BDtoAVCHD v2.8.0 - One Click Blu-Ray 2D/3D to BD5/BD9/BD25/MKV

[pistacho]

Version 2.1.4 (04/27/2014)


x264 updated to revision r2431.
Mkvmerge updated to version 6.9.1
BDSup2Sub updated to version 5.1.2.

[wgf_bean]

Is it possible to add a feature to select which chapters to include in the encode?

[mmick]

Well something that was already said to Pistacho, and perhaps could be put as "sticky" on the first post:

- If BDtoAVCHD (2.1.4 too) crashes while opening, and if you happen to have Teamviewer: DISABLE Teamviewer, run BDtoAVCHD, then you can enable Teamviewer again


About the app itself, what should be added in a near future:

- multiple audio and subtitle tracks
- better 3D detection (I have 2 DVDFab rips, 3D movies with MVC file, all apps detect it, but when I import it to this app, it is detected only as an AVC non-3D movie)
- not only HSBS 3D but also Full Size SBS 3D


Question:

- which is a good method to rip my own 3D Blu-Ray movies in order to be compatible with BDtoAVCHD ???

[pistacho]

Is it possible to add a feature to select which chapters to include in the encode?

Never I needed this feature and I thing that the vast majority of users either. One goal that I have is to keep the program as simple as possible :)


Well something that was already said to Pistacho, and perhaps could be put as "sticky" on the first post:

- If BDtoAVCHD (2.1.4 too) crashes while opening, and if you happen to have Teamviewer: DISABLE Teamviewer, run BDtoAVCHD, then you can enable Teamviewer again


Yes! Seems that TeamViewer is the responsible of mostly BDtoAVCHD crashes! The reason is "Quick Connect" feature of TeamViewer that add a custom button to all other windows apps.

The solution is simple (when the cause is already known): enter in TeamViewer settings and disable "Quick Connect" feature (Extras > Options > Advanced > QuickConnect button)

This is not a bug in BDtoAVCHD but a problem caused 100% by TeamViewer that affects others applications also:
http://help.acctivate.com/articles/4625/



I have 2 DVDFab rips, 3D movies with MVC file, all apps detect it, but when I import it to this app, it is detected only as an AVC non-3D movie

Question:

- which is a good method to rip my own 3D Blu-Ray movies in order to be compatible with BDtoAVCHD ???

Any ripper method/app that maintains original BD structure folders o generates an .ISO image is valid.

And is not necessary import anything, only open BD folder directly or mount .ISO image and open corresponding drive letter.

The best choices are not totally free but have trial period. In any case there are several options:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/decrypters-bd-hd-dvd

[wgf_bean]

Never I needed this feature and I thing that the vast majority of users either. One goal that I have is to keep the program as simple as possible :)

I agree the interface being simple is the best. I rarely need it but when I do it's very important. I have some VC1 encoded videos which BDtoAVCHD handles, but Handbrake does not. However BDtoAVCHD cannot specify by chapter but Handbrakes does. So instead I process with BDtoAVCHD then tried to open with VideoReDo because it can easily remove the chapters I don't want. Unfortunately VideoReDo does not understand the tracks and cannot open the file, even though it plays fine in the player.

Why do I need to exclude some chapters? On the series BBC Life they have a ten minute "making of" special after each episode. When I attempt to use BDtoAVCHD to process one of the specials it doesn't see them, but rather sees all 3, so there are 3 chapters. So I'm trying to split them up to be as they were intended.

If you have a tip of another way around this please tell me.

I really like BDtoAVCHD. You have done a great job! :)

[pistacho]

@wgf_bean

You can cut/split/join the source using TsMuxeR, save to BD folder and use this as input for BDtoAVCHD.

[wgf_bean]

@wgf_bean

You can cut/split/join the source using TsMuxeR, save to BD folder and use this as input for BDtoAVCHD.
OK. I used TsMuxeR to create a new BD folder with only one chapter. The folder plays correctly with a BluRay player including subtitles too. However BDtoAVCHD complains: Unable to read BD structure. What do I do?

[pistacho]

Since I'm able to reproduce crashes caused by TeamViewer I'm worked in a workaround to solve this :)

The solution needs some more testing but for now this patched version seems not crashing any more:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56263573/BDtoAVCHD.exe

http://104.imagebam.com/download/M3bhkLS5edNb2zCZkQvClQ/32456/324555653/TV.png

To test, simply replace .EXE in install folder.

[pistacho]

OK. I used TsMuxeR to create a new BD folder with only one chapter. The folder plays correctly with a BluRay player including subtitles too. However BDtoAVCHD complains: Unable to read BD structure. What do I do?

In TsMuxer are you selected "BluRay folder" or "AVCHD folder" in output options? or a are you created a m2ts or .iso file?

[wgf_bean]

In TsMuxer are you selected "BluRay folder" or "AVCHD folder" in output options? or a are you created a m2ts or .iso file?
I selected "BluRay folder". It plays the file correctly in the Blu-ray player. It also opens correctly in the program BDInfo.

The problem only occurs when I restrict the output by using "Enable cutting" in tsMuxeR. If I do not use this option then it loads OK in BDtoAVCHD. Some time values work, while others don't.

I created a version which is cut to only 60 seconds. The size is 234 MB. Do you want me to zip this and send it to you?

[pistacho]

Open a Command Window and type/paste this command:

(replace PATH TO BD FOLDER with real path)

"C:\Program Files (x86)\BDtoAVCHD\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "C:\PATH TO BD FOLDER"

and paste here the result.

[wgf_bean]

Open a Command Window and type/paste this command:

(replace PATH TO BD FOLDER with real path)

"C:\Program Files (x86)\BDtoAVCHD\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "C:\PATH TO BD FOLDER"

and paste here the result.

C:\Program Files (x86)\BDtoAVCHD\eac3to>eac3to.exe "P:\DVD\Muxer\Life 1"
HD DVD / Blu-Ray disc structure not found.

If I try a folder that works I get:
C:\Program Files (x86)\BDtoAVCHD\eac3to>eac3to.exe "P:\DVD\Muxer\Life"
1) 00000.mpls, 00000.m2ts, 0:33:06
- Chapters, 3 chapters
- VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
- DTS Hi-Res, English, multi-channel, 48kHz

[pistacho]

OK. This seems a limitation of Eac3to that cannot recognize BD structures with main playlist of extremely short duration (less of 20 minutes?).

BDtoAVCHD shows "Unable to read BD structure" because Eac3to returns "HD DVD / Blu-Ray disc structure not found"

This is not strange because really is not any Blu-Ray disc with this short duration.

Anyway, in this case you can open the .m2ts file directly:
BDtoAVCHD > Open Video File > Go to: P:\DVD\Muxer\Life\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts

The question is: really you need/want burn DVD/BD25 disc with less of 20 min. content? And probably you no need to re encode because fits as-is in a BD5. :)

[wgf_bean]

The question is: really you need/want burn DVD/BD25 disc with less of 20 min. content? And probably you no need to re encode because fits as-is in a BD5. :)
My end goal is not to copy to a physical disc, but rather create an MKV file. I prefer to keep my library on very large hard drives because it is easier to manage. I use BDtoAVCHD to reduce the size. I use XBMC to manage the video files. It makes it is easy to find and play them.

I didn't know I could open the m2ts directly and have all the associated tracks (video, audio and subtitle). So I tried this and I think it works.

This should solve my problem. I can use tsMuxeR to select the chapters I want, and it can directly output to m2ts. Then BDtoAVCHD can open and compress this to an MKV file.

Thank you for your help!

[wgf_bean]

pistacho,

(1) Does BDtoAVCHD only show playlists which are greater than some time value, for example 15 minutes? If yes can you add a setting to allow us to change this? Perhaps under Options->Settings. Some Blu-ray special features are short and it seems to miss them.

(2) I notice that the source filename is not completely used for the output filename. For example I see this source filename:
Life (2009) s1e03.mkv
change to:
Life (2009).mkv

For Options->Scrape movie titles is IMDb I have set to "Untouched"

This causes me to copy and paste the correct name frequently which is more steps. Is there a way to truly leave the filename untouched? Do I have a setting wrong?

[pistacho]

@wgf_bean:

(1) The algorithm is not quite simple that "ignore playlist shorter of x minutes". The matter is quite complicated, seamless branching, etc... and prefer no add user settings for this. But I tuned a bit to ask for playlist selection in a case of various shorter playlists.

(2) Yes, some tags are removed even in a "no scrape" setting but I tuned also.

Test this version with these modifications:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56263573/BDtoAVCHD.exe

(Replace BDtoAVCHD.exe in install folder)

[wgf_bean]

pistachio, thanks for your speedy response.

(1) I tried the modified version. It still did not find the short titles. They are about 10 minutes each. So I'll continue to use tsMuxeR to preprocess into a m2ts which you do open OK.

(2) The filename is not changed as much, but it's still not exactly the same. Upper/lower case is being modified, and the '-' character is being replaced with a space. I'll continue to use copy and paste to fix it.

[pistacho]

(1) I tried the modified version. It still did not find the short titles. They are about 10 minutes each. So I'll continue to use tsMuxeR to preprocess into a m2ts which you do open OK.


Can you paste the Eac3to info of one of these BD?

[wgf_bean]

Can you paste the Eac3to info of one of these BD?
C:\Program Files (x86)\BDtoAVCHD\eac3to>eac3to.exe "Q:\DVD\FullDisc\Life (2009)
s1e01e02e03"
1) 00019.mpls, 00003.m2ts+00004.m2ts+00005.m2ts, 0:33:06
- Chapters, 3 chapters
- VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
- DTS Hi-Res, English, multi-channel, 48kHz

2) 00000.mpls, 00000.m2ts+00001.m2ts+00002.m2ts, 2:08:26
- Chapters, 18 chapters
- VC-1, 1080i60 /1.001 (16:9)
- DTS Hi-Res, English, multi-channel, 48kHz
- AC3, English, stereo, 48kHz

3) 00002.mpls, 00001.m2ts, 0:42:58
- Chapters, 6 chapters
- VC-1, 1080i60 /1.001 (16:9)
- DTS Hi-Res, English, multi-channel, 48kHz
- AC3, English, stereo, 48kHz

4) 00001.mpls, 00000.m2ts, 0:42:47
- Chapters, 6 chapters
- VC-1, 1080i60 /1.001 (16:9)
- DTS Hi-Res, English, multi-channel, 48kHz
- AC3, English, stereo, 48kHz

5) 00003.mpls, 00002.m2ts, 0:42:41
- Chapters, 6 chapters
- VC-1, 1080i60 /1.001 (16:9)
- DTS Hi-Res, English, multi-channel, 48kHz
- AC3, English, stereo, 48kHz

I can also give you the output of BDInfo if you want it for the same BD folder. The report from BDInfo is 1713 lines long. It does show the items that are about 11 minutes long which are missing from BDtoAVCHD.

[pistacho]

If eac3to not shows this playlist I have nothing to do. :(

But I'm sure that eac3to has a good reason to ignore it.

And most importantly:
BDtoAVCHD is a "movie only" backup/conversion tool.

Only asks to select playlist when there is a reasonable doubt as to which is the main playlist (or when more than one main playlist exists/seamless branching/multiangle).

In the latest test version I improved the hypothetical case of BD with various all short playlist: e.g. six playlist all of 20 minutes duration. In this case BDtoAVCHD prompts to user which playlist choose. But the extras/trailers/make of/etc. still unable to choose (and do not intend to change this).

[wgf_bean]

I understand. This particular case is not for movies but rather TV series which sometimes have some very good special features which are short in duration.

How about another idea... Could you make it possible for us to browse to a specific playlist, i.e. an mpls fle? Currently we can select an m2ts file. It would be nice to add mpls extension to that list, and then you could simply process accordingly. This would keep your interface simple, but still help me. I can use BDInfo to quickly find the correct .mpls, then browse in BDtoAVCHD to select it.

What do you think? :)

[pistacho]

I can use BDInfo to quickly find the correct .mpls, then browse in BDtoAVCHD to select it.

What do you think? :)

In like manner, you can use BDInfo to quickly find the correct .m2ts, then browse in BDtoAVCHD to select it. :)

[wgf_bean]

In like manner, you can use BDInfo to quickly find the correct .m2ts, then browse in BDtoAVCHD to select it. :)
I did find 1 subtle difference. If there are any chapter marks they are lost by BDtoAVCHD if I select the .m2ts directly.

[pistacho]

I understand. This particular case is not for movies but rather TV series which sometimes have some very good special features which are short in duration.

How about another idea... Could you make it possible for us to browse to a specific playlist, i.e. an mpls fle? Currently we can select an m2ts file. It would be nice to add mpls extension to that list, and then you could simply process accordingly. This would keep your interface simple, but still help me. I can use BDInfo to quickly find the correct .mpls, then browse in BDtoAVCHD to select it.

What do you think? :)

Finally I decided to implement this feature. I still think it's not really necessary... but it is quite easy to implement and does not complicate the use of the program.

The next version will have it :)

[wgf_bean]

Finally I decided to implement this feature. I still think it's not really necessary... but it is quite easy to implement and does not complicate the use of the program.

The next version will have it :)

Thank you pistacho. I look forward to it. :)

[pistacho]

New version 2.1.5 done!

Version 2.1.5 (05/15/2014)


New: Ability to open .mpls files from BD folders (added to "Open Video File" button).
Workaround to fix crashes when TeamViewer is running in same computer.
Small fixes and general improvements.

[mmick]

New version 2.1.5 done!

Version 2.1.5 (05/15/2014)


New: Ability to open .mpls files from BD folders (added to "Open Video File" button).
Workaround to fix crashes when TeamViewer is running in same computer.
Small fixes and general improvements.


Nice! TeamViewer fix :thanks:

[Wildfire]

Nice! TeamViewer fix :thanks:

So that's why my computer kept crashing... nice to know it wasn't a hardware stability issue :)

[mmick]

Hi Pistacho!

When I try to make a 3D MVC Movie I got this error

-[10/07/2014 - 21:04:19]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAST CMD LINE => "C:\Software\BDtoAVCHD (Blu-Ray to MKV)\MVCenc.exe" "F:\FROZEN 3D [2D+3D].job_0.avc.h264" "F:\FROZEN 3D [2D+3D].job_0.mvc.h264" 147045 "F:\FROZEN 3D [2D+3D].job_0.264" 9876 3 25000 25000
EXIT CODE => -1 (0xFFFFFFFF)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I got some issues as here:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143716&page=1028

My Config:
http://cdn.imghack.se/images/a9262a5077cc64eec40cc2b2520fae7b.jpg

My Setup:
- Intel i5 4200u (Haswell) Intel HD 4400 (512Mb shared video)
- 2nd GPU Nvidia 730M
- 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD
- Win 8.1, latest drivers

During Encoding: CPU 10%, 40 fps encoding, fan very slow as system is VERY cool


Also Issues:
- despite selecting as preferable media "AVCHD BD-9" on settings, when I return to the main screen it shows BD-25
- unfortunately it is not possible to select multiple audio tracks/subtitles (it could appear a box with the detected ones, and then select the desired) :-((((

- Big issues:
After the above problem, I tried another settings and I got another error "1 (0x00000001)" (or something like that). No matter what I did always that error. (I found that it crashed always because eac3to, do not ask me why...)

I uninstalled BDtoAVCHD, deleted all directories, because I wanted a reset and fresh install from BDtoAVCHD. I reinstalled it again, and ALL SETTINGS were unfortunately preserved and always the same error (it failed using eac3to)! I had to mess with REGEDIT (deleted all references to BDtoAVCHD) before I got everything up again!!!

So I ask if you could create an option of fully uninstalling BDtoAVCHD along with settings.

EDIT:
I sucessfully encoded the same movie as 3D MVC, BD-9 ISO, DTS 2 AC3 conversion, "medium profile" and it encoded perfectly in record time! (my CPU averaged 10%, and I got around 50-60 fps using my tiny i5 4200u). Can it be from slow/slower profiles that do not work well under API LEVEL 1.8???

[pistacho]

Version 2.1.6 (08/29/2014)


Improved: In 2D+3D.ISO output mode forced subtitles are individually flagged as forced (at stream level) since TsMuxer cannot make a whole track as forced in MovieObject.bdmv
x264 updated to revision r2479.
Mkvmerge updated to version 7.1.0

[pistacho]

Hi Pistacho!
I sucessfully encoded the same movie as 3D MVC, BD-9 ISO, DTS 2 AC3 conversion, "medium profile" and it encoded perfectly in record time! (my CPU averaged 10%, and I got around 50-60 fps using my tiny i5 4200u). Can it be from slow/slower profiles that do not work well under API LEVEL 1.8???

Some users have reported this. But not seems a matter of API level. It seems rather a matter of HW limitation (failure in concrete systems and other goes right). It could also be related to the amount of shared video memory, multi-display BIOS setup, Intel drivers version, etc.

[Wildfire]

Pistachio, just to let you know: a big "thank you" for your continued efforts on BDtoAVCDHD! I really appreciate it!

[DIEGO7-5]

Hi Pistacho,

just to let you know: I experienced problems with interlaced Blu-Rays 25i (MBAFF) Only half of the movie gets encoded by BDtoAVCHD.

[pistacho]

Hi Pistacho,

just to let you know: I experienced problems with interlaced Blu-Rays 25i (MBAFF) Only half of the movie gets encoded by BDtoAVCHD.

Thanks for report.

Casually it was an issue that was pending to investigate because I recently had a failure with a conversion of this type (29.97i).

The origin of the problem is that in certain types of conversions (AVC interlaced) the number of frames are extracted form eac3to logs and for some odd reason the logs sometime reports number of frames and others number of fields:

eac3to v3.27
command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\BDtoAVCHD\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "Z:\BLU-RAY\Eagles - Live at the Capital Centre (2013) [AVC 1080i]"...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 2 audio tracks, 0:45:34, 60i /1.001
1: Chapters, 8 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080i60 /1.001 (16:9)
3: RAW/PCM, English, 2.0 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
4: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[v02] Creating file "T:\TEMP\24, LIVE ANOTHER DAY (2014).job_0.h264"...
Video track 2 contains 163896 fields.
eac3to processing took 2 minutes, 30 seconds.
Done.

eac3to v3.27
command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\BDtoAVCHD\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "T:\ESPIAS EN LA SOMBRA (FULL) AVC 1080i DTS-HD 5.1 ING ESP DD 5.1 CAT"...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 5 audio tracks, 4 subtitle tracks, 1:52:07, 50i
1: Chapters, 12 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080i50 (16:9)
3: DTS Hi-Res, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 2046kbps, 48kHz, 200ms
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 16 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
4: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB, 200ms
5: DTS Hi-Res, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 2046kbps, 48kHz, 200ms
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 16 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
6: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB, 200ms
7: AC3, Catalan, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB, 200ms
8: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
9: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
10: Subtitle (PGS), Catalan
11: Subtitle (PGS), Catalan
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[v02] Creating file "T:\TEMP\LES FEMMES DE L'OMBRE (2008) - ESPÍAS EN LA SOMBRA.job_0.h264"...
Video track 2 contains 336344 fields.
eac3to processing took 1 minute, 50 seconds.
Done.

eac3to v3.27
command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\BDtoAVCHD\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "T:\UN PASEO PARA RECORDAR"...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 2 audio tracks, 2 subtitle tracks, 1:42:01, 60i /1.001
1: Chapters, 7 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080i60 /1.001 (16:9)
3: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48kHz
4: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
5: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
6: Subtitle (PGS), English
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[v02] Creating file "T:\TEMP\A WALK TO REMEMBER (2002) - UN PASEO PARA RECORDAR.job_0.h264"...
Video track 2 contains 183443 frames.
eac3to processing took 2 minutes, 41 seconds.
Done.

Of course one frame = two fields on interlaced content so conversion is trivial. But the program always considered fields because in majority AVC interlaced sources eac3to reports fields in logs ...except some times that reports frames!

I've already corrected in a test version. When I check more sources, I will launch a new version for everyone.

Meanwhile you can use the test version:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56263573/BDtoAVCHD.exe

Replace BDtoAVCHD.exe in Program Files

[DIEGO7-5]

It works! Thank you :-)

[Wishbringer]

Minor error report:

ISO creation of MVC (2D+3D)
When putting temp folder to another drive than output folder,
all goes fine till end of encoding.
Muxing/ISO creation stopps with an error -1

[pistacho]

Minor error report:

ISO creation of MVC (2D+3D)
When putting temp folder to another drive than output folder,
all goes fine till end of encoding.
Muxing/ISO creation stopps with an error -1

This seems to be related to this error of 3D tsMuxeR:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1671115#post1671115
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1671496#post1671496

However, the problem does not occur by having folders on different drive but because one of them is on an external HDD (USB, eSATA, network shared?)

In fact it is better to use different drives for the output folder and temp folder as it will increase the speed of copy/demuxing/muxing operations.

In my system I use a Temp folder on SSD drive and Output folder on RAID 5 (HDD) (all internal but different units) and no problems at all.

[pistacho]

Version 2.1.7 (09/11/2014)


Fixed: in some interlaced sources (AVC 29.97i / 25i) incomplete conversion due bad frame count.

[Wishbringer]

...but because one of them is on an external HDD (USB, eSATA, network shared?)
...
In my system I use a Temp folder on SSD drive and Output folder on RAID 5 (HDD) (all internal but different units) and no problems at all.
Nope, all internal.
Source are 3 HDDs (with Windows 8.1 new Pool Feature similar Raid5), Temp and Output are 2 different SSDs.

Maybe that "pool"-feature of 8.1, but am too busy to convert to bios Raid5.

[pistacho]

Interesting, also can be related to the internal mount ISO feature of Windows 8.

If your source is an ISO file you can test:

a) Copy ISO to a SSD and mount from here.
b) Extract the contents of ISO to a folder on a SSD (avoids pool and ISO mount)

If your source is not an ISO simply copy to a SSD to avoid "pool" feature.

[pistacho]

Very soon ability of encoding MKVs using x265 codec (HEVC) :)

http://110.imagebam.com/download/1PojalgxpM4aw76wujHtTQ/35167/351666054/HEVC.png

[pistacho]

Version 2.2.0 (09/19/2014)


New: initial support to encode MKVs using the x265 codec (HEVC).
New: codec x265 v1.3+206 has been added to the installer package.



To use this new feature check the indicated option in settings:

http://112.imagebam.com/download/1kv_hWnt8keQrM7qgskoIg/35226/352258593/Settings.png

Avisynth and Windows 7/8/8.1 are needed also. (for now)

Enjoy!

[Wildfire]

Thanks pistacho! I've never tried x265 before so let's give it a try and see how it works out :)

[mmick]

Thank you very much Pistacho!!! I´ll try it (though my Media Center can´t play it fast enough :-P )

Question: would be possible to add an option to allow multiple sound + multiple subtitles?

Thank you very much!

[pistacho]

Version 2.2.1 (10/04/2014)


Improved: HEVC encodes without using Avisynth/avs2yuv.
Improved: changed 3D tags in filenames to be compatible with XBMC 3D SBS/TAB auto detection based in filenames.
Updated: internal MVC tools to Intel Media SDK 2014 R2.
Updated: x265 encoder to version 1.3+282


Now HEVC encodes without using Avisynth/avs2yuv or any external filter/codec for decoding source. In addition this method uses Quick Sync acceleration for decoding portion so virtually no CPU load (all CPU available for encoding) :)

http://109.imagebam.com/download/loG8lUw9Qw98vHRHQf9qig/35550/355496723/HEVC%20enc.png

[DD51]

x265 not working for me and I don't know why
http://forum.doom9.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=14392&stc=1&d=1412429290

[DD51]

My apology in advance for being too stupid to realize my mistake...
It's all good...

It works...thanks very much

[pistacho]

Version 2.2.2 (10/25/2014)


Fixed: Possible image corruption on SBS/TAB/2D+3D conversions using Quick Sync acceleration and latest Intel HD Graphics drivers 15.33.xx.39xx.
Updated: x265 encoder to version 1.3+618

[Wildfire]

Strange things are happening with a fresh install of BDtoAVCHD v2.2.2 on my freshly installed i3-4130T mini-ITX system (Windows 8.1 x64 with Update 1). In step 2/3, when x264.exe is encoding, most of my CPU's power is left unused. According to task manager, CPU usage tops out at 25% instead of 95 to 100% as it should be.

Strange this is, the exact same encode on my main computer (i7-4790K, Windows 7 Ultimate x64) runs just fine and uses every bit of available CPU power.

It's a 3D .ISO, mounted to a virtual drive (using Alcohol 120% on my main computer, Daemon Tools Lite on my mini-ITX system - but also tried the built-in ISO mounting from Win8.1), both computers using the exact same version of AviSynth.

Any idea what might be going wrong?

-- Edit: I'm stumped. I did a fresh install of Windows 7 Professional x64 on this system (and made sure it was fully up to date), and the problem persists! The only thing I can think of is that x264.exe is not correctly recognizing that it can actually run in four threads (two physical cores with hyperthreading). Well, later this week we'll see how it goes when my i7-4785T arrives...

-- Edit #2: though x264.exe is using 25% CPU according to the task manager, it doesn't actually seem to be doing something. BDtoAVCHD is showing no progress at all, not even after an hour. Seems like x264.exe gets stuck somehow and just doesn't progress anymore.

Pistachio, what kind of debugging info can I get you to try and solve this issue?

-- Edit #3: well, it's OpenCL related. If I do not use OpenCL, things work just fine.... (videocard is the integrated Intel HD 4400 from my i3-4130T CPU, running the latest driver as downloaded yesterday from Intel: win64_153330.exe)

[pistacho]

-- Edit #3: well, it's OpenCL related. If I do not use OpenCL, things work just fine.... (videocard is the integrated Intel HD 4400 from my i3-4130T CPU, running the latest driver as downloaded yesterday from Intel: win64_153330.exe)

Is well known that x264 OpenCL implementation does not support Intel integrated Graphics:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=168168

Also x264 OpenCL support is very limited and still experimental so setting is disabled by default.



Strange things are happening with a fresh install of BDtoAVCHD v2.2.2 on my freshly installed i3-4130T mini-ITX system (Windows 8.1 x64 with Update 1). In step 2/3, when x264.exe is encoding, most of my CPU's power is left unused. According to task manager, CPU usage tops out at 25% instead of 95 to 100% as it should be.

Next time you make a "fresh" BDtoAVCHD install on a "fresh" Windows please don’t change default settings (keep fresh also) and avoid troubles. Default settings are default for something. ;)