multiAVCHD - author Blu-ray/AVCHD (Blu-ray players, camcoders, Viera TV) + (HD) DVD

[deank]

GitHub is an overkill for a single file of plain text (what multiAVCHD is) My main concern is that the "code" is a mess and I'll be so ashamed forever.
But you can also send me some details on email how to fix the main issues and add that 4k thingy before I release anything.

[varekai]

Originally Posted by deank

Hey guys,

Well, I'm still around - I got some requests to "open source" multiAVCHD... I had no idea that anyone still uses it.

Happy holidays!

Hello mr Dean!

I am a big fan of your software! I still use multiAVCHD and also easySUP.
I just recently used easySUP to make lovely subtitles for a 1971-1972 classic Criterion Collection movie that lacked subtitles.
I used a favorite font for movies, Tiresias PCfont Regular, looks great on old classic movies!

Have du seen the gorgeous menus "Lowpro" creates with your multiAVCHD and some other apps?
"Quick-Play Menus, the hidden gem of BD Rebuilder."
https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=182746
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Years ago "a5180007" who works on tsMuxer helped me with an easySUP bug.
https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.p...56#post1898556
Alternatively, open the sup produced by easysup with an hexeditor:
- bytes 14-15 are width (0x0780 = 1920)
- bytes 16-17 are height (0x0438 = 1080)
- first nibble of byte 18 is fps: = (0, 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94) => change from "10" to "20"
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Thanks, best regards and Happy Holidays,
varekai

[Emulgator]

Welcome back, deank !
Happy to hear that there is hope for development and going open source.

[malimuc]

@deank!
Welcome back.

I wish you could add a function to Re-author BD, namely to add the "blank all" button, because sometimes you come across a large number (150-300 mpls files) and you have to blank each one separately. If you add the "blank all" function, we would have less work, because I could re-blank only mpls files that I want to keep.
Thank you for yours hard work and I wish all users Happy New Year 2024!

[iambryanknowles]

Hi, I'm wondering if I'm making a mistake or if the program is. Trying to create an HD-DVD.

[15:33:39] Initialising...
[15:33:40] Checking for new version...
[15:33:40] You have the latest build.
[15:33:40] Consistency check finished!
[15:33:40] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

[15:33:40] 15 years and 119 days since multiAVCHD was published.
[15:33:40] Support multiAVCHD to extend its features and keep it going!


[15:33:40] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04010767]

[15:34:22] File is encoded with HD-DVD compatible H.264 settings:
[15:34:22] hp1.264
[15:34:24] Loading external audio: (und) - hp1.ac3

[15:35:20] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[15:35:21] Destination [c:]: NTFS, 80508.26 MiB (78.621 GiB) free space
[15:35:21] Temp folder [c:]: NTFS, 80508.26 MiB (78.621 GiB) free space

[15:35:21] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.1 (build 770)
[15:35:21] Selected output mode: HD-DVD player (DVD R/RW disc)

[15:35:21] Processing one title...
[15:35:21] Existing c:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD\ cannot be used as destination folder!
[15:35:21] Output will be written to: c:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD-20240420-153521
[15:35:21] Processing (D:\hp1.264)...
[15:35:22] Detected frame reference count: 4 (max:4).
[15:35:22] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 1440x1080, fps=23.976, ref=4
[15:35:22] Display properties: 1920x1080 (AR:1.78)
[15:35:22] Adding AC3 audio track (ID#1)
[15:35:22] Total of 2 tracks found in this file.
[15:35:22] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[15:35:22] Media split set at 4000MiB point...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
===============================================================================
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.0 Resolution: 1440:1080p Frame rate: 23.976
H.264 stream does not contain fps field. Muxing fps=23.976
Decoding AC3 stream (track 2): Bitrate: 448Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 6
H264 bitstream changed: insert SPS/PPS units
B-pyramid level 1 detected. Shift DTS to 2 frames
Processed 228506 video frames
Creation of Blu-ray playlist
Creation of Blu-ray stream info and seek index
Mux successful complete.
Muxing time: 19 sec
===============================================================================

===============================================================================
tsMuxeR meta:
===============================================================================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=99:99:99 --split-size=4000MiB --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "D:\hp1.264", insertSEI, contSPS, track=0, fps=23.976
A_AC3, "c:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20240420\extAUD-1-hp1.ac3", track=1, lang=und, timeshift=0ms
===============================================================================
[15:35:42] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[15:35:42] Media transfer: 00001 -> 00001.m2ts
[15:35:42] Processing playlist...
[15:35:42] Title #1 added: "hp1"
[15:35:42] Verifying title...
[15:35:47] Title has: 1 audio tracks and 0 subtitle tracks

[15:35:47] Preparing authoring information...


[15:35:47] Preparing menu pages...
[15:35:47] Setting main menu for 1 titles...
[15:35:47] Playback will end after title #1.
[15:35:47] Playback will start with title #1 (hp1).
[15:35:47] Setting menu properties...
[15:35:47] Selected TV system: [NTSC]
[15:35:47] Processing clip (CPI/CLPI) files...
[15:35:47] Completed.
[15:35:53] Done!

[15:35:53] Saving multiAVCHD quick-load project (mpf):
[15:35:53] c:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD-20240420-153521\multiAVCHD.mpf (OK!)

Compilation summary:
Format: HD-DVD player (DVD R/RW disc)
Name : multiAVCHD
===============================================================================
1. hp1 [02:38:50]
===============================================================================
Overall duration : 02:38:50
Output size : 7700 MiB (7.519 GiB)

[15:35:53] c:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD-20240420-153521 folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!
[15:35:53] Burn its CONTENTS to DVD R/RW UDF 2.50/2.60 disc!
[15:35:54] You may now remove temp folder (c:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20240420\).
[15:35:54] Your compilation contains 2hrs 38min 50sec of video material.

[15:35:54] multiAVCHD finished in 33.375 seconds (00:00:33.375)!

[15:35:54] End of log.

[tebasuna51]

Originally Posted by iambryanknowles

Hi, I'm wondering if I'm making a mistake or if the program is. Trying to create an HD-DVD.

And what is the problem? The log seems fine without errors.

Of course you must have a writer/support/player compatible with:

"HD-DVD - AVC/H.264 for 3xDVD compatible HD-DVD players"
until 15 GB (single layer)

Maybe you want other formats for standard DVD's:

AVCHD - AVC/H.264 - DVD/BD-R (optical discs)
SD-DVD - MPEG-2 for standard DVD players

[Emulgator]

[15:35:53] c:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD-20240420-153521 folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!

I would have expected HD-DVD folder structure.
IIRC tsmuxeR cannot create .EVOs, hddvdmux.exe does.
Maybe I have to try this feature once again after ~15 years

[DreckSoft]

Originally Posted by Emulgator

IIRC tsmuxeR cannot create .EVOs, hddvdmux.exe does.

Yes, hddvdmux is the ONLY free EVO muxer. Unfortunately the regular version does not work at all. The modified version from multiAVCHD does work under certain circumstances but does not include the source with the modifications.

I only gave it a short try cause I was curious some time ago. The results are still pretty bad. Cut off end, no chapters, no seeking information (try fast forward in your player), ...

[sgscaffidi3]

Originally Posted by deank

GitHub is an overkill for a single file of plain text (what multiAVCHD is) My main concern is that the "code" is a mess and I'll be so ashamed forever.
But you can also send me some details on email how to fix the main issues and add that 4k thingy before I release anything.

I understand your feelings about, "messy" source code. As a self-taught programmer, but a formally-educated "Software Engineer" with over a dozen years of industry experience... I can tell you that you should feel no shame in developing such a useful and beloved tool, that still endures to this day.

I would be happy to contribute to the development of an opensource version of multiAVCHD, and I bet there are others here who would as well. I would also be happy to contribute to the extended development if you choose to keep the original source code private. I would honor your request and keep any changes to the original source private. But, for new development, I would prefer to create some Python wrappers/APIs/helper functions to extend it's capabilities and add features. And, if I did that, it might be helpful to make it opensource and have other people contribute / maintain it in the future.

I have taken up the hobby of creating compilations of cartoon TV shows and movies for my kids to watch on the rear-entertainment screen of their mom's SUV. A key tool in my belt is multiAVCHD. I started using it to share HD videos of my kids soccer games on cheap DVD media with relatives. In that case, I didn't need menus. But, when you're trying to put 120 episodes of Curious George or Pinkalicious on a Blu Ray or DVD9 AVCHD disc, working menus are essential. Recently I have faced problems with the menu compilation process. It is frustrating to go through the whole process of transcoding the videos only to have the menu compilation fail at the end. To be fair, I have been simultaneously trying to improve my multiAVCHD experience by incorporating the latest versions of as many libraries and tools as I can. I have encountered many compatibility issues along the way, which I am sure I could solve if I had access to the source code.

I'm also currently unemployed, so I have extra time to devote to side projects like this. But, I hope that changes soon... And, when it does I would still like to keep up my new hobby in a more efficient manner. Rather than try to reverse-engineer your existing solution, or come up with clever ways to trick it into kicking off a dozen or more transcoding tasks at a time to take advantage of modern CPU architectures (or GPUs), so I don't have to wait a day and a half for my 120-episode Blu-Ray compilation to fail at encoding the menus and then try again with different settings.

So, what do you think? Will you share your source code so I can I work on your super cool project for free? I really would love to help contribute to a modern version of this amazingly useful tool that is so appreciated by so many people in this community.

[sgscaffidi3]

Originally Posted by deank

GitHub is an overkill for a single file of plain text (what multiAVCHD is) My main concern is that the "code" is a mess and I'll be so ashamed forever.
But you can also send me some details on email how to fix the main issues and add that 4k thingy before I release anything.

I just wanted to say thanks for providing such an amazing tool for free to the community. I would love to contribute, so please consider this another vote for you to opensource the project!

[Marban]

Can anybody help me?

i have Win11 and installed the correct Versions, but i get this Error:

[15:08:03] Initialising...
[15:08:03] Checking for new version...
[15:08:03] You have the latest build.
[15:08:03] Consistency check finished!
[15:08:03] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

[15:08:03] 15 years and 244 days since multiAVCHD was published.
[15:08:03] Support multiAVCHD to extend its features and keep it going!


[15:08:03] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04010767]

[15:08:07] Project name: multiAVCHD
[15:08:07] Project loaded: (G:\nightmare.mpf)
[15:08:07] Project created with build 770 (23/08/2024 15:01:34)
[15:08:17] Avisynth is not working properly! Menu will not available!
[15:08:17] Re/Install Avisynth 2.58, ffdshow, haali splitter.
[15:08:17] Download links: http://multiforum.deanbg.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17

[15:14:19] Visit http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/donate/ to support this project!

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