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

[Ghitulescu]

Software players are not the right tool to test BD & AVCHD disks. Use a real player.

[alluringreality]

Players can vary on what they will and will not play. I can make a number of changes to files that my Sony will ignore, but those same changes will stop other players from working. The easiest thing I've found for troubleshooting playback issues on a wide range of players is to find the exceptions, or the players that have issues, and focus on what may be causing the issue. I have to assume that PowerDVD has enough users to consider it a worthy candidate for looking into why it plays AVCHD from commercial authoring software but is unable to play an output that has been labeled AVCHD. Basically my interest is just to have HDMV and AVCHD versions that will work on the largest number of players possible. It would be great if multiAVCHD would allow me to do that without having to author two versions, but currently that doesn't seem to possible because on my first test the same player issue came up as when we tried to use AVCHD-Patcher. Our project has probably only had a few thousand users, but I'd certainly be willing to put in some sort of acknowledgment if it was possible to convert the HDMV into an AVCHD version that would play on PowerDVD.

[setarip_old]

Replace the paths with those to your left and right files.As usual, I guess I haven't expressed myself clearly.

I don't have separate left and right files. The samples I managed to find are SINGLE files already containing left/right stereoscopic pairs in each frame.

I'll just wait until a new commercial 3D DVD (or trailers of same) become available.

As always, thanks for your effort to increase my knowledge ;>}

[setarip_old]

@alluringreality

Hi!Our project has probably only had a few thousand usersWhat is this project?

[alluringreality]

Hi!What is this project?

The project is AVS HD 709 (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12373254#post12373254). The AVCHD is showing about 25k downloads since the revision last year. That's not a lot of advertisement, but if multiAVCHD or AVCHD Editor could convert HDMV to AVCHD with menus that's playable in PowerDVD I'd be glad to include a logo.

[deank]

There must be something wrong going at your end...

3-4 years ago I think it was the same LINK I was redirected to to download AVCHD for a first time to test HD with my PS3.

Please contact me via email. The address is in the ABOUT tab of multiAVCHD.

Dean

[deank]

As usual, I guess I haven't expressed myself clearly.

I don't have separate left and right files. The samples I managed to find are SINGLE files already containing left/right stereoscopic pairs in each frame.

I'll just wait until a new commercial 3D DVD (or trailers of same) become available.

As always, thanks for your effort to increase my knowledge ;>}

If your video contains LEFT+RIGHT in one frame (left half for left eye and right half for right eye),

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

then you can tweak the script to look as:

video=directshowsource("c:\path_to_stereo_file.mkv")

all=video.crop(int(width(video)/2),0,0,0).lanczosresize(1920,1080).ConvertToRGB32
rED=video.crop(0,0,(-1)*int(width(video)/2),0).lanczosresize(1920,1080).ConvertToYV12.tweak(bright=-8, sat=0, cont=0.8).blur(1.56).ConvertToRGB32
mergeRGB(rED, showGreen(all), showBlue(all)).ConvertToYV12

I'll add a drop-list in [alter detected properties] where user can select if input video is stereo left/right, right/left, top/bottom, bottom/top, which will allow conversion to other anaglyph/stereo modes. :)

[deank]

1) Load your video
2) Set preferred OUTPUT 3D mode in SETTINGS (in my case Red/Cyan)
3) Open [properties] and then click [alter detected properties] and select the format of your video (in my case Stereo Left/Right)

http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_CA1.jpg

NOTE: Never change this option when processing REAL 3D Blu-ray playlist/title. The option is useful only for files, which have LEFT/RIGHT, TOP/BOTTOM, INTERLACED (or vice verse) left and right stereo frames encoded in a SINGLE frame.

3) Open [transcode]

You'll see your original video but now the [Create 3D anaglyph] option is enabled:
http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_CA2.jpg

4) Click [x] Create 3D anaglyph and you'll get a preview for the output mode you selected in 2):
http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_CA3.jpg

NOTE: When using REAL 3D Blu-ray discs/titles PREVIEW will not reflect the real output mode (but will show the LEFT eye only).

Dean

p.s. I just noticed that there are some 3D videos encoded in Stereo Interlaced format:

http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_CA4.jpg

I'll add [Stereo Interlaced Top=Left] and [Stereo Interlaced Top=Right] source formats, too. [added]

[setarip_old]

Absolutely delightful!

Thanks for dumbing it down so that even I can follow ;>}

Although it means nothing at this point (I'm just enjoying the video conversion), I noticed that those samples (all stereoscopic, either left/right or top/bottom) that had audio lost synch after converting to anaglyph...

BTW -Other than by simple experimentation, is there a way of determining whether left/right or right/left (and likewise for top and bottom) BEFORE processing?

[deank]

BTW -Other than by simple experimentation, is there a way of determining whether left/right or right/left (and likewise for top and bottom) BEFORE processing?

The only way to know for sure is to look at the preview in [transcode] with your red/cyan (or other) glasses. If it looks wrong you change the input type (for example from Left/Right to Right/Left).

About audio-sync... multiAVCHD can't handle very well audio (MP2/MP3) in AVI container...

[alluringreality]

I just wanted to say thanks to deank for the software and help. After a few days I was able to put together a solution for the issue I was seeing when trying to re-author the Encore HDMV to AVCHD. Anyway, here are the steps if there's any interest from others in modifying the Encore CS5 output.

1 - Begin with an Encore CS5 BDMV folder
2 - Modify menu Playlist for AVC using BDedit
3 - Transcode the menu from Mpeg2 to AVC
4 - Modify the menu Clipinf for AVC and changed packets
5 - Use multiAVCHD re-author mode and output to AVCHD strict
Note: Encore CS4 uses different menus and this process will not work on the older version

Edit: The above process will not play on Panasonic players as AVCHD (only Blu-ray media), apparently because the menu is not in-mux as required by AVCHD. The standard in-mux output from Encore with not play as AVCHD from PowerDVD, due to how Encore outputs mpeg2 menus. The method from http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1460405#post1460405 with an AVCHD re-author may play from both Panasonic and PowerDVD using DVD media.

[titof]

I've got a Panasonic BD-30 (updated) and a BDT300 and I can see the menu...
Is there a list of the compatibilities of the 4.1 and 3.0 version of MultiAVCHD ?

Thanks

[deank]

All versions up to 3.1 (incl) are compatible with all players. Version 4.0 and 4.1 with [AVCHD strict] authoring mode, too. [AVCHD relaxed]/[Blu-ray] modes cause troubles for some Panasonic players. There was a report that recent firmware updates from panasonic fixed the issues with some models (no info for BDP30/35).

Dean

[deank]

1 - Begin with an Encore CS5 BDMV folder
3 - Transcode the menu from Mpeg2 to AVC

Note: Encore CS4 uses different menus and this process will not work on the older version

How did you reencode the menu from MPEG2 to AVC? Was the menu-video in a separate file from the menu-navigation (IG)?

Dean

[alluringreality]

How did you reencode the menu from MPEG2 to AVC?

1 - Demux with tsMuxeR
2 - Transcode from Mpeg2 to AVC
3 - Mux to m2ts with tsMuxeR and replace in STREAM

Was the menu-video in a separate file from the menu-navigation (IG)?

It would seem to be that way in CS5, because tsMuxeR didn't report an error and the navigation still works. With the CS4 output both the menu background and navigation seem to be in the m2ts, because there was an error from tsMuxeR and the navigation was lost with the above steps.

[deank]

Right, I asked because there is no other way unless the menu video is separated from the navigation. Good thing CS5 does the out-of-mux menus and I'm really glad you got it working. :rolleyes:

Post back with any suggestions and thank you for the project (AVS HD 709 (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12373254#post12373254)) you share with us for the last 3+ years.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z109/alluringreality/small2.png (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12373254#post12373254)

Dean

[Cappy]

Hope you can help me out. I am using your multiAVHC mostly with great success. But I have hit a snag. When uncropping the MKV from a perfect source it turns out pixulated as end result. I have tried many of the options and the size of the end file is about the same but very pixulated as it plays ... any suggestions.

Trying to change a 1920/800 to a 1920/1080 for a bluray disc. I have tried Ripbot and Megui with the same result ... however the original version is perfact ?

[setarip_old]

@Cappy

Hi!Trying to change a 1920/800 to a 1920/1020 for a bluray disc.For BluRay it should be 1920x1080...

[Cappy]

@Cappy

Hi!For BluRay it should be 1920x1080...


Sorry thats what I meant to type .... 1080p

However I did try a program called BDtoAVCHD and it did what all other programs failed to do .. perfect output file .. strange ...

[MrVideo]

Trying to change a 1920/800 to a 1920/1080 for a bluray disc. I have tried Ripbot and Megui with the same result ... however the original version is perfact ?

I'm assuming that it is 1920x800 because someone decided that the letterbox bars of a 2.4:1 film needed to be removed and now they need to be put back in order to make it 1080p HD compliant.

It seems to me that you might need to create an AVISynth script that feeds the x264 encoder directly to add black bars above and below (140 pixels each bar) the image.

Another reason why I don't care for the removal of letterbox bars on HD material, as it can come back and bite you in the ass.

[insaneoctane]

Why does MAVCHD created thumbnails when I've deselected creating a menu?

See settings and log below:
Look starting at the [23:40:47] *** Extracting 28 chapter thumbnails...



[23:15:43] Initialising...
[23:15:44] Checking for new version...
[23:15:44] You have the latest build.
[23:15:44] Consistency check finished!
[23:15:44] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

[23:15:44] 1 year and 248 days since multiAVCHD was published.
[23:15:44] 354 people supported it with donations
[23:15:44] and you are the 2351109 one to launch the program...
[23:15:44] Support multiAVCHD to extend its features and keep it going!


[23:15:44] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04010767]
[23:16:35] *** Scanning playlist (00800.mpls). Please wait...
[23:16:36] *** Playlist EXT format: BDMV 1.1
[23:16:36] *** Detected main-path : [ID#000 Dur: 01:28:09.742] [00:00:11.650]
[23:16:39] *** Detected media file: [00800.m2ts, 01:28:09.701] (24392 MiB)
[23:16:39] *** Playitem size exceeds split point of 4000 MiB (set in Author tab).
[23:16:39] *** Playlist marked for full processing mode. (split/join)
[23:16:39] *** Detected chapters #: 00:00:00.000;00:06:57.500;00:10:02.810;00:11:30.022;00:14:34.498;00:18:22.476;00:19:34.840;00:21:45.220;00:24:40.645;00:29:19.841;00:31:30.096;00:33:44.021;00:37:25.534;00:42:20.037;00:43:51.128;00:45:45.200;00:49:25.629;00:52:28.270;00:55:22.694;00:59:18.012;01:01:34.273;01:04:30.867;01:06:39.203;01:08:27.770;01:11:19.775;01:14:08.402;01:17:05.203;01:21:23.837;01:28:09.492
[23:16:39] *** Playlist duration : 01:28:09 (24392 MiB)


[23:20:28] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[23:20:29] Destination [G:]: NTFS, 134839.25 MiB (131.679 GiB) free space
[23:20:29] Temp folder [C:]: NTFS, 393587.45 MiB (384.363 GiB) free space

[23:20:29] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.1 (build 767)
[23:20:29] Selected output mode: Playstation 3 (USB/SDHC/MS)

[23:20:29] Processing one title...
[23:20:29] Existing G:\OUTPUT\AVCHD_MARMADUKE\ cannot be used as destination folder!
[23:20:29] Output will be written to: G:\OUTPUT\AVCHD_MARMADUKE-20100831-232029
[23:20:29] Processing PLAYLIST (full mode) (split/join) (F:\_RIPS_\MARMADUKE\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00800.mpls)...
[23:20:29] M2TS stream split set at 4000MiB...
[23:20:30] SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.10.6 http://www.smlabs.net
[23:20:30] Detected resolution: 1920x1080
[23:20:30] Detected video: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC (TID#4113)
[23:20:30] Only this video track will be used!
[23:20:30] Detected media file: 00800.m2ts
[23:20:30] Detected main PI#000: 00800.m2ts, Duration: [01:28:09.742], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 01:28:21.393]
[23:20:30] Using audio: A_DTS (ID#4352 / language: eng / delay: 0)
[23:20:30] Using subtitles: ID#4608:S_HDMV/PGS Language: eng
[23:20:30] Using subtitles: ID#4609:S_HDMV/PGS Language: spa
[23:20:30] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...

===============================================================================
tsMuxeR meta:
===============================================================================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=00:00:00.000;00:06:57.500;00:10:02.810;00:11:30.022;00:14:34.498;00:18:22.476;00:19:34.840;00:21:45.220;00:24:40.645;00:29:19.841;00:31:30.096;00:33:44.021;00:37:25.534;00:42:20.037;00:43:51.128;00:45:45.200;00:49:25.629;00:52:28.270;00:55:22.694;00:59:18.012;01:01:34.273;01:04:30.867;01:06:39.203;01:08:27.770;01:11:19.775;01:14:08.402;01:17:05.203;01:21:23.837;01:28:09.492 --split-size=4000MiB --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "F:\_RIPS_\MARMADUKE\BDMV\STREAM\00800.m2ts", insertSEI, contSPS, track=4113, lang=eng, fps=23.976, mplsFile=00800
A_DTS, "F:\_RIPS_\MARMADUKE\BDMV\STREAM\00800.m2ts", track=4352, lang=eng, timeshift=0ms, mplsFile=00800
S_HDMV/PGS, "F:\_RIPS_\MARMADUKE\BDMV\STREAM\00800.m2ts", track=4608, lang=eng, mplsFile=00800
S_HDMV/PGS, "F:\_RIPS_\MARMADUKE\BDMV\STREAM\00800.m2ts", track=4609, lang=spa, mplsFile=00800
===============================================================================
[23:28:53] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[23:30:18] Media transfer: 00001 -> 00001.m2ts
[23:31:41] Media transfer: 00002 -> 00002.m2ts
[23:33:06] Media transfer: 00003 -> 00003.m2ts
[23:35:46] Media transfer: 00004 -> 00004.m2ts
[23:37:13] Media transfer: 00005 -> 00005.m2ts
[23:39:12] Processing playlist...
[23:39:12] Title #1 added: "MARMADUKE"
[23:39:12] Verifying title...
[23:39:28] Title has: 1 audio tracks and 2 subtitle tracks

[23:39:28] Preparing authoring information...

[23:39:28] Authoring menu (NTSC).
[23:39:28] Creating title thumbnails for 1 titles (XMB)...
[23:40:47] Using 28 thumbnail/chapter links for title #1...
[23:40:47] *** Extracting 28 chapter thumbnails...
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #2 [00:06:57.500] set for thumbnail at [00:06:57.500]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #3 [00:10:02.809] set for thumbnail at [00:10:02.810]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #4 [00:11:30.022] set for thumbnail at [00:11:30.022]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #5 [00:14:34.498] set for thumbnail at [00:14:34.498]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #6 [00:18:22.476] set for thumbnail at [00:18:22.476]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #7 [00:19:34.839] set for thumbnail at [00:19:34.840]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #8 [00:21:45.220] set for thumbnail at [00:21:45.220]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #9 [00:24:40.644] set for thumbnail at [00:24:40.645]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #10 [00:29:19.840] set for thumbnail at [00:29:19.841]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #11 [00:31:30.096] set for thumbnail at [00:31:30.096]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #12 [00:33:44.020] set for thumbnail at [00:33:44.021]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #13 [00:37:25.534] set for thumbnail at [00:37:25.534]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #14 [00:42:20.036] set for thumbnail at [00:42:20.037]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #15 [00:43:51.128] set for thumbnail at [00:43:51.128]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #16 [00:45:45.199] set for thumbnail at [00:45:45.200]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #17 [00:49:25.628] set for thumbnail at [00:49:25.629]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #18 [00:52:28.269] set for thumbnail at [00:52:28.270]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #19 [00:55:22.693] set for thumbnail at [00:55:22.694]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #20 [00:59:18.012] set for thumbnail at [00:59:18.012]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #21 [01:01:34.273] set for thumbnail at [01:01:34.273]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #22 [01:04:30.867] set for thumbnail at [01:04:30.867]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #23 [01:06:39.202] set for thumbnail at [01:06:39.203]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #24 [01:08:27.770] set for thumbnail at [01:08:27.770]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #25 [01:11:19.774] set for thumbnail at [01:11:19.775]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #26 [01:14:08.402] set for thumbnail at [01:14:08.402]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #27 [01:17:05.203] set for thumbnail at [01:17:05.203]
[23:40:47] *** Chapter #28 [01:21:23.837] set for thumbnail at [01:21:23.837]
[23:42:46] *** Chapter #2 [00:06:57.500] set for thumbnail at [00:06:57.500]
[23:43:38] *** Chapter #3 [00:10:02.809] set for thumbnail at [00:10:02.810]
[23:44:21] *** Chapter #4 [00:11:30.022] set for thumbnail at [00:11:30.022]
[23:45:23] *** Chapter #5 [00:14:34.498] set for thumbnail at [00:14:34.498]
[23:46:05] *** Chapter #6 [00:18:22.476] set for thumbnail at [00:18:22.476]
[23:47:05] *** Chapter #7 [00:19:34.839] set for thumbnail at [00:19:34.840]
[23:48:05] *** Chapter #8 [00:21:45.220] set for thumbnail at [00:21:45.220]
[23:49:06] *** Chapter #9 [00:24:40.644] set for thumbnail at [00:24:40.645]
[23:50:18] *** Chapter #10 [00:29:19.840] set for thumbnail at [00:29:19.841]
[23:51:17] *** Chapter #11 [00:31:30.096] set for thumbnail at [00:31:30.096]
[23:52:16] *** Chapter #12 [00:33:44.020] set for thumbnail at [00:33:44.021]
[23:53:20] *** Chapter #13 [00:37:25.534] set for thumbnail at [00:37:25.534]
[23:54:19] *** Chapter #14 [00:42:20.036] set for thumbnail at [00:42:20.037]
[23:55:21] *** Chapter #15 [00:43:51.128] set for thumbnail at [00:43:51.128]
[23:56:23] *** Chapter #16 [00:45:45.199] set for thumbnail at [00:45:45.200]
[23:57:43] *** Chapter #17 [00:49:25.628] set for thumbnail at [00:49:25.629]
[23:58:52] *** Chapter #18 [00:52:28.269] set for thumbnail at [00:52:28.270]
[23:59:43] *** Chapter #19 [00:55:22.693] set for thumbnail at [00:55:22.694]
[00:00:56] *** Chapter #20 [00:59:18.012] set for thumbnail at [00:59:18.012]
[00:02:28] *** Chapter #21 [01:01:34.273] set for thumbnail at [01:01:34.273]
[00:03:54] *** Chapter #22 [01:04:30.867] set for thumbnail at [01:04:30.867]
[00:05:28] *** Chapter #23 [01:06:39.202] set for thumbnail at [01:06:39.203]
[00:06:46] *** Chapter #24 [01:08:27.770] set for thumbnail at [01:08:27.770]
[00:08:16] *** Chapter #25 [01:11:19.774] set for thumbnail at [01:11:19.775]
[00:09:40] *** Chapter #26 [01:14:08.402] set for thumbnail at [01:14:08.402]
[00:10:56] *** Chapter #27 [01:17:05.203] set for thumbnail at [01:17:05.203]
[00:11:52] *** Chapter #28 [01:21:23.837] set for thumbnail at [01:21:23.837]
[00:12:55] Image processing for XMB menu completed!

[00:12:55] Preparing menu pages...

[00:12:55] Encoding Title List menu page [1/1].
[00:13:06] Setting main menu for 1 titles...
[00:13:06] Title List menu will be displayed after title #1.
[00:13:06] Playback will start with title #1 (MARMADUKE).
[00:13:06] Setting menu properties...
[00:13:06] Selected TV system: [NTSC]
[00:13:06] Processing clip (CPI/CLPI) files...
[00:13:06] Completed.
[00:13:08] Preparing AVCHDTN database...
[00:13:14] Database and index created!
[00:13:14] Setting FAT compatible 8.3 filenames...
[00:13:14] Done!

[00:13:14] Saving multiAVCHD quick-load project (mpf):
[00:13:14] G:\OUTPUT\AVCHD_MARMADUKE-20100831-232029\multiAVCHD.mpf (OK!)

Compilation summary:
Format: Playstation 3 (USB/SDHC/MS)
Name : multiAVCHD
===============================================================================
1. MARMADUKE [01:28:09]
===============================================================================
Overall duration : 01:28:09
Output size : 23353 MiB (22.806 GiB)

[00:13:14] G:\OUTPUT\AVCHD_MARMADUKE-20100831-232029 folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!
[00:13:15] Rename G:\OUTPUT\AVCHD_MARMADUKE-20100831-232029 to AVCHD and copy it to root of USB stick/disk or to X:\PRIVATE\ of SDHC/SD/MMC card.
[00:13:16] You may now remove temp folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Video\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100831\).
[00:13:16] Your compilation contains 1hrs 28min 9sec of video material.

[00:13:16] multiAVCHD finished in 3167.085 seconds (00:52:47.084)!

[00:13:16] End of log.

[deank]

Because they are needed for the 'titile-list' menu. Untick [-] Add title-list menu and you're done.

[stevensf]

hello.

First : MultiAVCHD is a great tool

my question : Is it possible to add an option for replace the video in the bluray edit mode, like the audio or subtitle tab ?

by example, a new 'Video' tab where you can choose the new video stream to replace the original... will be great for people who use external x264 to resample menu or movie

tx for all !!!

[deank]

Yes, it was requested by another user some time ago (archie_here I think). I'll add it in the next update. :)

[stevensf]

great :D

Keep up the good work...

[deank]

It is almost ready... It supports MKV, M2TS, MTS, TS, MPEG/MPG and raw 264/M2V/VC1 files as video-replacement tracks.

Let me test it and I'll put it out.

[stevensf]

great :)

[deank]

The option to replace video track is in [alter detected properties] window in [properties].

http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_AL_VID.jpg

Once you start reauthoring, you'll see notes in the log:

[16:00:04] Entering Blu-ray re-author mode...
[16:00:04] *** Transferring structure...
[16:00:05] *** Processing media files...
[16:00:05] *** [00000.mpls] - Remuxing playlist...
[16:00:05] Title is trimmed: 00:00:00 - 00:00:40
[16:00:06] SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.10.6 http://www.smlabs.net
[16:00:06] Detected resolution: 1280x720
[16:00:06] Detected video: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC (TID#4113)
[16:00:06] Only this video track will be used!
[16:00:06] Detected media file: 00000.m2ts
[16:00:06] Video track replaced with [D:\BenQ-GreenIsland-tw(45mbps).mpg]!
[16:00:06] *** V_MPEG-2 - 1920x1080, 29.970 fps
[16:00:06] Using audio: A_AC3 (ID#4352 / language: eng / delay: 23)
....
[16:00:39] *** [00000.mpls] - Applying changes...
[16:00:39] *** Checking playlists and media dependencies...
[16:00:40] *** [00000.m2ts] 1920x1080i, 29.970fps [00:00:39.838]
[16:00:40] *** Caching all playlists...
[16:00:40] *** Caching completed!
[16:00:40] *** Applying changes to linked playlists...
[16:00:40] *** [00000.mpls] - Applying changes...


As you can see in the log above, the original playlist/title is 1280x720 AVC/H.264, but it is replaced with one from an external MPEG2 file with resolution 1920x1080 MPEG-2 29.970fps.

Give it a try and let me know.

Dean

p.s. The option is available only in Blu-ray disc re-author mode. Once you load the external video file (track) click [OK] and do not change anything. multiAVCHD will detect the properties of the video and will update the title. If there is something wrong you can re-enter [alter detected properties]. Have in mind that raw/elementary streams (264, M2V, VC1) are always set to duration: -1. Do not alter it if you don't know the exact duration of your clip.

[deank]

A bit off-topic: Since Playstation3 finally got h*cked to run homebrew applications, may be it will be possible to program AVCHD player (similar to SMS player for Playstation2) to support multiple AVCHD folders from USB HDD and even to play them off the internal HDD... :) or EVEN play files, not natively supported by the console.

[stevensf]

good... seems to work fine...

good playback on PC with total media theatre, on PS3 and on a stand-alone player

good job man :)

P.S. : just a litle litle bug... when you select another video for a title on the "video track:", first time you see < original >, but for the other title even if you kept original, you see the last selected video... not easy to explain sorry :)

[deank]

Thanks for your great support, worknstiff!

[worknstiff]

You are very welcome and wish I had more to give. I wish everyone that can would donate to help the cause along. I can't think of any other (free) way to take episodic disks and put all the titles back on one BD-9 and have a simple menu to select audio & subs and be playable on my old BD-30. I think MultiAVCHD is great and appreciate all the work you have put into it. I have been thinking of upgrading to a newer model panasonic but it really just keeps chugging along and the PQ of the newer BD60's or 80's is still the same. I really have no interest in internet access for my player so I will wait untill it dies to upgrade.

PS: I finished the 40 title animation project (strict AVCHD) disk over the weekend and it turned out great except at the very end. After I compressed it to a BD-9 with BD_Rebuilder it got to the very last m2ts file and threw up an error about unable to open file for remuxing. After you click the error dialog box BD_Rebuilder finishes and the BD is playable but when you select the last title in the menu it crashes. The m2ts that it references is also unplayable when selecting it from the streams folder. I decided to replace it with the one from the original (multiAVCHD) folder but it will not play it from the menu, the m2ts does however play if you select it so it seems the problem is in BD_Rebuilder. It seems there is something BD_Rebuilder does not like about just the last m2ts playlist or menu page. It maybe just my PC but I am still pleased with the BD-9 I created with it, it is only missing the last 4 minute video. thanks again, worknstiff

[deank]

If you replace the mpls file you'll have to replace the m2ts and the clpi, too... (or if you replace the m2ts you need to put its clpi from the original, too). I wonder what error bd-rebuilder reported.

***

Something I added today. It will make things easier when importing Blu-ray discs or AVCHD folders in normal mode (not for re-authoring). Untill now multiAVCHD will automatically load all playlists it finds with duration bigger than the one set in AUTHOR tab. Now, when you import a structure you'll get a window, which displays all playlists, their duration, chapter count and number of segments per playlist. The window will show if the structure contains 3 or more playlists.

http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_folder_import_1.jpg

Playlists are sorted LONGEST to SHORTEST which allows the user to import only the longest one (usually the main movie) or the 3 longest playlists or just all (longer than the value set in AUTHOR tab).

http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_folder_import_2.jpg

This addition may speed up the loading if user wants only the main movie and not the rest of the stuff, plus one can take a quick look at what is going to be imported before wasting 10-15mins for a scan. As you can see in the screenshot above, the longest playlist is in fact a menu which loops for 999 times and if multiAVCHD tries to scan the playlist it will take almost 30 seconds, which is unnecessary. You can simply remove it (or any other playlist) and then import what you want.

The status line shows the number of playlists and their overall duration.

Dean

[deank]

Hey there, folks! :)

* Fixed: Crash with some MKV embedded chapters.
* Fixed: Crash with 'videoMODE' and 'videoEXT' parameters uninitialized errors
* Added: Some new CROP options (marked with %W) to horizontally pad/crop videos in [transcode] window
* Added: Option in [properties] / [alter detected properties] in RE-AUTHOR mode to replace playlist/title video track with external video from MKV/M*TS/TS or raw 264/VC1/M2V streams
* Added: Pop-up window for blu-ray/avchd structure import, which allows selection of the playlist with longest duration and to remove playlists before proceeding to structure import

The updates for the last week are now available in Build 768.

Dean

p.s. Greetings, Professor Falken. Shall we play... a nice game of chess?

[LowDead]

p.s. Greetings, Professor Falken. Shall we play... a nice game of chess?

hmm, have you put an easter egg in? :rolleyes:

[bc55]

Hi Dean

couldn't find this back, so I'm posting a new question.

Do I need to re-encode audio on my titles ? I have many HD movies recorded off TV, which are already compliant ( 1920x1080 / AC3 ), but every time I try to author an AVCHD from them ( they are M2TS files ), TSMUXER returns weird errors and the audio encoding fails.

The files play perfectly on my PC, and the analysis of MultiAVCHD yields no probs, yet it still doesn't work.

Thanks

[deank]

What error does tsmuxer return when you process your files?

Try to demux and remux to see if it fixes the problem.

[bc55]

What error does tsmuxer return when you process your files?

Try to demux and remux to see if it fixes the problem.

Well,

it tells me some tracks were not recognized ( the audio track is then missing ). It gets the X264 video ok though.

When I open the file and add it to my MultiAVCHD project, everything checks out great ! No red, no re-encoding necessary, but the audio track isn't recognized.

In VLC Media Player, I get this info :

Stream 0
Type: Video
Original ID: 4113
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC ( part 10) (h264)
Resolution: 1920x1080
Framerate: 50

Stream 1
Type: Audio
Original ID: 4352
Codec: A52 Audio (aka AC3) (a52)
Channels: Stereo
Samplerate: 48000Hz
Bitrate: 384 kb/s

Hope that helps .....

Cheers

[deank]

Try to set a lower value in Non-HD AC3 bitrate (subtitles&audio tab)... like 320... and process your file.. it will involve eac3to to convert it - just for a test...

If you wish you can use eac3to manually to demux the ac3 track and add it as external audio in [properties]. I had the same problem few days ago and it is because for some reason the ac3 track is not properly muxed (at least not in a way that tsmuxer would recognize it).

Dean

[bc55]

Try to set a lower value in Non-HD AC3 bitrate (subtitles&audio tab)... like 320... and process your file.. it will involve eac3to to convert it - just for a test...

If you wish you can use eac3to manually to demux the ac3 track and add it as external audio in [properties]. I had the same problem few days ago and it is because for some reason the ac3 track is not properly muxed (at least not in a way that tsmuxer would recognize it).

Dean

[12:56:25] Detected frame reference count: 3 (max:6).
[12:56:25] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 1280x720, fps=23.976, ref=3
[12:56:25] Detected audio: ID#2:A_AC3 (48000Hz 6ch 384kbps) Language: eng
[12:56:25] PAL speedup will be applied to all streams for PAL compatibility!
[12:56:25] Attempting to convert A_AC3 audio track #2...
[12:56:25] Encoding A_AC3 to AC3...
[12:56:39] User requested stop!
[12:56:39] User requested stop!
[12:56:39] User requested stop!
[12:56:39] User requested stop!
[12:56:39] User requested stop!
[12:56:39] User requested stop!
[12:56:39] Trying to encode audio with ffmpeg... !??!?! <--- What's this ?
[12:56:39] User requested stop!
[12:56:39] User requested stop!
[12:56:39] All attempts failed!
[12:56:39] Audio codec (A_AC3) is unsupported! Skipping track.
[12:56:39] Aborting...

I can't even demux the file, as TSMUXER won't recognize that there is even an audio file present. Well, he does SEE it, but he doesn't RECOGNIZE it.

BUT :

I set the non-HD AC3 bitrate to 320 as you suggested, and it worked :goodpost:. Weird.

Then I selected 448, and that worked, too ! So did 380. So what is better, higher ( 448 ) or slightly lower ( 380 ) !?

Seriously weird.

And now, iso "encoding A_AC3 to AC3" it says "encoding AC3 to AC3" .....

But, when the BluRay is finished, it comes up with garbled video. Could this be due to the odd bitrate on the audio ( 320 ) !?

Strange - is this a glitch / bug ?! Because my files were recorded direct from the HD stream via Arcsoft Total Media, and AC3 was looped through, without re-encoding .....

And here's more news : I set it back to 384, and it ADDED the audio WITHOUT re-encoding, but I got "bad frames detected warnings" and a runtime error. So re-encoding is a must, but the bitrate must be an issue, or I would see the image ( it's all green blocks now ) after authoring is done .....

[deank]

Audio processing shouldn't affect video... I can see 'PAL SPEEDUP'... why is this? Untick the option in SETTINGS if you want to keep your original framerate (23.976).

[bc55]

Audio processing shouldn't affect video... I can see 'PAL SPEEDUP'... why is this? Untick the option in SETTINGS if you want to keep your original framerate (23.976).

It's a PS3 thing, plus my beamer has 24P movie mode !!!!!

I added something to my post above .....

[deank]

Do not 'speedup' the video. Leave it at 23.976. Green artifacts can be caused by wrong encoding parameters in the H.264/AVC video stream (it depends on your recorder).

If using PS3 - 23.976fps should be just fine. Audio... if the value you enter is HIGHER or EQUAL to the detected audio bitrate - no conversion is performed. If you set a lower value then you'll see 'AC3 to AC3' conversion.

Dean

[bc55]

Do not 'speedup' the video. Leave it at 23.976. Green artifacts can be caused by wrong encoding parameters in the H.264/AVC video stream (it depends on your recorder).

If using PS3 - 23.976fps should be just fine. Audio... if the value you enter is HIGHER or EQUAL to the detected audio bitrate - no conversion is performed. If you set a lower value then you'll see 'AC3 to AC3' conversion.

Dean

OK, it seems the PAL Speed-Up was not the issue. I still get green video upon unselecting that option. I'm currently running a test on Speed Video Transcode 1:1, see if that retains audio + video .....

[worknstiff]

O.K., here goes, maybe someone can tell me how this works. I have a disk with some "short films" on it. I copy out the 13 separate .m2ts files just fine with Clown_BD to convert the LPCM audio to 640k, and I can add them to multiAVCHD and build a menu that plays each with no problems. It will play the first title correctly but all the rest when played don't show any playtime status on the player or show the correct runtime. All of the files except the first one list the runtime as (13:15:21), which is funny because the biggest file is only (7:09) in length and the total playtime is only 52 minutes. I know the problem is caused by the ( H.264 does not contain fps field: muxing fps=23.976 ) message from the log. I tried transcoding the files in multiAVCHD thinking it would replace the fps info but this didn't work either. Is there someway to fix this in multiAVCHD or do I have to run these files thru some other program? Is this just because the files have some weird HD audio streams that when muxed it erases the fps info? I have not run across this problem before cause I usually just deal with one title movie compilations.

[deank]

Try to load one of the files with 'wrong' info and process it separately to see if player will report correct playtime.

Does multiAVCHD report proper duration in MEDIA tab or [properties]?

[Capsbackup]

@bc55;
there are errors in the audio file. Try to demux the audio with either DGMPGDEC or dgavcdec, then you will have to reencode it. You can use BeSweetv1.5b31 or another of your choice.

[deank]

About the 'classic' menu from version 3.0 which was removed...

Here is a screenshot of the menu. If I implement it in version 4.1 as 'title-list' menu it would mean NO CHAPTER MENU and NO SETUP MENU pages.

http://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p1985954/menu.jpg

[bc55]

@bc55;
there are errors in the audio file. Try to demux the audio with either DGMPGDEC or dgavcdec, then you will have to reencode it. You can use BeSweetv1.5b31 or another of your choice.

Yes, you are correct. But, I have now established, if I recode both audio and video, the file works fine.

Takes forever ;-), but it works.

Cheers

[deank]

Try to check your recorder (PVR) recording settings... there may be something about video/audio.