BD Rebuilder Beta - Bug Reports Only

[raul124]

I'm sorry if i'm putting this in the bug report thread.:confused:
Here is my dilemma, i have the Everest 3D movie without the Spanish audio in it and my brother have the non-3D version with the Spanish audio in it, how do get RB-Builder to take the Spanish language from my brother's non-3D disc and put that audio file into my 3D version disc using BD Rebuilder to mix both disc and making a solo 3D movie and burn to R25 disc?
i tried the jdobbs suggestion:

1. Set BD-RB to BD-50 output. That will prevent reencoding.
2. Start the job.
3. When the audio/video extraction is complete, stop the job.
4. In the working folder, replace one of the audio streams with the stream you want to use. Note: The type of audio (ac3, dts, etc) must match the original, and the sample rate must be the same.
5. Continue the job. When it rebuilds it will use your audio.

but it did not work for me! any other way i could accomplish this intervention? thank guys

[jdobbs]

It will work. If it didn't, you did something wrong. Follow the instructions carefully.

[Lathe]

I'm sorry if i'm putting this in the bug report thread.:confused:
Here is my dilemma, i have the Everest 3D movie without the Spanish audio in it and my brother have the non-3D version with the Spanish audio in it, how do get RB-Builder to take the Spanish language from my brother's non-3D disc and put that audio file into my 3D version disc using BD Rebuilder to mix both disc and making a solo 3D movie and burn to R25 disc?
i tried the jdobbs suggestion:

1. Set BD-RB to BD-50 output. That will prevent reencoding.
2. Start the job.
3. When the audio/video extraction is complete, stop the job.
4. In the working folder, replace one of the audio streams with the stream you want to use. Note: The type of audio (ac3, dts, etc) must match the original, and the sample rate must be the same.
5. Continue the job. When it rebuilds it will use your audio.

but it did not work for me! any other way i could accomplish this intervention? thank guys

It COULD be that both audio streams (the Spanish one and the original one on the 3D disc) are not in the same format.

There is one thing you COULD do, which would involve a few more steps, but SHOULD be foolproof (and JD, please do correct me if my suggestion is wrong in any way) go ahead and have BDRB extract the A/V files from the 3D disc. Stop BDRB. Hopefully, you already have the Spanish audio file from the other disc, and it is a DTS or AC3 file. Open the WORKFILES folder. Start TSMuxer. Drag and drop the 3D video file from the WORKFILES folder (should be called "xxxxx".264) into TSMuxer. Then Drag and drop the Spanish audio file from the other disc into TSMuxer. Be sure to add any subtitle files, or additional audio files to TSMuxer that you also want (since I never use 3D, I do not KNOW what the resulting extracted 3D video file looks like; I am just assuming that it looks like a normal .264 file - if not, please correct that for me JD)

Run TSMuxer and choose 'Blu-ray' folder as the output. The resulting BDMV folder SHOULD then have the 3D video file and the Spanish audio file and whatever other files that you have included. At this point, you probably should view the m2ts file within the BDMV folder to make SURE that the A/V is in synch and looks / sounds okay. Now, if you need to compress the movie further, just use your NEW BDMV folder as the NEW source for BDRB and process as usual.

Heh... probably a LOT more steps than you need, but I don't see how you can screw it up :)

I hope that this helps, cheers!

[raul124]

Thanks jdobbs and Lathe will try it again and i'll try your steps Lathe" just where do i pick up TSMuxer to accomplish these steps?

[Lathe]

Thanks jdobbs and Lathe will try it again and i'll try your steps Lathe" just where do i pick up TSMuxer to accomplish these steps?

It's a free program. You can just do a simple search for it. It is easy to find their site!

[jdobbs]

It's also in the BD Rebuilder TOOLS folder.

[Lathe]

it's also in the bd rebuilder tools folder.

DOHHHHHHH! :rolleyes:

[jdobbs]

DOHHHHHHH! :rolleyes:Well, to be fair, the GUI isn't there. You need to download that to make it usable outside the command line.

[Lathe]

Well, to be fair, the GUI isn't there. You need to download that to make it usable outside the command line.

Heh, that's right; I had forgotten that... :D

[meadrocks]

I ran Jurassic World with BD-RB v50.12
mp4 container, 1920x1080, auto-aac, auto-gop, CRF 23
The resulting file was 7.5 Gig.

I ran Throne of Blood, a Criterion B&W movie, same settings, and the file was 10.9 Gig.

These file sizes seem larger than what I typically used to get.

[jdobbs]

I ran Jurassic World with BD-RB v50.12
mp4 container, 1920x1080, auto-aac, auto-gop, CRF 23
The resulting file was 7.5 Gig.

I ran Throne of Blood, a Criterion B&W movie, same settings, and the file was 10.9 Gig.

These file sizes seem larger than what I typically used to get.I think at least part of it is that movie's characteristics. I did "Jurassic World" using a CRF of 23 keeping only the English audio as AAC in an MKV container, and it came out to 5.65 GB. That's quite a bit larger than I usually get. Most movies come in at about 2.5 to 3.5 GB.

[meadrocks]

I run BD-RB stock, no tweaks, I wonder why mine is 2Gig larger than yours?

[jdobbs]

A couple of things could cause that. Are you keeping more than one audio track? What quality setting are you using? For example, the "High Quality" setting at a CRF of 23 (which I use) will use less space than a "Better" quality setting -- and "Better" will use less space than a "Good" quality setting.

[AmigaFuture]

Hmmm, that's right; I seem to remember you saying this before about television episodes particularly. I had forgotten. Appreciate the reminder. It WOULD be interesting to see how an 18 CRF encode would turn out. I didn't realize that they 'Pad' the bit rate so much!

Oh, Yeah....!! Think about it this way...stretching video to be longer, more data used on a DVD or BD, doesn't mean it's better quality because the time is still the same. A better lens to capture more depth makes for more quality as does a script or live event details. Enjoying an episode again and again and getting something from it is much better than the over used bit rate. :) From my experiences and others, but I agree with JD, do as you desire.

[meadrocks]

A couple of things could cause that. Are you keeping more than one audio track? What quality setting are you using? For example, the "High Quality" setting at a CRF of 23 (which I use) will use less space than a "Better" quality setting -- and "Better" will use less space than a "Good" quality setting.

I had Automatic Quality Settings selected the 1st time. Today I explicitly selected High Quality(default). The resulting file came out to 5.9Gig, 2 Gig smaller. Would a lower setting (Better, fast) have been used since Automatic Quality Settings was selected the 1st time, resulting in the larger file size?

[jdobbs]

Hmm... I'll have to check the code. But I believe it uses whatever setting you have selected. Automatic quality is based on the selected target size, which really shouldn't apply to CRF based ALTERNATE output. I may need to fix that if it is the case.

[RoyGBiv-inRI]

I just did a clean re-install of Win10. I installed AVISynth followed by the FFDSHOW and MASTROKA splitters followed by LAV filters. I am trying to do a quick-play back up of a TV show on BD. It imports the files fine, but when I try to edit them and right click to preview the item, MPC opens and about 30 seconds later I get an error "cannot render file." FFDSHOW will sometimes give an error message stating it cannot find ff-mpeg.dll. That file is in the FFDSHOW folder. If I close the edit box and re open it, now when I right click to preview, nothing will happen. Closing and opening BD Rebuilder makes no difference. I have uninstalled and reinstalled all the files (I believe in the correct order) and have set up FFDSHOW as indicated on the first page of this thread.

Any ideas what I'm stupidly doing wrong? It was working fine before I had to do this re install of Win10.

Thanks.

SMK

[gonca]

If you are using LAVfilters you don't need FFDSHOW or MASTROKA
Did you run BR_RB as admin the first time

[RoyGBiv-inRI]

I did run BDR as an administrator, but the first time I did it, it told me it was "adjusting" the settings, and the second time after removing and reinstalling everything it did not. I don't know if this means anything.

I think I will try it again with either LAV or FFDSHOW and Mastroka to see what happens.

SMK

[supergirl73]

hi, I wanted to know if the latest version is compatible with windows 10 pro 64bit.Thanks

[Ch3vr0n]

sure it is.

[sieve]

I wiped HDD with Win * and installed Win 10. I reinstalled BD rebuilder and all the regular accompanying programs. I set all the settings like I had them before. I think.... The strange problem I have now is that the program hangs when starting the second pass encode. It sits there with zero of zero frames processed. At the same time, H.264 continues to put an incredible load on the CPU (it maxes it out to 100% load), yet no encoding is apparently done. If left alone for quite a while, I will get Failed video encode, aborted. Could someone please help me diagnose this problem? Is there a log or file I can attach?
Thanks!

[jdobbs]

Post the contents of BD-REBUILDER.LOG (it's a text file and is in the working folder). Also post the contents of BDREBUILDER.INI (also a text file, found in the folder where BD Rebuilder is installed).

Did you follow the procedures in the first post of this thread during install?

It's really odd that the first pass would run correctly, and the second fail. They pretty much follow the same procedures.

[sieve]

Post the contents of BD-REBUILDER.LOG (it's a text file and is in the working folder). Also post the contents of BDREBUILDER.INI (also a text file, found in the folder where BD Rebuilder is installed).

Attached

Did you follow the procedures in the first post of this thread during install?

I assume so. I've installed and updated the program many times.

It's really odd that the first pass would run correctly, and the second fail. They pretty much follow the same procedures.

That's what I thought. I've never had it happen before.

[jdobbs]

The log is empty except for running a couple of INSPECTs. I need to see the log that exists immediately after the job has failed.I assume so. I've installed and updated the program many times.If you have to "assume" you did -- I have to assume you didn't. You either follow the instructions (exactly as listed) or you don't. Please read the first post of this thread for details.

I looked at the INI file, and it doesn't look like there are any unusual settings.

Is your system overclocked, by any chance?

[sieve]

The log is empty except for running a couple of INSPECTs. I need to see the log that exists immediately after the job has failed.

Sorry... posted wrong log file. Correct one attached.

If you have to "assume" you did -- I have to assume you didn't. You either follow the instructions (exactly as listed) or you don't. Please read the first post of this thread for details.

When I did the reinstall, I followed the directions exactly.

I looked at the INI file, and it doesn't look like there are any unusual settings. Is your system overclocked, by any chance?

No. In fact, it has been running slowly.

[raul124]

Does anybody knows what's going on with Web site?? It's been down the 2nd day.

[Chuckwagon]

Does anybody knows what's going on with Web site?? It's been down the 2nd day.

"Due to recent regulatory requirements we have had to cease all activities relating to SlySoft Inc.
We wish to thank our loyal customers/clients for their patronage over the years. "

Hmmm, that's a bite. :(

[jdobbs]

Interesting. When did that happen?

Sad, though, that the disc manufacturers dug their own grave -- regulating and protecting themselves out of business -- to be replaced by streaming video. This is just one more example of their attempts to take "ownership" away from those who buy their products. I give them 5-10 years before they become the "buggy whip makers" of video.

[Chuckwagon]

I'm not sure when the site first went down, a couple days I think. There are discussions about it on the myce and slysoft forums. (The slysoft site is down, but the forum seems to still be up.) There was one post by Slyfox1 that said "No, worries, all will be sorted." I wonder if they are working on some alternate means of distro.

I agree, the stupid choice of using technology to attempt to stop the inevitable rather than to find ways to encourage consumption was a bad idea. The easiest way to solve their "problem" would have been to make the products more appealing, and price them at a level where they'd sell. Instead they wasted millions on useless schemes. All the while, more visionary individuals began shaping the future with other offerings. Look at all the original content now available for streaming. I personally like having discs, but I won't be surprised if they dwindle and die off over time.

[Lathe]

... what else is new...? :)

BTW, a big 'WOW' about Slysoft!

Anyway, what is confusing me (currently) is that as I had mentioned before, I very easily backed up the episodes that I wanted from STAR TREK: TNG. I just had AnyDVD running in the background, opened the Blu-ray in a 'new window' and simply chose the clearly distinct (and numbered) episodes and copied those to my HDD.

Okay, great!

Now... I am trying to back up my STAR TREK: TOS Blu-rays. With THESE though, I DO wish to keep the entire discs intact. So, this time instead of just running AnyDVD in the background and selecting certain episodes, I thought, well I will just simply copy the entire disc to my HDD and then use BDRB to back up the entire disc (I'm gonna try simply reducing the DL Blu-ray of about 40 Gigs to a single layer Blu-ray of 23.xx Gigs. I know, I know... I probably can compress them a LOT more like you all said, but even this is really pushing it for an A/Vphile me :) ) I have BDRB set like I do when I have to do (what I think) is heavy compression for a Blu-ray - 'High', 2 pass)

Sounds simple, right...? Well... I'm looking at this resulting folder that AnyDVD created, and instead of 4 or 5 nice, simple 8.xx Gig episodes, there are like 182 m2ts files! WTH...??! And I'm watching as BDRB is encoding the disc, and it is doing each little piece at a time. Well, okay... BUT... I'm looking at the stats as it is encoding, and all these little pieces (5000 frames, 4000 frames, etc) are being encoded at bit rates of like 1,400 and 1,500. What...?! I scanned back through the log (it is now at about 76 files done out of 88) and I cannot see ONE file that was done at what you would expect the bit rate to be for a normal episode.

I don't THINK that there are THAT many Xtras on the disc (76 Xtras...???) How can they all possibly be encoded at this rate? Are NONE of these pieces parts of the main episodes? Now, I DO have it set for 'faster encoding of the xtras', but now I am really starting to worry about what the heck is going on? I don't know if I have expressed this very clearly, but does this make any sense to anyone?

I think what is REALLY throwing me is the STARK difference between what the discs looked like between the two different series.

[Lathe]

Hopefully, not to be annoying to anyone, but I took a little snapshot of the log as BDRB is processing the disc. Here is what it looks like:


----------------------
[02/23/16] BD Rebuilder v0.50.12
[20:45:12] Source: STAR_TREK_S1D1
- Input BD size: 42.12 GB
- Approximate total content: [04:19:12.452]
- Target BD size: 22.95 GB
- Windows Version: 6.2 [9200]
- Quality: High Quality (Default), Two Pass
- X264 Tweak(s) enabled
- Decoding/Frame serving: X264/LAVF
- Audio Settings: AC3=0 DTS=0 HD=1 Kbs=640
[20:45:21] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [20:45:21] Processing: VID_00097 (1 of 88)


Now, I jumped more to the end...


- [21:01:17] Processing: VID_00015 (41 of 88)
- [21:29:57] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00121]
- [21:30:02] Reencoding video [VID_00121]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 1,548 frames
- Bitrate: 3,102 Kbs
- [21:30:02] Reencoding: VID_00121, Pass 1 of 2
- [21:30:38] Reencoding: VID_00121, Pass 2 of 2
- [21:32:06] Video Encode complete
- [21:32:06] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [21:32:06] Multiplexing M2TS
- [21:32:10] Processing: VID_00039 (62 of 88)
- [21:32:10] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00039]
- [21:32:15] Reencoding video [VID_00039]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 1,737 frames
- Bitrate: 3,214 Kbs
- [21:32:15] Reencoding: VID_00039, Pass 1 of 2
- [21:33:01] Reencoding: VID_00039, Pass 2 of 2
- [21:35:40] Video Encode complete
- [21:35:40] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [21:35:40] Multiplexing M2TS
- [21:35:44] Processing: VID_00040 (63 of 88)
- [21:35:44] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00040]
- [21:35:48] Reencoding video [VID_00040]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 1,737 frames
- Bitrate: 3,219 Kbs
- [21:35:48] Reencoding: VID_00040, Pass 1 of 2
- [21:36:34] Reencoding: VID_00040, Pass 2 of 2
- [21:38:48] Video Encode complete
- [21:38:48] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [21:38:48] Multiplexing M2TS
- [21:38:52] Processing: VID_00073 (64 of 88)
- [21:38:52] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00073]
- [21:38:56] Reencoding video [VID_00073]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 1,820 frames
- Bitrate: 3,378 Kbs
- [21:38:57] Reencoding: VID_00073, Pass 1 of 2
- [21:39:45] Reencoding: VID_00073, Pass 2 of 2
- [21:42:11] Video Encode complete
- [21:42:11] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [21:42:11] Multiplexing M2TS
- [21:42:15] Processing: VID_00021 (65 of 88)
- [21:42:15] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00021]
- [21:42:20] Reencoding video [VID_00021]
- [21:42:20] Reencoding secondary video [TRK_02]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 2,533 frames
- Bitrate: 1,430 Kbs
- [21:42:27] Reencoding: VID_00021, Pass 1 of 2
- [21:43:36] Reencoding: VID_00021, Pass 2 of 2
- [21:46:03] Video Encode complete
- [21:46:03] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 6656 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [21:46:03] Multiplexing M2TS
- [21:46:07] Processing: VID_00192 (66 of 88)
- [21:46:07] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00192]
- [21:46:12] Reencoding video [VID_00192]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 29.970fps, 3,837 frames
- Bitrate: 1,530 Kbs
- [21:46:12] Reencoding: VID_00192, Pass 1 of 2
- [21:47:34] Reencoding: VID_00192, Pass 2 of 2
- [21:51:24] Video Encode complete
- [21:51:24] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (deu): Keeping original audio
- [21:51:24] Multiplexing M2TS
- [21:51:28] Processing: VID_00194 (67 of 88)
- [21:51:28] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00194]
- [21:51:33] Reencoding video [VID_00194]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 29.970fps, 3,837 frames
- Bitrate: 1,489 Kbs
- [21:51:33] Reencoding: VID_00194, Pass 1 of 2
- [21:53:06] Reencoding: VID_00194, Pass 2 of 2
- [21:56:56] Video Encode complete
- [21:56:56] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (spa): Keeping original audio
- [21:56:56] Multiplexing M2TS
- [21:57:00] Processing: VID_00195 (68 of 88)
- [21:57:00] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00195]
- [21:57:05] Reencoding video [VID_00195]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 29.970fps, 3,837 frames
- Bitrate: 1,501 Kbs
- [21:57:06] Reencoding: VID_00195, Pass 1 of 2
- [21:58:31] Reencoding: VID_00195, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:02:29] Video Encode complete
- [22:02:29] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (fra): Keeping original audio
- [22:02:29] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:02:33] Processing: VID_00193 (69 of 88)
- [22:02:33] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00193]
- [22:02:38] Reencoding video [VID_00193]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 29.970fps, 3,837 frames
- Bitrate: 1,488 Kbs
- [22:02:38] Reencoding: VID_00193, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:04:07] Reencoding: VID_00193, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:07:51] Video Encode complete
- [22:07:51] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [22:07:52] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:07:55] Processing: VID_00196 (70 of 88)
- [22:07:56] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00196]
- [22:08:01] Reencoding video [VID_00196]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 29.970fps, 3,837 frames
- Bitrate: 1,509 Kbs
- [22:08:01] Reencoding: VID_00196, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:09:23] Reencoding: VID_00196, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:13:08] Video Encode complete
- [22:13:08] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (ita): Keeping original audio
- [22:13:08] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:13:12] Processing: VID_00168 (71 of 88)
- [22:13:12] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00168]
- [22:13:17] Reencoding video [VID_00168]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 3,073 frames
- Bitrate: 1,670 Kbs
- [22:13:17] Reencoding: VID_00168, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:14:25] Reencoding: VID_00168, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:17:26] Video Encode complete
- [22:17:26] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (jpn): Keeping original audio
- [22:17:26] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:17:30] Processing: VID_00009 (72 of 88)
- [22:17:30] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00009]
- [22:17:36] Reencoding video [VID_00009]
- [22:17:36] Reencoding secondary video [TRK_02]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 3,560 frames
- Bitrate: 1,215 Kbs
- [22:17:46] Reencoding: VID_00009, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:19:08] Reencoding: VID_00009, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:22:17] Video Encode complete
- [22:22:17] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 6656 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [22:22:18] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:22:22] Processing: VID_00044 (73 of 88)
- [22:22:22] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00044]
- [22:22:28] Reencoding video [VID_00044]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 4,636 frames
- Bitrate: 1,629 Kbs
- [22:22:28] Reencoding: VID_00044, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:24:08] Reencoding: VID_00044, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:28:38] Video Encode complete
- [22:28:38] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [22:28:38] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:28:42] Processing: VID_00038 (74 of 88)
- [22:28:42] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00038]
- [22:28:48] Reencoding video [VID_00038]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 5,008 frames
- Bitrate: 1,612 Kbs
- [22:28:48] Reencoding: VID_00038, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:30:36] Reencoding: VID_00038, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:35:33] Video Encode complete
- [22:35:33] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [22:35:33] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:35:37] Processing: VID_00059 (75 of 88)
- [22:35:37] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00059]
- [22:35:44] Reencoding video [VID_00059]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 5,976 frames
- Bitrate: 1,674 Kbs
- [22:35:44] Reencoding: VID_00059, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:38:00] Reencoding: VID_00059, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:44:18] Video Encode complete
- [22:44:18] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [22:44:18] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:44:23] Processing: VID_00062 (76 of 88)
- [22:44:23] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00062]
- [22:44:30] Reencoding video [VID_00062]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 6,459 frames
- Bitrate: 1,680 Kbs
- [22:44:30] Reencoding: VID_00062, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:46:54] Reencoding: VID_00062, Pass 2 of 2
- [22:53:33] Video Encode complete
- [22:53:33] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [22:53:33] Multiplexing M2TS
- [22:53:37] Processing: VID_00041 (77 of 88)
- [22:53:37] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00041]
- [22:53:45] Reencoding video [VID_00041]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 7,547 frames
- Bitrate: 1,659 Kbs
- [22:53:45] Reencoding: VID_00041, Pass 1 of 2
- [22:56:36] Reencoding: VID_00041, Pass 2 of 2
- [23:04:36] Video Encode complete
- [23:04:36] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [23:04:36] Multiplexing M2TS
- [23:04:40] Processing: VID_00104 (78 of 88)
- [23:04:40] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00104]
- [23:04:48] Reencoding video [VID_00104]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 7,651 frames
- Bitrate: 1,351 Kbs
- [23:04:48] Reencoding: VID_00104, Pass 1 of 2
- [23:07:41] Reencoding: VID_00104, Pass 2 of 2
- [23:15:15] Video Encode complete
- [23:15:15] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- Track 4353 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [23:15:15] Multiplexing M2TS
- [23:15:19] Processing: VID_00125 (79 of 88)
- [23:15:19] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00125]
- [23:15:27] Reencoding video [VID_00125]
- Source Video: VC-1, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 8,080 frames
- Bitrate: 1,747 Kbs

And so on...

I GUESS it magically puts all this together somehow, but what seems odd is the consistent bitrate of each piece being only about 1,500-1,700...???

[jdobbs]

Why not import the discs? That way BD-RB will combine the individual segments. The reason there are so many small parts is so the new CGI segments can be alternately used.

The bitrate used is what is required to fit on the target.

[Mark_Venture]

Interesting. When did that happen?

Sad, though, that the disc manufacturers dug their own grave -- regulating and protecting themselves out of business -- to be replaced by streaming video. This is just one more example of their attempts to take "ownership" away from those who buy their products. I give them 5-10 years before they become the "buggy whip makers" of video.AnyDVD HD worked for me yesterday, didn't work today...

So I'm not sure the timing. but yeah, this stinks.

[Ch3vr0n]

It happened sometime early yesterday, presumedly due to aacs-la pressure. Which pretty much leaves the monkey as the only good decrypter. And that's the ONLY thing i'll use it for. My processing will still be BDRB / CloneBD

[jdobbs]

AnyDVD HD worked for me yesterday, didn't work today...

So I'm not sure the timing. but yeah, this stinks.I just inserted a disc as a test, and it seems to be working for me. It's not a recent disc (a couple of months old) -- but it seems to be reading it fine.

[Starfiresg1]

It'll continue to work for discs for which the needed decryption key is included in the local database file - looking up a key to an unknown disc online won't work however. So probably mostly new released discs will be affected.

[Mark_Venture]

I just inserted a disc as a test, and it seems to be working for me. It's not a recent disc (a couple of months old) -- but it seems to be reading it fine.
does it keep track of the decryption as you use it?

i.e. I tried with a new disc yesterday (good dinosaur which worked) and another new one (fantastic 4 which didn't) today. I haven't tried with one I've ripped before.

I installed and I'm trying DVDFab Passkey (got free license when they were giving them away months ago)... I'll see how that goes. If I get a chance I'll re-enable AnyDVDHD and try a disc I ripped before.

[jdobbs]

There's always MAKEMKV and PassKey, I guess. I really feel bad for someone who bought a lifetime license for AnyDVD last week.

All software dies... it's just a matter of when (slightly edited line stolen from Paul Newman in "Hombre" -- just before he killed Richard Boone and got shot himself).

The bad thing is that the companies who make these discs (for which you paid good money) can limit you from playing it however you want (like adding it to your own streaming server for easy access). How is that right? Oh well... if you believe life is fair you're living in a fantasy anyway.

There's always the option of just not buying discs anymore -- and going 100% streaming. It would serve them right to be forced out of business for lack of sales.

[raul124]

It'll continue to work for discs for which the needed decryption key is included in the local database file - looking up a key to an unknown disc online won't work however. So probably mostly new released discs will be affected.

I agree it will affect the new disc coming into marked. I have a life time key that i bought around 10 years ago..is there any other descriptive software for future movies releases??

[Ch3vr0n]

the main alternative to Anydvd is (argh i hate to say that name), DVDFAB.

[kufo]

the main alternative to Anydvd is (argh i hate to say that name), DVDFAB.
You´re rigt! It´s only good for ripping :p I did some testig with it´s shrink-function and received horrible results.:angry:
Perhaps there´s a new animal in near future instead of the monkey :cool:

[Ch3vr0n]

There is, Bert the Beaver from Elby's CloneBD :). Rip 1:1 with DVDFab (that's what i'll do), and use BDRB and/or CloneBD :)

[raul124]

There is, Bert the Beaver from Elby's CloneBD :). Rip 1:1 with DVDFab (that's what i'll do), and use BDRB and/or CloneBD :)
It's coming along and that's great, but it will not descrypt!

[jdobbs]

the main alternative to Anydvd is (argh i hate to say that name), DVDFAB.There's also MAKEMKV, which is still free while it's in beta. In addition to creating MKV files, it can also copy/decrypt a BD or DVD disc to a hard drive.

[Lathe]

Why not import the discs? That way BD-RB will combine the individual segments. The reason there are so many small parts is so the new CGI segments can be alternately used.

The bitrate used is what is required to fit on the target.

Oh yeah... I had forgotten that they had set it up to display either the original effects or the new Remastered ones. That probably is why, how odd looking though.

'Import the disc'...??? What do you mean? Don't you just simply take the full decrypted BDMV folder on your HDD and load it into BDRB as the 'Source'?

I thought the only thing you import are single media files or groups of BDMVs or DVDs to create a menu'd disc...

I almost NEVER do whole disc backups, so I'm not familiar with what you mean.

What do you mean 'Import the disc'...?

*** EDIT

Well, since I couldn't make heads or tails of the 182 M2ts files in the new BDMV folder that BDRB made, I just went ahead and burned it to disc so that I could check it out. The good news is that it looked AWESOME and the menu and stuff all seemed to work just fine.

Like I said, I almost NEVER do full disc backups, so I am not used to seeing all this 'Stuff' in the resulting BDMV folder. Normally what I almost always do with films, is if the full Blu-ray is on a single layer disc, then sure, I 'll just simply back that up. If the film file itself can fit onto a single layer Blu-ray, then I'll do that. Or, if the movie file is pretty large, I will do a 'Movie Only' deal with BDRB and set the levels accordingly. Or, if I AM doing series episodes, I will normally do what I did with TNG. I will simply choose full episodes and use BDRB to make a menu to put them all on one disc.

But, doing this full disc backup with TOS, I don't know WHAT the hell I'm seeing in both the processing and the resultant folder, but when burned it appears to look just fine. Just kind of blowing my mind at all the parts inside the BDMV I guess...

[Lathe]

There's also MAKEMKV, which is still free while it's in beta. In addition to creating MKV files, it can also copy/decrypt a BD or DVD disc to a hard drive.

Yep, AFAIK that is probably the easiest and best available...

[jdobbs]

Oh yeah... I had forgotten that they had set it up to display either the original effects or the new Remastered ones. That probably is why, how odd looking though.

'Import the disc'...??? What do you mean? Don't you just simply take the full decrypted BDMV folder on your HDD and load it into BDRB as the 'Source'?

I thought the only thing you import are single media files or groups of BDMVs or DVDs to create a menu'd disc...

I almost NEVER do whole disc backups, so I'm not familiar with what you mean.

What do you mean 'Import the disc'...?You select IMPORT and then BD IMPORT from the file menu. Then BD-RB will re-author the disc into a new structure. In the process, all the individual episodes will be converted from multi-part sources into one M2TS per playlist. You can also put several BDs together into a single folder -- and the import will combine them. It will even find the original background video/audio and use it for the new menu on most discs. This feature also really comes in handy when you want to convert a bunch of episodes into MKVs or MP4s that are spread across multiple discs. You can import them, then in a few clicks all the episodes are added to the batch queue and reencoded.

BD Rebuilder has a lot of features that you can't find anywhere else. I guess what it needs more than anything else is a user manual. I've always hoped someone else would write one -- because I'm too lazy. Programmers tend to hate documentation... and I'm no exception. There's an old saying: "The job's not over until the paperwork is complete."

[Lathe]

You select IMPORT and then BD IMPORT from the file menu. Then BD-RB will re-author the disc into a new structure. In the process, all the individual episodes will be converted from multi-part sources into one M2TS per playlist. You can also put several BDs together into a single folder -- and the import will combine them.

BD Rebuilder has a lot of features that you can't find anywhere else. I guess what it needs more than anything else is a manual. I've always hoped someone else would write one -- because I'm too lazy.

OHHHHHH, I think I see now! So, in other words, what I've already been doing with separate episodes, each with it's own m2ts file where I go ahead and use TSMuxer and create the separate BDMV folders that I then import these 'Blu-rays' into BDRB, where BDRB then combines them with the 'Import' function, is ALSO what you are saying that it will do INTUITIVELY with all these myriads of pieces that reside on the original disc! I had no idea it would do that. Ah... so it uses the PLAYLISTS to organize the resulting disc into some semblance or order then.

So, instead of importing the episode BDMVs into BDRB as 'Multiple BDs', in this case then are you saying just import the SINGLE, ripped BDMV folder that AnyDVD creates on my HDD, and then BDRB will do the rest...?

Most interesting! (and helpful! if I actually have this right now... :) )

[jdobbs]

Yep. That's it. Except, of course, that AnyDVD doesn't create it on your hard drive... BD Rebuilder does.