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

[deank]

Quick update for build 706+

* New option (in Settings tab):

[x] Use FFms2 instead of Directshow

The option is available if you have ffms2.dll in your tools folder. Download of the dll is available here (http://rapidshare.com/files/288117724/ffms2.exe) (2MB) as a self-extractable 7z - extract it in your multiAVCHD tools folder (it is also included in the full-download)

Using this option will make multiAVCHD use ffmpeg/ffms2 for preview in title properties, transcode window and for transcoding.

When FFms2 is used, avisynth will bypass your installed codecs/codec-packs/directshow-filters. It means that even if you don't have proper codecs installed (or no codecs at all) - transcode/preview should still work. Basically you need only avisynth (and may be haali splitter for mpeg-ts/ps files) - nothing else.

The only downsize of using it is that it requires one-time full-reindexing of the input file (usually when you open title properties). It may take up to 2-3 minutes, depending on the duration/size of your video file.

The option is mostly for those of you, who want to transcode various video files, but don't want to install codecs on their systems, or in cases when Directshow decoding doesn't work for some reason. It also means that multiAVCHD requires nothing but avisynth installed to properly work and transcode files.

Dean

p.s. Official download site of FFmpegSource2: here (http://code.google.com/p/ffmpegsource/downloads/list) and doom9 thread link here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=127037).

[webvan]

The easiest way is to find .SRT subtitles that match your video or try to convert VOBSUB to .SUP with BDsup2sub. You can use the compilation you created without reencoding and wasting time. Just load it and set everything in Title properties.

Giving it another try so it seems neither multiAVCHD or mkv2vob can convert a DVD .sub for use in an AVCHD? I extracted .sub with avidemux but BDsup2sub won't open it and if I try to convert to .srt with the avidemux tool, it stops on each individual subtitle, kind stuck :-(

[deank]

DVD subtitles should come in a pair: SUB+IDX. I don't know what avidemux does, but you need to extract them with a tool that can properly handle VOBSUB/DVDSUB subtitles.

multiAVCHD uses mencoder for that task and I processed numerous DVDs - everytime all worked just fine.

[webvan]

Yes actually it works now, but here's the thing, multiAVCHD can apparently only process them if you redo the AVCHD. The first time it extracts the .idx + .sub but doesn't add them in the AVCHD, the second time it automatically selects them in "external subtitles" and uses them for the AVCHD. Might be missing something but I did it several times to double-check.

Also it seems "advanced processing..." needs to be enabled in "Subtitles and Audio" it wasn't by default.

[webvan]

Have you also experienced that problem when converting a DVD to AVCHD with the subtitles only making it if they are selected in "external subtitles" ? Or is there a setting I'm missing to have those selected in "subtitles" to be properly ripped/converted in the AVCHD ? Thanks !

[deank]

No, they usually get extracted from the DVD, processed with bdsup2sub and then added to the AVCHD compilation.

I'll give it a try a bit later.

[webvan]

Thanks, I might be doing something wrong, in my attempts they were selectable in the list of subtitles on the AVCHD but they don't appear on the screen.

[crl2007]

Hi,

I have Bluray Disk and I want to put another subtitle on the disk. All's well untill I play the result on my player. The menu is not preserved. What settings should I use to have a fully functional original menu after adding a subtitle ?

[deank]

Thanks, I might be doing something wrong, in my attempts they were selectable in the list of subtitles on the AVCHD but they don't appear on the screen.

I gave it a try with a DVD disc and everything is just fine. Subtitles are shown in "Subtitles" tab (not in External subtitles):


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[14:11:07] multiAVCHD.dat version: [03000706]

[14:11:14] *** [DVD] Scanning...
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#1 duration: [00:34:48]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#2 duration: [00:01:23]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#3 duration: [00:08:33]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#4 duration: [00:32:48]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#5 duration: [00:05:05]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#6 duration: [00:05:05]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#7 duration: [00:00:25]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#8 duration: [00:00:14]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Title#9 duration: [00:00:09]
[14:11:16] *** [DVD] Stand by for audio, subtitles and chapters import...
[14:11:18] *** Title #1 subtitles: 720x480 29.970 ID#0 (bul)...
[14:11:18] *** Title #1 audio: ac3, 6ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:20] *** Title #2 audio: ac3, 2ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:22] *** Title #3 audio: ac3, 2ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:24] *** Title #4 audio: ac3, 2ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:26] *** Title #5 audio: ac3, 2ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:28] *** Title #6 audio: ac3, 2ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:30] *** Title #7 audio: ac3, 6ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:32] *** Title #8 audio: ac3, 2ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:34] *** Title #9 audio: ac3, 2ch (eng) ID#128...
[14:11:34] *** [DVD] Total titles to import: 9
[14:11:34] *** [DVD] Largest title is #1: [00:34:48]
[14:11:34] *** [DVD] Video: 720x480 / Total duration: [01:28:30]

[14:11:34] Added 1 DVD folder(s).

[14:13:10] Log started for multiAVCHD v3.0 (build 706)
[14:13:10] Selected output mode: Playstation 3 (USB/SDHC/MS)

[14:13:10] Processing one title...
[14:13:10] Processing (DVD (01) D:\DVDs\Riddick\VIDEO_TS\)...
[14:13:10] Pre-processing DVD input (D:\DVDs\Riddick\VIDEO_TS\)...
[14:13:11] *** Detected duration: 00:34:48
[14:13:11] *** Subtitles: 720x480 29.970 ID#0 (bul)...
[14:13:11] *** Extracting subtitles ID#0 (mencoder)...
[14:14:03] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[14:14:09] *** Imported subpictures: 277/277
[14:14:09] *** Extracting audio (mplayer)...
[14:14:09] *** Extracting ac3 track #128 (eng)...
[14:15:03] *** Extracting video (mplayer)...
[14:16:38] Pre-processing completed!
[14:16:41] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG-2 720x480, fps=29.970
[14:16:41] Total of 1 tracks found in this file.
[14:16:41] Adding subtitles (dvddump.0.bul.sup) (bul)
[14:16:41] Adding audio file (dvddump.001.eng.ac3)
[14:16:41] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[14:16:41] Media split set at 4000MiB point...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
===============================================================================
MPEG-2 stream does not contain fps field. Muxing fps=29.97
Decoding MPEG2 stream (track 1): Profile: Main@8. Resolution: 720:480i. Frame rate: 29.97
Decoding AC3 stream (track 2): Bitrate: 384Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 6
Decoding PGS stream (track 3): Resolution: 720:480 Frame rate: 29.97
Processed 62650 video frames
Creation of Blu-ray playlist
Creation of Blu-ray stream info and seek index
Mux successful complete.
Muxing time: 2 min 8 sec
===============================================================================

===============================================================================
tsMuxeR meta:
===============================================================================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=... --split-size=4000MiB --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG-2, "D:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\dvddump.mpeg", insertSEI, contSPS, track=1, fps=29.970
A_AC3, "D:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\dvddump.001.eng.ac3", lang=eng
S_HDMV/PGS, "D:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\dvddump.0.bul.sup",lang=bul
===============================================================================
[14:18:46] Setting resolution (480i).
[14:18:46] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[14:18:46] Processing playlist...
[14:18:46] Title #1 added: "DVD: Title#1 [00:34:48]"
[14:18:46] Verifying title...
[14:18:53] Title has: 1 audio tracks and 1 subtitle tracks

[14:18:53] Preparing authoring information...

[14:18:54] Setting menu for 1 titles...
[14:18:54] Playback will end after title #1.
[14:18:54] Playback will start with title #1 (DVD: Title#1 [00:34:48]).
[14:18:54] Setting menu properties...
[14:18:54] Selected TV system: [PAL]
[14:18:54] Processing clip (CPI/CLPI) files...
[14:18:54] Completed.
[14:18:54] Setting FAT compatible 8.3 filenames...
[14:18:54] Done!

[14:18:56] Saving multiAVCHD quick-load project (mpf):
[14:18:56] D:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD_ridtest\multiAVCHD.mpf (OK!)

Compilation summary:
Format: Playstation 3 (USB/SDHC/MS)
Name : multiAVCHD
===============================================================================
1. DVD: Title#1 [00:34:48] [00:34:50]
===============================================================================
Overall duration : 00:34:50
Output size : 1585 MiB (1.548 GiB)

[14:18:56] D:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD_ridtest folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!
[14:18:56] Rename D:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD_ridtest to AVCHD and copy it to root of USB stick/disk or to X:\PRIVATE\ of SDHC/SD/MMC card.
[14:18:56] You may now remove temp folder (D:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\).
[14:18:56] Your compilation contains 0hrs 34min 50sec of video material.

[14:18:56] multiAVCHD finished in 346 seconds (00:05:46)!

[14:18:56] End of log.

[deank]

[08/10/2009] build 706 - x264 updated to 1281 in multiAVCHD and uncropMKV full downloads. 64bit version of x264.exe added in tools folder for both apps (full download). Improvements in "Title properties" (non-compliant resolutions will be shown with proper AR and red bars will notify the user that uncrop/transcode may be required) (manual update with multiUPDATE may be required)

[webvan]

I gave it a try with a DVD disc and everything is just fine. Subtitles are shown in "Subtitles" tab (not in External subtitles)
Thanks for checking, but did you play the AVCHF with PowerDVD or in the PS3 to make sure that the subtitles were actually displayed? I also see them in the "subtitles" tab in the title properties and they seem to get processed ok, they can be selected, but they don't appear in the bottom of the screen when I play the AVCHD.

[deank]

Yes, they appear just fine. About your comment that on the second attempt they are included as 'external' - I can't see how this can happen, because multiAVCHD extracts subtitles/audio/video to the TEMP folder and later removes the tracks. Probably you have something else in your VIDEO_TS folder - I can't know for sure.

Please next time post your complete LOG as I did so we can find what is wrong.

[webvan]

Ok, will do it again tonight and will post the log.

They appeared in "external subtitles" when I started from an mkv, not from a DVD indeed, I don't know why, but that's how I got the idea to rip them with another program and add them manually in "external subtitles".

[webvan]

So here's my log

[20:13:42] Log started for multiAVCHD v3.0 (build 706)
[20:13:42] Selected output mode: Playstation 3 (USB/SDHC/MS)

[20:13:42] Processing one title...
[20:13:42] Processing (DVD (01) K:\VIDEO_TS\)...
[20:13:42] Pre-processing DVD input (K:\VIDEO_TS\)...
[20:13:44] *** Detected duration: 01:55:02
[20:13:44] *** Subtitles: 720x576 25.000 ID#0 (eng)...
[20:13:44] *** Extracting subtitles ID#0 (mencoder)...
[20:20:13] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[20:20:20] !!! BDSup2Sub reported: 1 warnings!
[20:20:20] !!! Last imported subpicture: 1070/1070 at offset
[20:20:20] *** Imported subpictures: 1070/1070 at offset
[20:20:20] *** Subtitles: 720x576 25.000 ID#1 (fre)...
[20:20:20] *** Extracting subtitles ID#1 (mencoder)...
[20:22:01] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[20:22:07] !!! BDSup2Sub reported: 1 warnings!
[20:22:07] !!! Last imported subpicture: 957/957 at offset 0x
[20:22:07] *** Imported subpictures: 957/957 at offset 0x
[20:22:07] *** Extracting audio (mplayer)...
[20:22:07] *** Extracting ac3 track #128 (eng)...
[20:23:44] *** Extracting video (mplayer)...
[20:26:52] Pre-processing completed!
[20:26:52] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[20:26:52] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...
[20:26:52] *** Initiating video encoding:
[20:26:52] *** Original : 720x576
[20:26:52] *** Crop : 0
[20:26:52] *** Resize : 1280x720
[20:26:52] *** Uncrop to : 1280x720
[20:26:52] *** Sharpen : 0
[20:26:52] *** Bitrate : 900 kbps
[20:26:52] *** Level : 3.1
[20:26:52] *** Quality : One pass (insane)
[20:26:52] *** SAR : 1:1
[20:26:52] *** DAR : 1280x720
[20:26:52] *** Re-packing elementary MPEG-2 stream...
[20:30:13] *** Profile : Blu-ray

[20:30:13] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [00:13:56]
[20:35:56] *** Speed : 60.83 fps (elapsed: 00:05:43 - Realtime x 2.43)

[20:35:56] *** Transcoding successful!

[20:35:57] Detected frame reference count: 0 (max:9).
[20:35:57] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 1280x720, fps=25.000, ref=0
[20:35:57] Total of 1 tracks found in this file.
[20:35:57] Adding subtitles (dvddump.0.eng.sup) (eng)
[20:35:57] Adding subtitles (dvddump.1.fre.sup) (fre)
[20:35:57] AR of 16:9 will be set for this title.
[20:35:57] Adding audio file (dvddump.001.eng.ac3)
[20:35:57] Title is trimmed: 00:07:16 - 00:13:56
[20:35:57] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[20:35:57] Media split set at 3999MiB point...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
===============================================================================
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@3.1 Resolution: 1280:720p Frame rate: 25
H.264 stream does not contain fps field. Muxing fps=25
Decoding AC3 stream (track 2): Bitrate: 384Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 6
Decoding PGS stream (track 3): Resolution: 720:576 Frame rate: 25
Decoding PGS stream (track 4): Resolution: 720:576 Frame rate: 25
Creation of Blu-ray playlist
Creation of Blu-ray stream info and seek index
Mux successful complete.
Muxing time: 2 sec
===============================================================================

===============================================================================
tsMuxeR meta:
===============================================================================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=00:00:00;00:04:48;00:07:53;00:09:43;00:12:16;00:18:47;00:32:57;00:38:04;00:44:09;00:51:12;00:58:05;01:00:47;01:04:18;01:12:06;01:15:49;01:23:43;01:30:19;01:35:19;01:42:42;01:49:34;01:55:01 --split-size=3999MiB --vbv-len=500 --cut-start=436s --cut-end=836s
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "D:\Temp\multi\dvddump.[1280x720-25.000].264", insertSEI, contSPS, fps=25.000
A_AC3, "D:\Temp\multi\dvddump.001.eng.ac3", lang=eng
S_HDMV/PGS, "D:\Temp\multi\dvddump.0.eng.sup",lang=eng
S_HDMV/PGS, "D:\Temp\multi\dvddump.1.fre.sup",lang=fre
===============================================================================
[20:35:59] Setting resolution (720p).
[20:35:59] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[20:36:02] Setting resolution (720p).
[20:36:02] Processing playlist...
[20:36:03] Title #1 added: "DVD: Title#1 [01:55:02]"
[20:36:03] Verifying title...
[20:36:07] Title has: 1 audio tracks and 2 subtitle tracks

[20:36:07] Preparing authoring information...

[20:36:07] Setting menu for 1 titles...
[20:36:07] Playback will end after title #1.
[20:36:07] Playback will start with title #1 (DVD: Title#1 [01:55:02]).
[20:36:07] Setting menu properties...
[20:36:07] Selected TV system: [PAL]
[20:36:07] Processing clip (CPI/CLPI) files...
[20:36:07] Completed.
[20:36:08] Setting FAT compatible 8.3 filenames...
[20:36:08] Done!

[20:36:09] Saving multiAVCHD quick-load project (mpf):
[20:36:09] c:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD\multiAVCHD.mpf (OK!)

Compilation summary:
Format: Playstation 3 (USB/SDHC/MS)
Name : multiAVCHD
===============================================================================
1. DVD: Title#1 [01:55:02] [00:05:51]
===============================================================================
Overall duration : 00:05:51
Output size : 59 MiB (0.058 GiB)

[20:36:09] c:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!
[20:36:09] Copy c:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD to root of USB stick/disk or MemoryStick card or to X:\PRIVATE\ of SDHC/SD/MMC card.
[20:36:09] You may now remove temp folder (D:\Temp\multi\).
[20:36:09] Your compilation contains 0hrs 5min 51sec of video material.

[20:36:09] multiAVCHD finished in 1346 seconds (00:22:26)!

[20:36:09] End of log.

There is a : [20:20:20] !!! BDSup2Sub reported: 1 warnings!

But I wonder if it's not due to the fact I'm only encoding an extract from the video.

[deank]

I think the problem is that the original subtitles are in 720x576 and you're transcoding + resizing to 1280x720. I'll fix this, but:

1) Try to transcode without resizing to 1280x720
2) Use a bit higher bitrate (~1000-1500)

You're gaining nothing with the upscale, but in fact may loose quality with such low bitrate.

Dean

[crl2007]

Hi,

I have a Bluray Disk and I want to put another subtitle on the disk. All's well untill I play the result on my player. The menu is not preserved. What settings should I use to have a fully functional original menu after adding a subtitle ?

Do you have an answer for me please ?

[deank]

I don't know how your question is related to multiAVCHD. The simple answer is that you can't have both original menu and new subtitles.

[deank]

So here's my log

[20:13:42] Log started for multiAVCHD v3.0 (build 706)
[20:13:42] Selected output mode: Playstation 3 (USB/SDHC/MS)


There is a : [20:20:20] !!! BDSup2Sub reported: 1 warnings!

But I wonder if it's not due to the fact I'm only encoding an extract from the video.

Ok, I added some code to handle resolution and framerate change with DVD titles, when transcoding is applied:


[12:51:37] Processing one title...
[12:51:37] Processing (DVD (01) D:\DVDs\Riddick\VIDEO_TS\)...
[12:51:37] Pre-processing DVD input (D:\DVDs\Riddick\VIDEO_TS\)...
[12:51:39] *** Detected duration: 00:34:48
[12:51:39] *** Subtitles: 720x480 29.970 ID#0 (bul)...
[12:51:39] *** Extracting subtitles ID#0 (mencoder)...
[12:52:31] *** This title is marked for transcode/resize...
[12:52:31] *** Setting new subtitle resolution: 1280x720 25.000
[12:52:31] *** Converting DVD subtitles to Blu-ray format (java:BDSup2Sub)...
[12:52:37] *** Imported subpictures: 277/277
[12:52:37] *** Extracting audio (mplayer)...
[12:52:37] *** Extracting ac3 track #128 (eng)...
[12:53:33] *** Extracting video (mplayer)...
[12:55:07] Pre-processing completed!
[12:55:07] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[12:55:07] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...
[12:55:07] *** Initiating video encoding:
[12:55:07] *** Original : 720x480
[12:55:07] *** Crop : -64
[12:55:07] *** Resize : 1280x720
[12:55:07] *** Uncrop to : 1280x720
[12:55:07] *** Sharpen : 0
[12:55:07] *** Bitrate : 1500 kbps
[12:55:07] *** Level : 3.1
[12:55:07] *** Quality : One pass (insane)
[12:55:07] *** SAR : 1:1
[12:55:07] *** DAR : 1280x720
[12:55:07] *** Re-packing elementary MPEG-2 stream...
[12:57:06] *** Profile : Blu-ray

[12:57:06] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [00:05:00]
[13:00:00] *** Speed : 43.1 fps (elapsed: 00:02:54 - Realtime x 1.72)

[13:00:00] *** Transcoding successful!


The update will be available in build 707 later today.

[deank]

Build 707:

* [x] Use 64 bit version of x264 encoder option in Settings tab. It will be available if you have x264_64bit.exe in tools folder (it is included in the last full download).

* [x] Use drop shadow (THM) option in Menu tab - affects "Thumbnail menu"

* Fix for DVD subtitle processing when transcoding a DVD title with resize or framerate conversion options. Subtitles are now properly processed to match the new resolution/fps.

Dean

[webvan]

Thanks, will try it ASAP!

Maybe there's a better way to do this, but I thought you had to resize to 1280x720 for it to play correctly as an AVCHD, at least in the PS3 ?

[deank]

No - the best way is to leave it as is (original resolution). It will work EVEN without transcoding (but the size will be bigger) and it will take just few minutes to process the whole DVD without converting MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC.

[webvan]

Ah ok, that's good news, but thinking about the reason I was transcoding to mp4 was to reduce the size of the DVD without losing too much (if at all?) quality. If I'm going to transcode, would it make more sense to transcode to 720x576 ?

[deank]

Yes, it will be much better not to resize it - leave it to 720x576. PS3 will do the upscale much better and you can get a really good quality with lower bitrate. Give it a try with bitrate of 1500kbps and profile "turbo". In fact (at least my PS3) there will be no upscale but PS3 will output 576p signal to the TV and no internal upscaling is done.

[webvan]

Ok, will try that.

In the meantime my AVCHD with 1280x720 resize now has subtitles with build 707, good work !

[webvan]

So tried with 720x576/turbo and at the same bitrate (900kbps) the quality isn't as good in PowerDVD9 than the 1280x720 version, it's blockier. Will play them on my PS3 to see if it's different. Will use USB sticks as renaming on an HD is not very convenient and slower.

[deank]

It is blockier :) because PDVD upscales it and your monitor is probably at least 1280x768. Just give it a try in your PS3 - it will look just fine.

[crl2007]

I don't know how your question is related to multiAVCHD. The simple answer is that you can't have both original menu and new subtitles.


And in the future, can you do something to have both of these ? I succeeded on having a fully functional menu and a new subtitle, but the bluray disk had only one big m2ts for the movie. I succeeded with something else, not multiavchd.

[deank]

There were some additional changes in Menu tab:

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

Trying to make room for the new options, you now have XMB separated from other menu styles, because there are a lot of options available only for XMB.

Also two new checkboxes are added for XMB: 'Do not trim title names' and 'Do not show title names'. The later is an addition to 'do not show title thumbnails' so you now can have XMB with title names only (no extended info and no thumbnails) - much like a scrollable classic menu with or without chapters.

[webvan]

Back after playing the AVCHDs in my PS3 and the 1280x720 is less blocky than the 720x576, maybe because my TV doesn't do a good job at upscaling and it doesn't show the resolution of the input, but you did say the PS3 didn't upsale AVCHDs.

Having said that the quality of the 1280x720 is not very good anyway, pretty far from the DVD, I suppose the 900kbps bitrate isn't good enough, will try the 1500kbps you suggested.

[deank]

Yes, Insane profile is not good for DVD/upscaling. Use either '1 pass' or '1 pass fast/turbo'... and with 1280x720 bitrate of 1500 is not good enough (it is ok for 720x576)... Use at least 3000-4000 for 1280x720.

[deank]

And in the future, can you do something to have both of these ? I succeeded on having a fully functional menu and a new subtitle, but the bluray disk had only one big m2ts for the movie. I succeeded with something else, not multiavchd.

What you accomplished is a rare case and it is not that easy to implement in a program. If you succeeded - then just try to follow the steps you took. It will work sometimes.

[Sounddude]

Build 707:

* [x] Use 64 bit version of x264 encoder option in Settings tab. It will be available if you have x264_64bit.exe in tools folder (it is included in the last full download).

* [x] Use drop shadow (THM) option in Menu tab - affects "Thumbnail menu"

* Fix for DVD subtitle processing when transcoding a DVD title with resize or framerate conversion options. Subtitles are now properly processed to match the new resolution/fps.

Dean

The [x] option to use the 64 bit version of x264 is greyed out and I just downloaded the full package to be sure and it's still greyed out. I'm using windows 7 64 bit RTM. with a quad-core cpu.

[deank]

It will be available if you have x264_64bit.exe in tools folder. I don't know how it could be grayed out if you have the full download.

[webvan]

Greyed out too here, but no x264_64bit.exe so I am downloading the whole package.

[Sounddude]

It will be available if you have x264_64bit.exe in tools folder. I don't know how it could be grayed out if you have the full download.

There are two x264.exe's in the folder...one's mx264 and the other is just x264, they are different sizes, so I'm assuming the larger (mx264) is the 64 bit version.

[deank]

You assume wrong. mx264.exe is 32bit and used for menu creation. Did you actually read my previous posts?

[Sounddude]

You assume wrong. mx264.exe is 32bit and used for menu creation. Did you actually read my previous posts?

Sorry, wondered what the "m" was for :D.

Then that means the 64 bit isn't in the latest download listed on the multiAVCHD website link. That where I got the latest download link from.

[webvan]

Works for me, any big impact expected with that new setting ?

[sexyMo]

Hi deank,
I hope you could help me with this one:
I am using a Panasonic SD-5 for a year now and for lack of processing power I never got to edit the footage. Just recently I got a new macbook pro and iMovie is fine for my AVCHD needs. Unfortunately, some of my archived files are naked .MTS files (without the original folder structure) - iMovie cannot identify those files. Enters multiAVCHD - After I searched all over the web I found your wonderful app and it seems to do the magic of authoring the files back to their original format.
THE PROBLEM is that everything looks stretched somehow, more than 16:9 (everybody look fat...). I tried checking the "keep 16:9 aspect ration" but no good.
Any suggestions?

[Sounddude]

Sorry, wondered what the "m" was for :D.

Then that means the 64 bit isn't in the latest download listed on the multiAVCHD website link. That where I got the latest download link from.

It's there now...It's not in the link from your website or it wasn't...but the links from the first page of this thread has the correct link and now I have the option. :)

[CC78]

Help me! please ...

When I click the button " Start " I obtain the following error message: " (RT) failure to write in file (c:\ProgramFiles\multiAVCHD\cleannow.cmd) (File access denied) - Line 4456. "
even in the simplest case of a compilation of a single file .MTS, about is the mode selected (Panasonic blu-ray players, AVCHD compatible players, ...)

I cannot use any more this software and I do not see what I can make.

Thank you in advance for your remarks.

[deank]

I think you're the same guy that emailed me:


2009/10/14 Dean Kasabow:

It is related probably to your security/antivirus program. There were some user reports that Kaspersky denies access of multiAVCHD to its own folder.



Thanks you very much,
Indeed after deleting the report of Kaspersky, the bug disappeared. So I will convert my first file.

[CC78]

Thank you Dean for your answer.
With another software I also had a problem with Kapersky but I think of having found the solution.
I used the software 'InstalledCodec" which indicated me an error on one of my codecs, the codec "PICVideo 3M-JMeg Vfw Codec". After disabled it, multi AVCHD began working. I go still tested but I think that it is the origin of the problem.

One again, thank you for your answer and for your excellent software.

Cordialement.

[deank]

Build 708:

2 options in Menu tab / XMB :

[x] Do not show language IDs
[x] Expand language IDs

1 option in "Subtitles & Audio" tab

Set undetected audio and subtitle language IDs to: [und]

***

First two options are for XMB menu only. In previous versions you would only see: Audio: DTS 6ch or Subtitles: 2 tracks. With these new options you can configure XMB to show:

(if "expand LID" option is used)
Audio: English (DTS 6ch), French (AC3 6ch)
Subtitles: 2 tracks (English, French)

(if "expand LID" option is NOT used)
Audio: Eng (DTS 6ch), Fra (AC3 6ch)
Subtitles: 2 tracks (Eng, Fra)

The last option will force multiAVCHD to use the entered language id (default is und) if subtitles or audio tracks do not contain language information.

Dean

p.s. Both 32bit and 64bit versions of x264 are updated (in full-download) to:

x264 0.77.1292M
built by techouse on Oct 13 2009, gcc: 4.4.1

p.s.2 All language files are updated so translators can translate language names for lid expansion option


#
# Language IDs (LIDs) expansion
# you can add as many as you wish and you can add multiple lid->language definitions for the same language
# for example: fra->French and fre->French
#
LID;0;eng;English
LID;0;deu;German
LID;0;fra;French
LID;0;spa;Spanish
LID;0;bul;Bulgarian
LID;0;rus;Russian
LID;0;chi;Chinese Simplified
LID;0;zho;Chinese Traditional
LID;0;pol;Polish
LID;0;por;Portuguese
LID;0;gre;Greek
LID;0;tur;Turkish
LID;0;rom;Romanian
LID;0;ita;Italian
LID;0;dut;Dutch
LID;0;jpn;Japanese
LID;0;ces;Czech
LID;0;slk;Slovak
LID;0;sve;Swedish

[deank]

A late addition to build 708:

Option to PAUSE/RESUME encoding/muxing and to change process priority while transcoding:

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

You need full download or process.exe (http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/process.exe) in tools folder.

Dean

[sexyMo]

Hi deank,
I hope you could help me with this one:
I am using a Panasonic SD-5 for a year now and for lack of processing power I never got to edit the footage. Just recently I got a new macbook pro and iMovie is fine for my AVCHD needs. Unfortunately, some of my archived files are naked .MTS files (without the original folder structure) - iMovie cannot identify those files. Enters multiAVCHD - After I searched all over the web I found your wonderful app and it seems to do the magic of authoring the files back to their original format.
THE PROBLEM is that everything looks stretched somehow, more than 16:9 (everybody look fat...). I tried checking the "keep 16:9 aspect ration" but no good.
Any suggestions?

Guys, anyone have an idea?

[deank]

Can you upload one of your bare MTS files (a small sample) so I can take a look? (you can use rapidshare if the file is <200mb)

***

A quick update for build 708(+):

* Changed the way x264_64bit.exe is called. It may fix the problem in 64bit OS, using 64bit version of x264 included in tools folder.

* New option in Menu tab for Thumbnail menu (THM): [x] Do not show page numbers (THM)

* Fix for Viera SDHC SD_VIDEO output - there was a bug, when imported MPEG/VOB files have no audio

Dean

[deank]

Build 709:

Two new options in "Settings" tab:

[x] Auto set transcode for non-compliant titles
[-] Discard settings from project files (mpf)

*****

First option will make multiAVCHD auto-set proper uncrop/transcode parameters for files/titles with non-compliant resolution, codec or ref-frames - it will do it on file load.

Second option will make multiAVCHD discard project settings when you import an old compilation - it will not overwrite your current multiAVCHD settings (like fonts, texts, checkboxes, etc...)

[vamsiklak]

HI DEAN
Thankyoufor the great piece of softy

iam having the problem with mpeg2 format 1080p resolution
m2ts file and audio is ac3 5.1
when i ran it thru multiavchd iam choosing bd-r toplay it on my standalone bd player sony bdps-350

it is givng auio gaps
is it something to do with sony player
by the way my stricter avchd folder farmat is checkedunder author
please help

[deank]

Do you write the output to DVD disc? Because if you do so, it is most probably the high bitrate, that causes your troubles.