h.264 to blu-ray... 4:3 aspect ratio?

[Viper98]

Hey guys I hoping someone here could help me out with this.

after i use TSMuxer to convert my h.264 file to blu-ray when I go in to BDEdit for man yof the files it is saying that the aspect ratio is 4:3. This causes it to be unwatchable on my BD350 player(it plays but the video like overlaps it's self in a weird way)

I was wondering how, or if you can fix this. I'm using HxD to edit the hex code to get it to properly recognize the 720p resolution.... is there another edit in there to get it to recognize a 16:9 aspect ratio as well?

Here's an example
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/4649/capturent4.jpg

[smnckl]

Hey guys I hoping someone here could help me out with this.

after i use TSMuxer to convert my h.264 file to blu-ray when I go in to BDEdit for man yof the files it is saying that the aspect ratio is 4:3. This causes it to be unwatchable on my BD350 player(it plays but the video like overlaps it's self in a weird way)

I was wondering how, or if you can fix this. I'm using HxD to edit the hex code to get it to properly recognize the 720p resolution.... is there another edit in there to get it to recognize a 16:9 aspect ratio as well?

Here's an example
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/4649/capturent4.jpg

I see that you have not had any response. I was facing this same issue because some of the movies that I was backing up had original aspect ratios which were not "true" 16:9 (because the Display AR is originally either 2.35:1 or 2.4:1).
I could not find a way to edit this using BDedit so that it would play at 16:9 on my standalone player.

It is not that difficult and I will try to explain how I managed to change the AR using HxD.


Open the 00001.clpi file in HxD and look for the hex values at offset 0108h and 0109h (see picture below).
The picture shows the value at 0108h to be $61, which is for 1080p. For 720p it should be $51. Place the cursor in front of the first digit (normally a zero) and type 5 (five).
Move the cursor to the first digit in the next pair (at offset 0109h). If you have $20 then it will be displayed as 4:3 in BDedit and on your TV. Change the value to $30 and save the file.

Burn to a DVD and test on your standalone or PS3.

Disclaimer! This has worked for me and should work for you too. However, conditions on my end may not match those at yours, so YMMV. Good luck.

[deank]

Sony players will play 4:3 at full screen.

[smnckl]

Sony players will play 4:3 at full screen.

Hi deank

Yes, Sony SAPs will do that. I have a BDP-S350 and 4:3 DVDs play fine. However, backups (of movies that that have original AR of 2.35:1 or 2.4:1) that been re-muxed using tsMuxeR have most times had the AR changed from 16:9 to 4:3. And the frame dimension is shown as " - ".
This has been from my personal experience when I checked the PLAYLIST and CLIPINF values using BDedit.

Could be a tsMuxeR bug but I don't know. The AR change from 16:9 to 4:3 does not appear all the time BUT the missing vertical frame dimension in the PLAYLIST does. Again, all this is personal experience AND there does not seem to be many who are experiencing that or they are just living with it. :)

James

[deank]

Are you changing something in the playlist file or just the clip file?

[smnckl]

Are you changing something in the playlist file or just the clip file?

When checking the mpls with BDedit, if I see that the frame vertical dim is not set, then I use the dropdown and force it to 1080p.
Then I hexedit the clpi at offset 108h, changing the original $01 to be $61 so that the values in both the mpls and the clpi files match.
Rechecking with BDedit shows me that the frame vertical dim is now 1080p and the AR is 16:9.
On the occasions that the clpi shows AR to be 4:3, I use your tip to hexedit offset 109h from $20 to $30 and it shows as 16:9 when I read that in BDedit again.

So, basically, both the playlist and the clip files need to be edited to match.

That has worked for me. Please advise if that is not the "correct" method (besides re-encoding and adding borders) to force the frame vertical dim to be 1080p.

James

[openBA]

On the occasions that the clpi shows AR to be 4:3, I use your tip to hexedit offset 109h from $20 to $30 and it shows as 16:9 when I read that in BDedit again.


Hi smnckl,

I had the same problem, but it was solved by deank.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143744&page=41