How to make staxrip videos bluray compliant for use with TMPGenc and notes about TMPG

[jimbobub]

How to make staxrip videos bluray compliant for use with TMPGenc and notes about TMPGenc

These videos will be smart rendered (SR) instead of reencode (RE) with TMPGenc.

This is for both 1920x1080p (23.976 and 24fps) and 1280x720p (60fps, 24fps and 23.976).

Almost all settings can be done via the GUI. Go to x264 options.
1) Under Basic
Set level to 4.1
2) Under Slice Decisions
Set ref frames=3
Set B-frames=3
Set B-pyramid=strict
Set B-Adapt=optimal
Set Slices=4
A 1 second gop is used
for 23.976fps and 24fps use max gop size of 24 (keyint=24)
for 60fps use max gop size of 60 (keyint=60)
3) Under Other
Cabac is checked
4) Input/Output 3
enable compatibility hacks for bluray support is checked
5) Custom--->Custom top box
type this in without quotes "--nal-hrd=vbr"
6) Under rate control
set vbv_maxrate=20000
set vbv_bufsize=15000
7) Under VUI
video format-->NTSC
colorprim -->BT.709
colormatrix -->BT. 709
transfer -->BT. 709
range --> TV
8) Under Resize in resize window
PAR has to be 1:1

Other notes
b-frames as reference is supposed to be disabled. I assume the either
staxrip doesn't have the option or that it is disabled by default. If it does have the option I could not find it or perhaps it is under
another name. Anyhow it all works with TMPGenc. I also tested on my
standalone bluray player and the bluray video plays fine.

1 second gop vastly improves seek times and is bluray compatible.

With TMPGenc all files in the same track have to have all the same
video properties such as ref frames, resolution, level, frame rate, aspect ratio etc. Audio also has to have all the same properties such as sample rate (48 khz), type (such as ac3), etc. Different tracks can have different properties but again all in the same track have to have the same properties. A file can be bluray compliant but when combined with another for example a different resoluion, TMPGenc will reencode it or some of the other files (marked as RE) in the same track. Put this same file marked as RE in its own track and it will be marked as SR.

Some of the settings are flexible as long as they conform with the level selected. For example vbr_maxrate and vbr_bufsize. Constant rate facter (crf) is also selecable. I used 20. Reference frames and slices are also adjustable but have to conform to the level used.

One more thing I noticed. When playing 4:3 dvds on the modern wide screen tvs, the picture quality is no where near how it was on the old crt tvs back in the day. Converting to x264 and adding the black bars, the quality is much better. The standalone player does a decent job playing a 16:9 dvd however.

[javieracdc]

Hi
Thanks for your tip
What about add fake-interface for support 29.970fps on NTSC?

https://web.archive.org/web/20211016...m/home/1080i-p