multiAVCHD - author Blu-ray/AVCHD (Blu-ray players, camcoders, Viera TV) + (HD) DVD

[deank]

It occurred to me later that the commands are probably W7-specific and I wonder how you were going to deal with that. As an alternative, maybe you should consider just a general capability within mAVCHD that has option: execute any user command at 'start'; execute any user command at 'done' and that would cover alot of needs maybe...

The command is available in XP and in Vista... But the pre/post commands is a good idea.

Btw something new comming later today:

There is a new 'transcoding' option now... You can chose to transcode your videos to Blu-ray MPEG-2 (and not H264/AVC). :)

[14:34:56] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[14:34:56] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...

[14:34:56] *** Initiating video encoding:

[14:34:56] *** Original : 1920x1080
[14:34:56] *** Crop : 0
[14:34:56] *** Resize : 1920x1080 (No change)
[14:34:56] *** Uncrop to : 1920x1080
[14:34:56] *** Sharpen : 0
[14:34:56] *** Bitrate : 12000 kbps
[14:34:56] *** Frame rate: Original (23.976)
[14:34:56] *** SAR : 1:1
[14:34:56] *** DAR : 1920x1080
[14:34:56] *** Profile : Blu-ray (MPEG-2)

[14:34:56] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [00:01:00] (MPEG-2 encoder: QuEnc)
[14:35:40] *** Close to completion - closing preview...
[14:37:07] *** Speed : 10.97 fps (elapsed: 00:02:11 - Realtime x 0.46)
[14:37:07] *** Transcoding successful!

[14:37:08] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG-2 1920x1080, fps=23.976

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_tr_mpeg2-1.jpg

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_tr_mpeg2-2.jpg

[claymic]

Dean, what is Blu-ray MPEG-2 ? is the better than H264/AVC ? i never try this reencode.
Thanks

[deank]

MPEG-2 is what your DVDs are encoded with. :)

Some say it is better, some say it is worse... Blu-ray standard supports AVC/H.264 MPEG-2 and VC-1. I just decided to add MPEG-2 and multiAVCHD will support 2 of 3 available encoding options.

Dean

[claymic]

Thanks Dean, i will try this later. I will make a avc and mpeg-2 for one movie, and put this in a projector ae4000, i will see the diferences between avc and mpeg-2.
Thanks Dean.
Clayton

[rack04]

External .chap.eng.srt should be created only with videos which have chapters stored as meta info... It shouldn't happen with raw video files or when importing external chapter files (.txt). Are you sure that it converts the .txt to .srt?

I stand corrected. External .chap.end.srt is NOT created when I use external chapter files.

[deank]

:) Thanks.

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I just tested 720x480, 1280x720 and 1920x1080 with Blu-ray MPEG-2 profile... I'd say it looks marvelous :) ... My Playstation3 played the AVCHD structure just fine.

Titles marked for transcoding in MPEG-2 are colored with my favorite royal blue color in media tab.

:)

p.s. Also in royal-blue you'll see two lines in the LOG:


[16:28:25] Executing custom PRE-processing file: [C:\multiAVCHD\multiPRE.cmd]...

[16:41:15] Executing custom POST-processing file: [C:\multiAVCHD\multiPOST.cmd]...

@laserfan: In case multiAVCHD finds these files in its folder it will execute them - multiPRE.cmd after a compilation is started and multiPOST.cmd once all finishes.

It is possible to parse some arguments to these .cmd files, but I don't know what could be useful.

Dean

[deank]

Build 741:

* Added PRE/POST custom script (cmd) execution (multiPRE.cmd_ and multiPOST.cmd_ included in full download with instructions inside)
[multiPRE.cmd_]
@rem Rename this file to multiPRE.cmd
@rem It will be executed once you click [START]
@rem and start a compilation in multiAVCHD

[multiPOST.cmd_]
@rem Rename this file to multiPOST.cmd
@rem It will be executed once multiAVCHD
@rem completes its work (just before the "End of log." message).

* Changed transcode preview :)
* Added [Blu-ray MPEG-2] transcoding profile

I'll appreciate any comments/feedback about HD MPEG-2 transcoding.

Dean

[gordan]

Dean,

A message for those with constant problems encoding menus, motion/static, title-list menu...


for me, it was ffdshow that I did not install on the new machine. After using multiAVCHD for a year I forgot it is a prerequisite. It would be good to mention it on the installation.


G

[claymic]

So Dean, you like more mpeg2 then avc ? I will try this later, but for projector, every sigle detail is relevant, if the mpeg2 works better, i will let you know.
Thanks
Clayton

[deank]

To summarize multiAVCHD capabilities:

Input formats for video (files):

mov mkv mp4 wmv avi
ifo avs trp vob flv
mts m2t m2ts ts
mpg evo mpeg
m2v vc1 264
mpl mpls


Input formats for audio files and audio titles (files):

mp2 mp3 ac3
pcm ogg wav
flac mlp fla
lpcm dts dtshd
cue (playlist)
wpl (playlist)
m3u (playlist)


Input formats for subtitles (files):

srt sub sup
ass ssa idx


Input formats for chapters (files):

frame based
time based
Scenarist XML
embeded/internal chapters (playlists/files)


Input formats (folders):

BDMV (Blu-ray / AVCHD)
AVCHD (AVCHD)
VIDEO_TS (DVD)
HVDVD_TS (HD-DVD)
MPEG (for join mode) (folder containing only mpeg or mpg files)
M2TS (for join mode) (folder containing only m2ts or mts files)
JPEG (for picture slide-show) (folder+subfolders containing jpeg or jpg picture files)
BMP/PNG (for picture slide-show)
ANY FOLDER except these above - all compatible files will be loaded as video or audio titles

*******************

Output formats (authored structures):

SD_VIDEO - MPEG-2 for Viera/Panasonic SDHC (StdDef video)
AVCHD - AVC/H.264 - SDHC Viera/Panasonic BDP
AVCHD - AVC/H.264 & MPEG-2 - USB/SDHC/MemoryStick/CompactFlash/HDD (solid media / Playstation 3)
AVCHD - AVC/H.264 - DVD/BD-R (optical discs)
BDMV - AVC/H.264 - Blu-ray for BD-R discs
BDMV - MPEG-2 - Blu-ray for BD-R discs
HD-DVD - AVC/H.264 for 3xDVD compatible HD-DVD players
SD-DVD - MPEG-2 for standard DVD players

*****

Supported output formats for Audio Discs:
----------------------------------
AVCHD - AVC/H.264 - SDHC Viera/Panasonic BDP
AVCHD - AVC/H.264 & MPEG-2 - USB/SDHC/MemoryStick/CompactFlash/HDD (solid media / Playstation 3)
AVCHD - AVC/H.264 - DVD/BD-R (optical discs)
BDMV - AVC/H.264 - Blu-ray for BD-R discs

*****

Menu support:

Maximum number of titles: 252
Maximum number of hidden titles: 251
Maximum number of subtitles per title: 32
Maximum number of chapters per title: 96
Maximum number of audio tracks per title: 32
Welcome screen / Intro title: 1

Supported menu styles: 3 (XMB, SLIDE, CAROUSEL)
- XMB: 252 scrollable titles (vertical scroll)
- SLIDE: 252 scrollable titles (horizontal scroll)
- CAROUSEL: 252 scrollable titles (horizontal scroll)

Auxiliary menu support:
- TITLE-LIST menu (21 pages x 12 titles per page)
- POP-UP menu (available during playback of each title)

Supported user styles: any (using templates)
Custom menu templates: yes (3 included: Kids, Hi-Tech, Appleseed) (designed by drelin)

* Static menu (static or motion title thumbnail)
* Motion menu (static or motion title thumbnail)
* Pop-up menu
* Title-list menu (classic and thumbnail)
* Chapter selection menu (96 chapters in 8 pages x 12 chaps)
* Setup menu (6 audio + 5 subtitle track selection)


Menu not supported in:

SD_VIDEO - SDHC cards for Viera/Panasonic (StdDef video)
HD-DVD - DVD for 3xDVD compatible HD-DVD players
SD-DVD - DVD for standard DVD players
AVCHD - SDHC cards for Viera/Panasonic BDP


Other features:

* Projects: yes (save / load)
* Fast import of created compilations
* Re-author mode (fast mode without transcoding / remuxing)
* Re-author mode (full mode with transcoding, blanking features, adding/removing audio/subtitle streams)
* Direct Blu-ray Disc to Playstiton3 USB/HDD re-authoring without transcoding for HDMV titles
* Transcoding preview
* FF (freeware forever) :)

==============================

Dean

[laserfan]

Hi deank, thanks for the new version w/pre- post-cmds, I will try it soon.

Unfortunately my 1st attempt to make SD-DVD from BD was not successful, I found this Windows "app has crashed" dialog from last night's try:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: multiAVCHD.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 47ad49d2
Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bdbdf
Exception Code: 0eedfade
Exception Offset: 0000b727
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 5ab6
Additional Information 2: 5ab614d1c5f0822277be7b0d619c4271
Additional Information 3: 883d
Additional Information 4: 883d3f17589b343f935f5b8158c374c0

Before I closed this out, I capped the screen cuz I wasn't sure if mAVCHD had written to the log (which it did not afaict):

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/d27f873f644b326cfc25c901f605b7b76g.jpg

After closing, I noticed these in Task Manager:

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/8f2cd09c6302ffd3e8f331011f65e24e5g.jpg

Maybe the open mplayers were at fault? My CPU was still loaded to 100% after closing the mAVCHD dialog. I have 8Gb RAM 64-bit W7 FWIW. Also not sure where exactly the process failed--I did indeed get a good .m2v 720x480 re-coding, and HCenc's log shows it completed normally.

If there's an easy way to resume-and-mux let me know, else I do know how to re-mux using Muxman "manually".

EDIT: Hmm, not sure why my IMG are not showing...? Will keep trying. Ok should work now.

[deank]

Such thing may happen with overloaded machine... To avoid such things you can [close] the preview of the transcoding or disable [x] Real-time transcode preview in SETTINGS tab. It is a problem with this mplayer app... It hangs and locks the output m2v file. That's why I added the auto-close of the preview but when size-estimation is wrong it is of no help. (I saw both screenshots).

You can reuse the .m2v file + the audio file (if present... if not, you need to create it yourself). Load the m2v file and in title-properties click [alter detected properties] and mark it as (HD)DVD compliant. It won't be transcoded again, but make sure to place it outside the temp folder.

Sadly in such cases pull-down is probably is not applied to the m2v file and you may need to do it manually with dgpulldown.

I'll try to tweak mplayer's parameters/calls... I sometimes get the same error, but not too often to take deep look into it.

Of course you can just use muxman or another app with the ready m2v file, too.

[laserfan]

To avoid such things you can [close] the preview of the transcoding or disable [x] Real-time transcode preview in SETTINGS tab.I will try another (shorter!) project with the new version, and fiddle with these which I did not know about. :)

[Adub]

For those of you wondering about the new MPEG-2 output for BDMV, it's not "better". Technically, MPEG2 is a less advanced codec than MPEG4/AVC. It was introduced back in the days of DVD and is technically "old".

Deank added support for MPEG2 output via BDMV because it is technically part of the spec, he already had MPEG2 encoders for SD-DVD output, and there is no problem in being thorough.

Just because you can use MPEG2 doesn't mean you will get magically "better" output. In fact, chances are you will get slightly less quality than using MPEG4. However, MPEG2 may provide better compatibility across several devices.

Deank, thanks again for coding this awesome application. I should be able to continue to test it when I get home tonight, and I will report back about my efforts to create SD-DVD output from a Blu-ray. Please feel free to add/comment on/correct any of my above statements.

[deank]

And make sure to update to 741! Just to be safe use multiUPDATE.exe... I added some code to kill mplayer while doing excessive tries to generate the preview :)

About MPEG-2: Adub is right, although in some cases it may produce better/comparable results to AVC... Still it is good to have more choices. :)

[Adub]

Of course! ;)

[pixiesoft]

Sorry about the first post guys. You can delete it as I am a dumb ass and didn't see this thread!!!

I am using MultiAVCHD to make a compilation BD-R of recorded WWII footage and have followed the online tutorial but I cannot get it to play on my Blu Ray Player.

Here are my steps.

1. Start MultiAVCHD
2. Click on AVCDH/BDMV/DVD Folders Tab and add 10 .mkv files.
3. Author Tab has Stricter AVCDH Folder Format Ticked (Also tried unticked).
4. Everything else left as default.
5. Click Start
6. Let it build the folders BDMV, CERTIFICATE, HDAVCTN & files details.txt, multiAVCHD.log, multiAVCHD.mpf.
7. Burn all folders and files with IMGBURN
8. Put BD-R in BD Player and looks like it is going to play but then just stops with a blank screen.

Have I missed something here? My BD Player is a Panason DMP-BD35

[Adub]

...
6. Let it build the folders BDMV, CERTIFICATE, HDAVCTN & files details.txt, multiAVCHD.log, multiAVCHD.mpf.
7. Burn all folders and files with IMGBURN
...

Hmmm...This may be your problem. You don't need all of these folders to be Blu-ray compatible. In fact, you only need BDMV and CERTIFICATE.

Try burning JUST those two folders, and see what happens. The player may be choking on these extra files (some do, some don't).

[olivier06]

Hi !
I've encoutered a problem with chapters.
I have some mkv that already have a chapter track : uncropmkv (if necessary) + tsmuxer (or multiavchd) + imgburn (2.5) and it works : i can access to the chapters with >>|
Some of my mkvs have no default chapter track.
I try bluray in tsmuxer with insert or custom chapters (in bluray tab) + AVCHD-patcher : the dvd plays but stop when i use >>|

Have you got any idea to create an available chapter track and use in multiAVCHD ?
thanks

[flaviometal]

Dean, sorry the noob question... but I'm trying to create a project with 4 MKV files, and I want just one XMB menu, with 4 selectable thumbnails on it, without the play, chapters, setup or title list buttons on it, but I can't find a way! How I'm suppose to do that? What options I'm missing?

[deank]

Sorry about the first post guys.

Here are my steps.
8. Put BD-R in BD Player and looks like it is going to play but then just stops with a blank screen.

My BD Player is a Panason DMP-BD35

Try to use [AVCHD strict] output mode after you click [START].

Dean, sorry the noob question...

How I'm suppose to do that?

By creating ONLY TITLE-LIST menu.

Untick [x] Create top menu and select only [x] Add title list menu (or the classic one) (AUTHOR tab)
Dean

[deank]

Hi !
Have you got any idea to create an available chapter track and use in multiAVCHD ?

Click the title name to open title-properties. There you can create any number of chapters you wish.

***

Did multiAVCHD become a rocket-scientist grade program or what?!

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_fcuk.jpg

I guess that will be the in the next update, prior to the language-translation support.

[Capsbackup]

Did multiAVCHD become a rocket-scientist grade program or what?!



Well yes!, and now I am among the elite!! :p If I was looking for a new career, I could include multiAVCHD to my resume! :cool:

[deank]

:) I'll forward my email box to you (with CC: ) (evil grin)

***

Now seriously:... would anyone post an updated tutorial how to use multiAVCHD?

I know I have to do it, but I postpone the task since last June (2009).

[laserfan]

In case multiAVCHD finds these files in its folder it will execute them - multiPRE.cmd after a compilation is started and multiPOST.cmd once all finishes.

It is possible to parse some arguments to these .cmd files, but I don't know what could be useful.
Many thanks for these! My multiPRE.cmd is
powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 0
powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 1

my multiPOST.cmd
powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 30
powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 10

...back to normal! :)

[laserfan]

I tried another HD-to-DVD conversion and it worked, except I have to try again as it missed the subs (maybe needed the hardsubbing selection?)

Also, HOW does one "select a title for processing" in this way? Regardless of what I do, after I click SD DVD I always see a dialog "No titles set for DVD processing! Process all (x) as DVD?". How to "set" for processing?

Further, if I click "No" to the above, mAVCHD seems to go ahead and process anyway and I have to abort if it is processing all titles when I wanted just one. :confused:

[deank]

Transcoding of a title depends on what you set in Title properties -> [TRANSCODE]

If you didn't make a choice, once you click [START] and select authoring format you're given the last chance to select what you want as a final result. For example - you loaded a Blu-ray playlist and click SD-DVD - then multiAVCHD will auto set transcode options and will reencode the playlist. Always make your mind before you click something in the output-selection window (after you click [START]). I can't add 10 "Are you sure?" prompts.

In case you wish to transcode - always 'visit' the [transcode] window. There is a button in MEDIA tab.

Supported subtitles for SD-DVD are external + internal (mkv). If you import BD/HD-DVD/AVCHD structure you need to import subtitles manually as external tracks.

[Adub]

@deank,
I'm already working on a guide for some of multiAVCHD's functionality (mostly HD->DVD) right now.

However, over time, I will continue to push out guides for extended multiAVCHD use.

Is there something in particular that you would like me to cover?

[deank]

Nothing in particular... but mostly:

* Read button labels
* Hover with the mouse over an option and read what it is supposed to do.

:)

I already posted about all the things I can think of few posts up. multiAVCHD does a lot of things so it is not possible to cover it in one guide anyway.

Thank you for taking time to create some useful tutorials... ATM there are NONE that I read so far that make any sense or are of any help.

[Adub]

Oh, it's my pleasure. (just need to find some time in the next few days. This weekend should be good.)

If I can get my screencasting software setup properly again, I'll even toss in a few screencasts while I'm at it.

[claymic]

Hi dean. I enconde a movie in mpeg2 for blu-ray and a avc. The movie was The lord of the rings 1. The image in avc was much better than in mpeg. I have a projector panasonic pt ae4000, its a excelente projector, and i test this file in 112" (AR 2.40). The avc file was very best than mpeg.
If you need help with language-translation (english x portuguese-Brazil), i can help.
Thanks
Clayton

[flaviometal]

By creating ONLY TITLE-LIST menu.

Untick [x] Create top menu and select only [x] Add title list menu (or the classic one) (AUTHOR tab)
Dean

Thanks for the reply, dean, but it doesn't work. If I untick this options, it will create only a title list menu. I want the XMB menu, but without the buttons (and with the selectable thumbs).

If I can remember well, in earlier versions (3.0) this was possible.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3817/menuye.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/i/menuye.jpg/)

[laserfan]

In case you wish to transcode - always 'visit' the [transcode] window.
I see. Yes, that is part of what I've been missing.

Supported subtitles for SD-DVD are external + internal (mkv). If you import BD/HD-DVD/AVCHD structure you need to import subtitles manually as external tracks.Apparently also one needs to convert subtitles (to 720x480p/29.97/etc) also before attempting to use, at least, it's not working and I'm ending-up with (for this short 5 min cartoon) a single VOB file and zero byte VIDEO_TS.IFO and no other files.

[20:54:03] Creating SD-DVD structure...
[20:54:03] Converting subtitles to DVD format...
[20:54:03] Converting D:\multiAVCHD Temp\multiTEMP-20100325\00002 - 4 - Subtitle (PGS), English, 99 captions.sup to SUP (java:BDsup2sub)...
[20:54:03] *** Imported subpictures: 99/99 at offset 0x00
[20:54:03] Applying pulldown...
[20:54:08] Authoring DVD structure...
[20:54:11] Cannot detect file size: (E:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD-20100325-203941\[DVD]\PRESTO\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO) (RS:0)
[20:54:11] SD-DVD muxing failed!
[20:54:11] SD-DVD muxing completed!

Will try it again without subs tomorrow...

[Adub]

deank,
Quick question. Does the output "TV System" under the General section of the Author tab have any affect when dealing with HD to SD-DVD conversions?

Edit: Question number 2!: What would you recommend for a user to do when converting to from HD to SD-DVD when the main movie is split up over multiple files?
(ex: 01.m2ts and 02.m2ts contain the main movie)

Should I load up the sources using the "AVCHD / BDMV / DVD folders" import, or is there an even easier way of doing it without having to remove all of the unnecessary playlists after import?

[setarip_old]

@Adub

Hi!What would you recommend for a user to do when converting to from HD to SD-DVD when the main movie is split up over multiple files?
(ex: 01.m2ts and 02.m2ts contain the main movie)You could use "tsMuxeR" to first join the 2 .m2ts files...

[Adub]

Yeah, I thought about that, but I wondered if there was a way to do it purely in multiAVCHD. The reason is that I'm writing up a tutorial on encoding Blu-ray material to DVD and I want the reader to be able to handle pretty much any content through the main program.

If there is not an easy way, then oh well.

In addition, I know that this splitting happens a lot with HD-DVD's, which I'm not sure if tsmuxer can handle. I do know that multiAVCHD handles HD-DVD's so I was wondering if it was possible to automatically join main movie files.

Edit: Okay, well another attempt at converting Inglorious Bastards Blu-ray to DVD has failed. Here are the logs.

[20:09:11] Initialising...
[20:09:11] Checking for new version...
[20:09:11] You have the latest build.
[20:09:11] Consistency check finished!
[20:09:11] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

[20:09:11] 1 year and 89 days since multiAVCHD was published.
[20:09:11] 263 people supported it with donations
[20:09:11] and you are the 1335472 one to launch the program...
[20:09:11] Support multiAVCHD to extend its features and keep it going!


[20:09:11] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04000733]

[20:49:04] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[20:49:05] Destination [C:]: NTFS, 101109.08 MiB (98.739 GiB) free space
[20:49:05] Temp folder [c:]: NTFS, 101109.04 MiB (98.739 GiB) free space

[20:49:05] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.0 (build 741)
[20:49:05] Selected output mode: DVD player (DVD R/RW disc)

[20:49:05] Processing one title...
[20:49:05] Processing (D:\Multimedia\BluTemp\ING_BASTERDS\BDMV\STREAM\00010.m2ts)...
[20:49:05] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[20:49:05] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...

[20:49:05] *** Initiating video encoding:

[20:49:05] *** Original : 1920x1080
[20:49:05] *** Crop : 0
[20:49:05] *** Resize : 720x480
[20:49:05] *** Uncrop to : 720x480
[20:49:05] *** Sharpen : 0
[20:49:05] *** Bitrate : 3096 kbps
[20:49:05] *** Frame rate: Original (23.976)
[20:49:05] *** Profile : SD-DVD (MPEG-2)

[20:49:05] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [02:32:59] (MPEG-2 encoder: QuEnc)
[22:46:58] *** Speed : 31.11 fps (elapsed: 01:57:53 - Realtime x 1.3)
[22:46:58] *** Transcoding successful!

[22:46:58] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG-2 720x480, fps=23.976
[22:46:58] Display properties: 853x480 (AR:1.78)
[22:46:58] DTS-HRA, DTS-MA will not be reencoded.
[22:46:58] Encoding dts audio to AC3...
[22:47:11] Retrying...
[22:47:21] eac3to refused to convert audio!
[22:47:21] Trying to demux audio...


eac3to v3.16
command line: "C:\multiAVCHD\tools\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "D:\Multimedia\BluTemp\ING_BASTERDS\BDMV\STREAM\00010.m2ts" 3: "c:\multiavchd\_temp\multitemp-20100325\00010.m2ts.t2.ac3" -resampleTo48000 -384
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 3 audio tracks, 5 subtitle tracks, 2:33:00, 24p /1.001
1: Chapters, 34 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48khz)
4: DTS, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 768kbps, 48khz
5: DTS, French, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 768kbps, 48khz
6: Subtitle (PGS), English
7: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
8: Subtitle (PGS), French
9: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
10: Subtitle (PGS), French
[a03] The ArcSoft and Sonic decoders don't seem to work, will use libav instead.
[a03] The libav DTS decoder doesn't decode the full DTS-HD information. <WARNING>
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Extracting DTS core...
[a03] Decoding with libav/ffmpeg...
[a03] Remapping channels...
[a03] Resampling to 48khz...
[a03] SSRC doesn't like these resampling parameters. <ERROR>
[a03] You can switch to r8brain instead by using the "-r8brain" option.
Aborted at file position 1048576. <ERROR>


Tsmuxer is now running, and going nuts. The image below is just a sample, but imagine it scrolling past and super high speed.
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7476/tsmuxer.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/tsmuxer.jpg/)

[deank]

deank,
Quick question. Does the output "TV System" under the General section of the Author tab have any affect when dealing with HD to SD-DVD conversions?

Edit: Question number 2!: What would you recommend for a user to do when converting to from HD to SD-DVD when the main movie is split up over multiple files?
(ex: 01.m2ts and 02.m2ts contain the main movie)

Should I load up the sources using the "AVCHD / BDMV / DVD folders" import, or is there an even easier way of doing it without having to remove all of the unnecessary playlists after import?

1) TV system setting defines the framerate and the resolution for the transcoding. With PAL you'll get 720x576@25fps and with NTSC you'll get 720x480@23.976.

2) You can load the playlist (.mpls file) for the movie in multiAVCHD just like you do it in tsMuxeR.

Dean

[pixiesoft]

Sorry about the first post guys. You can delete it as I am a dumb ass and didn't see this thread!!!

I am using MultiAVCHD to make a compilation BD-R of recorded WWII footage and have followed the online tutorial but I cannot get it to play on my Blu Ray Player.

Here are my steps.

1. Start MultiAVCHD
2. Click on AVCDH/BDMV/DVD Folders Tab and add 10 .mkv files.
3. Author Tab has Stricter AVCDH Folder Format Ticked (Also tried unticked).
4. Everything else left as default.
5. Click Start
6. Let it build the folders BDMV, CERTIFICATE, HDAVCTN & files details.txt, multiAVCHD.log, multiAVCHD.mpf.
7. Burn all folders and files with IMGBURN
8. Put BD-R in BD Player and looks like it is going to play but then just stops with a blank screen.

Have I missed something here? My BD Player is a Panason DMP-BD35

Update on my problem!

Strangest thing is I used the Create AVCHD Stricter mode and NOT any Blu Ray Player and burned the files and hey presto all is fine! Happy Days, I just wish I didin't have 10 coasters sitting around here. wrap em up for chrimbo prezzies I think!

[daberti]

Deank, i keep on having an eac3to error....

[18.08.03] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.0 (build 740)
[18.08.03] Selected output mode: DVD player (DVD R/RW disc)

[18.08.03] Processing one title...
[18.08.03] Existing I:\MultiAVCHD\AVCHD\AVCHD\ cannot be used as destination folder!
[18.08.03] Output will be written to: I:\MultiAVCHD\AVCHD\AVCHD-20100325-180803
[18.08.04] Processing PLAYLIST (full mode) (split/join) (I:\BluRay\Il Gladiatore\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00002.mpls)...
[18.08.04] Generating meta file for tsMuxer...
[18.08.04] M2TS stream split set at 45000MiB...
[18.08.04] SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.10.6 http://www.smlabs.net
[18.08.04] Detected resolution: 1920x1080
[18.08.04] Detected video: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC (TID#4113)
[18.08.04] Only this video track will be used!
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00135.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00146.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00137.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00149.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00138.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00151.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00140.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00150.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00139.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00154.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00145.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00155.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00132.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00148.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00141.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00157.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00136.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00156.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00142.m2ts
[18.08.04] Detected media file: 00158.m2ts
[18.08.05] Detected media file: 00143.m2ts
[18.08.05] Detected media file: 00159.m2ts
[18.08.05] Detected media file: 00144.m2ts
[18.08.05] Detected media file: 00152.m2ts
[18.08.05] Detected media file: 00147.m2ts
[18.08.05] Detected media file: 00153.m2ts
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#000: 00135.m2ts, Duration: [00:17:13.782], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:17:25.433]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#001: 00146.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:35.702], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:47.353]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#002: 00137.m2ts, Duration: [00:13:52.248], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:14:03.898]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#003: 00149.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:29.362], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:41.013]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#004: 00138.m2ts, Duration: [00:20:27.559], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:20:39.210]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#005: 00151.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:35.285], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:46.935]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#006: 00140.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:27.944], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:39.595]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#007: 00150.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:31.406], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:43.057]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#008: 00139.m2ts, Duration: [00:12:14.024], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:12:25.675]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#009: 00154.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:35.076], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:46.727]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#010: 00145.m2ts, Duration: [00:10:31.464], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:10:43.114]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#011: 00155.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:29.863], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:41.513]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#012: 00132.m2ts, Duration: [00:15:51.408], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:16:03.059]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#013: 00148.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:45.879], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:57.529]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#014: 00141.m2ts, Duration: [00:04:27.976], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:04:39.626]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#015: 00157.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:37.245], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:48.896]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#016: 00136.m2ts, Duration: [00:12:30.916], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:12:42.567]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#017: 00156.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:54.554], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:01:06.205]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#018: 00142.m2ts, Duration: [00:04:01.658], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:04:13.308]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#019: 00158.m2ts, Duration: [00:03:14.986], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:03:26.637]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#020: 00143.m2ts, Duration: [00:09:13.261], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:09:24.911]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#021: 00159.m2ts, Duration: [00:00:32.240], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:00:43.891]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#022: 00144.m2ts, Duration: [00:05:44.344], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:05:55.994]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#023: 00152.m2ts, Duration: [00:02:23.351], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:02:35.002]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#024: 00147.m2ts, Duration: [00:09:34.073], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:09:45.724]
[18.08.05] Detected main PI#025: 00153.m2ts, Duration: [00:07:03.131], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 00:07:14.781]
[18.08.05] Using audio: A_DTS (ID#4354 / language: ita / delay: 0)
[18.08.05] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[18.18.02] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[18.18.02] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...

[18.18.02] *** Initiating video encoding:

[18.18.02] *** Original : 1920x1080
[18.18.02] *** Crop : 0
[18.18.02] *** Resize : 720x480
[18.18.02] *** Uncrop to : 720x480
[18.18.02] *** Sharpen : 0
[18.18.02] *** Bitrate : 6000 kbps
[18.18.02] *** Frame rate: Original (23.976)
[18.18.02] *** Profile : SD-DVD (MPEG-2)

[18.18.02] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [02:34:58] (MPEG-2 encoder: QuEnc)
[23.07.14] *** Speed : 12.85 fps (elapsed: 04:49:11 - Realtime x 0.54)
[23.07.14] *** Transcoding successful!

[23.07.15] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG-2 720x480, fps=23.976
[23.07.15] Display properties: 853x480 (AR:1.78)
[23.07.15] Encoding DTS audio to AC3 (eac3to)...
[23.07.27] Retrying...
[23.07.38] eac3to refused to convert audio!
[23.07.38] Trying to demux audio...
[23.16.14] Demux failed!
[23.16.14] Second attempt to demux...
[23.27.15] Encoding to AC3 (second try)...
[23.40.18] Encoding succeeded! Adding AC3 encoded audio track...
[23.40.18] Total of 2 tracks found in this file.
[23.40.18] Copying audio to source folder for re-use...
[23.40.26] Creating SD-DVD structure...
[23.40.26] Applying pulldown...
[23.52.49] Authoring DVD structure...
[00.08.37] SD-DVD muxing completed!

[00.08.37] SD-DVD title saved:
[00.08.37] I:\MultiAVCHD\AVCHD\AVCHD-20100325-180803\[DVD]\Il Gladiatore

[00.08.37] Compilation contains 1 (HD)DVD titles and no AVCHD/Blu-ray titles!


[00.08.37] Preparing menu pages...
[00.08.38] Setting main menu for 0 titles...
[00.08.38] Selected TV system: [NTSC]
[00.08.42] Done!

DTS Audio decrypting is done via Arcsoft libraries BTW.

Hints?

[deank]

I don't understand your question.

[daberti]

I don't understand your question.

I've got this from log....
[23.07.15] Encoding DTS audio to AC3 (eac3to)...
[23.07.27] Retrying...
[23.07.38] eac3to refused to convert audio!
[23.07.38] Trying to demux audio...
[23.16.14] Demux failed!
[23.16.14] Second attempt to demux...
[23.27.15] Encoding to AC3 (second try)...
[23.40.18] Encoding succeeded! Adding AC3 encoded audio track...

Why does it encode audio only on second attempt?

[flaviometal]

Dean, I have another problem: I'm trying to convert a PAL video (MKV) with external SRT subs to play on my NTSC PS3. Here my results:

- Select NTSC in Author Tab (Tv System): MAVCHD keeps warning me that the video is PAL and after conversion, DVD doesn't works on my PS3;

- Select PAL 24 in Author Tab (TV System): The conversion works, DVD play on PS3, but only menu works, and when a try to play the video or select a chapter, goes back to top menu;

- Select PAL in Author Tab (TV System): conversion works, but doesn't play on my PS3;

And if I change the FPS in video properties (Alter Detected Properties button), the subs keeps out of sync.

Just to remember, on my PC, DVD works well with PowerDVD 9 (using PAL24).

How do I proceed?

[deank]

If you get it to play in your PS3 then re-sync the subtitles using SubtitleWorkshop.

[deank]

Few new things in the latest 741+ update:

* Fixed: Hard-burning subtitles during transcoding didn't work with external VOBSUB (sub+idx) subtitles. Now all ok.
* Added: If you import .m2v file for SD-DVD processing and mark it as [x] SD Compliant, multiAVCHD will still check it if it is 29.97. If not it will apply pull-down to get it to 29.970 fps
* Added: Something I wanted to do for long time now:

In title properties / Audio tab / [add] external audio button will allow you to add VIDEO files, too. multiAVCHD will try to use all audio tracks from: AVI, MKV, M2TS/MTS, TS, MPEG/MPG. The functionality is similar to tsMuxeR ability to add streams from different files/containers.

* Added: in case of SD-DVD mux failure, muxman log will be printed in the LOG box.

Dean

[Adub]

@deank,

Any thoughts on my problem (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1386112#post1386112)?

[deank]

Update with multiUPDATE.exe and try again...

You can try with [x] Convert DTS-MA/HRA switch, too.

[Adub]

Yeah, I just thought it was curious that eac3to was erroring out because of this:

[a03] Resampling to 48khz...
[a03] SSRC doesn't like these resampling parameters. <ERROR>
[a03] You can switch to r8brain instead by using the "-r8brain" option.
Aborted at file position 1048576. <ERROR>

[deank]

Yes.. I added -r8brain for SD-DVD and HD audio.

[Adub]

Ah! Fantastic then! I'll try it when I get home tonight! 3rd times the charm!

In the mean time, I plan on having the HD->SD-DVD guide up by tonight, so I'll have you go over it before I finalize and post it.

[deank]

If you want to do some tests, set [CUT END] in title properties to 300 (seconds). That way you'll know if it will work, without waiting few more hours.

You can also reuse the .m2v if you wish and add the audio from the m2ts file of the bluray (if it is non-branched).

Dean