Looking for ideas

[datman]

This is likely the wrong place to start. I recently bought a new capture device, a Star USB2HDCAPS. So I use this to capture and record to a disc TV shows. Using the software that came with the device Power Director 10.0 I can record to a DV stream, process and burn to a disc but the video quality is very poor. I figured out if I process it in PD to a MPEG2 file and use TsMuxerGUI to convert it to a BD file so I can use BDRB to re-encode it to fit on a DVD. The picture is perfect but I get no audio I believe it’s an ACC audio stream and that is my problem. So I’m looking for ideas how to process this and have audio.

[gonca]

Can you not import directly into BD_RB?
Can't Virtualdub capture from that device

[datman]

Can you not import directly into BD_RB?
Can't Virtualdub capture from that device

No it has to be a BD file or so it seems. I tried Virtual dub and it can't connect to the device it sees it but can't connect.

I may buy the full version of the Cyberlink Power Director software but I am doubtful it will allow me to encodes the audio to a compatible format. I need the trim options I can get from PD to cut out commercials.

[datman]

I'm not sure what this might mean these are the different audio formats it can import but at the end ACC is in red.

Import Video Files

AVI, WMV/WMV-HD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC, MKV, FLV, DSLR video clip,
AVCHD (MTS/M2TS), H.265/HEVC, MP4 (XAVC-S), iDevice/PSP MPEG-4, MOD, TOD,
WTV (MPEG-2/ H.264), DVRMS, DivX, DV-AVI, 3GPP2, DAT
Export Video Files

3D Video (MVC/Side-by-Side/Anaglyph), High-Definition (AVCHD/AVCHD 2.0/MPEG-2 HD/WMV-HD), 2K/4K resolution (H.264 AVC/WMV/MPEG-4/MKV), MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC, WMV, DV-AVI, QuickTime, 3GPP2, ISO
Import Audio Files

WAV, MP3, WMA, M4A, OGG, FLAC, AAC
Import Audio Formats

AAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, WAVE, MPEG-1 Layer III, FLAC, AAC

[gonca]

No it has to be a BD file or so it seems. I tried Virtual dub and it can't connect to the device it sees it but can't connect.

I may buy the full version of the Cyberlink Power Director software but I am doubtful it will allow me to encodes the audio to a compatible format. I need the trim options I can get from PD to cut out commercials.

BD_RB can import video files, if that is what you mean

[datman]

I'm not completely sure if that alone will work. I installed a demo of PD 15.0 and it will let me encode a DD 5.1 audio track and I'm pretty sure it will work in BDRB. I think the OEM version limited the audio to ACC and that does not seem to work in BDRB. We will see.

[datman]

BD_RB can import video files, if that is what you mean
Looks like you are correct. I never imported files this way so it was unfamiliar to me.

So it looks like BDRB can import the MPEG2 file convert the MP2 audio to AC3 and there is a bit of processing being done.

(file finished processing)
This is looking good all I need to do is capture, edit and process to a MPEG2 file and let BDRB do the rest. There is a lot of processing time but I'm good with that. The end result video quality if it's the same as the one I did that had no audio it will be perfect.

[gonca]

You could try capture, edit import to BD_RB

[datman]

You could try capture, edit import to BD_RB

That's what I was hopeful would work, it did not. Everything looked good but the final disc burned with imgburn would not play on player or computer.

The disc would not play but the file on the computer would so I'm trying another burn on a RW disc the coasters are stacking up.

[datman]

At this point I have my fingers crossed. Letting BDRB to the audio conversion has not worked the finished discs are not playable. Maybe its an Imgburn issue. It did burn the prior file with no audio stream that played fine with no audio. So I'm trying it again using PD 15.0 AC3 audio option.

[jdobbs]

Currently DV files aren't accepted/converted directly. I'd have to see how much work that might be before I could say I'd add it. It would really depend on whether MKVMERGE can put them into an MKV file and whether LAV/FFDSHOW can decode them.

[datman]

Currently DV files aren't accepted/converted directly. I'd have to see how much work that might be before I could say I'd add it. It would really depend on whether MKVMERGE can put them into an MKV file and whether LAV/FFDSHOW can decode them.

I don't think they were DV files MPEG2 I believe. It's been mostly odd issues. BDRB will process the file all the way and I can burn the disc the computer will play it but neither player will.

The full version of PD 15.0 would allow much more, like LPCM audio. I was capturing producing to a MPEG2 file with LPCM audio I would end up with a 13g file and I could open that in teMuxerGUI with no errors and convert it it a BD file or the full verion could create a BD file and either would open up in BDRB and I would process it down the a BD5 size and burn in imgburn and none would play in the player but all played on the computer.

So last night with the full version I processed it to a 8.5g DVD and I planned to use DVD rebuilder to get down to a 4+g file but it was already small enough so I burned it and that one plays , go figure.

It may not matter I'm have issues with the Cyberlink software. Reminds me of all the trouble I had with a HTPC and Power DVD.

[datman]

I have had some success. The main thing I did different when I produced the ones that failed and would not play in the players I set the resolution to 1080 24p and the new ones that are working are 1080 60i so I'm not sure if there is a reason why but doing it this way rendering my captures to higher resolution BD file and using BDRB to process it down to fit on a DVD is a huge improvement over the software's DVD render,