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

[laz305]

@laz305

Which is it, "all" or "some"?

I have successfully converted about 3 .mkv files but have failed on the last three I have tried. tsmuxer fails until multiavchd crashes.

[Capsbackup]

I have successfully converted about 3 .mkv files but have failed on the last three I have tried. tsmuxer fails until multiavchd crashes.

You could try demuxing the mkv to it's elementary streams before inserting them into multiAVCHD. I seem to remember this as a workaround for certain type mkv's with multiAVCHD.

[setarip_old]

@laz305 I have successfully converted about 3 .mkv files What source material, software (name and version numbers) and procedures did you use to create these first three .MKVs?

but have failed on the last three I have tried.What source material, software (name and version numbers) and procedures did you use to create these second three .MKVs?

[jdobbs]

so how do I find out why tsmuxer keeps failing and won't convert any .mkv files?@laz305

Which is it, "all" or "some"? I can tell you that TSMUXER will crash if the MKV has header compression enabled, and that's the default on a lot of MKV packages these days. If you run the MKV through MKVMERGE and disable header compression it fixes it (assuming that's the issue).

[rebkell]

I've tried goSUP, the one included in multiAVCHD and I downloaded the standalone one. When I open it up, I click on a .srt file and then click convert and it always comes back with the current time stamp and the message, Nothing to do! easySUP works fine on the same srt file, so I'm sure the file isn't corrupt. Anyone have any ideas what is going on?

[sreemv]

with the latest multiavchd, When I added an additional audio track, it showed up in a new tab "other audio" and it did not get muxed with m2ts? whats that about??

A quick search on forums showed this:

Both the MPLS file and the CLPI reference the type of audio in the M2TS file. In fact, its possible that more than one MPLS could do so.

So, could someone tell me the proper method to mux in a new audio? I have a BD with only LPCM - I encoded a DTS and am trying to add/mux to the same disk in re-author mode.

[rapscallion]

with the latest multiavchd, When I added an additional audio track, it showed up in a new tab "other audio" and it did not get muxed with m2ts? whats that about??

So, could someone tell me the proper method to mux in a new audio? I have a BD with only LPCM - I encoded a DTS and am trying to add/mux to the same disk in re-author mode.

I do this all the time and for the same reason as well as to add DTS-HD to movies that only have True HD. Works great.

I don't know how you encoded the DTS, but I'm assuming that you used DTS Master Audio Suite and encoded the lpcm individual wavs to either DTS-HD or standard DTS ?

If this is the case, you can't enter the *.dtshd (or *.cpt) track directly into multiavchd. You have to demux first with tsmuxer, to remove the extraneous hex entries.

Not sure where the "other audio" tab came from. Click on the properties of the appropriate m2ts and you will see the dialog box below. With the "audio" tab visible, click add (red circle #1). An explorer will pop up, navigate to the audio track you want to add, highlight and click OK.

In this case I added the DTS-HD and pressed the "up" button to move it to the first position, so it's the default audio track. You can also "remove" any unwanted audio in this tab.

I also "blank" out any warnings or other umwanted material at this time.

Click OK (circled red #2) and this dialog will close and the main screen appears. Press "start" and the processing will begin. Takes about 15-20 min to complete.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6268/multiavchd.jpg

[sreemv]

I do this all the time and for the same reason as well as to add DTS-HD to movies that only have True HD. Works great.


Awesome! Glad to hear that works!

I don't know how you encoded the DTS, but I'm assuming that you used DTS Master Audio Suite and encoded the lpcm individual wavs to either DTS-HD or standard DTS ?


Yup - DTS-HD from the individual wavs.

If this is the case, you can't enter the *.dtshd (or *.cpt) track directly into multiavchd. You have to demux first with tsmuxer, to remove the extraneous hex entries.


Ok - this is what I must be missing - I am guessing I need to load the original mpls in tsmuxer, remove the LPCM, replace it with dtshd in its place and output a new m2ts - copy the new .m2ts and .clpi to replace the original - is that all??


Not sure where the "other audio" tab came from. Click on the properties of the appropriate m2ts and you will see the dialog box below. With the "audio" tab visible, click add (red circle #1). An explorer will pop up, navigate to the audio track you want to add, highlight and click OK.


I did exactly that - added the .dtshd straight without tsmuxer and it created a new tab labeled "other audio" and it showed up there.
In this case I added the DTS-HD and pressed the "up" button to move it to the first position, so it's the default audio track. You can also "remove" any unwanted audio in this tab.


Umm...confused...if you muxed the .dtshd with tsmuxer, why would you have to add it here again? It should already be there? Please clarify! Thanks again!

[rapscallion]

Ok - this is what I must be missing - I am guessing I need to load the original mpls in tsmuxer, remove the LPCM, replace it with dtshd in its place and output a new m2ts - copy the new .m2ts and .clpi to replace the original - is that all??

No, that won't work as the mpls and clpi files contain more info about the disc than just that created by a simple mux in tsmuxer. You won't get any audio that way. It has to be done in Multiavchd.

The only time you would do it this way is if you were remuxing so that the intended result was the movie file only, with no menus, extras, etc.

Umm...confused...if you muxed the .dtshd with tsmuxer, why would you have to add it here again? It should already be there? Please clarify! Thanks again!

No, I didn't mux it with the *.m2ts in Tsmuxer, I demuxed it by itself, which results in a "usable" *.dts.

The DTS MAS software creates files with an extra 140 bytes of header information at the beginning of the files. This is done so studio authoring house software recognizes the file/header as DTSHD. It's stripped out in the resulting, final audio track that's on a BD disc. Fortunately, Tsmuxer strips it out as well, during the demux process.

[sreemv]

No, I didn't mux it with the *.m2ts in Tsmuxer, I demuxed it by itself, which results in a "usable" *.dts.

The DTS MAS software creates files with an extra 140 bytes of header information at the beginning of the files. This is done so studio authoring house software recognizes the file/header as DTSHD. It's stripped out in the resulting, final audio track that's on a BD disc. Fortunately, Tsmuxer strips it out as well, during the demux process.

Hmmm.....so you pre-process the .dtshd file created by the DTS MAS software via tsmuxer and load it in multiavchd?

[rapscallion]

Hmmm.....so you pre-process the .dtshd file created by the DTS MAS software via tsmuxer and load it in multiavchd?
You got it.

Btw, I just drag and drop files into the "input" box of tsmuxer. If you use the "add" button, be sure
change the "Files of type" to "all files (*.*)" in the "Add Media Files" dialog box.

[sreemv]

Thanks! That worked like a charm!

[superflysocal]

Great program! I need some help, PLEASE!

I am trying to burn home movies from AVCHD camcorder to AVCHD disc to play on blu ray player with dvd-r (or dvd+r). The movies play fine but I am trying to get sliding static menus to work. When the menu is on the first item of the sliding menu it looks great, you can see the poster which I hand selected from the video and used the "poster" button to select. You can also see the next few posters after as you should with a sliding menu. When I press the right arrow to go to the next movie on the menu (total of 19 short 3-5 minute movies), all I get is a black screen with only the blue selector arrow (presumably at the "play" button) shown. The "play", "chapters" buttons are not seen. Same if I go on to the next movie to the right. If I go back to the first movie, i see everything again.

A little history. I have done this before about 2 years ago. i remember having similar issue but eventually i resolved it somehow. i still have a disc from back then to prove it, and works perfectly on this blu ray player. Since that time, i am sure I have messed with ffdshow settings for other things. I think that is what the problem is. here is what i have tried:
In FFDSHOW, i have set h.264/avc to libavcodec and MPEG2 to libmpeg2...still happens. I have changed h.264/avc to ffmpeg-mt, leaving mpeg2 alone, still same problem. i am burning with AVCHD strict by the way.

Also, is there a way to test the results on the PC without burning it to disc? What software can play the AVCHD folder structure with menus? i tried POWERDVD Ultra that can play HD DVD and no success.

Lastly, when previewing menus, i don't see any of the pictuyres, just a blue poster with the word multiAVCHD on it. Can i use this as an indicator as to whether it will work or not, or is it the way it is suppose to be?

[fma]

after ive inserting succesfuly subtitle in 15-20 blu-rays using multiAVCHD, im experiencing this issue , "some" is "contracting" the length of the movie, with aproximatly 4%, everythings still syncronised (subs, audio) just the chapters are messed-up, and also the size of the output file is with the same aprox 4% smaller!!!
so, the movie still complet, but the duration and the size are shorter/smaller.

some ideas pls?

thx

[setarip_old]

@fma

Hi!

1) What software and procedures did you use to create the problematic subtitles?

2) When you created the problematic subtitles, on what did you base the timing?

[Ghitulescu]

Why multiAVCHD creates exactly 55 entries in a playlist for a menu?

It struck me this when I was trying to "shorten" the duration of the menu, before it looped. Actually I put a 6-7 seconds long song as the background sound, yet the produced menu was 33 seconds long.

[rapscallion]

I reauthored a retail BD of Rambo First Blood, and the resulting movie stutters. Did it twicw to confirm.

This is what I did, and have done for many others without a problem:
1. Blanked the previews
2. Blanked the FBI warnings
3. Blanked the commentary disclaimer
4. Made the DTS-HRA the default audio track ( Dolby is in the original) by moving it "up' one position in the properties dialog.

Any thoughts why the reauthor is screwing up playback (both in TMT and Power DVD)

Edit: Tried it with Clown BD copier with the same result, so there's something in this disc that doesn't like reauthoring. Oh well.

[Capsbackup]

Have you tried BD-RB? :)

[Music Fan]

Or maybe BDedit.

[rapscallion]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. No, I haven't tried either of those.

I believe neither program can change the default audio, but I'm not sure. Will take a look at them again.

[Capsbackup]

Any thoughts why the reauthor is screwing up playback (both in TMT and Power DVD)


I believe the mpls and clpi need to have their associations changed to the type of audio for that track. Just moving "up" the audio without correcting it in the mpls/clpi might cause this. :confused:
BD-RB will let you blank audio but not change it's order. However, if you were to only keep the HD audio, instead of the DD 2.0 or DD 5.1 if the main title has one of those as the first audio, and perhaps keep other directors commentary tracks, it will change the order then.
Another option that might work is to use multiAVCHD in "Re-author" mode, go to the main title's available audio, delete them and then add back external audio in the order you wish. The movies audio menu page may not be accurate though! :(

[rapscallion]

I believe the mpls and clpi need to have their associations changed to the type of audio for that track. Just moving "up" the audio without correcting it in the mpls/clpi might cause this. :confused:
BD-RB will let you blank audio but not change it's order. However, if you were to only keep the HD audio, instead of the DD 2.0 or DD 5.1 if the main title has one of those as the first audio, and perhaps keep other directors commentary tracks, it will change the order then.
Another option that might work is to use multiAVCHD in "Re-author" mode, go to the main title's available audio, delete them and then add back external audio in the order you wish. The movies audio menu page may not be accurate though! :(

Yes, I always to it in reauthor mode. I've done this for many movies, both adding an external track and changing the default order and it's always worked perfectly (the menu order not a problem for me).

Same with blanking previews, warnings, etc. Multiavchd has always processed the mpls and clpi correctly.

In the properties dialopg box is where, in the audio tab, the audio tracks are displayed. There're "up" and "down" buttons to the right. Multiavchd uses that to process the mpls and clpi accordingly.

[Music Fan]

Can Multiavchd re-author blu-ray with Java menus and keep these menus ?

[Capsbackup]

Can Multiavchd re-author blu-ray with Java menus and keep these menus ?

I have re-authored quite a few Blu-rays, and never had a problem with them on playback with my Sony S360 standalone. I'm sure many have had Java menus too.
I usually use BD-RB first, then multiAVCHD to blank warnings since I am unable to "see" the warnings with BD-RB to blank them.

[bodhi78]

Guys,

I'm having a subtitle problem, hope you guys can give some insight.

I'm using MultiAVCHD 4.1, on Win 7. I have a French substitle srt file that I can view correctly on Notepad, with all the accents displayed correctly in Arial font. In fact, I can see SRT text in any language with no problem using Arial font, using Notepad.

When I authored DVD or Blu-ray disk, this subtile file was not converted correctly, all text were displayed in weird graphics. I know it's an indicator of a Unicode display problem.

Questions: does MultiAVCHD use the default Windows Arial font, or does it have its own font emmbeded? could that be the problem?

I used GoSub and EasySub (from the MultiAVCHD directory) to convert it separately, but the output showed the same problem.

BTW, GoSub and EasySub don't have preview window any more, so I can't test the conversion in advance. Is there a version for either GoSub or EasySub out there that shows preview?

TIA

[Nightshiver]

Multiavchd is giving me the error "Avsrecursion is missing from your system".

Problem is, I already have Avsrecursion in my System folder. Any thoughts? It also won't give me any video preview at all:

http://i45.tinypic.com/zt9k0n.jpg

[mlemaire]

Hey guys, I've got a question about creating menus. So for example, I've got a TV show that I'm making a BD of, that has anywhere from 13 to 24 or so episodes in total.

SO what my issue is, is that when I make a menu, usually set on static, flipping through the episode is a huge pain in the ass. I basically have to wait each time for it to flash/load a new screen that has the next episode in the list. Can anyone tell me how I'd go about setting it up so that the scrolling is animated, so that it's not loading screen after screen just to sort through the episode lists?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :D

[nikknightt]

so how do I find out why tsmuxer keeps failing and won't convert any .mkv files?

I'm able to fix this issue by re-muxing the mkv with an older version of mkvmerge 3.0
Works every time.

[Ghitulescu]

SO what my issue is, is that when I make a menu, usually set on static, flipping through the episode is a huge pain in the ass. I basically have to wait each time for it to flash/load a new screen that has the next episode in the list. Can anyone tell me how I'd go about setting it up so that the scrolling is animated, so that it's not loading screen after screen just to sort through the episode lists?

I had this problem too, but it disappeared when I changed the BD-player. Newer generations are extremely fast compared to the older ones.

Yes, it doesn't solve the problem, the only solution is to add manually videos that fade from one page to another, and change the navigation by hand. That means you'll get used to the flip/flop pages ;), at least until you change the player :).

[Music Fan]

I'm able to fix this issue by re-muxing the mkv with an older version of mkvmerge 3.0
Works every time.
It's probably a header compression problem. You can remove it with recent MKVMerge versions too (file, options, mmg, disable header ...).
You can see if MKV's header is compressed or not with MediaInfo : if you see "header stripping" in the video characteristics, it means that header is compressed.

[buffalofloyd]

I haven't paid much attention lately but this program is still great for what it can do. Because it's no longer maintained has anyone come across a similar program that serves the same purpose but better perhaps?

[Nightshiver]

There is no other program like this, and certainly not better. About the only alt is AVCHDCoder, but it's not the same. The only other option is to buy the commercial software (at least in my case) capable of outputting DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD, the cheapest of which is $3000. Along with a much better and more streamlined way of making menu's.

[buffalofloyd]

There is no other program like this, and certainly not better. About the only alt is AVCHDCoder, but it's not the same. The only other option is to buy the commercial software (at least in my case) capable of outputting DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD, the cheapest of which is $3000. Along with a much better and more streamlined way of making menu's.

Thanks for the reply. I'm a little surprised that nobody else has created software like this or improved upon this program itself. I like this program a lot and use it quite often but I feel it's not super user friendly. I can muddle my way through pretty decent to get the outcome I want but the menu system could be better and more streamlined as you say along with other features regarding encoding options and such. I know this program is free so I am not complaining but just curious if anyone found others that were free and if they like them. For free software with the capabilities it does have, if I was rating it I'd give it a solid 8.7-9 :D

[JoeH]

There are many things that only MultiAVCHD can do, especially among free software. And there are other things that MultiAVCHD does much better than the free competition, even if they also offer similar options.

It is a shame that it is no longer actively developed.

I imagine that if deank were to open source it someone would be willing to pick up future developments - just think of MeGUI, for example, which has changed developer's hands multiple times when one developer no longer had time to continue working on it.

[verabgd]

I have lot of HD TS files, recorded from HD TV, which contain 1 video stream, 1 audio stream and 6 DVB subtitles streams. Video doesn't have embedded subtitles so I would like to author Blu-rays using these DVB subtitles streams.

When I play these TS files with DVB subtitles in VLC player or DVB Viewer I can choose/see subtitles.

When I import TS file multiAVCHD recognize DVB subtitles but there are no subtitles in compiled BD.

I also extracted these DVB subtitles to SUP files (using ProjectX ) and added English SUP file as external subtitle stream. multiAVCHD made SETUP Menu but when I play Blu-ray there are NO subtitles - player is set to Subtitles ->English but there are no subtitles during the playback.

What is wrong? Is it possible at all to author Blu-rays with subtitles using DVB subtitles streams? If it is, what should I do?

To mention that when I add SRT subtitle file (another projects) everything is OK.

About using DVB subtitles I only found this http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1288607&highlight=DVB+subtitles#post1288607 but this is from 2009; anyway I tried it and it didn't work.

Thank you very much in advance.

[deank]

I released a minor update today (build 771). It should fix some weird runtime errors (hopefully) and there are some small changes for MP4 files with wrong/improper fps info. The update is available online or from the link you see when you start multiAVCHD.

Dean :)

[deank]

I ... extracted these DVB subtitles to SUP files (using ProjectX ) and added English SUP file as external subtitle stream. multiAVCHD made SETUP Menu but when I play Blu-ray there are NO subtitles - player is set to Subtitles ->English but there are no subtitles during the playback.


Try to load the subtitles (SUP) in bdsub2sup and check their Y offset. It is possible that the streams are there, but rendered off-screen, because of a bad vertical offset value.

[deank]

Why multiAVCHD creates exactly 55 entries in a playlist for a menu?

It struck me this when I was trying to "shorten" the duration of the menu, before it looped. Actually I put a 6-7 seconds long song as the background sound, yet the produced menu was 33 seconds long.

Well I decided that 55 times x 33 seconds makes about 27-28 minutes and is long enough for menu loop/playback. Hopefully in 30mins the user will select a title to play. :)


BTW, GoSub and EasySub don't have preview window any more, so I can't test the conversion in advance. Is there a version for either GoSub or EasySub out there that shows preview?

TIA

Both multiAVCHD and easySUP will show an exact preview of the rendered subtitles. If you can't see the preview - the result is not guaranteed and it means that you lack avisynth or some other component (or vobsub refuses to work with your win7 configuration).

Multiavchd is giving me the error "Avsrecursion is missing from your system".

Problem is, I already have Avsrecursion in my System folder. Any thoughts? It also won't give me any video preview at all:

http://i45.tinypic.com/zt9k0n.jpg

That's not related to multiAVCHD. Probably you have some other (paid) software installed, which either expired or got broken.

Hey guys, I've got a question about creating menus. So for example, I've got a TV show that I'm making a BD of, that has anywhere from 13 to 24 or so episodes in total.

SO what my issue is, is that when I make a menu, usually set on static, flipping through the episode is a huge pain in the ass. I basically have to wait each time for it to flash/load a new screen that has the next episode in the list. Can anyone tell me how I'd go about setting it up so that the scrolling is animated, so that it's not loading screen after screen just to sort through the episode lists?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :D

Your best choice is to use "TITLE LIST" menu. It will display 12 titles in one screen, making it easier to navigate + no lag.

Dean

[buffalofloyd]

Let me be the first to say thank you for any updates on this program that you've done!!!

[LowDead]

...and WELCOME BACK!!! :D

[Capsbackup]

...and WELCOME BACK!!! :D

I second this!! :) I hope you are back and all is well. :D

[varekai]

@deank

Great news! I really hope you continue to work on your amazing software MultiAVCHD!
So much fun creating good looking DVD and Blu-ray menus!
When payday comes I promise to send you a donation!

Regards

[apple2pomme]

I have a few questions (or issues):
(1) Some times it makes the image for the title, many times it has only a black box beside the title name (XML mode). How do I force it to add images into every title (in both menu and title list)?
(2) When I combine 2 folders into a larger one, it takes the old menu pages instead of making new one. So, the font and color could be different. How ca I force it to make new menu and title list page?
(3) When adding an multiAVCHD made AVCHD folder, it add a huge list of titles in the "Compilation" list window that containes many many titles. It has to close the program and re-start.
(4) I can never play any title with the slim PS3 (thick old PS3 is OK). The welcome page and title menu pages are OK, but the movie doesn't play.

Thanks again.

[deank]

1) In the title [properties] you can set the thumbnails for all chapters. Most of the time the first chapter (at 00:00:00.000) is just a black screen -> black thumbnail :) Another option would be to use [x] Chapter icon between chapters in AUTHOR/Video&Chapters and then in [properties] use [auto] chapters. Also you can change "Thumbnail #00" in [menu thumbnails] in [properties]: click on it, select a chapter from the list in the top-right hand corner and press [link].
2) You can try to disable the option [Discard settings from project files] in "settings" tab.
3) I'm not sure about that - never happened to me and the imported titles are the correct number
4) I have a slim and fat and everything is fine on both (but I'm still on firmware 3.55). I remember reading that sony changed something, but not really sure. What firmware version do you have on your PS3s?

[kenguru2005]

Hey Dean ... welcome back ... it is a pleasure to see you back here, really a pleasure for me. Perhaps you remember me as those medical mac guy using multiAVCHD with crossover (now wine).

[deank]

Thank you all for the warm welcome! :) I'm glad to see familiar faces around :)

[Nightshiver]

I'm confused. You said its not related to multiAVCHD, but some other software that may have expired or broken? The only thing I've got that's paid is PowerDVD 12. Well, hopefully if I uninstall that, it should work again. What this stemmed from was I want to make motion menu previews (PS3 style menu) but it never let me see a preview and would never render motion previews for any of the thumbnails.

And, glad to see that you're back. Your software is the only thing that has a viable option of keeping HD audio and also creating menu's. Would you also, perhaps in the future, all a way for us to make a menu that DOESN'T have a video preview box thing? Like just text that would link to the video, like a regular DVD menu/BD menu.


For the avsrecursion thing, I know that that particular .dll is associated with Avisynth usage, and I also have Avisynth installed (as well as ffdshow and MPC).

[Capsbackup]

deank;
I have been using multiAVCHD on some series discs where there can be more than 12 episodes per season. Is there a possibility for a feature request for multiAVCHD, or maybe it's an option for BDedit, (I need instructions) to do the following:
Creating a 19 title Blu-ray using the title-list menu, when any of the first 12 titles completes, it returns to the first title menu page with the first title button highlighted. However, if I go to the second menu page to select any of the 7 remaining titles on that page, upon completion of any of these titles it returns to the first menu page with the first title button highlighted. I then have to proceed to the second menu page again to be able to select another title from this second page.

Request: to have the next sequential button be highlighted after completion of a title. (1,2,3... 12,13,14 etc..) :)

Request: to change the default return to menu page to be the second menu page when selecting any title from within this second menu page. :D

I have become quite familiar with multiAVCHD, using it frequently, and am very pleased with all its capabilities. I hope to continue following and sharing my experience with you and its further development! :cool:

:thanks:

[dhnj]

Thank you all for the warm welcome! :) I'm glad to see familiar faces around :)
Hi Deank
I have been using your MultiAVCHD since the very begining & have sent you a donation 3 years ago for your fantastic application.

Is it possible to make a MultiAVCHD 3 simple Menu like the attached photo in MultiAVCHD 4.1.

Best regards

[dhnj]

Hi Deank
I have been using your MultiAVCHD since the very begining & have sent you a donation 3 years ago for your fantastic application.

Is it possible to make a MultiAVCHD 3 simple Menu like the attached photo in MultiAVCHD 4.1.

Best regards
I am resending with new attachment, as the first attachment was all in black.