Getting blank screen (with audio) after converting MKV to Bluray ..

[ahmadka]

Hey all, well this is my first time posting here regarding conversion from MKV to PS3 Compatible AVCHD (Bluray) format ..
I normally never had much problems doing this before, but since I'm doing it after about a 10 month break, I may be forgetting something :P

Also, if I've posted this in the wrong section or something, I sincerely apologize for that ..

I recently tried converting an MKV to AVCHD recently, and the playback result is that on the PS3, I just get a black screen with the audio playing in background ... and if I play the same disc on a bluray player on my PC (e.g. PowerDVD, HP's built-in player), the video plays, but its very 'blocky', although, if I go into the STREAM folder and play the M2TS from there via a normal player such as MPC, the video plays fine, with audio too ...

The MKV I'm converting has a level of 4.1 by default, is 1920x1080 in resolution .. so it should convert properly, right ?

Here are the full details if needed:

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 6 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 15mn
Bit rate : 11.7 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 12.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.236
Stream size : 11.4 GiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376M 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=100 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=0 / wpredp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=12000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.30 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:2.00
Language : English

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 15mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.41 GiB (11%)
Language : English

Text #1
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Title : English
Language : English

[setarip_old]

Hi! I may be forgetting somethingI believe one thing you may have forgotten is to state what software you're using...

[ahmadka]

hehe ... Well I'm using tsMuxer to perform the actual MKV -> AVCHD conversion, and using mkvmerge for any other MKV slicing and dicing .. Lastly, ImgBurn with UDF 2.50 support is being used to create the ISO files ..

[setarip_old]

Based on the details you've provided, it's obvious that the original source material is a BluRay disc.

So, as an experiment, re-rip the original, commercial BluRay disc and use tsMuxeR to convert it DIRECTLY to AVCHD format (no need for an intermediate step of creating an .MKV file). Does the new AVCHD-compatible "package" play back properly?

[zoner]

ref=6
PS3 cant play a video with more than 4 ref frames in a 1080p video.
you will have to reencode it to be compliant.