BD Rebuilder Beta - Bug Reports Only

[musiclover]

It isn't in the menus. The code is run before you get to the menus.

Can you "repair" it with BDEdit?

[jdobbs]

Yes, if it's standard navigation commands and you know how, but it would be much more difficult with BD-J.

[Pod7381]

What does MediaInfo report about the encoded .m2ts?

What is the size of the .264 in the workfolder?

So I tried backing up Jurassic World 3D again and this time I got the complete movie. Did not change any of my original settings so I am not sure why my 2nd attempt worked. Hopefully, the first failure was just a one-time glitch.
Thanks Sharc for trying to help.

[sieve]

So, AnyDVD stopped working for me as it can't access the online database before ripping. I tried installing Makemkv and ripped the BD to the HD. BDR started its process, but hung at encoding pass 1. It just sat there and didn't process any frames. I uninstalled makemkv and installed passkey. Ripped the BD to the HD. BDR started, but hung again when starting encoding pass 1. I haven't changed any settings in BDR, which did work a few days ago in encoding BD files ripped from AnyDVD. Is there something I need to change in BDR to get it to work with these other rippers?

Update:

I checked in task manager, which indicated that H.264 was running, even though BDR showed no progress in encoding. I drilled down, to the application's properties, and on a whim, ran the compatibility troubleshooter. It recommended a fix. I applied it. Now encoding works fine again.

I'm not sure how x264 suddenly became incompatible, but at least it's working now.

Hopefully, this solution may provide useful to someone who experiences this in the future.

[xterminater]

I'm encountering an issue trying to back up this bluray:
----------------------
[03/06/16] BD Rebuilder v0.50.12
[23:55:00] Source: BLU_RAY_FOLDER
- Input BD size: 45.67 GB
- Approximate total content: [05:08:50.378]
- Target BD size: 22.95 GB
- Windows Version: 6.2 [9200]
- Auto Quality: Good (Very Fast), Two Pass
- Decoding/Frame serving: DirectShow [4-way]
- Audio Settings: AC3=0 DTS=0 HD=1 Kbs=640
[23:55:00] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [23:55:00] Blanking: VID_00010 (1 of 5)
- [23:55:00] Blanking: VID_00012 (2 of 5)
- [23:55:00] Processing: VID_00013 (3 of 5)
- [23:55:00] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00013]
- [00:18:14] Reencoding video [VID_00013]
- Source Video: MPEG-2, 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 29.970fps, 409,690 frames
- Bitrate: 8,759 Kbs
- [00:18:14] Reencoding: VID_00013, Pass 1 of 2
- [05:10:41] Reencoding: VID_00013, Pass 2 of 2
- [09:31:38] Video Encode complete
- [09:31:38] Processing audio tracks
- Track 4352 (eng): Keeping original audio
- [09:31:38] Multiplexing M2TS
- [10:05:45] CorrectEPData() 00006 2008
[13:29:50]PHASE ONE aborted by user request
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[03/07/16] BD Rebuilder v0.50.12
[18:36:26] Source: BLU_RAY_FOLDER
- Input BD size: 45.67 GB
- Approximate total content: [05:08:50.378]
- Target BD size: 22.95 GB
- Windows Version: 6.2 [9200]
- Auto Quality: Good (Very Fast), Two Pass
- Decoding/Frame serving: DirectShow [4-way]
- Audio Settings: AC3=0 DTS=0 HD=1 Kbs=640
- Resuming from previously started job.
[18:36:27] PHASE ONE, Encoding
- [18:36:27] Blanking: VID_00010 (1 of 5)
- [18:36:27] Blanking: VID_00012 (2 of 5)
- [18:36:35] Processing: VID_00013 (3 of 5)
- [18:36:36] Multiplexing M2TS
- [19:10:36] CorrectEPData() 00006 2008
[19:32:16]PHASE ONE aborted by user request

I never seen this correctepdata error before. Does anyone know what's causing it?

[jdobbs]

It's getting a variable overflow in that function. If you can tell me the disc title and post your settings I can see if I can repeat it.

[xterminater]

The bluray is a music bluray of a Vietnamese show. It can be found here http://trungtamasia.com/site/index.php/tutorials/blu-ray/blu-ray-asia-77-dong-nh-c-anh-b-ng-va-lam-phuong.

[Sharc]

For 3D backups FRIM is used for Decoding & Frameserving. Nevertheless a .dgi indexfile is created. What is it used for? I leave DGdecNV always selected in the settings, but since FRIM is used anyway for 3D I thought that the .dgi needs not to be created. Do I miss something?

[jdobbs]

For 3D backups FRIM is used for Decoding & Frameserving. Nevertheless a .dgi indexfile is created. What is it used for? I leave DGdecNV always selected in the settings, but since FRIM is used anyway for 3D I thought that the .dgi needs not to be created. Do I miss something?That's probably just a side effect of having it selected. I'll check it out. In the meantime it shouldn't really slow anything down too much with the indexing, as it happens concurrently with the demuxing of the audio/subtitles.

[DoctorM]

I tried my first 3D rebuild over the weekend using Kiss Me Kate. It's 38gb with a few GB of SD bonus (some of which I stripped as well as the lossless audio) with a BD25 destination.

Even using Highest (Very Slow), the grain looks like terrible garbage. The original disc has a moderately high grain level that is smooth and even while the encoding shows clumps of grain/noise with waxy bare areas that are grain free.

I guess my question is, are there any rumors of X264 supporting 3D so we can dump FRIM? It's quite obviously inferior and very very slow.

[jdobbs]

It's definitely not as good as X264 -- mainly because that's the best encoder on earth. But in my experience I've found FRIM to make very good 3D copies to BD-25. I have to believe that must be an unusual source.

Are you using hardware acceleration with FRIM? On some processors it has issues.

[DoctorM]

It's definitely not as good as X264 -- mainly because that's the best encoder on earth. But in my experience I've found FRIM to make very good 3D copies to BD-25. I have to believe that must be an unusual source.

Are you using hardware acceleration with FRIM? On some processors it has issues.

IIRC, FRIM only accelerates on Intel chips. Using AMD FX-8320 paired with a GeforceGTX 660 vid card. It was so slow, I sure hope that wasn't accelerated.

I gotta figure the grain was just too heavy for it to handle it well.

[Sharc]

IIRC, FRIM only accelerates on Intel chips. Using AMD FX-8320 paired with a GeforceGTX 660 vid card. It was so slow, I sure hope that wasn't accelerated.

I gotta figure the grain was just too heavy for it to handle it well.
Try a SBS encode with x264 for comparison. You may also want to insert an avisynth noise filter, e.g. hqdn3d(3) or similar.
The sometimes strong blurring of action scenes with the Intel MVC encoder - even on 25GB backups - has made me reverting to SBS/x264 in most cases.

I recently did an encode of a 2 hours movie with x264 SBS/CRF 19 and was surprised to get the 3D video compressed to 3.88 GB (!) without any pre-filtering. The viewing quality in 3D or 2D is very good. (It's a clean source with very little noise in this case).

[DoctorM]

It's not possible to do some sort of full HD, is there? Either alternate frames or 4k SBS or something?

[Sharc]

It's not possible to do some sort of full HD, is there? Either alternate frames or 4k SBS or something?

It is stored as 2 960x1080 pictures side-by-side which are played on TV as one 16:9 3D picture.
It is also possible to play it back as 2D when you encode with --frame-packing 3.

This SBS method and the avc/mvc method are standardized. Any non-standard formats may be doable but will likely cause playback issues.

[DoctorM]

It is stored as 2 960x1080 pictures side-by-side which are played on TV as one 16:9 3D picture.
It is also possible to play it back as 2D when you encode with --frame-packing 3.

This SBS method and the avc/mvc method are standardized. Any non-standard formats may be doable but will likely cause playback issues.

FullHD SBS IS a standard recognized by BD players? Are we talking MKV or an actual authored BD?

[jdobbs]

A 3D monitor can usually play back a SBS source even if it is on a BD... but it isn't automatically recognized by the player or the monitor, and you have to tell the monitor that it is SBS after it has started. It's kind of a pain, so I personally don't do it.

[mparade]

FullHD SBS IS a standard recognized by BD players? Are we talking MKV or an actual authored BD?

What about these "solutions"?:

- you can now set up your own mkv profile in BD-RB to get a Full-SBS output (no resolution loss, the output is 3840x1080p) using BD3D as a source (both x264 and x265 can be used for reencoding);

- if one could make "ARCHIVE"s using BD3D as a source and getting Full-SBS output streams in the new BD structure. I do not know what the others think about it.

[Sharc]

FullHD SBS IS a standard recognized by BD players? Are we talking MKV or an actual authored BD?
I mean half-SBS (2x960x1080) which can be enabled via the Settings/Setup menu for BD movie-only backups. The encoder will be x264 in this case. I suggested to try it, because you were dissatisfied with the result for your (grainy) source with the FRIM/Intel method. Resolution is reduced with half-SBS, but nevertheless you may be more satisfied with the final quality.

You could also de-noise the source as appropriate by applying a filter which you can define in the BD-RB Setup menu. It would make life easier for any encoder (FRIM or x264 or even x265). For x264/half-SBS you could also try the --tune grain option.

Finally, you could also output to .mkv if you prefer, using Alternate Movie-only output. You would however have to add a new profile for "x264 half-SBS" in the alternate.txt file (or modify the similar profile [00036] for example).

I prefer half-SBS over fullSBS because it's more compliant with HW standalones / TVs, and it is definitely faster. I doubt whether one really notices the somewhat reduced resolution with the 3D-goggles.

Added:
Rumors about 3D (mvc) x264:
Quite some time ago there has been a version or fork of x264 for mvc encoding, IIRC. But it has not been developed further AFAIK, and I am not aware of any new efforts.....

[subair37]

Hi friends

tried to install BR Rebuilder, my operating system is windows 10 x64 bit this is what i get when i try to install the software.

http://i68.tinypic.com/9lfyo5.jpg

[Ch3vr0n]

You don't install bdrb, you copy the files and you're done. That said, for your problem that's exactly what that REG_MSCOM... batch file is for at the bottom of the file list. Run that one.

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[LowDead]

You don't install bdrb, you copy the files and you're done. That said, for your problem that's exactly what that REG_MSCOM... batch file is for at the bottom of the file list. Run that one.

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...as Administrator.

//LD

[subair37]

You don't install bdrb, you copy the files and you're done. That said, for your problem that's exactly what that REG_MSCOM... batch file is for at the bottom of the file list. Run that one.

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Hi

Please expalin to me copy where and how Please expalin to me step by step how to do it.

[subair37]

Hi

i did try right click and run as an administrator this is what i get


http://i63.tinypic.com/25sah6q.jpg

[emilio99]

Start a command shell as admin, navigate to that path and run the bat file then.

[Ch3vr0n]

You run it extract the zip file wherever you want to and bdrb will run from there, there are no step by step instructions other than the one in the FIRST POST. Everything you need to know is in there

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[subair37]

My problem is i am having issue with this mscomctl.ocx i googled it they saying download that actives file and put in system64 folder done all that, still not working for me, if some one here can help me it will be really helpful.

[jdobbs]

Look at this link (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1748117#post1748117). For some reason the command isn't being run from the same folder as the OCX. Normally that file is already installed as a part of Windows -- but occasionally you run across an installation where it is missing. That's why I included it with BD-RB.

[subair37]

Look at this link (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1748117#post1748117). For some reason the command isn't being run from the same folder as the OCX. Normally that file is already installed as a part of Windows -- but occasionally you run across an installation where it is missing. That's why I included it with BD-RB.

Hi

thanks for all your help and support, i sorted this issue out, i am encoding a BD50 to BD25 now, i put it on high quality default setting, Is there a 2 pass encoding available ? as mine says only 1 pass encoding, If there is a 2 pass encoding will the quality get better, Can some one put the settings here to get the best quality on BD 50 to BD 25 encoding as this is what i will be using this software for .

[Sharc]

@subair37:
In the Encoder settings menu:
- Untick One Pass (CRF) Encoding
- Untick One Pass (ABR) Encoding

But why not select Automatic Quality Settings?
BD-RB will make the most appropriate choice automatically.

[subair37]

@subair37:
In the Encoder settings menu:
- Untick One Pass (CRF) Encoding
- Untick One Pass (ABR) Encoding

But why not select Automatic Quality Settings?
BD-RB will make the most appropriate choice automatically.

Hi Friend

thank you very much i will go for Automatic Quality Settings.

[subair37]

@subair37:
In the Encoder settings menu:
- Untick One Pass (CRF) Encoding
- Untick One Pass (ABR) Encoding

But why not select Automatic Quality Settings?
BD-RB will make the most appropriate choice automatically.

Hi

I checked automatic option now , but it says fast encode means quality is less , i want high quality may be same or better than BD50 quality , can it get that with the setting i am using now high quality default but with both untick can i get 2 pass better quality Please help

[Sharc]

Hi

I checked automatic option now , but it says fast encode means quality is less , i want high quality may be same or better than BD50 quality , can it get that with the setting i am using now high quality default but with both untick can i get 2 pass better quality Please help
Just go on. Quality will be very good. Very Fast just means that BD-RB found out that it can encode with fast settings without compromising quality. It evaluates your source and the required compression and then makes this decision.
You can select other settings and waste time and electricity.

Just proceed with the Automatic Setting and tell us afterwards how the result looks.

[jdobbs]

If you want to be careful, just check the "High Quality" option. Honestly, you won't likely see a difference in the output when compared to "Automatic" -- but if the time spent in encoding doesn't mean anything to you, it can give you a sense of security.

[worknstiff]

Hi jdobbs, good morning. I was wondering if there has been any changes since the end of February that would break the creation of AVCHD DVD+R DL disks. February was the last time I created a DVD+R DL disk and it works correctly, I don't know which BD_Rebuilder release I used for it, sorry. The folder BD_Rebuilder created (DD5.1 640k audio) plays fine on my PC using TMT5, even though PowerDVD14 chokes on the ones TMT5 will play, lol. It is only after you burn the AVCD DVD+R DL disk that playback is broken. The disk will play in my Oppo93, but not using some other players or TMT5. It just throws up the please insert a valid disk and try again message. At first I thought maybe the "Strict AVCHD for BD-5/9" setting was not checked so I did a new encode with both settings on and off and both of the burned disks were unplayable. As a last resort I used the AVCHD-Patcher and that fixed the playback issues.
Thanks for all your continued hard work with this most excellent program, this is the first problem I've encountered in a long time, except for some self inflicted ones, lol. Let me know if you need logs or anything.

[jdobbs]

No nothing has changed since the last release in January. I haven't changed anything specific in AVCHD output in a long time.

[g00g]

While testing the videos "Expendables 3" and "12 Years A Slave" i run into a problem with the encoding length.

If I use alternate reencoding to mp4 the result of the encoding is as expected.
If I use reencoding to DVD-5 the encoding ends up in movies which encoding length is about 1 -1.5 hours longer than the movies itself are.
If you play the reencoded movies the first half part is the movie and the second half part is just a blank screen and silence.

These reencodings are independend of the encoders used (DGDecNV, LAF, ...).

My encoding settings for testing are always the same:
[Options]
AUTO_BIAS=3
AUTO_TWOPASSONLY=1
HC_PROFILE=BEST
MULTIPROCESS=1
FORCED_SUB_LANG=eng;
AUDIO_TO_KEEP=eng;fra;fre;spa;
SUBS_TO_KEEP=eng;fra;fre;spa;
DTS_REENCODE=1
AC3_REENCODE=1
AC3_640=1
AC3_192=0
AUDIO_DRC=0
DECODER=3
AVCHD=1
REMOVE_WORKFILES=1
OUTPUT_FOLDER=H:\Videos\BD-RB\Output
VERSION=0.50.0.12
ENCODER=0
MODE=3
ENCODE_QUALITY=2
AUTO_QUALITY=1
SD_CONVERT=0
OPEN_GOP=0
RESIZE_1080=0
RESIZE_1440=0
RESIZE_720=0
DEINTERLACE=1
SD_TO_1080=0
IGNORE_3D=0
CONVERT_WIDE=0
KEEP_HD_AUDIO=0
REMOVE_OUTPUT=0
USE_FILTERS=0
BDMV_CERT_ONLY=0
IVTC_PULLDOWN=0
ASSUME_DVD_PAL=0
FRIMSOURCE=0
COMPLETION_BEEP=0
OUTPUT_SBS=0
NEROAAC=0
SUPTITLE=0
PGSTOSRT=0
AUDIO_TRACK_LIMIT=1
SUBTITLE_TRACK_LIMIT=1
CUSTOM_TARGET_SIZE=23500
[Paths]
WORKING_PATH=G:\VIDEOS\BD-RB\WORK\
DGIndexNV=D:\DGDecNV\DGIndexNV.exe
DGDecNV=D:\DGDecNV\DGDecodeNV.dll

Do I miss something?

[g00g]

While testing the movie "Honig im Kopf" the result of encoding is a movie with a blank/black video with multicoloured blocks.

Encoding settings are the same as in the last post.

Do I miss something?

[jdobbs]

I have to believe you have something incorrectly installed. Uninstall everything and then install again following the instructions in the first post of this thread exactly. As a reference, I've done the US version of "12 Years a Slave" with no issues. Before you do, run INSPECT from the help menu and post the result.

[g00g]

Inspect result:
[03.14.16] Checking System Settings
- BD-Rebuilder v0.50.12
- Windows Version: 6.2 [9200]
- Working Path Free Space: 61,86GB
- AVISYNTH Version: 2.6.0.6, Ok
- LAVFILTERS: Ok
- X264: Ok
- AFTEN: Ok
- FAAC: Ok
- MP4BOX: Ok
- WAVI: Ok
- TSMUXER: Ok
- FRIMEncode: Ok
- FRIMDecode: Ok
[03.14.16] Systems Settings Check complete

Actually I don't think that there is something incorrectly installed 'cause i have done dozens of tests with this setting. Its just these three movies I have problems with.

[jdobbs]

Something's wrong -- because no one else is having this issue. Reinstalling is the most likely cure. Sometimes other software interferes with or intercepts some of the normal processing paths -- and reinstalling fixes it.

[subair37]

Just go on. Quality will be very good. Very Fast just means that BD-RB found out that it can encode with fast settings without compromising quality. It evaluates your source and the required compression and then makes this decision.
You can select other settings and waste time and electricity.

Just proceed with the Automatic Setting and tell us afterwards how the result looks.

This is a brilliant piece of software, i really liked this, mine, took about 4 hours to encode a BD50 to BD25, but then again my pc is only a pentium dual core pc with 8GB RAM , any one got an idea how much time an i7 4790k with 16GB RAM will take this to encode Please advice me any good if i go and buy an i7 4790k for my blu ray encoding ,Please shed some light on this friends ................................

[Fogger]

Thanks for a great program!

Just a question:

Is there an option to get "burned in" subs into mkv files?
Could not find it in Hiddenopts file
My mediaplayer can not find the subs in .mkv files made by BD Rebuilder.

[Sharc]

....Is there an option to get "burned in" subs into mkv files?
Could not find it in Hiddenopts file
My mediaplayer can not find the subs in .mkv files made by BD Rebuilder.
From the changes.txt:
September 21th, 2013 - v0.44.17
- Added code in movie-only mode that extracts
forced subtitles into an independent stream
and sets them to "selected" for playback.
- Added a new hidden option "FORCED_SUB_LANG"
that allows a user to select which language
is preferred for forced subs. The default
is "eng" -- and it will be also be used when
no forced subtitle is found in the preferred
language.
- Added routine to hard-encode forced subtitles
into non-DVD ALTERNATE output. It can also
include any subtitle that is selected to be
forced from the STREAMS list. Note: This
capability requires the installation of the
free external AVISYNTH filter SUPTITLE() and
its selection in the SETUP dialog. While the
SUPTITLE filter is free, it cannot be freely
distributed, so you must download it and
properly install it from this link:
http://www.zachsaw.com/?pg=suptitle_pgs_avisynth_plugin

Perhaps this helps. I have not tried it myself.

[soneca]

This is a brilliant piece of software, i really liked this, mine, took about 4 hours to encode a BD50 to BD25, but then again my pc is only a pentium dual core pc with 8GB RAM , any one got an idea how much time an i7 4790k with 16GB RAM will take this to encode Please advice me any good if i go and buy an i7 4790k for my blu ray encoding ,Please shed some light on this friends ................................

I have a pc with like this who wants to buy(i7 4790k and 16GB ram), I can get you some information but would have to open another specific topic.

[Fogger]

From the changes.txt:


Perhaps this helps.:thanks: I have not tried it myself.

Thanks for the reply.:thanks:
I tried option FORCED_SUB_LANG so I will go for the Avisynth script:D.

[jdobbs]

I have updated the first post of this thread with a link to a new version of BD-RB (v0.50.14). Changes for this release:- Fixed an error in which HEVC encoding can
fail on interlaced sources.
- Dramatically reduced encoding time for AAC
streams when keeping multiple languages by
running reencodes concurrently. Especially
useful in ARCHIVE HEVC/AAC mode.
- Corrected an issue in which secondary video
tracks could cause an error attempting to
mux for HEVC archive backups.
- Added two new hidden settings for overriding
the quality setting in certain modes. See
ALTERNATE_QUALITY and ARCHIVE_QUALITY in
HIDDENOPTS.TXT.
- Corrected an issue in which restoring a
disc from an HEVC ARCHIVE backup could miss
some HEVC M2TS files and fail to reencode
them to AVC.
- Updated the X264 command line to include
an SEI indicating 3D (frame-packing 3) when
creating SBS 3D output. This should assist
in automatic recognition of SBS 3D on some
players.
- Updated avs2yuv.exe to version 0.24m3.
- Updated the included versions of X265 to a
newest stable release (1.9.4).
- Other minor corrections and cosmetic fixes.

[Sharc]

@jdobbs
Thank you for the update.
For clarification:
New quality settings means 0=worst, 4=best?
Do the numbers correspond to those numbers which are created via the regular settings menu?

[WET]

Updated my computer to Office 2016 Pro Plus today. All versions of BD Rebuilder now do not launch the following error code is received:

System Error &H80004023 (-2147467229). A Microsoft Software Installer error was encountered.

Has anyone else encountered this, knows how to fix?

[DoctorM]

Does this version allow forcing a subtitle track in Quick-Play rebuilds or haven't you gotten a chance to look at that yet?