Burning Blu-Ray folder to DVD-R for PS3

[Dan203]

I have a TV show which I transferred from my TiVoHD, edited with VideoReDo and then converted to a Blu-Ray folder using tsMuxeR. I have read that is is possible to burn these folders to standard DVDs for playback on the PS3 so I tried burning it using ImgBurn. However the PS3 recognizes it as a data disc, not a video disc, so I have to drill down to the streams folder and manually select the m2ts files to play the video. Is there some setting I have to change in ImgBurn, or maybe tsMuxeR, that will make it so the burned disc is recognized as a video disc by the PS3 so it will start playback automatically?

Dan

[deank]

Yes, you need to use [AVCHD] mode in tsmuxer, not Blu-ray.

[Dan203]

I read that AVCHD requires H.264 video, my file is MPEG-2. Will it still work, or do I need to transcode?

Dan

[laserfan]

I read that AVCHD requires H.264 video, my file is MPEG-2. Will it still work, or do I need to transcode?

DanNo, MPEG-2 is valid too (as is VC-1 I believe). Should be no trouble.

[Dan203]

I created an "AVCHD disc" in tsMuxeR from the same file, then ran WinMerge on it and the original "Blu-Ray disc" folder and they are identical. :confused:

Dan

[laserfan]

I don't make AVCHDs, but they ARE different from Blu-ray. Are you using txMuxeR 1.10.6 latest?

[Dan203]

Yes I'm using 1.10.6. I'm only using a short clip for these tests (~3 minutes) so perhaps the short length is causing an issue? But like I said I used the same clip to create a "Blu-Ray disc" and an "AVCHD dic", then compared the two folders in WinMerge and they were identical.

In ImgBurn I used Build mode and added the BDMV and CERTIFICATE directories tsMuxeR created, changed the format to UDF and the version to 2.5, and then burned directly to a DVD+R. Does it sound like I'm doing that part right?

Dan

[deank]

I don't know what WinMerge does, but you can just do what I suggested. Use [AVCHD] output and burn the structure to a DVD disc. Don't play with its folders and files. Just burn it - it is that simple.

And NO files are not the same as in [blu-ray] output.

[Dan203]

My mistake. WinMerge is a tool that allows you to compare two folders full of files to one another and it shows you all the files that are different or only in one folder or the other. I mainly use it for source code. The reason I thought the two folders were the same is because I had it set to hide binary files. Once I displayed the binary files I saw that they were in fact different. :o

Thanks for your help guys

Dan

[Ghitulescu]

No, MPEG-2 is valid too (as is VC-1 I believe). Should be no trouble.

In the case of BD of course, however AVCHD is always H.264 and AC-3. If a standalone copes with MPEG-2 within AVCHD, lucky you ;)

PS: I don't have a PS3 and I burn all my DVDR as BD, since I can use all 3 codecs and subtitles, while my Pio can play them.

[laserfan]

In the case of BD of course, however AVCHD is always H.264 and AC-3. If a standalone copes with MPEG-2 within AVCHD, lucky you ;)

PS: I don't have a PS3 and I burn all my DVDR as BD, since I can use all 3 codecs and subtitles, while my Pio can play them.I didn't know AVCHD is limited to h.264!? Then Dan203 needs to stick with Blu-ray output if he's testing with MPEG2. I don't have a PS3 either, but might've guessed it would play homebrew BD-5 no problem.

@Dan203 you said you changed ImgBurn to UDF 2.50. That's what you want, but... ImgBurn should have done that for you itself, i.e. you drag the BDMV and CERTIFICATE dirs into ImgBurn and it sees they are BD and changes the UDF setting on its own. So I wonder why you had to change it manually?

Maybe you should reset ImgBurn to defaults. Also, what burner are you using.

[Ghitulescu]

I didn't know AVCHD is limited to h.264!? Then Dan203 needs to stick with Blu-ray output if he's testing with MPEG2. I don't have a PS3 either, but might've guessed it would play homebrew BD-5 no problem.

AVCHD (AVC-HD, AVC HD) utilizes MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (AVC) video compression codec and Dolby AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio compression codec.
Uncompressed linear PCM audio is not supported in any consumer devices.
It's a fair use quote, not my words. :)

[Regor]

Sorry to bring up an old thread. But I am working on a project doing just this. I burned the exact same Blu-Ray structure created from TSmuxer to a bluray and a dvd. The PS3 plays the bluray fine (detects it is a bluray disks and handles it fine). But when it sees the same structure on a DVD, it apparently sees DVD+R disc and dismisses the fact that is could be bluray media. I am hoping maybe a simple flag or a way of burning it might help. Regular bluray players handle the Bluray-DVD disc fine, but PS3 is rather picky.

No one ever replied back verifying if using TSmuxer to build AVCHD structure rather than BluRay structure resolves this issue. If it does not, then I don't think there is a solution from the way the PS3 detects disc type before media structure.

Can anyone verify who has worked on this project?

[Dan203]

Yes, using AVCHD does allow a PS3 to play HD videos burned to standard DVD media. If you want menus and stuff there is a toll called multi-AVCHD that will allow you to make complete discs with menus, multiple titles, etc... all on DVD media that will play in a PS3 and most standalone BluRay players.

Dan