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

[DMagic1]

The option is there for almost 1 year already :) and is not specific to version 4.0

If you already created a compilation and don't want to re-run just because of this option, open index.bdmv with BDedit and edit the first command of object #256.

It says SetStream 2147598337,0 (51C00001 8001C001 00000000) -> replace it with NOP (00000000 00000000 00000000) to match the one I boxed in green. (edit the 2nd box first - the one with 8001C001 and then the 1st one)

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

Yeah I figured it may have been there before. I just installed on my other pc and I guess I forgot about that setting.

[deank]

Hi Dean,

...all of the BD-content got an error like this:

[18:07:32] Processing imported AVCHD/Blu-ray playlist...

[18:07:32] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00047.m2ts
[18:07:32] Input M2TS file missing/corrupted (k:\blu ray\dune\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m*ts). Replaced with empty clip!


The drive K:\ is reachable for multiAVCHD (read only).

Regards

Puki

You can't expect read-only source to work with [x] Move option. + multiAVCHD doesn't work well with read-only source folders/compilations. If your input compilation is multiAVCHD created and residing on a read-only drive make sure to untick [x] Move transitional files.

Dean

[Puki]

You can't expect read-only source to work with [x] Move option. + multiAVCHD doesn't work well with read-only source folders/compilations. If your input compilation is multiAVCHD created and residing on a read-only drive make sure to untick [x] Move transitional files.

Dean

I haven't checked move-option (neither "transitional" nor "(all)") :confused:

I try again with read/write ability and report...

Regards

Puki

[Beatnut]

Hi dean,

I tried to make a compilation containing a 1920x1080p video, when it was done muzing it gave an error, the file is 11 gigabyte, and is split up into 3 parts,
multiavchd says that tsmuxer didnt make a playlist file and that it is tsmuxers's fault, i tried again, still same error, what could be the problem?

[Puki]

I haven't checked move-option (neither "transitional" nor "(all)") :confused:

I try again with read/write ability and report...

Regards

Puki

I've tried the same .mpf-file, just enabling "full access" instead of "read only" and - it worked!

[deank]

Nice... If there was no need to show the COPY progress then this wouldn't be a problem, but people want to know what is going on and a lot of progress bars (10 if possible).

Dean :)

[Puki]

Nice... If there was no need to show the COPY progress then this wouldn't be a problem, but people want to know what is going on and a lot of progress bars (10 if possible).

Dean :)

FULL ACK

I've earlier changed the policy to "read only" because I lost some of my original files due to my fault of ticking "move transitional files" some time before :)

Puki

[deank]

Just a note:

[x] Move transitional files

WILL NEVER TOUCH original/input files/folders. It is applied only when importing multiAVCHD compilations. [x] all does the same, but in addition to multiAVCHD compilations it will move unknown/Blu-ray/AVCHD playlists (created with other applications, camcoders or blu-ray disc structures).

Dean

[sucker]

hello

i´m sorry if this has been asked before but this is way too much info to read up on, is MultiAVCHD using tsmuxer or has it some other/own muxing mechanism?

[deank]

It uses tsmuxer for some of the tasks.

[mobie29]

Hi Dean, fantastic work!!

I have a few basic questions from a newbie:

1. How do can i horizontal center my "headliner" and "footer" notations in "advanced menu settings"??

2. My chapter thumbnails do not playback on my player. When the disc is played, my top menu selection appears (XMB), but when i select each individual title, the thumbnails do not appear at all, whereas they appear in the chapter preview.

3. How come the "<" and ">" navigational arrows do not appear when i create "slide" or " carusel" menu when playing the dvd on my player? They appear when i use the menu preview.

Thanks for your help and continue the good work!!:thanks:

[Dolsen]

You could've clicked [remove] and then hold the [enter] key to delete more links, but editing the project works, too (I hope you edited/replaced -1 only in TLINKS tags).

If you have used multiAVCHD for preparing the titles (and not tsmuxer) you could've avoid remuxing of the input few times.

Add these three chapters should be the last thing for the last/final compilation.

edit: I'll also suggest to close and start multiAVCHD after each step and not using the [clear] button. Just to be sure that all is clean at each start.

Hi again,

Your tips to click once and hold [enter] key was superb, I don't need to replace -1 with -2 in text-editor, since pressing [enter] did it very fast. Yes, I did only replace -1 in TLINKS tags, no other places.

Here is my result from the test so far. I have to do some more testing, there was some problems with audio-sync after merging playlists and I need to find out where the out-of-sync arrived in the process.

Bye,
Dolsen

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/372209ecfb.jpg

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/ba4188a0c8.jpg

[rendez2k]

I thought I'd give the sideshow creation an option a shot. But, I got this error:

[18:52:57] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [00:08:24]
[18:53:34] Cannot detect file size: (C:\multiAVCHD\templates\temp\Picture slideshow (100 pictures)[MAVCPSS-002].[1920x1080-23.976].264)
[18:53:34] *** Speed : 323.94 fps (elapsed: 00:00:37 - Realtime x 13.51)

[18:53:34] Cannot detect file size: (C:\multiAVCHD\templates\temp\Picture slideshow (100 pictures)[MAVCPSS-002].[1920x1080-23.976].264)
[18:53:34] *** Transcoding failed!
[18:53:34] *** Check ffdshow/avisynth/haali (reinstall)!
[18:53:34] *** DEBUG: Try to play [C:\multiAVCHD\tools\20100313-185257-uncrop-running.avs] in MPC or other player, which supports AviSynth scripts and report the error to the author!

[18:53:34] Retrying to transcode with FFMS2!
[18:53:34] Stand-by for indexing...

Are there some limitations to the type/size of source files that can be accepted? They are JPG files with 3888x2592 dimensions.

I can encode normal video files fine as I am doing right this moment so I don't think there is a software/codec issue. Playing the avs file in MPC results in an error in line 4.

[deank]

What is the error?

[Music Fan]

Hi Dean,
MultiAVCHD refuse some of my mpeg-2 files (interlaced), I don't understand why.
Here is an extract of the log ;
[14:03:53] Processing (P:\Vin.mpg)...
[14:03:53] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG-2 720x576, fps=25.000
[14:03:53] Display properties: 1024x576 (AR:1.78)
[14:03:57] Adding LPCM audio track (ID#1)
[14:03:57] Total of 2 tracks found in this file.
[14:03:57] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[14:03:57] Media split set at 4000MiB point...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
===============================================================================
PROCESSING ERROR: No data received from tsMuxeR!
Trying again...
===============================================================================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=00:00:00.000;00:00:52.583;00:01:45.166;00:02:37.750;00:03:30.333;00:04:22.916;00:05:15.500;00:06:08.083;00:07:00.666;00:07:53.250;00:08:45.833;00:09:38.416 --split-size=4000MiB --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG-2, "P:\Vin.mpg", insertSEI, contSPS, track=0, fps=25.000
A_LPCM, "C:\Program Files\MultiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100314\extAUD-1-Vin.wav", track=1, lang=fre, timeshift=0ms
===============================================================================

[14:04:05] tsMuxeR failed to process [P:\Vin août.mpg]...
I encoded myself these files and there's no problem to put them on dvd-video (with TMPG dvd author).

I chose PAL for the menu. I also tried PAL 24 but the issue was the same.

[deank]

Try to change the 'û' in "août" to "u" and try again. If it doesn't work, check tsMuxeR_GUI and see what error it will return.

[rendez2k]

See link for the error....
http://i39.tinypic.com/23wlkxy.jpg

[deank]

72 pictures may be too much. Use the option to split each 30 or 40 in separate title. It is a problem in avisynth and it can't open so many files at once.

[Puki]

Hi Dean,

after having a compilation-process running for nearly 24 hours, I've got an x264.exe error in a loop, when trying to extract 63 chapter-thumbs out of "Kingdom of Heaven". Seems, as if I can kick this compilation...


Suggestion: is it possible to have a button like "skip compiling this title", that works WHILE multiAVCHD is compiling?

So the work for all other titles wouldn't be gone. Or a button like "finish compilation right without actual title"...

Or "delete this title from compilation and go to next title"?

I know, that some menu-pages are then not correct becuase of the mising of this title.

But then I can re-compile this compiltion with "move transitional-files", what would save MUCH time :) (this time of course without the problematic title).

Regards

Puki

EDIT:

Maybe it could be another solution, if multiAVCHD would save the .mpf-file at different points of the compilation-process (because if I stop my compilation right now there isn't one).

I know, that I can stop my compilation right now and use the copied .m2ts-files for compiling again. But I cannot import the broken compilation as an "old compilation", so I have to reload all the files without title-names etc.

Summary: I would be lucky, if I could stop the compilation, and use all the good work in it for the next attempt (e.g. just without the problematic file or with a modified one).

Regards

Puki

[Music Fan]

Try to change the 'û' in "août" to "u" and try again. If it doesn't work, check tsMuxeR_GUI and see what error it will return.
Thanks !
I tried : "can't detect stream type". :confused:
There is no sound in the mpeg (It's separated in a Wav file), that's maybe a problem for TSMuxer.

[deank]

@Puki: Try to kill x264 until it passes chapter extraction. Then it should continue.

***

A quick fix in 736+

* Fixed crash when using hidden titles and custom thumblinks
* Fixed SAVE TEMPLATE when [x] move [x] all options are used

Dean

[Puki]

@Puki: Try to kill x264 until it passes chapter extraction. Then it should continue.

I've killed like a mass-murderer :devil: (at least 10 times) and I was watching the folders, where multiAVCHD places the extracted chapter-thumbs. There were 44 thumbs (of 63) and nothing happened...

The x264.exe-error came (after ca. 10s) again and again. Shall I continue killing? :p

Regards

Puki

[deank]

I guess another 20 times (for all 60+ chapters). :)

[Puki]

I will do, as soon as I'm at home.

I'll report (maybe with some pics of the massacre... :devil:)

Regards

Puki

[Puki]

YOU! WERE! SO! RIGHT! :thanks:

After killing x264.exe some times more, multiAVCHD was (re-)able to extract the last chapter-thumbs of this title again (only thumbs 45 - 51 out of 63 were not extracted :confused:) and now the process goes on.


But maybe some of my ideas are nevertheless worth of thinking about, because sometimes compilations may crash unrecoverable...


Best regards

Puki

[speedway76]

Hi Dean.
At creation of the menu the backgroundaudio sound manages with 640kbps.How to be changed sound with 640kbps to 192kbps?

[deank]

Bitrate is defined by the value in Subtitle&Audio "Non-HD audio bitrate" option.

***

multiUPDATE.exe was updated to 4.0.736... To get the new version either launch multiUPDATE.exe and then restart multiAVCHD or delete multiUPDATE.exe and start multiAVCHD.

[drelin]

A little request about the SETUP menu.
Can add a option to desactive the (X) close button (display and navigation).
On some custom menus, this button is not needed.

An other request, add "video and audio background" option for SETUP and CHAPTER menus, if it's aviable.

[deank]

I'll see what I can do (if possible).

Even if I add motion to chapter/setup menus it will last 32 seconds without looping.

[flaviometal]

Hello deank! The more I use multiAVCHD, more I like the software!

I have a problem: I'm trying to use a mkv file and an external SRT sub file, but after conversion, in setup menu, the external srt file that I've used appears as "English", even when I change the language to "POR" (portuguese) in External Subtitles guide (video properties). Why is that?

And a suggestion: is it possible to make the track name "changeable" and put whatever I want for external SRT subs (like the "audio track name" or embedded sub option)?

Thanks!

[AJ500]

I'm attempting to use the Join tab to create a single title from 35 .m2ts files from a camcorder. The m2ts files are the only files in the folder. The properties of the resultant camdump file has a duration of 01:11:44.000 which seems about right. However, the video that's displayed in the properties window seems to be one m2ts file duplicated for the entire length. That is, if I move the video timeline slider all the way to the right, I see frames from one file and no frames from the other 34 files. The camdump.txt file has 35 chapter points, but they are all within the first 20 minutes

Is this a bug or have I missed as needed setting? I was expecting a single title from the joined files with the chapter points at the beginning of each joined file.

I'm using 4.0.736

[deank]

You didn't miss anything... I'll check it, but since I didn't change anything about m2ts-join I guess there is a problem with tsdemux, which handles the join.

If you have the original playlist(s) of these m2ts files you can join/merge the playlists and still have one title (with many m2ts files).

[deank]

Hello deank! The more I use multiAVCHD, more I like the software!

I have a problem: I'm trying to use a mkv file and an external SRT sub file, but after conversion, in setup menu, the external srt file that I've used appears as "English", even when I change the language to "POR" (portuguese) in External Subtitles guide (video properties). Why is that?

And a suggestion: is it possible to make the track name "changeable" and put whatever I want for external SRT subs (like the "audio track name" or embedded sub option)?

Thanks!

Do you click "change" when you change the language to POR?
Naming is possible only for INTERNAL subtitle tracks (not for the external).

[flaviometal]

Do you click "change" when you change the language to POR?

Yep. And saved/opened the project to confirm this.

Naming is possible only for INTERNAL subtitle tracks (not for the external).

OK. I'll try to import srt to mkv file. Thanks.

[drelin]

Yep. And saved/opened the project to confirm this.

Naming is possible only for INTERNAL subtitle tracks (not for the external).

OK. I'll try to import srt to mkv file. Thanks.

Other way for automatic name code subtitle track is :
Direct name the "srt file" like as :
video.fra.srt
"Video" is for the same name of your mkv video file
"Fra" is for language code used for naming and reconize by the player. (Fra for french language code is this sample).

But check the correct code, something two existing codes are avialable for on language but only one is supported by the player.
(sample for French language 2 codes exist "fre" and "fra" but only fra works correctly for european player products).

You see codes on this link (original source found on Multiavchd Forums - Hit and Tips section)

http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php

Edit :
After check the list, only one is aviable for "Portuguese" language code : por, you use the correct code.

[deank]

I think it is time to add mkv2avi.exe to multiAVCHD package... It got some nice 'upgrades' like ETA and preview... There is no need to download 20-30MBs when it can be part of the whole package with all of my tools:

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/mkv2avi_transcode-1.jpg

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/mkv2avi_transcode-2.jpg

Current version will be 2.3 build 104.

Dean

[flaviometal]

Other way for automatic name code subtitle track is :
Direct name the "srt file" like as :
video.fra.srt
"Video" is for the same name of your mkv video file
"Fra" is for language code used for naming and reconize by the player. (Fra for french language code is this sample).

Renaming the SRT did the trick, deank. Thanks!

One more question: the only subs that appears in setup menu preview mode are the embedded ones. Is it possible to make the external srt appears in preview mode?

[AJ500]

You didn't miss anything... I'll check it, but since I didn't change anything about m2ts-join I guess there is a problem with tsdemux, which handles the join.

If you have the original playlist(s) of these m2ts files you can join/merge the playlists and still have one title (with many m2ts files).

I have some more info on the problem. To try to determine if the problem is with tsDemux, I processed the 35 m2ts files with tsDemux and then passed its output to mkvmerge with the parameters suggested by tsDemux:

mkvmerge -o output.mkv --chapters C:\Temp\chapters.xml --timecodes 0:C:\Temp\20100314130406.track_4113.tmc C:\Temp\20100314130406.track_4113.264 --timecodes 0:C:\Temp\20100314130406.track_4352.tmc C:\Temp\20100314130406.track_4352.ac3

The resultant output.mkv is with the 35 files joined properly and it plays ok.

I loaded output.mkv into multiAVCHD and the chapters are where they should be. I created a Blu-ray structure and the chapter thumbnails are present.

However, the Blu-ray image play is jerky. Is that a framerate problem? The original .m2ts files are 29.97; output.mkv is 58.824 (original 29.97); and stream 00000.m2ts is 58.824.

from one of the original files:


General
ID : 0
Complete name : C:\Temp\20100314130406.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 29.0 MiB
Duration : 15s 750ms
Overall bit rate : 15.4 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 18.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Duration : 14s 881ms
Bit rate : 14.4 Mbps
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.308
Stream size : 25.5 MiB (88%)


from output.mkv:


General
Complete name : C:\Temp\output.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 2.06 GiB
Duration : 19mn 11s
Overall bit rate : 15.4 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-03-18 01:07:38
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.1.0 ('Happy up here') built on Jan 19 2010 12:09:24
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 19mn 7s
Bit rate : 14.7 Mbps
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 58.824 fps
Original frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.160
Stream size : 1.96 GiB (95%)


from Blu-ray stream:


General
ID : 1
Complete name : C:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD_bday\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 2.16 GiB
Duration : 19mn 11s
Overall bit rate : 16.1 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Duration : 19mn 7s
Bit rate : 15.1 Mbps
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 58.824 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.165
Stream size : 2.01 GiB (93%)
Language : English / /

Does this help solve the problem?
Thanks,
AJ

[deank]

Without using mkvmerge, can you import .264 in multiAVCHD, then add .ac3 as external audio and .xml as chapters? If needed, [alter detected properties] and set proper framerate.

You can retry the import in multiAVCHD, since it is possible that the 1st time only the preview was wrong, but the final mux could've been okay.

[deank]

Something new, which probably will be available soon:

http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_sddvd-title.jpg

http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/multiAVCHD_sddvd-output.jpg

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


It allows similar to HD-DVD functionality - one title per disc, hard-burned subtitles (probably soft once I find a way how to). Now this should allow converting blu-ray playlists (branched or non-branched) to dvd. [SD-DVD] produces DVD output, compatible with standard DVD players.

Here is a log from a compilation I made few mins ago, importing Ghost Rider Blu-ray disc :)

[14:18:44] Initialising...
[14:18:44] Checking for new version...
[14:18:44] New version/build found!
[14:18:44] Consistency check finished!
[14:18:44] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

[14:18:44] 1 year and 82 days since multiAVCHD was published.
[14:18:44] 261 people supported it with donations
[14:18:44] and you are the 1278308 one to launch the program...
[14:18:44] Support multiAVCHD to extend its features and keep it going!


[14:18:44] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04000733]

[14:22:21] *** Scanning playlist (00065.mpls). Please wait...
[14:22:22] *** Playlist EXT format: BDMV 1.1
[14:22:22] *** Detected main-path : [ID#000 Dur: 02:03:25.398] [00:00:11.650]
[14:22:24] *** Detected media file: [00066.m2ts, 02:03:25.395] (31502 MiB)
[14:22:24] *** Playitem size exceeds split point of 4000 MiB (set in Author tab).
[14:22:24] *** Playlist marked for full processing mode. (split/join)
[14:22:25] *** Detected media file: [00087.m2ts, 00:00:00.000] (9 MiB)
[14:22:25] *** Detected sub-path #: [ID#000, IN: 00:00:11.650] [IGS]
[14:22:25] *** Detected chapters #: 00:00:00.000;00:09:21.394;00:18:28.690;...
[14:22:25] *** Playlist duration : 02:03:25 (31511 MiB)

[14:23:28] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[14:23:29] Destination [D:]: NTFS, 12125.18 MiB (11.841 GiB) free space
[14:23:29] Temp folder [D:]: NTFS, 12125.18 MiB (11.841 GiB) free space

[14:23:29] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.0 (build 736)
[14:23:29] Selected output mode: DVD player (DVD R/RW disc)

[14:23:29] Processing one title...
[14:23:30] Processing PLAYLIST (full mode) (split/join) (I:\GHOST_RIDER\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00065.mpls)...
[14:23:30] Generating meta file for tsMuxer...
[14:23:30] M2TS stream split set at 4000MiB...
[14:23:30] Title is trimmed: 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
[14:23:31] SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.10.6 http://www.smlabs.net
[14:23:31] Detected resolution: 1920x1080
[14:23:31] Detected video: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC (TID#4113)
[14:23:31] Only this video track will be used!
[14:23:31] Detected media file: 00066.m2ts
[14:23:31] Detected main PI#000: 00066.m2ts, Duration: [02:03:25.398], [PTS: 00:00:11.650 / 02:03:37.048]
[14:23:31] Using audio: A_AC3 (ID#4352 / language: eng / delay: 0)
[14:23:31] Using audio: A_LPCM (ID#4353 / language: eng / delay: 0)
[14:23:31] Using audio: A_AC3 (ID#4354 / language: hun / delay: 0)
[14:23:31] Using audio: A_AC3 (ID#4355 / language: pol / delay: 0)
[14:23:31] Using audio: A_AC3 (ID#4356 / language: eng / delay: 0)
[14:23:31] Using audio: A_AC3 (ID#4357 / language: eng / delay: 0)
[14:23:31] Using subtitles: ID#4608:S_HDMV/PGS Language: eng
[14:23:31] Using subtitles: ID#4609:S_HDMV/PGS Language: bul
[14:23:31] Using subtitles: ID#4610:S_HDMV/PGS Language: hrv
[14:23:31] Using subtitles: ID#4611:S_HDMV/PGS Language: hun
[14:23:31] Using subtitles: ID#4612:S_HDMV/PGS Language: pol
[14:23:31] Using subtitles: ID#4613:S_HDMV/PGS Language: ron
[14:23:31] Using subtitles: ID#4614:S_HDMV/PGS Language: slv
[14:23:31] Using subtitles: ID#4615:S_HDMV/PGS Language: tur
[14:23:31] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[14:24:15] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[14:24:15] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...

[14:24:15] *** Initiating video encoding:

[14:24:15] *** Original : 1920x1080
[14:24:15] *** Crop : 0
[14:24:15] *** Resize : 720x480
[14:24:15] *** Uncrop to : 720x480
[14:24:15] *** Sharpen : 0
[14:24:15] *** Bitrate : 4000 kbps
[14:24:15] *** Profile : SD-DVD (MPEG-2)

[14:24:24] Cannot detect file size: (D:\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100318\20100318-142331-3893\BDMV\STREAM\00000.[720x480-29.970].m2v)
[14:31:20] *** Transcoding successful!

[14:31:20] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG-2 720x480, fps=29.970
[14:31:20] Display properties: 853x480 (AR:1.78)
[14:31:20] Encoding ac3 audio to AC3 (eac3to)...
[14:32:50] Adding AC3 encoded audio track (eng)...
[14:32:50] Detected subtitles: ID#4608:S_HDMV/PGS Language: eng
[14:32:50] Detected subtitles: ID#4609:S_HDMV/PGS Language: bul
[14:32:50] Detected subtitles: ID#4610:S_HDMV/PGS Language: hrv
[14:32:50] Detected subtitles: ID#4611:S_HDMV/PGS Language: hun
[14:32:50] Detected subtitles: ID#4612:S_HDMV/PGS Language: pol
[14:32:50] Detected subtitles: ID#4613:S_HDMV/PGS Language: ron
[14:32:50] Detected subtitles: ID#4614:S_HDMV/PGS Language: slv
[14:32:50] Detected subtitles: ID#4615:S_HDMV/PGS Language: tur
[14:32:50] Total of 2 tracks found in this file.
[14:32:50] AR of 16:9 will be set for this title.
[14:32:50] Title is trimmed: 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
[14:32:50] Copying audio to source folder for re-use...
[14:32:50] Creating SD-DVD structure...
[14:32:53] SD-DVD muxing completed!

[14:32:53] SD-DVD title saved:
[14:32:53] D:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD_GR_DVDS\[DVD]\GHOST RIDER

[14:32:53] Compilation contains 1 HD-DVD titles and no AVCHD/Blu-ray titles!


[14:32:53] Preparing menu pages...
[14:32:54] Setting main menu for 0 titles...
[14:32:54] Selected TV system: [NTSC]
[14:32:57] Done!

Compilation summary:
Format: DVD player (DVD R/RW disc) (mixed with HD/SD-DVD)
Name : multiAVCHD
===============================================================================
1. 1 HD-DVD/SD-DVD titles
===============================================================================
Output size : 161 MiB (0.157 GiB)

[14:32:57] D:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD_GR_DVDS folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!
[14:32:57] Burn its CONTENTS to DVD R/RW UDF 2.50/2.60 disc!

[14:32:57] Compilation contains HD-DVD/SD-DVD titles placed in [HD-DVD]/[DVD] folder.
[14:32:57] Burn each HD-DVD/SD-DVD title folder contents (both HVDVD_TS and VIDEO_TS for HD-DVD) to a separate DVD disc.

[14:32:59] You may now remove temp folder (D:\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20100318\).

[14:32:59] multiAVCHD finished in 569.248 seconds (00:09:29.247)!

[14:32:59] End of log.

[14:32:59] Cleaning up...
[14:32:59] Done!

[14:32:59] For technical support, bug reports and questions:

[14:32:59] http://multiforum.deanbg.com/
[14:32:59] http://multiAVCHD.deanbg.com/
[14:32:59] http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143744


And at the end you get the video, 1 audio and the chapters :)

Dean

[AJ500]

Without using mkvmerge, can you import .264 in multiAVCHD, then add .ac3 as external audio and .xml as chapters? If needed, [alter detected properties] and set proper framerate.

You can retry the import in multiAVCHD, since it is possible that the 1st time only the preview was wrong, but the final mux could've been okay.

I did as you suggested and retried the Join of the 35 files in multiAVCHD. The unaltered properties of the camdump file show a duration of ~ 01:11:44.000. I altered the duration to the proper duration of 1151 seconds, used the camdump.txt file for chapters, and reset the thumbnails.

The preview is still not correct. However, the resultant Blu-ray image is now correct.

Any idea why the proper duration is not detected? Is it because the .264 stream doesn't have fps data?

[deank]

Yes, duration of elementary streams cannot be detected/calculated properly before they're muxed into a container.

[deank]

Build 737:

* Full download required if you want to use (SD)DVD basic authoring. Link #1 (http://download.videohelp.com/deanbg/multiAVCHD_4.0.exe) / Link #2 (http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/download/)
* Added another output/authoring mode for standard DVD players (SD-DVD).

In SD-DVD output mode multiAVCHD will generate [DVD] folder with subfolders for each of the compilation titles, ready to burn to DVD5/DVD9 (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders)

SD-DVD output mode supports:

* Original chapters
* 1 audio track (forcefully encoded to AC3)
* 1 external subtitle track
* 1 hard-burned subtitle track

Supported subtitles:

* Text based SRT, MicroDVD SUB and Blu-ray SUP subtitles for hard-burned DVD subtitles
* Text based SRT and Blu-ray SUP subtitles for soft DVD subtitles.

To use subtitles in this mode you need to have them as EXTERNAL tracks. Internal Blu-ray or file-embeded subtitles won't be used.

If there is any interest in this feature at all, I'll add more audio/subtitle tracks support.

***

Using SD-DVD output mode you can import virtually any format (files, Blu-ray structures, playlists, AVCHD playlists, DVD folders or IFO playlists) and output to standard DVD format.

Examples of using this mode:

* Camcoder users shoot a lot of HD material. Exporting to DVD is an easy way to share their videos with relatives and family, which don't own Blu-ray players, but have DVD players at home
* Back-up your Blu-ray Disc (movie-only) to a DVD and watch it in the other (non bdp equipped) room, or pass it to your children to watch in their room :)

Dean

[rendez2k]

Thanks Dean - looks like a great update. Sorry if this is a stupid question, when you say it supports virtually any SD file import, does this include xvid files? I get no preview and a warning that xvid transcode not supported?

Edit: with MPEG2 files I get Avisynth open failure. ConvertFPS: requires YUY2 input.

[deank]

I'll need to check about MPEG2 but XviD works just fine here.

[rendez2k]

Thanks dean. Should I get a preview with xvid?

[seskookses]

I have a blu-ray with a lot of audios and subtitles. So I tried to remove some audios to fit movie to BD25.
But I get this error:
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4629:S_HDMV/PGS Language: ron
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4630:S_HDMV/PGS Language: srp
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4631:S_HDMV/PGS Language: slk
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4632:S_HDMV/PGS Language: slv
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4633:S_HDMV/PGS Language: ota
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4634:S_HDMV/PGS Language: ukr
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4635:S_HDMV/PGS Language: rus
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4636:S_HDMV/PGS Language: eng
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4637:S_HDMV/PGS Language: spa
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4638:S_HDMV/PGS Language: por
[07:15:35] Using subtitles: ID#4639:S_HDMV/PGS Language: kor
[07:15:35] No valid information found! (00001.mpls)...
[07:15:35] *** Failed!
[07:32:46] *** [00002.mpls] - Processing playlist
[07:32:49] *** [00003.mpls] - Processing playlist
[07:32:50] *** [00004.mpls] - Processing playlist
[07:32:50] *** [00005.mpls] - Processing playlist

Then at the end program just copy original file in which is movie and it does not strip audios.

Can maybe someone please help me, what is the problem.

[deank]

Thanks dean. Should I get a preview with xvid?

Yes... It has nothing to do with the DVD output. I have preview and transcode working for all media types/codecs. It depends on your configuration/decoders.

I have a blu-ray with a lot of audios and subtitles. So I tried to remove some audios to fit movie to BD25.
But I get this error:

Can maybe someone please help me, what is the problem.

What version/build did you use? A complete log will be easier to understand. You can send it to my email (it is in the about tab of multiAVCHD).

Dean

[seskookses]

I am using the latest version and I sent you a log file on your e-mail.

Thanks

[deank]

I am using the latest version and I sent you a log file on your e-mail.

Thanks

There is something wrong with your input folder/files... I don't know what you used to pre-process it but it seems that the important things are not there (at least not in 00001.mpls):


[07:12:03] *** 1. ARMORED
[07:12:03] *** Scanning playlist (00001.mpls). Please wait...
[07:12:04] *** Playlist EXT format: BDMV 1.1
[07:12:04] *** Detected main-path : [ID#000 Dur: 01:27:53.267] [00:00:11.650]
[07:12:09] *** Detected media file: [00011.m2ts, 01:27:53.258] (0 MiB)
[07:12:09] *** Detected chapters #: 00:00:00.000;00:05:03.136;00:12:45.514...
[07:12:09] *** Playlist duration : 01:27:53 (0 MiB)