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

[asherungar]

Hi deank,

why do you do "copy" from the temp folder to the AVCHD folder? why not "move", copying is really slow, and these are very large size files.

Thanks,

[deank]

Because there was sometimes problems with locked files when doing MOVE...

Anyway....

Bad news: my computer crashed and I lost my multiAVCHD source. The latest backup is from build 94, while current build is 113.

A lot to catch-up with and I really hate it. Build 94 was before adding drag&drop, .ts files import and LITE version, so it may be a while before the next update.

Dean
:(

[asherungar]

will you consider adding a "move" option?
copying 4Gig of files can be verrrry slow...

Thanks!

[G_M_C]

Because there was sometimes problems with locked files when doing MOVE...

Anyway....

Bad news: my computer crashed and I lost my multiAVCHD source. The latest backup is from build 94, while current build is 113.

A lot to catch-up with and I really hate it. Build 94 was before adding drag&drop, .ts files import and LITE version, so it may be a while before the next update.

Dean
:(

Bummer :(

That's why backups are a necessary evil [space hogger] ;)

Might, on the other hand, also be a good idea to think about licences GPL / LPGL. I have no clue about licenses, but others on this forum can help out more i presume.

With a license you can (must) deliver the source with the builds. That way, you'll be able to retrieve the source, even after a crash [backing up remains a good idea though]. And also; Other developers can help out, and your software becomes more recognised as " your intellectual property".

But backing up your development on DVD-RW once in a while is probably the easiest :)

[deank]

Once again Dimitris (dhmk) saved the day!

He somehow rebuilt my source directly from the .exe so I'm back on track :)

And in next update MOVE FILES will be enabled.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I always do backup on second partition and on second harddrive. I also send my sources to internet account. I would probably kill my self if I lost all my sources! (2 years of work). You can create simply .bat to automate backup.

[deank]

I always do backup on second partition and on second harddrive. I also send my sources to internet account. I would probably kill my self if I lost all my sources! (2 years of work). You can create simply .bat to automate backup.

I just created such bat file to copy everything to my office computer, my home server and two other local destinations.

I almost got a heart attack this morning. :)

[asherungar]

move input files works!

thanks!

[burro08]

hi Dean great program but i have a problem... ive add two avchd folders with a differnt movie in each, and created an avchd folder using the program but when its finished it has no mts or m2ts files in the stream folder..

Am i doing something wrong??

Thanks

[burro08]

no errors it said everything was ok, i dont have the log anymore as i did it last nite

[deank]

Custom FONT FAMILY and FONT COLOR added in tsMuxer TAB (build 115).

[burro08]

Here Are my two file structures

Movie 1

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3963/avchd1nz7.jpg


Movie 2

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/4702/avchd2wc3.jpg


Is that how they should be before i use MAVCHD?

[deank]

The more important files are in CLIPINF and PLAYLIST. Without proper playlist->clip->mts relation nothing's gonna work.

[burro08]

thats all there for example there are six m2ts files so there are six CLIPINF files and 1 00000.mpls file in the playlist folder

[deank]

Then do it again and send me the LOG. I've tried with more than thirty different AVCHD folders and MKV files and never got empty STREAM folder. At least you should have the MENU mtss.

[burro08]

kdoing it now will post when done

[robshot]

You're right. Some folders were misplaced - it is also fixed.

You might want to update the NTSC Lite package, since it still uses the .exe that creates wrong folder place (some folders outside, instead of inside, BDMV folder.

Great App!

[rendez2k]

Juts done my first test and it worked great! One question though (and sorry if its been mentioned elsewhere before) but I assume you can't yet change the menu text/images?

[robshot]

Did a 7 title with the current .exe and the lite NTSC. Log says 7 titles found, 7 srt found... but only 5 titles copied to the BDMV folder from the TEMP folder. I checked all 7 .mkvs are all ps3-compliant h264 files. Before using mAVCHD, I made individual m2ts of these 7 mkvs and copied them over to the ps3 HD. They all play nicely there.
Perhaps a problem in the copying process from TEMP folder to destination folder?

[burro08]

Hi dean ran it again and same resault nothings in the output folder.... heres the log


[21:21:02] Added 1 AVCHD compatible folder(s).
[21:21:17] Added 1 AVCHD compatible folder(s).
[22:06:45] Processing...
[22:06:45] Processing 2 files/folders.
[22:06:47] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\final\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00001.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00000.clpi
[22:06:47] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\final\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00001.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
[22:15:27] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\final\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00002.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00001.clpi
[22:15:27] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\final\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00002.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00001.m2ts
[22:21:35] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\final\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00003.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00002.clpi
[22:21:36] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\final\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00003.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00002.m2ts
[22:27:55] MPLS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\final\avchd\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls
[22:27:55] Old pointer to 00001.m2ts in 00000.mpls now set to -> 0
[22:27:55] Old pointer to 00002.m2ts in 00000.mpls now set to -> 1
[22:27:56] Old pointer to 00003.m2ts in 00000.mpls now set to -> 2
[22:27:56] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00001.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00003.clpi
[22:27:56] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00001.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00003.m2ts
[22:35:47] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00002.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00004.clpi
[22:35:47] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00002.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00004.m2ts
[22:41:51] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00003.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00005.clpi
[22:41:51] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00003.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00005.m2ts
[22:46:42] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00004.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00006.clpi
[22:46:42] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00004.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00006.m2ts
[22:51:42] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00005.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00007.clpi
[22:51:42] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00005.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00007.m2ts
[22:57:29] CLPI transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\CLIPINF\00006.clpi -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00008.clpi
[22:57:29] M2TS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\STREAM\00006.m2ts -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00008.m2ts
[22:57:45] MPLS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00001.mpls
[22:57:45] Old pointer to 00001.m2ts in 00001.mpls now set to -> 3
[22:57:46] Old pointer to 00002.m2ts in 00001.mpls now set to -> 4
[22:57:46] Old pointer to 00003.m2ts in 00001.mpls now set to -> 5
[22:57:46] Old pointer to 00004.m2ts in 00001.mpls now set to -> 6
[22:57:46] Old pointer to 00005.m2ts in 00001.mpls now set to -> 7
[22:57:46] Old pointer to 00006.m2ts in 00001.mpls now set to -> 8
[22:57:47] Preparing authoring information...
[22:57:47] Creating motion top menu.
[22:57:55] Setting menu for 2 titles...
[22:57:55] New offset for m2ts#1 -> 0
[22:57:55] New offset for mpls#1 -> 00000
[22:57:55] New offset for m2ts#2 -> 3
[22:57:55] New offset for mpls#2 -> 00001
[22:57:55] Setting titles #3 to #20 to point top menu.
[22:57:55] Fixing clip files...
[22:57:56] Completed.
[22:57:56] Creating AVCHD compatible 8.3 filenames...
[22:57:58] Done!
[22:57:58] O:\AVCHD folder created!
[22:57:58] Copy O:\AVCHD to root of USB drive or USB disk.
[22:57:58] Copy O:\AVCHD to X:\PRIVATE\ of SD/MMC card.
[22:57:58] Deleting only files in temp folder (O:\)...
[22:58:01] You may now remove temp folder (O:\).

[deank]

You might want to update the NTSC Lite package, since it still uses the .exe that creates wrong folder place...

autoupdate should fix this - use the latest builds. I never update packages. EXE selfupdates.

...I assume you can't yet change the menu text/images?

That's right.

Did a 7 title with the current .exe and the lite NTSC. Log says 7 titles found, 7 srt found... but only 5 titles copied to the BDMV folder from the TEMP folder. I checked all 7 .mkvs are all ps3-compliant h264 files.

PM the log. My tests never resulted in losing files.

Hi dean ran it again and same resault nothings in the output folder.... heres the log

[21:21:02] Added 1 AVCHD compatible folder(s).
[21:21:17] Added 1 AVCHD compatible folder(s).
[22:06:45] Processing...
[22:06:45] Processing 2 files/folders.
[22:27:55] MPLS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\final\avchd\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls
[22:57:45] MPLS transfer: c:\documents and settings\admin\desktop\avchd\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00000.mpls -> O:\AVCHD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00001.mpls
[22:57:47] Preparing authoring information...
[22:57:47] Creating motion top menu.
[22:57:55] Setting menu for 2 titles...
[22:57:55] New offset for m2ts#1 -> 0
[22:57:55] New offset for mpls#1 -> 00000
[22:57:55] New offset for m2ts#2 -> 3
[22:57:55] New offset for mpls#2 -> 00001
[22:57:55] Setting titles #3 to #20 to point top menu.


This shows adding TWO folders and getting TWO titles. I don't see anything wrong.

Please try to use multiAVCHD with folders NOT placed on the DESKTOP.

[deank]

[x] Keep all audio tracks

option added in tsMuxer tab. If unchecked - only first audio track will be kept in final output.

Also option is added for multiSPLIT, creating multiple AVCHD folders at selected split point as also requested:

turbojet:
- option to split at a defined size, example: 9GB mkv outputs to 2 DVD5's, separate BDMV or AVCHD directories for each

Later (after some tests) I'll enable it.

[turbojet]

OK thanks a lot deank, I reinstalled vista and it works fine now.

Also one thing I noticed is mediainfo can give a pretty good format for keeping chapters from the mkv, I haven't found a way to get them easily from m2ts yet. Except from within tsmuxer. Have you been able to spend any time on this situation yet?

[deank]

If you can provide a download link for mediainfo, I'll look into it. It is no problem to add original chapters.

[Krawhitham]

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download

[deank]

Thanks... Can anyone send me the logfile of mediainfo on a file with chapters now?

[turbojet]

1 : 00:00:05.000 - 00:00:05.000
2 : 00:00:15.787 - 00:00:15.787

or full log (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2wdixymyijy)

[~bT~]

General
Complete name : E:\Videos\Video.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 1.45 GiB
Duration : 2h 33mn
Overall bit rate : 1 352 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-12-11 02:57:21
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.4.0 ('Fumbling Towards Ecstasy') built on Oct 11 2008 20:13:15
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L2.2
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@2.2
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 33mn
Nominal bit rate : 1 066 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 280 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.25
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.248
Writing library : x264 core 65 r1046M 71d34b4
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=6 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1066 / ratetol=4.0 / qcomp=0.50 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00

Audio #1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 2h 33mn
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : default 5.1 aac @ 160kbps
Language : Hindi

Audio #2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 2h 33mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Title : dir comm 2.0 aac @ 128 kbps
Language : English

Chapters
Language : English
1 : 00:00:00.000 - Chapter 1
2 : 00:05:02.400 - Chapter 2
3 : 00:16:03.233 - Chapter 3
4 : 00:17:10.800 - Chapter 4
5 : 00:21:25.734 - Chapter 5
6 : 00:33:25.967 - Chapter 6
7 : 00:40:21.233 - Chapter 7
8 : 00:45:59.333 - Chapter 8
9 : 00:55:38.000 - Chapter 9
10 : 00:59:05.033 - Chapter 10
11 : 01:04:52.366 - Chapter 11
12 : 01:10:06.733 - Chapter 12
13 : 01:15:37.533 - Chapter 13
14 : 01:20:43.533 - Chapter 14
15 : 01:26:31.699 - Chapter 15
16 : 01:30:01.399 - Chapter 16
17 : 01:37:17.199 - Chapter 17
18 : 01:42:33.399 - Chapter 18
19 : 01:52:23.965 - Chapter 19
20 : 01:59:17.198 - Chapter 20
21 : 02:09:47.198 - Chapter 21
22 : 02:20:10.132 - Chapter 22
23 : 02:23:42.999 - Chapter 23
24 : 02:29:57.332 - Chapter 24

[deank]

Okay.. i got the general idea.

mediainfo shows chapters in an easier fashion, so no need to use mkvextract, which requires additional dlls and stuff..

tho i may have to include mkvextract to my package to extract audio tracks that are not compatible with avchd standard and reencode them with eac3to.

let me work on it and you'll have it in next release with two options in authoring

[o] Use original chapters (if none found, auto chapters will be added)
[o] Add auto chapters each [....] minutes

Dean

[turbojet]

Thanks, also another request I thought of is option to output to source directory\AVCHD.

[burro08]

Fix my problem dean i chaned the destination back to the defaut drive, it is the same as where the avchd folder are and it worked i have mts files yay lol

[deank]

I think it should work now. Please check to see if custom chapters are set correctly.

Just update.

[burro08]

it did but i have only a black screen when i play it on the ps3.. any ideas y?

[deank]

1st idea is: you hear audio - no video... MKV video is not supported by PS3... either it is level > 4.1 or encoded with unsuported options (x264).

[burro08]

just a black screen no msg or sound

[turbojet]

Custom chapters seems to work well now, at least from checking the meta file. But I keep getting AVCHD/BD that are very small <100 KB. Sometimes _TEMP has a full AVCHD/BD in there sometimes it doesn't. I've tried to check and uncheck move files, and check and uncheck top menu. This happened on 2 different mkvs that used to work, on 2 different boxes, vista 64 and xp 32. Any ideas?

[Forrest]

I think it should work now. Please check to see if custom chapters are set correctly.
MediaInfo seem doesn't work.
MultiAVCHD awaits MediaInfo log and not continue (mediainfo "my_video.mkv" --logfile=mediainfo.txt).
No problem with chapters each 5 min.

[deank]

Sorry... it is fixed in build 126

@turbojet: But I keep getting AVCHD/BD that are very small <100 KB. Sometimes _TEMP has a full AVCHD/BD in there sometimes it doesn't. I've tried to check and uncheck move files...

Try un-checking [x] Delete temp files and see what's inside _TEMP.

[Forrest]

Sorry... it is fixed in build 126
Thanks. Build 126 is ok, and custom chapters are set correctly :-)

[deank]

So let's call it a night :) it is 1am here, so no updates for eight hours ;)

[~bT~]

something for tomorrow. autodownload has a mind of its own. sometimes works and other time it just sits there.

maybe u can add a button for updates? like the donation button :p

[deank]

Okay :)

[~bT~]

if i tick custom chapters and the file doesn't have any, will it auto generate chapters every 5 mins? that would be great if it did. cheers for all the hard work so far. waiting for the day u release custom menus etc. :)

[deank]

if i tick custom chapters and the file doesn't have any, will it auto generate chapters every 5 mins? that would be great if it did.

That's right. If you hover (o) Keep original chapters you will see a hint... as with most options.

:)

[deank]

Okay... quick update - something most of you will enjoy:

[x] Apply standard height to video in tsMuxer tab.

If your input MKV is not AVCHD compliant, multiAVCHD will set new height value in CLPI na MPLS files - value which is next compliant resolution. In other words: if your mkv height is <480 it will be set at 480p, if >480 and <576 will be set to 576, etc.

This should help most SAPs to play non standard resolution videos, and now PLAYSTATION3 will show subtitles with these non standard resolutions.

Still you may have artifacts at the bottom of the screen.

Bugfix: audio and subtitle tracks from one title were unnecessarily added to the next title. It is okay now.

Credits go to a fellow bulgarian for pointing it out to me.

[deank]

:confused: wtf?

[odin24]

:confused: wtf?

SPAM!!!

About your new resizing option; does this apply to ~528p->720p and ~800p-->1080p? And when you say artifacts, do you mean the huge hideous green bar (for 2.35:1 ratios)?

Keep up the good work.

[deank]

Yes, next compliant resolution. ~528p will become 576p

height<480 = 480p
480<height<576 = 576p
576<height<720p = 720p
720<height<1080 = 1080p

Nothing can be done for the annoying green bar, yet, but this way subtitles are shown and saps play it better.

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Later I will rework the way *TS files are imported, because now it seems to have problems with audio out-of-sync or not importing properly at all. Everything is fine with MKV so far.

[Forrest]

Yes, next compliant resolution. ~528p will become 576p
why not adjust the resolution according to the width?
if width=1280 -> height=720
if width=1920 -> height=1080

[deank]

Can anyone try multiAVCHD under Wine emulator for Linux/MacOS?

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Also download links in first post are updated. They point to my site, instead to rapidshare.

Latest PAL/NTSC LITE/FULL versions include everything you need (build 130).