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

[Blert]

setarip_old .... it's a Panasonic BD-35

Edit - just been reading some old posts in this thread, I have downloaded multiAVCHD V3.0 (build 729) and it played 100% first time :) so must be an issue with my BD-35 and the latest version of multiAVCHD

I might try updating the players firmware and see if that changes anything, but will have to check with the supplier first as it is hacked for region changing options and I don't want to mess that up with a firmware update.

[setarip_old]

@Blert

I don't know if it's applicable to your particular situation but, there are some Panasonic-specific settings in MultiAVCHD...

[Music Fan]

Yes, for Panasonic players (maybe not the new models), one has to choose "strict mode" because of the "out-of-mux" menu, and Pana need "in-stream-mux" menu.
Anyway, there's a problem with version 4 on Panasonic players (as Dean explained some time ago).

[Anakunda]

Greetz, my first usage of multiAVCHD and can't setup it to get a valid result
Loaded the original BD structure in it - OK, then edited desired tracks, then set up output directory and let it rebuild with BluRay disc as target.
The process went fine and it even created the usual BluRay folders structure but the resulting size is only about 300MB instead expected 20GB. It's clear that the output is not reauthored BD but ....what? Any suggestion about what I did wrong or what I missed that the result is not as expected please.

[apple2pomme]

- I used multiAVCHD with PS3 output format on a .mkv file that contains 2 audio tracks. The output made by multiAVCHD has only one audio track.

- I used MKV2VOB on the same .mkv file, the output is the other ("default" English) audio track. MKV2VOB only mux one audio ("default" language in settings).

- How should I edit the settings in multiAVCHD to make the output to contain multi-audio track (and subtitles) for PS3?

Thanks.

Apple

[eummagic]

Hi Deank,

First of all "THANK YOU" for creating such a wonderful program. I was literally searching the net for a software which I can use to create a Bluray demo for showing the performance of the AV systems to my customers. Currently, I am using multiple bluray discs swapping for demonstration purpose.

I run a Win 7 64 bit OS on a i3 3Ghz, 6GB DDR3 RAM , Sapphire HD6670 and Asus 12x Bluray writer as my HTPC. I have installed multiAVCHD and when after selecting one m2ts file and then clicking on the title, I get the error message "AVSInfo.exe stopped working". I read from your first post a work around and tried implementing by installing ffdshow and configuring it as mentioned and then running the Win7 tweaker and changing it to ffdshow. But, still I am getting the same error message.

Can you pls guide me where I am making the mistake?

[DODGEYONE]

HI i need some ideas why on multi avchd the menu background sound has gone all distorted,i use mp3 format do i need to change to wave,its been ok before thanks

[apple2pomme]

Has anybody every successfully made PS3 format AVCHD with multi-audio and subtitle? How to change the audio track with PS3 remote if you do?

I couldn't make it. The AVCHD I made from .mkv contains only one audio track (or I didn't find any way to switch between them?). For the same .mkv file, PC Media players can see multi-audio tracks and switch them easily.

Thanks in advance!!!

[varekai]

I'm trying to make a compilation blu-ray disc containing 4 titles/episodes.
Adding 4 BDMW\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls files.

GUI settings looks OK and at bottom it says:
Titles: 4 / Size: 38994 MiB (38.08 GiB) / Estimated output: ~43067 MiB (42.057 GiB) / Duration: 3:37:18
Hitting Start and output is only first episode?

What am I doing wrong?
Is it doable with multiAVCHD?

[Ghitulescu]

The answer is in the log.

[varekai]

The answer is in the log.

OK, looked at the log and could only find this which may explain it:
"In re-author mode multiAVCHD funcionality is restricted."
Not doable? Any suggestions on what to use?

regards

[jdobbs]

I'm trying to make a compilation blu-ray disc containing 4 titles/episodes.
Adding 4 BDMW\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls files.

GUI settings looks OK and at bottom it says:
Titles: 4 / Size: 38994 MiB (38.08 GiB) / Estimated output: ~43067 MiB (42.057 GiB) / Duration: 3:37:18
Hitting Start and output is only first episode?

What am I doing wrong?
Is it doable with multiAVCHD? "Join" rather than "Add" all files except the first. Adding makes the videos concurrent (multiple tracks). Joining makes them sequential. There's a chance for audio desync for the last three, though, if the audio isn't a perfect length.

You may want to consider trying multiAVCHD (freeware) to do the authoring for you... it works really well for creating a simple menu with multiple playback items. I often use it for combining series DVD discs into a single Blu-ray.

[varekai]

The answer is in the log.

Could you explain what you mean? What answer?

[varekai]

"Join" rather than "Add" all files except the first. Adding makes the videos concurrent (multiple tracks). Joining makes them sequential. There's a chance for audio desync for the last three, though, if the audio isn't a perfect length.

You may want to consider trying multiAVCHD (freeware) to do the authoring for you... it works really well for creating a simple menu with muliple playback items. I often use it for combining series DVD discs into a single Blu-ray.

Thanks jdobbs! You are always so helpful! I have to do some testing with the menu creation. Looks like it could work for me.

regards

After some trial & error I finally got some great results and I'm very pleased. Took another approach to adding/joining the episodes.
First made mkv's of each episode, then demuxed subs and added mkv+sub to multiAVCHD and it worked so well!
No sync issues, original episodes chapters and subs working, and a nice clean looking title menu!
Came out a little oversized for a 25GB disc and that will BD Rebuilder handle with ease.
Will try to make a christmas donation for deank and jdobbs! Thanks!

[Jijital]

Hi everyone and thank you for creating this useful tool.
I am putting together 3 big MKVs (about 8 GB ea.) onto a 50 GB BD-R and the movies are played correctly (divided into 12 automatic chapters each). The problem is that in the Chapter List Menu, all the animated thumbnails are the same (I mean they all display the same scene). To give you another clue, before burning the disc with ImgBurn, MultiAVCHD shows the following warning: "avs4x264.exe stopped working!". I can close that pop-up and MultiAVCHD completes the operation without any error, but the thumbnails are all the same for any of the 3 MKVs, as described above.
Your guidance is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[jfcarbel]

I am using v4.1.770 and am using it to take an m2ts bluray main movie stream and have it create a single title for bluray disc with a chapter menu.

I have only tried a single movie title, but it creates the chapter menu, but the 2nd level chapter menu it generates, while having the correct thumbs, it does not jump to correct point in movie. It does however work for 1st level of chapter menu.
The chapters themselves in the playlist work fine also, its just the thumbnails on the chapter menu that are not working on 2nd level (2nd page) chapter menu.

I am importing an ogg chapter text file that was generated from bluray stream and load it into the title properties tab. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Is there perhaps another simple tool to generate a chapter and setup menu like multiavchd does as I don't think this program is updated anymore.

Why does multiavchd not just load in the chapter marks from the m2ts file by default?

Log:
[02:22:56] Initialising...
[02:22:56] Checking for new version...
[02:22:57] You have the latest build.
[02:22:57] Consistency check finished!
[02:22:57] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

[02:22:57] 2 years and 345 days since multiAVCHD was published.
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[02:22:57] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04010767]

[02:31:51] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[02:31:54] Destination [T:]: NTFS, 247733.58 MiB (241.927 GiB) free space
[02:31:54] Temp folder [T:]: NTFS, 247733.58 MiB (241.927 GiB) free space

[02:31:54] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.1 (build 770)
[02:31:54] Selected output mode: Blu-ray player (BD-R/BD-RE disc)

[02:31:54] Processing one title...
[02:31:54] Processing (J:\completed\BLUES_BROTHERS-MOVIE_ONLY\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts)...
[02:31:55] Detected frame reference count: 3 (max:4).
[02:31:55] Detected video: ID#4113:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 1920x1080, fps=23.976, ref=3
[02:31:55] Adding DTS audio track (ID#4352)
[02:31:55] Detected subtitles: ID#4608:S_HDMV/PGS Language: eng
[02:31:55] Total of 2 tracks found in this file.
[02:31:55] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[02:31:55] Media split set at 48000MiB point...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
===============================================================================
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.1 Resolution: 1920:1080p Frame rate: 23.976
H.264 stream does not contain fps field. Muxing fps=23.976
Decoding DTS stream (track 2): Bitrate: 768Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 5.1
Decoding PGS stream (track 3): Resolution: 1920:1080 Frame rate: 23.976
Processed 212594 video frames
Creation of Blu-ray playlist
Creation of Blu-ray stream info and seek index
Mux successful complete.
Muxing time: 7 min 18 sec
===============================================================================

===============================================================================
tsMuxeR meta:
===============================================================================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=00:00:00.000;00:10:13.071;00:16:47.548;
00:23:59.772;00:32:05.215;00:39:25.029;00:49:15.119;00:54:46.408;01:00:09.981;01:07:12.820;01:15:32.862;01:24:11.880;
01:30:29.257;01:41:04.308;01:55:13.990;02:03:12.260;
02:11:46.106;02:18:53.283;02:27:46.691 --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "J:\BD-Rips\01-completed-ready-to-burn\BLUES_BROTHERS-MOVIE_ONLY\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts",
insertSEI, contSPS, track=4113, fps=23.976A_DTS, "J:\completed\BLUES_BROTHERS-MOVIE_ONLY\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts",
track=4352, lang=eng, timeshift=0ms S_HDMV/PGS, "J:\completed\BLUES_BROTHERS-MOVIE_ONLY\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts",
fps=23.976, track=4608, lang=eng
===============================================================================
[02:39:14] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[02:39:14] Processing playlist...
[02:39:14] Title #1 added: "00000"
[02:39:14] Verifying title...
[02:39:16] Title has: 1 audio tracks and 1 subtitle tracks

[02:39:16] Preparing authoring information...
[02:39:16] Creating NTSC top menu.
[02:39:16] Setting pop-up menu...
[02:39:17] *** [00000.mpls] - Adding pop-up menu [1080p]...
[02:39:17] *** Completed!
[02:39:17] Authoring menu (NTSC).
[02:39:17] Creating title thumbnails for 1 titles (SLI)...
[02:39:21] Using 19 thumbnail/chapter links for title #1...
[02:39:21] *** Extracting 19 chapter thumbnails...
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #1 [00:00:00.000] set for thumbnail at [00:05:05.001]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #2 [00:10:13.071] set for thumbnail at [00:13:30.308]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #3 [00:16:47.548] set for thumbnail at [00:20:23.660]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #4 [00:23:59.771] set for thumbnail at [00:24:23.772]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #5 [00:32:05.214] set for thumbnail at [00:35:45.121]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #6 [00:39:25.028] set for thumbnail at [00:39:30.028]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #7 [00:49:15.119] set for thumbnail at [00:52:00.762]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #8 [00:54:46.407] set for thumbnail at [00:54:48.407]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #9 [01:00:09.981] set for thumbnail at [01:03:41.400]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #10 [01:07:12.820] set for thumbnail at [01:07:14.820]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #11 [01:15:32.862] set for thumbnail at [01:19:52.370]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #12 [01:24:11.880] set for thumbnail at [01:27:20.568]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #13 [01:30:29.256] set for thumbnail at [01:30:32.257]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #14 [01:41:04.307] set for thumbnail at [01:41:05.307]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #15 [01:55:13.989] set for thumbnail at [01:55:14.990]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #16 [02:03:12.260] set for thumbnail at [02:03:23.259]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #17 [02:11:46.105] set for thumbnail at [02:11:47.105]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #18 [02:18:53.282] set for thumbnail at [02:23:19.987]
[02:39:21] *** Chapter #19 [02:27:46.691] set for thumbnail at [02:27:16.690]
[02:39:51] Image processing for SLI menu completed!

[02:39:51] Preparing menu pages...

[02:39:51] Encoding static SLI menu page [1/1] [Static title thumbnail].
[02:40:09] Encoding static SLI menu page [1/1]: Chapter page [1/2].
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #1 -> Chapter #1
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #2 -> Chapter #2
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #3 -> Chapter #3
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #4 -> Chapter #4
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #5 -> Chapter #5
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #6 -> Chapter #6
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #7 -> Chapter #7
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #8 -> Chapter #8
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #9 -> Chapter #9
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #10 -> Chapter #10
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #11 -> Chapter #11
[02:40:11] *** User defined thumblink #12 -> Chapter #12
[02:40:12] Encoding static SLI menu page [1/1]: Chapter page [2/2].
[02:40:15] *** User defined thumblink #13 -> Chapter #13
[02:40:15] *** User defined thumblink #14 -> Chapter #14
[02:40:15] *** User defined thumblink #15 -> Chapter #15
[02:40:15] *** User defined thumblink #16 -> Chapter #16
[02:40:15] *** User defined thumblink #17 -> Chapter #17
[02:40:15] *** User defined thumblink #18 -> Chapter #18
[02:40:15] *** User defined thumblink #19 -> Chapter #19
[02:40:16] Encoding static SLI menu page [1/1]: Setup page (audio/subtitle).
[02:40:18] Menu authoring completed.
[02:40:19] Setting main menu for 1 titles...
[02:40:19] Go to menu after last title.
[02:40:19] Setting menu properties...
[02:40:19] Selected TV system: [NTSC]
[02:40:19] Processing clip (CPI/CLPI) files...
[02:40:19] Completed.
[02:40:19] Setting Blu-ray format...
[02:40:21] Done!

[02:40:21] Saving multiAVCHD quick-load project (mpf):
[02:40:21] T:\BD_Rips\avchd_output\AVCHD\multiAVCHD.mpf (OK!)

Compilation summary:
Format: Blu-ray player (BD-R/BD-RE disc)
Name : multiAVCHD
===============================================================================
1. 00000 [02:27:46]
===============================================================================
Overall duration : 02:27:46
Output size : 22486 MiB (21.959 GiB)

[02:40:21] T:\BD_Rips\avchd_output\AVCHD folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!
[02:40:21] Burn its CONTENTS to BD-R/RE UDF 2.50/2.60 disc!
[02:40:22] You may now remove temp folder (T:\BD_Rips\avchd_workspace\multiTEMP-20111206\).
[02:40:22] Your compilation contains 2hrs 27min 46sec of video material.

[02:40:22] multiAVCHD finished in 508.625 seconds (00:08:28.625)!
[02:40:22] End of log.

[setarip_old]

@jfcarbel


Hi! Why does multiavchd not just load in the chapter marks from the m2ts file by default? Check to see if the setting for automatic chaptering is selected (12 chapters initial setting IIRC)...

[jdobbs]

Just for clarity: The chapter marks aren't in the .M2TS, they are in the .MPLS.

[jfcarbel]

Just for clarity: The chapter marks aren't in the .M2TS, they are in the .MPLS.

Ok, that make sense then. I use a cool program called ChapterGen to get an OGG chapter file from the .MPLS and then load that into multiavchd, just not sure why the second level chapter menu buttons are not working correctly.

Then again, I did not get a chance to test this on my standalone since it seems my Panasonic player will not bring up top menu. But the issue shows up in TMT5

[apple2pomme]

Does anyone ever had 2 or more audio tracks shown after multiAVCHD for PS3? Thanks.

[apple2pomme]

I couldn't have any images on the menu. The windows in the title menu are black. How can I have images in window like the tutorial? Thanks.

[Funkyirishman]

Ok trying this for the first time

Trying to burn a 3d version of Blade Runner onto a blank blu ray. Followed all the instructions but want to know about the menus

Does a donation remove the url embedded into the image and also the blue box as below? if not how can I remove it?

Also how can the chapters menu be changed so that they do not show as below but in a different format

Thanks

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/funkyirishman/Blade.jpg

[apple2pomme]

After a test, for the first time I used the multiAVCHD to make a bunch of animation movies for kids. However, there are 5 didn't go through and "skipped to next...", 4 of them "Title has 0 audio tracks.."

From this forum, someone said we can rename the AVCHD and start another run by adding this folder as an entry. Can we DELETE these 4 "zero audio track" titles from the list?

Thanks.

[kj5200]

I tried using the join button my second time around but it didn't work either. I have 61 mts clips being joined. When it was finished I had 61 folders with each having a dvd file structure. Is there a tut somewhere that can show me the correct way to do this?

[apple2pomme]

Urgent help wanted!

It took 4 full days to complete the multiAVCHD work (because it always stops at the "mux stopped", and it needs manual "close the program" or hangs there until you click on "close"). However, after all finished, the video clips, playlist, clipinfo, etc. are there. At the very last bit of word the multiAVCHD was writing, it had an error and AVCHD can't be played.

Re-Load the folder into multiAVCHD is a mess although all individual video clips can be played well and all playlist files and clipinfo files seem to be there completed.

Question: Is it possible to manually configure the list to repair the entire AVCHD folder?

[senderj]

First time user of multiAVCHD. Clicked on my title, windows poped up saying avsinfo.exe appcrach, then title properties appeared but only mAVCHD's own blue screen appeared, not my clip. Run multiTest and only failure is mpeg2. Avisynth and others ok. Don't know how to fix. Please help. mpeg2 always play fine on my PC with other players.

[apple2pomme]

Why is multiAVCHD PS3 dependent?

I made a few AVCHD folders and played by one thick (old) and one slim (new) PS3. On the thick PS3, I tested all, over 90% of videos can be played without problem. Only <10% have only sound and no image. However, with the other thin PS3 (on the same system, just changed the HDMI and Optical plugs), only sound can be heard, no video.

With the thin PS3, the AVCHD folders, Welcome MENU, and XML menu showed well and the background sound played well. Only when the "play" is clicked on each movie, only the sound played and no image. However, each 0000xxx.m2ts in the "stream" folder can be played individually (with the thin PS3) with sound and image perfectly correct. I really don't understand this problem. Hope someone can help. So, it seems the image (video) link between XML menu and the video clip file is blocked by something in the thin (new) PS3.

Any setup wrong? Please help! Thanks!!!

[guru1968]

I'm testing MultiAVCHD with my Panasonic TX-P50VT20E for a while now and beginning to love this program... ;-)

OK, it's not perfect - but who actually is? :-p

my current problem - or maybe this is my bad (wrong usage?):
- when I have multiple titles and have set for all of the clips an individual poster/cover image, only the image for the very first title is shown correctly in the TV's media player; all the other titles' pictures are completely mixed up - that's also the case with the chapter thumbnails - they are a complete mess
(but all the titles still play fine - so I guess this is a "nice to have" feature...)

Is the author still actively developing (no new releases for a while...)?

<update>
just found another bug:
3-channel DTS is transcoded to 2-channel AC3, where's the 3rd channel?

[VideoFanatic]

There seems to be some useless folders created when I author a Bluray disc with MultiAVCHD:

details.txt
multiAVCHD.mpf
HDAVCTN folder which contains thumbnail pictures

In the BDMV folder:

The AUXDATA folder contains a file called "multiAVCHD.mpf"

When I delete all the above stuff my disc still plays in my PS3 but I'm just wondering if I need the above stuff for it to play in other Bluray players?

[jdobbs]

There seems to be some useless folders created when I author a Bluray disc with MultiAVCHD:

details.txt
multiAVCHD.mpf
HDAVCTN folder which contains thumbnail pictures

In the BDMV folder:

The AUXDATA folder contains a file called "multiAVCHD.mpf"

When I delete all the above stuff my disc still plays in my PS3 but I'm just wondering if I need the above stuff for it to play in other Bluray players?Nope.

[Looukas]

Talking about PS3, am I wrong or recent firmware made it play AVCHD structures in 1080p, no matter what the resolution of material is? I've noticed my system displays 720p video with 1080p24 output, which seems not correct at all, I prefer it to output native resolution to get better processing by TV, 1080i material was played in 1080p too...

[wiseant]

Hi
I have been using MultiAVCHD on a fairly regular basis and this is what I have discovered:

1. Chapter thumbnails black or not showing
need to set "ffdshow video decoder information" for decoding H.264/AVC to ffmpeg-mt
From my tests - if I use LAVFilters to decode mov/mp4/h264/ - then thumbnails may work for the first title but won't work for additional titles

2. Maximum number of thumbnails to use for chapters is 12, any more and it will end up creating a 2nd chapter menu for the selected Title and it will be impossible to navigate to this second set of chapter thumbnails for this Title

3. I have successfully authored a Blu_Ray compatible compilation using three titles, each with 12 thumbnail chapters - burnt to a DVD-RW with ImgBurn [udf mode] and checked it with PowerDVD 10 and all the chapter thumbnails worked properly and I was able to navigate to each Title as well as the Title List menu

4. regarding the Title List menu - there is a dialogue box for Title list BG [background] Complexity under Menu/Advanced with the slider going from 0 to 12
This value, n, determines the skewed nxn Title List background, i.e. if you choose a value of 5 - then you will have a 5x5 matrix of "skewed" images for your Title List page

hope this helps

[verabgd]

Using [x] Advanced subtitle processing will give you better looking subtitles (using avisynth+vsfilter) so I'd suggest that you install Java for BDsup2sub. Subtitle processing will be slower, but the final look is much nicer.

If you want to go more advanced :) there are two small apps included in multiAVCHD package: easySUP and goSUP. Both will allow you to create Blu-ray SUP file from text-SRT subtitles. Once you get a SUP file you can load it in BDsup2sub and move the subtitles UP/DOWN and arrange them as you wish. easySUP is slower and supports bold/italic/underline. goSUP is ~10x faster, but doesn't support <b> <u> <i> (strips these codes).

Once you're done, use only file.m2v, file.ac3 and file.sup as input assets.

Dean

Problem with opaque subtitles:

I want something simple – to add opaque background to subtitles. I checked “Advanced subtitle processing” as well as “Use opaque box” but during compilation I got error message: “!!! Error converting subtitles! (java?)”. Compilation was successfully finished but subtitles didn’t have opaque background.

I installed Java (Java Platform (JDK) 7u2 for Windows x64) but then again I got the same error message. Then I installed easySUP, used it as standalone application and again I got error message.

This is from log file:

[07:43:13] Converting TEXT subtitles to PGS/SUP...
[07:43:13] [adriana l english.srt]
[07:43:13] Processing may take some time, so be patient!
[07:43:13] Advanced subtitle processing (step 1)...
[07:43:13] Fast mode enabled (1128x232 @ 50.000 fps with 76px margins)...
[07:44:08] Advanced subtitle processing (step 2)...
[07:44:09] !!! Error converting subtitles! (java?)
[07:44:09] Adding subtitles (Adriana L English.srt) (und)

What I did wrong? How to get subtitles with black/opaque background?

Thank you very much in advance.

[apple2pomme]

Why is multiAVCHD PS3 dependent?

I made a few AVCHD folders and played by one thick (old) and one slim (new) PS3. On the thick PS3, I tested all, over 90% of videos can be played without problem. Only <10% have only sound and no image. However, with the other thin PS3 (on the same system, just changed the HDMI and Optical plugs), only sound can be heard, no video.

With the thin PS3, the AVCHD folders, Welcome MENU, and XML menu showed well and the background sound played well. Only when the "play" is clicked on each movie, only the sound played and no image. However, each 0000xxx.m2ts in the "stream" folder can be played individually (with the thin PS3) with sound and image perfectly correct. I really don't understand this problem. Hope someone can help. So, it seems the image (video) link between XML menu and the video clip file is blocked by something in the thin (new) PS3.

Any setup wrong? Please help! Thanks!!!

I tried and tried, this problem persists. Have you had the same problem?

[apple2pomme]

I used mkv2vob (long before I knew multiAVCHD) for PS3. It works nearly every time. For me it has only 2 shortage comparing to multi-AVCHD:
(1) single AVCHD
(2) single audio track and no subtitle (or re-encode one in the movie which is no good)

multiAVCHD has above, very nice features: multi-AVCHD (by its name) and audio & subtitle like real BD.

However, multiAVCHD is more fragile. Sometimes AVCHD folders can NOT be played on certain PS3; Certain movies don't play at all; certain movies only audio heard, no video; audio mux problem, etc.

For example, one movie has 2 audio tracks. I tried with multiAVCHD many times and it only came out with one (non English). mkv2vob can have the perfect any single one.

I wonder if multiAVCHD can adapt features from mkv2vob as it has souurce code available?

Or multiAVCHD has its source code available?

Thanks.

[Moritzio]

How do I login or register for the offical forum? I cannot see any links to the forum on http://multiforum.deanbg.com/. Does the author still have a forum? I used to have a login, but cannot find a way to use it or reregister.

[setarip_old]

@Moritzio

Hi!

You might try searching for him at PS3-specific sites...

[Moritzio]

I got this error tonight night: variable contains only a single value - line 106. Any ideas what is up?

Last log entries were:
[03:09:41] Encoding static XMB menu page [4/7] [Static title thumbnail].
[03:10:03] Encoding static XMB menu page [4/7]: Chapter page [1/1].

[Pipeline79]

Hi there, sorry if this is a stupid question - but I have looked as best I can for a defintive answer for this and there doesn't seem to be one as I can find.
I'm running multiavchd on Win 7 - 64 bit now, rather than Vista 32 bit.
I have - MultiAVCHD in the Program Files folder.
ffdshow 64 in the same place and ffdshow 32 in the x86 program files.
avisynth and haali are also both in regular prog files folder.
I understand MultiAVCHD is a 32bit prog, as are avisynth and haali.
I installed the 64bit ffdshow first because of OS, but when using the multitest tool I kept getting a VC-1 error. Installing the 32bit ffdshow and using the directshow tweaker eventually helped me get four OKs with this. So does this tool (the multitest) assume everything is for 32bit decoding/encoding?
The only thing which is confusing me now, is the button in the settings tab (in multiAVCHD) for 64-bit OS - having it checked, with the set-up I have right now causes the encoding to fail, and having it unchecked means it works fine. Does this just mean it doesn't really work with Win 7 atm?
So, finally - if anyone else is trying something like this, perhaps tell me if the 64-bit win 7 would speed anything up with this particular program anyway?

*Plus* Is there a common cause when transcoded avi/mp4 files get A/V sync issues after going through multiAVCHD that someone could point me to?

I do like this program, though - don't get me wrong!

[Music Fan]

My Sony bdp-s370 has a weird behavior with pop-up menus on AVCHD : it works on USB key but not on dvd (no pop-up), whatever I choose strict mode or not (anyway I don't use motion menu).
@ people who have this player (or the 470, or the 380, ...) : did you succeed in making it work on dvd ? I have still an old firmware and I would like to know if it's the cause or not of this problem before to upgrade it.

Something else about pop-up : when I choose AVCHD (for USB) as output format, pop-up are displayed but shrinked on not Full HD titles (720p, 480p, ...), even when I check "always match pop-up resolution" (I tried both, with and without).

But I found a strange method to make it work correctly (I mean to have the good pop-up size) on AVCHD (only on USB key) : I first choose Blu-ray as output format, I do not check "always match pop-up resolution", then I re-author it in AVCHD for USB and the pop-up size is good on all resolutions titles.
If I check "always match pop-up resolution", they are shrinked on not Full HD titles, while the inverse would be more logical.

To check or not "add pop-up" at the re-authoring step has no effect, the pop-up are there anyway.

I also tried to change the display resolution in my player's setup (1080p, original signal, 720p, 480i), it has no effect on the pop-up.

[c2k]

[... Resolved ..]

€dit: Nevermind, seems to work now.
Don't know what got it working, but I guess it works now because I changed the MPEG2-Encoder to "lavc 2-pass" in the settings tab.

Still there is one question I would like to have answered:
When I am playing the last chapter of a title with a following title, how can I get it to work to play the following title when I click the "Next Chapter Button" (on remote) ?
At least on my PS3 it doesn't work.

Oh, one more thing:
When motion menu and motion title thumbnails are activated, the background will show a video based on the trailer cuts sequence while the title thumbnails just plays a 32 second long part of the video.
Is there any way to get a trailer cuts sequence into the title thumbnails ?

[Music Fan]

When I am playing the last chapter of a title with a following title, how can I get it to work to play the following title when I click the "Next Chapter Button" (on remote) ?
At least on my PS3 it doesn't work.
I have the same problem on my Sony player, we should maybe tick "add chapter at title end" in author tab, I never tried it.

[c2k]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.
One more thing:
How does the AviSynth tab work ?
Or: What do I have to do to get my custom AviSynth script processed ?
For testing, I have pasted one into the AviSynth tab of one title, but instead the program generated script was used (for motion title menu), at least the file in the output folder is from the "standard" slide multiAVCHD script and not mine.
I tested the script with VirtualDub and it has no errors, so what do I need to do to get my script processed ?
Maybe I wouldn't even need that if someone could explain how I get the menu background video (8 trailer cuts with fade in/out) as title thumbnail ?

[Music Fan]

I have the same problem on my Sony player, we should maybe tick "add chapter at title end" in author tab, I never tried it.
I tried it and it works. Clicking on "next" goes to 1 second before the end of the title, so the wait is short to see the following title.

[c2k]

Thats great, thanks for the heads up.
But can you help me with my custom AviSynth script problem from my previous post ?
Just a short explanation on how to use it would be great.

Or does someone at least know how multiAVCHD processes the menu scripts ?
I gues with x264.exe, but what are the paramters ? And is there something called before it ?
I would just like to get similar results to multiAVCHD just with my customized script...

[Music Fan]

Sorry, I can't help you for that part, I never use multiAVCHD to encode. I create my scripts manually and I encode with MeGui.

[Dofin]

Hi I Running Windows 7 64bits, with 12 Go of memory. My problem is almost all of my memory is used at a point during the process (after I see the message "completed") and for the rest of the process, the memory used stayed high and never came back to normal (which is around 20%), even after the program has been closed !
I've checked 64bits, move transitional files and All, in the Settings. I've never been able to go back to normal operation because my PC is slowed down to a point that it is not workable.
When I've been previously running a 32bits version on the same PC, this has never happened and I only had 3 Go at the time.
I've checked for malware, defrag, etc. with no success. The only way to go back to mormal is to close the session or reboot. Any clue ? Thanks.

Update: I've changed the output to another physical drive and although after "completed" in the process, 90% of memory is used, it goes back to a normal 15% of memory used, after completion. Previously the partitions used were different but on the same physical drive. This time, input and output ate on separate partitions, on different physical drives. This way, I get a performance improvement.

[c2k]

Sorry, I can't help you for that part, I never use multiAVCHD to encode. I create my scripts manually and I encode with MeGui.

Great hint.
Works for me, but will make the whole process a bit more complex.
Thanks anyways.

[a320]

ffdshow and haali spliter installation steps: (steps to take if you have problems with transcoding or menu preparation!)

If you have ffdshow or avisynth or haali splitter - uninstall them and install supported versions (http://multiAVCHD.deanBG.com/downloads/) in following order:

1) Install Avisynth 2.58

2) Install ffdshow

3) Install haali (Matroska / Матрешка) splitter
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THANK YOU DEAN!

This solved my problem where the preview window, where I'd try to select spots in the movie to link them to the main title image, would have blocks/artifacts instead of a clean image. Additionaly, I use Sharks codecs, I went into shark settings and made sure everything was selected to use ffdshow + haali instead of the other choices available. Not sure if this made a difference as well.

[Cela]

DVB-S2 channel arteHD (Astra 19.2°) will broadcast six shows in 3D side-by-side mode later this sunday. This may provide some test footage.

The answer of how to convert these 3D HD ts may be buried somewhere in the 7000+ postings in this thread.

Please, could somebody provide a link to the solution or give a short summary of how to convert a recorded transport stream from side-by-side to anyglyph (blue/yellow and/or red/cyan) mode.