HD-DVD / EVO muxer (H264+AC3) - Page 4

shanghai2004 · 19th October 2008, 09:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReferenceDivx

Just released version 0.30. It should fix several issues people were having...

Despite some less then positive remarks, I decided to test it anyway. It works!

- Extracted about 34 minutes of the John Mayer Blueray disk using the Avisynth TRIM function in a script (to avoid wasting 30+ hours again in reencoding 2.5+ hours of video)
- Re-encoded , used today (oct 19) updated Standalone-HD-DVD profile in MeGUI.
- Made same section of audio and converted into, 16b48k, AC3 2ch 448kbps with delaycut.
- Tested the output files by muxing everything into MKV and playing in mplayer.
- Muxed with V0.3 of the tool. Tool runs and ends normally
- Burned with Nero, UDF 2.5 on 4x DVD-RW like instructed.
>>UDF 2.5 on DVD structure seems not to work in Toshiba HD-A1 player... Player says HD-DVD -> Play -> hangs
- Burned same structure again, but now with 'XBOX compatible' setting on UDF DVD-ROM.

Now disk plays perfectly in my HD-A1...!!! no stutters... perfectly in sync... nice quality also.

Edit: After playing the whole video without issue, my A1 player tries to read beyond the end of the file, resulting in a error message. Seems there is no end-of-stream marker.

Will convert the whole video later for final test.

Thanks for the tool!

Things most needed in my view for future versions
- Chapter support, e.g. by importing chapter file
- Support for 1080p30 (I have a lot of concert disks and those are often 1080i60, which I normally de-interlace to 30p)
- A method to include higher quality audio than AC3

Undead Sega · 9th March 2009, 01:46

hey, so glad i was linked to this thread.

i have been having some problems when using HDDVDmux, it keeps crashing as soon as i start the process. ive even downloaded the Visual basics pacakage but that didnt help either.

can anyone help me on this?

Undead Sega · 9th March 2009, 19:13

anyone at all?

setarip_old · 9th March 2009, 21:29

@Undead Sega

Hi!

I think it's an abandoned project...

BTW - In my effort to track down similar software, I wrote to the author of "EVO Demux", asking if he/she would be willing to enhance the program to include conversion from BluRay format (or MKV, M2TS, or TS) to HD-DVD compliant "package"/format. The author stated that he/she had neither the time nor the inclination to do so...

Undead Sega · 9th March 2009, 21:57

ohh that is such a shame!

im pretty sure HDDVDMux is good, but i just dont knwo why it wants to crash after 0.6%? and says the program is not responding. Wasnt there a reason why it was doing this? Probably because i changed the video stream file extension from .h264 to .264?

Atak_Snajpera · 9th March 2009, 23:11

This was another phantom project. Can't you see that?

laserfan · 9th March 2009, 23:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undead Sega

im pretty sure HDDVDMux is good, but i just dont knwo why it wants to crash after 0.6%? and says the program is not responding. Wasnt there a reason why it was doing this? Probably because i changed the video stream file extension from .h264 to .264?

I wonder why you would be "pretty sure HDVDMux is good" when you can't get it to work???

Have you tried at least using the source the author has posted? That source works with the tool; I just tried it--at least it doesn't crash.

But it crashes with some other .264 and .ac3 I have here after a few milliseconds. Since others here have had success with it, I'm guessing that it is looking for 14 frame GOPs and maybe some other params as per the "suggested settings".

Maybe if you make all your encodings to HD DVD spec the tool might work. But clearly the author is long gone, not having posted here since last October. Thus the tool is as dead as or deader than the format!

Undead Sega · 10th March 2009, 01:21

hmmm...so isnt there any other kind of similar program to this?

maybe the video stream isnt HD DVD compilant, therefore wouldnt there somesort of patch of a need to transcode the file to a compilant file?

setarip_old · 10th March 2009, 03:48

Quote:

so isnt there any other kind of similar program to this?

No.

Re-read my previous post (and read between the lines)...

Undead Sega · 10th March 2009, 13:43

EVO Demux? can that provide similar function?

setarip_old · 10th March 2009, 22:03

Quote:

EVO Demux? can that provide similar function?

No, it only DEMULTIPLEXES (joined or single) .EVO files from within an HD-DVD.

Again, that's why I said re-read my earlier post, in which I said:

Quote:

I wrote to the author of "EVO Demux", asking if he/she would be willing to enhance the program to include conversion from BluRay format (or MKV, M2TS, or TS) to HD-DVD compliant "package"/format. The author stated that he/she had neither the time nor the inclination to do so...

If EVODemux had the capability to create HDDVD-compliant "packages", I certainly would have stated so (And would have had no reason to write to the author)

Undead Sega · 11th March 2009, 14:38

ohh right...i understand now, its a shame that the author has no interest

maybe alittle bit of flash of (small) cash might do the trick?

this has also lead me to another theory, if we could take either a .h264 or .264 file and transcode it under HD DVD standards and not really touching the bitrate and size and so on, would that probably help things?

laserfan · 11th March 2009, 15:49

Can't be done without re-encoding. Thus the correct way to do it is to start from scratch with the original source.

Undead Sega · 11th March 2009, 17:03

so ur saying there is absolutely no transcoding tool for HD DVD?

laserfan · 11th March 2009, 18:17

Try MeGUI--last time I checked it had a HD DVD profile. But there's no magic involved, you just have to know all the right options for x264, and then add pulldown. Good luck!

rack04 · 11th March 2009, 18:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undead Sega

ohh right...i understand now, its a shame that the author has no interest

maybe alittle bit of flash of (small) cash might do the trick?

this has also lead me to another theory, if we could take either a .h264 or .264 file and transcode it under HD DVD standards and not really touching the bitrate and size and so on, would that probably help things?

That's the easy part. Finding software to author the HD DVD output is the difficult part.

setarip_old · 11th March 2009, 21:32

@Pelican9

Hi!

Based on the newfound interest in HD-DVD format expressed on this thread, might you reconsider - and add BluRay to HD-DVD format conversion ability to your wonderful "EVODemux"?

Undead Sega · 12th March 2009, 15:13

does the author visit this thread?

deank · 12th March 2009, 15:29

Author's last activity:

# Last Activity: 21st December 2008 01:40

laserfan · 12th March 2009, 15:40

I thought his last post was October. Anyway, we appear to be beating a (very) dead horse here!

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9th March 2009, 01:46	#62 \| Link
Undead Sega Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 713	hey, so glad i was linked to this thread. i have been having some problems when using HDDVDmux, it keeps crashing as soon as i start the process. ive even downloaded the Visual basics pacakage but that didnt help either. can anyone help me on this?

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Undead Sega Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 713	anyone at all?

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setarip_old Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16,267	@Undead Sega Hi! I think it's an abandoned project... BTW - In my effort to track down similar software, I wrote to the author of "EVO Demux", asking if he/she would be willing to enhance the program to include conversion from BluRay format (or MKV, M2TS, or TS) to HD-DVD compliant "package"/format. The author stated that he/she had neither the time nor the inclination to do so...

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Undead Sega Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 713	ohh that is such a shame! im pretty sure HDDVDMux is good, but i just dont knwo why it wants to crash after 0.6%? and says the program is not responding. Wasnt there a reason why it was doing this? Probably because i changed the video stream file extension from .h264 to .264?

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Undead Sega Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 713	hmmm...so isnt there any other kind of similar program to this? maybe the video stream isnt HD DVD compilant, therefore wouldnt there somesort of patch of a need to transcode the file to a compilant file?

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Undead Sega Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 713	EVO Demux? can that provide similar function?

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Undead Sega Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 713	ohh right...i understand now, its a shame that the author has no interest maybe alittle bit of flash of (small) cash might do the trick? this has also lead me to another theory, if we could take either a .h264 or .264 file and transcode it under HD DVD standards and not really touching the bitrate and size and so on, would that probably help things?

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laserfan Aging Video Hobbyist Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off the Map Posts: 2,461	Can't be done without re-encoding. Thus the correct way to do it is to start from scratch with the original source.

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Undead Sega Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 713	so ur saying there is absolutely no transcoding tool for HD DVD?

11th March 2009, 18:17	#75 \| Link
laserfan Aging Video Hobbyist Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off the Map Posts: 2,461	Try MeGUI--last time I checked it had a HD DVD profile. But there's no magic involved, you just have to know all the right options for x264, and then add pulldown. Good luck!

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setarip_old Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16,267	@Pelican9 Hi! Based on the newfound interest in HD-DVD format expressed on this thread, might you reconsider - and add BluRay to HD-DVD format conversion ability to your wonderful "EVODemux"?

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Undead Sega Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 713	does the author visit this thread?

12th March 2009, 15:40	#80 \| Link
laserfan Aging Video Hobbyist Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off the Map Posts: 2,461	I thought his last post was October. Anyway, we appear to be beating a (very) dead horse here!