Failed to retrieve audio,
-------------------------------------------------------
[Options]
MODE=1
ENCODE_QUALITY=2
AUTO_QUALITY=1
TARGET_SIZE=7910
QUICK_EXTRAS=0
AUTO_BURN=2
AUDIO_TO_KEEP=eng;
SUBS_TO_KEEP=all
SD_CONVERT=0
COLOR_BOOST=0
RESIZE_1080=1
DTS_REENCODE=1
AC3_REENCODE=1
AC3_640=1
KEEP_HD_AUDIO=0
AVCHD=0
REMOVE_WORKFILES=0
FULL_AVCHD=0
AUDIO_TRACK_LIMIT=1
SUBTITLE_TRACK_LIMIT=0
CUSTOM_TARGET_SIZE=23450
[Paths]
SOURCE_PATH=D:\ORPHAN.2009.720P.AC3.DVD9-REVEAL\ORPHAN\
WORKING_PATH=C:\USERS\XXXXXXXX\DESKTOP\XXXX\ It looks like you accidentally killed the audio encoding process because the last message wasn't an error, it was a status (30.5% complete).

[jdobbs]

Hello I'm trying to reencode the Sherlock Holmes blu-ray (region A) to a BD25, first there's an audio that I cannot select, it says it's DTS-Express, Stereo; I believe that is for the picture in picture track, well I can't select it, and when I select backup anyway, I get this:
[12:15:03] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [12:15:03] Reencoding: VID_00181 (1 of 46)
- [12:15:03] Collecting video information
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 3,485 frames
- [12:15:03] Reencoding: VID_00181, Pass 1 of 1
- Encode failed. Retrying.
- Encode failed. Retrying.
- Reached retry limit. Aborting.
- FFDSHOW Revision: (3299)
[12:15:13] - Failed video encode, aborted

I tried before with an older 'revision' of FFDSHOW and didn't work either, but worked fine with another movie (NewMoon).

Any ideas? DTS Express isn't supported yet because it cannot be demuxed/muxed by TSMUXER. It is the audio associated with PiP. Please post the entire log so I can also see what version of Windows and BD-RB you are using.

[Kakashi Sensei]

@colinhunt - Did a BD25 encode of all 3 Samurai Champloo Blurays (US) and it came out perfect no issues. I didn't do the BD-5/9.

[colinhunt]

@colinhunt - Did a BD25 encode of all 3 Samurai Champloo Blurays (US) and it came out perfect no issues. I didn't do the BD-5/9.
OK... but I wasn't doing a BD5/9. I was trying to encode a single episode into a 1080p MKV using 0.33.2's new output mode. I'm sure a BD25 of Samurai Champloo would come out just fine... hang on, I did do a full backup of disc 1 to BD25 to see what the result looks like; I was a bit worried about the quality since cramming 270 minutes of 1080p (even if it's anime) onto BD25 didn't sound too good. I saw some weird artefacts in the backgrounds and bitrate dropped quite often below 10mbps. I wasn't happy with the quality.

[TeabagChamp]

Hi, just an aesthetic bug but... I find that if I untic automatic quality settings and tic ultra high quality then when I restart bd-rb there is no option for ultra high quality anymore however the config file still shows it as a 4. I'm running win 7 x64.

[jdobbs]

Hi, just an aesthetic bug but... I find that if I untic automatic quality settings and tic ultra high quality then when I restart bd-rb there is no option for ultra high quality anymore however the config file still shows it as a 4. I'm running win 7 x64. That was a mistake. "Ultra High Quality" was left over from long ago and shouldn't actually ever be visible. The value "QUALITY=4" was meant to only be available via hidden setting.

[beto21]

DTS Express isn't supported yet because it cannot be demuxed/muxed by TSMUXER. It is the audio associated with PiP. Please post the entire log so I can also see what version of Windows and BD-RB you are using.

Thanks, here's the entire log:

[16:38:45] BD Rebuilder v0.33.02 (beta)
- Source: SHERLOCK_HOLMES
- Input BD size: 35.76 GB
- Approximate total content: [03:29:32.100]
- Target BD size: 22.66 GB
- Windows Version: 6.0 [6002]
- One Pass ABR Mode enabled
- Audio Settings: AC3=0 DTS=0 HD=1 Kbs=640
- Resuming from previously started job.
[16:38:47] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [16:38:47] Reencoding: VID_00181 (1 of 46)
- [16:38:47] Collecting video information
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 3,485 frames
- [16:38:47] Reencoding: VID_00181, Pass 1 of 1
- Encode failed. Retrying.
- Encode failed. Retrying.
- Reached retry limit. Aborting.
- FFDSHOW Revision: (3299)
[16:38:54] - Failed video encode, aborted

even if it could reencode the pip track would have no sound right?
thanks

[chudm]

That was a mistake. "Ultra High Quality" was left over from long ago and shouldn't actually ever be visible. The value "QUALITY=4" was meant to only be available via hidden setting.

which one its the default quality setting in previous versions? (high quality or very high)?

[jdobbs]

Thanks, here's the entire log:

[16:38:45] BD Rebuilder v0.33.02 (beta)
- Source: SHERLOCK_HOLMES
- Input BD size: 35.76 GB
- Approximate total content: [03:29:32.100]
- Target BD size: 22.66 GB
- Windows Version: 6.0 [6002]
- One Pass ABR Mode enabled
- Audio Settings: AC3=0 DTS=0 HD=1 Kbs=640
- Resuming from previously started job.
[16:38:47] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [16:38:47] Reencoding: VID_00181 (1 of 46)
- [16:38:47] Collecting video information
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 3,485 frames
- [16:38:47] Reencoding: VID_00181, Pass 1 of 1
- Encode failed. Retrying.
- Encode failed. Retrying.
- Reached retry limit. Aborting.
- FFDSHOW Revision: (3299)
[16:38:54] - Failed video encode, aborted

even if it could reencode the pip track would have no sound right?
thanks Please run the INSPECT.EXE program included in the BD-RB folder and post the results. It appears your configuration isn't correct for VC-1.

[jdobbs]

which one its the default quality setting in previous versions? (high quality or very high)?In the past the default has been "High Quality". But with AUTOMATIC enabled, now it is variable.

[beto21]

Please run the INSPECT.EXE program included in the BD-RB folder and post the results. It appears your configuration isn't correct for VC-1.

Here are the results from Inspect.exe
- Windows Version: 6.0 [6002]
- AVISYNTH Version: 2.5.8.0, not recommended version
- HAALI Splitter: Isn't recommended version
- FFDSHOW: 3299, not recommended version
- FFDSHOW VC-1 set to "wmv9", Ok
- FFDSHOW MPEG2 set incorrectly: [5]
- FFDSHOW AVC set to "libavcodec": Ok
- BD Rebuilder v0.33.0.2, Ok
- X264: Ok
- AFTEN: Ok
- FAAC: Ok
- MP4BOX: Ok
- WAVI: Ok
- TSMUXER: Ok

I guess I should update AVISYNTH, Haali splitter and FFDSHOW
what's the recommended version?
thanks so much:thanks:

[Ch3vr0n]

the recommended versions are the ones linked in the very first post of this topic. The ones that are linked in the installation instructions for BDRB

[Kakashi Sensei]

OK... but I wasn't doing a BD5/9. I was trying to encode a single episode into a 1080p MKV using 0.33.2's new output mode. I'm sure a BD25 of Samurai Champloo would come out just fine... hang on, I did do a full backup of disc 1 to BD25 to see what the result looks like; I was a bit worried about the quality since cramming 270 minutes of 1080p (even if it's anime) onto BD25 didn't sound too good. I saw some weird artefacts in the backgrounds and bitrate dropped quite often below 10mbps. I wasn't happy with the quality.

Samurai Champloo isn't the best source to be referancing though as its a 1080p up-convert not a true 1080p source for animation, I would check your rips if you are getting macro blocking as my encode was identical to the source i had, you may have a bad rip. Didn't think I would see anyone on here with this anime :)

Good luck :)

[beto21]

the recommended versions are the ones linked in the very first post of this topic. The ones that are linked in the installation instructions for BDRB

thanks
I'll check and post results :)

Update: It worked thanks! and excuse my newbism

[deank]

@jdobbs

Does this mean that "HD-DVD Compliant" is now (once again) compliant, despite the X264.exe version change?

Not sure....

No, it won't work with hddvdmux. I asked for some help here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=152127&page=23) and after some investigations all day yesterday it seems it is something easy to fix in hddvdmux.

Dark Shikari suggested a fix (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1388915#post1388915), so I'll try to play with hddvdmux source later (tough thing to do, since the source is a complete mess).

Dean

[Reveal]

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3766/errorstd.jpg

It looks like you accidentally killed the audio encoding process because the last message wasn't an error, it was a status (30.5% complete).

[colinhunt]

Samurai Champloo isn't the best source to be referancing though as its a 1080p up-convert not a true 1080p source for animation
Yeah, I was a bit miffed when I found that out. Luckily it was on sale at Amazon so not an expensive mistake to make.

I would check your rips if you are getting macro blocking as my encode was identical to the source i had, you may have a bad rip.
Spent a few minutes checking the rip, then got fed up and gave up on it. I might return to this with a future version of BD-RB.

[jdobbs]

Here are the results from Inspect.exe
- Windows Version: 6.0 [6002]
- AVISYNTH Version: 2.5.8.0, not recommended version
- HAALI Splitter: Isn't recommended version
- FFDSHOW: 3299, not recommended version
- FFDSHOW VC-1 set to "wmv9", Ok
- FFDSHOW MPEG2 set incorrectly: [5]
- FFDSHOW AVC set to "libavcodec": Ok
- BD Rebuilder v0.33.0.2, Ok
- X264: Ok
- AFTEN: Ok
- FAAC: Ok
- MP4BOX: Ok
- WAVI: Ok
- TSMUXER: Ok

I guess I should update AVISYNTH, Haali splitter and FFDSHOW
what's the recommended version?
thanks so much:thanks: I would update HAALI first, as that seems to be the most common source of issues with VC-1.

[jdobbs]

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3766/errorstd.jpg TSMUXER has an issue resizing some 1080 subtitles to 720p. I'd remove subs one at a time and find our which one is causing the issue.

[DaMacFunkin]

The Title Is Dr Parnasus Region B, i think the problem file(s) are AVC 1080i@25fps, audio is stereo ac3,

- [15:44:35] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00022]
- Error in attempt to extract audio/subs.
- Not enought buffer for parse video stream. Current frame num 0
[15:44:35] - Failed to retrieve audio, aborted


any help much appreciated.

Anyone????

[jdobbs]

Anyone???? That's an error reported by TSMUXER when it attempts to demux. It's been a long time since I saw a report of that one -- but I think the other reports ended up being bad rips.

[happycase]

Is ultra high better than the very high setting or is it really not even worth the time and effort?

[jdobbs]

Is ultra high better than the very high setting or is it really not even worth the time and effort? IMHO it is not worth the time involved, that's why I don't have it as a standard choice.

[kalle2k3]

Added an "Automatic Quality Settings" option to the
"Encoder Settings" menu. When selected, BD-RB will
automatically make quality selections based upon the
type and size of output.

Could you please comment on this regarding BD25 output ? I have manually set custom size to 23900 MB and BD-RB now seems to always choose 1-pass ABR.
Is 1-pass ABR the preferred output choice for BD25 as i have choosen High Quality 2-pass for every encode before (well, that was the default setting..) ? Thanks a lot for your new version. Great prog.

[jdobbs]

Could you please comment on this regarding BD25 output ? I have manually set custom size to 23900 MB and BD-RB now seems to always choose 1-pass ABR.
Is 1-pass ABR the preferred output choice for BD25 as i have choosen High Quality 2-pass for every encode before (well, that was the default setting..) ? Thanks a lot for your new version. Great prog.

That is my recommendation based on the output size -- you can, however, change it by unclicking "Automatic". You'll probably see some tweaking on the automatic settings over the next couple of versions.

[MvB]

Hi Jdobbs,

i get a strange crash of txmuxer.exe that appears at 2.5% with serenity blu ray (uk version).

But the file plays fine in media player classic hc.

here are the logs:

-----------------------
[22:49:24] BD Rebuilder v0.33.02 (beta)
- Source: SERENITY_G51_GLO2
- Input BD size: 31,50 GB
- Approximate total content: [01:59:02.552]
- Target BD size: 4,27 GB
- Windows Version: 6.1 [7600]
- MOVIE-ONLY mode enabled
- RESIZE 1080p to 720p enabled
- Audio Settings: AC3=1 DTS=1 HD=0 Kbs=640
[22:49:25] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [22:49:25] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00333]
- Error in attempt to extract audio/subs.
- 2.5% complete
[22:49:40] - Failed to retrieve audio, aborted

[Status]
LABEL=SERENITY_G51_GLO2
VERSION=v0.33.02 (beta)
SOURCE_SIZE=33824704512
SOURCE_VIDEO_SIZE=33824704512
TARGET_SIZE=4581228544
REDUCTION=.135440312342558
RESIZE_1080=-1
AUDIO_TO_KEEP=eng;
SUBS_TO_KEEP=all
BACKUP_MODE=1
MOVIEONLY_TYPE=0
QUICK=0
[00333]
AUDIO=100000000000
PGS=10000100000000000000000000000000

MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --demux --vbr --vbv-len=500
V_MS/VFW/WVC1, "E:\SERENITY\SERENITY_G51_GLO2\BDMV\STREAM\00333.m2ts", fps=23.976, track=4113
A_DTS, "E:\SERENITY\SERENITY_G51_GLO2\BDMV\STREAM\00333.M2TS", down-to-dts, track=4352, lang=eng, mplsFile=00000
S_HDMV/PGS, "E:\SERENITY\SERENITY_G51_GLO2\BDMV\STREAM\00333.M2TS",bottom-offset=0,font-border=0,text-align=center,video-width=1280,video-height=720,fps=23.976, track=4608,lang=eng, mplsFile=00000
S_HDMV/PGS, "E:\SERENITY\SERENITY_G51_GLO2\BDMV\STREAM\00333.M2TS",bottom-offset=0,font-border=0,text-align=center,video-width=1280,video-height=720,fps=23.976, track=4613,lang=deu, mplsFile=00000

- Windows Version: 6.1 [7600]
- AVISYNTH Version: 2.5.7.0, Ok
- HAALI Splitter: Isn't recommended version
- FFDSHOW: 3326, Ok
- WIN7 preferred AVC CODEC: Ok
- WIN7 preferred VC-1 CODEC: Ok
- WIN7 preferred MPEG2 CODEC: Not Set correctly
- FFDSHOW VC-1 set to "wmv9", Ok
- FFDSHOW MPEG2 set incorrectly: [0]
- FFDSHOW AVC set to "libavcodec": Ok
- BD Rebuilder v0.33.0.2, Ok
- X264: Ok
- AFTEN: Ok
- FAAC: Ok
- MP4BOX: Ok
- WAVI: Ok
- TSMUXER: Ok


edit:
I found out, that the english subtitles are the problem, all other work.
Could there be a problem with subtitles and tsmuxer?
Sorry, i think it has nothing to do with your application.


The version of haali is the one you have for download in the first message of this thread. I hope this is ok.

[jdobbs]

@MvB

The most likely problem is the resizing to 720p. TSMUXER has issues trying to do so with certain subs and crashes in the process. I'd eliminate one sub at a time until I find the one that is causing the problem.

I have this listed in my "things to do" list -- and have already begun the encoding to do the sub resize myself, I just haven't gotten around to finishing it.

As long as you have installed the HAALI from the first post you should be fine. Apparently there is some way in which a new install of HAALI doesn't completely remove the old one and the checksum routine in INSPECT.EXE sees the install as a mismatch. If you completely uninstall HAALI and then clear it's folder followed by a reinstall it should fix it and get an "Ok".

[edit] Whoops, just noticed your edit... we're on the same wavelength. :)

[no.1_dark_knight]

when adding the movie to batch, it removes the english ac3 audio from the first track, which is kept before adding to que, and it keeps the french and spanish track when they should not. seems to work ok when just doing a straight backup. no errors in the log file, using version 0.32.08 and tried 0.33.02. Any other info you need i'll try and help, just thought i would bring this up. Thanks for the awesome program :thanks:

[jdobbs]

when adding the movie to batch, it removes the english ac3 audio from the first track, which is kept before adding to que, and it keeps the french and spanish track when they should not. seems to work ok when just doing a straight backup. no errors in the log file, using version 0.32.08 and tried 0.33.02. Any other info you need i'll try and help, just thought i would bring this up. Thanks for the awesome program :thanks: I'll relook at the way I'm keeping the stream selections in batch. One thing you have to be careful of, though, is that you put your job in the queue as soon as you've completed your settings. The settings in the queue represent a moment in time.

[happycase]

Another quick question:

With movies like The Godfather and Angels and Demons which have occasional subtitles throughout the movie, what is a good way to maintain them in backups or add them back in after the encoding job with BD RB is complete? I tried a backup of Godfather 2 and noticed that none of the foreign speech had subtitles.

[jdobbs]

Another quick question:

With movies like The Godfather and Angels and Demons which have occasional subtitles throughout the movie, what is a good way to maintain them in backups or add them back in after the encoding job with BD RB is complete? I tried a backup of Godfather 2 and noticed that none of the foreign speech had subtitles. You have to do a full backup and make sure you have selected the correct subtitle. I personally just always keep all the subtitles so I don't have to worry about it. If doing movie-only you have to find out which subtitle is the right one, and then right-click on the subtitle in the stream list and select "Turn subtitle ON"

[setarip_old]

@jdobbs

Hi!

In your summary of changes for v.33.02 you list: "Updated the included version of X264.EXE to the
latest release (r1510)"

Is this the same as: "rack04's build" of 1510?

[deank]

To avoid further confusion I'll add that rack04 compiled a build answering to my request (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=152127&page=24)and PM'd me the exe... It is not published for download nor you'll find it anywhere around, but in the threads (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1389305#post1389305) you follow, setarip. It is the regular x264 r1510 but without the ffmpeg/ffms2 + long start-code (just as all older builds).

[setarip_old]

@jdobbs, @deank

In light of how impressive both of your programs are and, still more impressively, how they continue to expand and improve, I (and, I presume the few others who use the two in conjunction as a means of creating HD-DVD videos) am more than happy to continue making the minor adjustments required in order to be able to continue to use them for this limited purpose conversion.

Congratulations to you both for continuing, "To go where no man has gone before" ;>}

[jdobbs]

@jdobbs

Hi!

In your summary of changes for v.33.02 you list: "Updated the included version of X264.EXE to the
latest release (r1510)"

Is this the same as: "rack04's build" of 1510? It is the master build that is located at http://www.x264.nl. The Blu-ray changes and --nal-hrd capability have now been integrated into the master and are no longer required via patch.