popBD - simple MKV/*TS/MPEG to AVCHD/BD tool - split to 2 (BD5/BD9) volumes supported

[turbojet]

OK no rush just wanted to make sure it went through.

[Mtz]

If a MKV contains some srt subtitles with different charsets (1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255), can be possible to select the right encoding for each subtitle by the user?
For example:
rum is 1250
bul is 1251
swe is 1252
The best thing can be this: when popBD find the country code described for some subtitle in mkv, to encode it with the right charset. If not any country code found in MKV, to encode it with the default set.
The most used languages are:

Windows Code Pages:
CP1250:
Bosnia/Herzogovina
Croatia
Czech
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
CP1251:
Bulgaria
Macedonia FYR
Russia
Serbia/Montenegro
CP1252:
Albania
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latin America
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
CP1253:
Greece
CP1254:
Turkey
CP1255:
Israel
CP1256:
Arabic Speaking
CP1257:
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
CP1258:
Vietnam


Can you make some setting that the first subtitle to be loaded when starting the movie?

enjoy,
Mtz

[jhmac]

Thanks for the great programs. I have a bunch of MKVs that I am running through popBD to make AVCHD disk and noticed after popBD finishes I have to close and restart before I can add another MKV, It would be nice if I could just click and add another MKV to popBD as soon as it finishes.

Thanks

[deank]

...I noticed (...) after popBD finishes I have to close and restart before I can add another MKV, It would be nice if I could just click and add another MKV to popBD as soon as it finishes.

Just re-download the .exe file. :)

[turbojet]

thanks
would it be possible to adopt the 'quit on last file finish' feature from multiavchd in the future?

[deank]

It is implemented. Are you saying it doesn't work? Can you open .bdmv in BDedit and check how Title#1 OID looks like?

[turbojet]

Oh I never checked but yep break is already there, great.

[deank]

:) I'll try to add the other options you asked for tomorrow... as you're the co-founder of popBD :)

[vacano]

Wow, "ask and you shall receive". Exactly what i was looking for, I've been following this from the beginning, outstanding job deank, however i tried one of my mkv files, burned it with imlburn, pop it in the ps3 and BIG GREEN LINE at the bottom of my screen, i did get a warning message, Video height not avchd complaint, most of my mkv files are like this (544p,536p,800p,696p,...) am i missing something, i really want to be able to make this files avchd, i will not consider myself a noob well i'm not a programmer or anything like that but I'm good on following directions that's why i don't post much 'cause when i got a problem i read, fix and done , i should say thank you i always forget. Thanks for all the times i forgot and Thanks in advance for this one in case i forget again...

[deank]

Unlike multiAVCHD, popBD will not fix NC titles and will not remove the green bar (if played in PS3), so you have 2 options:

1) Use multiAVCHD (which is not suitable if you're restrained to DVD5/9 sizes)
2) Use uncropMKV to fix your badly cropped MKV files and then use either popBD or multiAVCHD.

Thanks for your support.

[vacano]

OK, thanks for fast reply, I'll try uncropMKV then popBD.

[deank]

That's the best way, so you'll have a compliant mkv file for use with any other application in the future. If you have troubles with uncropMKV - post in its thread and I'll help if I can.

[vacano]

Is uncropMKV for MKV files only or does it support TS files (despite the name)

[deank]

It should accept most files... Will convert them to MKV and will process them as such.

[vacano]

Thanks, my next post will be in UncropMKV section as is creating a small file first then it goes to do the cropping and stops.

[deank]

Because of the new version of tsmuxer popBD is updated to version 0.5. Please download THE COMPLETE package.

[turbojet]

I see 0.5 uses 100 headers with no extended info is this proven safe?

What's been thoroughly tested is 100 headers for bdmv files with extended info and 200 headers for clpi/mpls, tsmuxer 1.8.35+ can't reproduce this.

[deank]

Yes, I didn't notice that tsmuxer creates index.bdmv without the IDEX. Update your popBD.exe from the link in the first post.

[turbojet]

Thanks, has idex again.

[jhmac]

Can PopBD be used with the latest version of tsmuxer? Or should I stay with the version included with each release?

Thanks!

[deank]

Full downloads (and .exe only) for:

* multiAVCHD (build 528)
* popBD ver 0.6
* uncropMKV ver 0.6

are updated.

Check the links in the first page of each thread. multiAVCHD and popBD include tsMuxer 1.9.9.

[turbojet]

What changed in TSMuxer 1.9,9?

[deank]

A slight different Title#1 program code in movieobject.bdmv which interfered with the BREAK command I'm using to avoid title looping. It is nothing that may affect testing players' compatibility.

popBD 0.6 will not work with previous versions of tsMuxer.
popBD 0.5 will work with tsMuxer 1.9.4

[turbojet]

ok thanks

[deank]

popBD is updated - there was a problem processing SSA subtitles in MKV (in rare occasions when Commentary tracks are present and other major parsing error).

[turbojet]

Latest version doesn't seem to put in the break command. Is it still intended to?

[deank]

I think it does with tsmuxer 1.9.9.

[turbojet]

Yup it does thanks, I was using 1.9.7 for some reason.

[hollydoc]

I think it does with tsmuxer 1.9.9.

Can you ad an option to split by time, i like to split an >25 BG Bluray by an cHapterpoint.

Hollydoc

[deank]

popBD is updated to 0.7.

It is now independent from tsMuxeR's index.bdmv and movieobject.bdmv files. Index is now generated and marked to be recognized in multiAVCHD.

Dean

[mCmAl]

I've tried 2 mkv's,and both of them aren't played properly by a Sony BDP.The audio is OK,but the video isn't right.It seems to stuck now and then to a certain frame,making the movie not viewable.Any suggestion on how to avoid this would be appreciated.

[deank]

It is possible that the video is not compatible with AVCHD/BD profiles. Post what mediainfo says about yout input file. Remove the filename.

[mCmAl]

Sorry for my ignorance,but where can I find this mediainfo?

These are the properties :
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280x720 23.98fps [Video]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [Subtitle]

[DonRon]

a nop question

the problem with converting MKV to AVCHD (BD strucktur)
is that the MKV is encoded without black bars, and no standalone can play with without it


what dos popBD do about that ?

cheers

[deank]

popBD and multiAVCHD do not re-encode your video files. If you're files are not 720x480, 720x576, 1280x720, 1440x1080 or 1920x1080 - you may have problems playing them (most people don't have).

If you want to re-encode your mkvs to compliant resolutions - use RipBot, MeGUI or uncropMKV.

Dean

[mCmAl]

Deank,is this the problem?

[18:34:39] Detected frame reference count: 10 (max:9).
[18:34:39] Video is not AVCHD/BDMV compliant!

[deank]

Yes - this is a major problem and cannot be overcome without reencoding.

[DonRon]

thanks for replying

but ??

90% of all the 1080p MKV`s on usenet is in 2.35:1 (1920x ~800)

what about them ?


re-encoding the black bars with ripbot264/megui takes 4ever

cheers

[turbojet]

thanks for replying

but ??

90% of all the 1080p MKV`s on usenet is in 2.35:1 (1920x ~800)

what about them ?


re-encoding the black bars with ripbot264/megui takes 4ever

cheers

There's no solution. Blame the people that encode at those resolutions.

[sparky909]

Hi,

Firstly, must say fantastic software, simplifies a lot of work and takes a lot of hassle out. Great effort and the pace of releases and bugfixes is awesome.

Ive tried a couple of different files out on popBD in terms of a basic 8GB MKV split to 2 x 4.5GB DVDR's as AVCHD. My problem is that playing them back on my Panasonic BD35E (the UK version) on 1.3 or 1.4 firmware the disks always exhibit the same problem :

1. disc spins up and is recognized as a "DVDR" with AVCHD
2. Player kicks of the first item in the playlist (in my case, there is only ever one).
3. The LCD display shows "PLAY" for about 10 seconds, nothing appears on TV it remains blank.
4. Disk then stops spinning, and the LCD display shows "STOP" on the player.

Ive tried variations of Disc media and burn speeds, file contents, and even player firmware, but always has the same result. And yet a few posts here say no worries at all with popBD and AVCHD playback on the BD35 at all. So im wondering what others have done that i havent.

I then tried using multiAVCHD, and again its the same exact problem on any spanned disc. However, i did manage to manually get a AVCHD fileset from multiAVCHD to work fine when i did a convert of 8.5GB MKV -> 2 x 4000meg m2ts files, then burned the FIRST one and played it back. e.g. just making a non-spanned conversion, then burning only the first stream not both. I also managed to get a AVCHD onto a SD card working fine. This suggests that on a non-spanning setup, the AVCHD plays fine.

Ive tried :

- cropping to the right size for AVCHD
- using the AUXDATA remove options and not using the AUXDATA remove optoins
- ignoring subtitles
- manually editing the playlist and clpi files to try and get it working.
- turn off 24p on the BD35 player.

But in all cases, nothing helps.

What has been the experience of other BD35 owners and what works for them??

I suspect from tests that the popBD DVD5 spanning option doesnt work 100% - possibly due to the playlist having issues across disks - and i base this on being able to get one disk out of two working from AVCHD but none on popBD.

Another theory was maybe its NTSC versus PAL issues? has anyone played back NTSC(23fps) converted MKV->AVCHD on a UK player?

However - it may just be something basic im missing.

Also to add context - the BD35 has NO issues playing other AVCHD disks either 720p or 1080. Its only the popBD and multiAVCHD spanned disks which will not work at all.

Help me obiwan, you are my only hope.... :-)

[deank]

What do you mean by "multiAVCHD spanned discs"?

multiAVCHD does not support DISC splitting. No one else posted about problems with popBD - let's see what other users will say - I don't have a blu-player to test with but Playstation3 plays split volumes fine.

[sparky909]

Sorry - to clarify, my previous post:

- popBD MKV -> 2 x 4.5GB DVDR
- multiAVCHD MKV -> m2ts streams split at 4000mb

doesnt work for my BD35E-UK on 1.4 or 1.3 firmware. See details of post for other aspects tested.

Thanks!

[turbojet]

When splitting I see these issues in the output from an mkv with video, audio, 1 internal sub, 1 external sub, original chapters:

First playlist refers to first and then second m2ts which doesn't exist
Second playlist uses first m2ts runtime which doesn't exist
Original hapters aren't kept, 5 minute chapters are in both outputs

Other than that audio/subs/clipinfo is good. Is there any chance of fixing these issues?

[deank]

First playlist refers to first and then second m2ts which doesn't exist
Wrong. Both m2ts files are in the mpls file, but the second is not referred in anyway during playback.

Second playlist uses first m2ts runtime which doesn't exist
Yes, it uses it but it doesn't do any harm, because it plays PL item 2.

Original hapters aren't kept, 5 minute chapters are in both outputs

I never said that popBD will keep chapters .

The only way to go around these things is 2/3 pass processing which I thing is unnecessary.

[rapscallion]

@dean...this looks like a great little program. I do have a question though.

I cut a clip, via tsmuxer, from a ~24gb m2ts file, ~ 2gb, and burned to dvd5-rw, just to test it.
In a SA player, I got a lot of stuttering/chopiness, in both video and audio, which I assumed was because the avchd standard is a max bit rate @ 16mps. The clip had bitrates substantially higher.

So, my question is, if you span 2 dvd9's ~16gb, won't the potentially higher birates exceed the standard and possibly cause stuttering/playback problems?

[turbojet]

Wrong. Both m2ts files are in the mpls file, but the second is not referred in anyway during playback.


Yes, it uses it but it doesn't do any harm, because it plays PL item 2.

I discovered and suspected these as there's been some reports of MPC-HC not playing them correctly but it very well could be an isolated issue. I will test a BD player soon.


I never said that popBD will keep chapters .

The only way to go around these things is 2/3 pass processing which I thing is unnecessary.

Is resetting to 0:00:00 after the length of the first video a possibility?

[deank]

I cut a clip ... and burned to dvd5-rw ... In a SA player, I got a lot of stuttering/chopiness...

So, my question is ... won't the potentially higher birates exceed the standard and possibly cause stuttering/playback problems?

DVD discs have bitrate limitations. If you burn it to BD-R/RE disc I guess it won't stutter. My tests are with Playstation3 via USB and DVD-RW and there is no stuttering whatsoever with any files/bitrates (even with peaks of 30-40-50 Mbit/s)

Is resetting to 0:00:00 after the length of the first video a possibility?

No, unless tsmuxer's output is re-processed in 2nd pass.

[turbojet]

Both parts of popBD split output don't play on Panasonic BD30 without splitting it does, so it goes beyond an MPC-HC isolated issue.
I have a good feeling the concern I had with the mpls files is causing it.

[deank]

Next days I'll take time to rewrite popBD to conform AVCHD and Blu-ray and will make it split output to any number of discs (or any number of SDHCs) + I'll try to bypass this "problem" with mpls.

... or I'll try to implement popBD in multiAVCHD.

[turbojet]

OK thanks

Did you ever look into any of these?
removing empty temp directory
basic cli like <input> <output> which uses settings from the ini, could have a switch like -strict for removing empty dirs. multiavchd could have -menu -nomenu
implementing same blank output uses source directory behavior in multiavchd