tsMuxer Open Source

[MrVideo]

Here is a minor bug that has been there for ages....

In the track list, if you select a track and move it up, or down, you'll notice that its position in the metafile list does not change. It will only change if you select a different track. The metafile list should change as soon as you move, up or down, a selected track. Many moons ago I did a mux and noticed afterward that the order I wanted was not the order in the output. It was then I discovered that moving a track doesn't actually move the track. It would be nice if moving a track actually moved the track in the metafile list.

[a5180007]

Originally Posted by mczuzlak

The resulting output freezes at a certain frame near the beginning. It occurs right after the part where you can see the studiocanal logo.

EDIT : Remuxing the tsmuxer output ( the one that freezes ) with CloneBD resolves the problem. No more freeze after that.
I wish tsmuxer could do the same.

@mczuzlak can you please post Mediainfo for the studiocanal intro and for the main movie.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally Posted by mczuzlak

...I've a slight problem now with The Fifth Element GBR release that came out just recently with dolby vision. ( I can provide mediainfo export or something if needed )
I do everything as usual import the playlist of the main title add my sup file and hit muxing. The resulting output freezes at a certain frame near the beginning. It occurs right after the part where you can see the studiocanal logo.

How odd...

I re-muxed the StudioCanal version of The Fifth Element using git-c139668 and it plays perfectly using my OPPO UDP-203... Here's the MediaInfo file report of the newly created '00000.m2ts' stream: -

General
ID                                       : 1 (0x1)
Complete name                            : \\SYNOLOGY_NAS\My HD Movies\UHD Movies\The Fifth Element [1997] 206mins (78.4GB)\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format                                   : BDAV
Format/Info                              : Blu-ray Video
File size                                : 78.4 GiB
Duration                                 : 2 h 6 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 88.9 Mb/s
Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 35.5 Mb/s

Video #1
ID                                       : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : 36
Duration                                 : 2 h 6 min
Width                                    : 3 840 pixels
Height                                   : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 24.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics                 : PQ
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries        : Display P3
Mastering display luminance              : min: 0.0001 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2

Video #2
ID                                       : 4117 (0x1015)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main 10@L5.1@High
HDR format                               : SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible
Codec ID                                 : 36
Duration                                 : 2 h 6 min
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 24.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth                                : 10 bits
Writing library                          : x265 3.2+20-a4e060a44839:[Windows][GCC 6.3.0][64 bit] 10bit
Encoding settings                        : cpuid=1111039 / frame-threads=5 / numa-pools=16,16 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=1920x1080 / interlace=0 / total-frames=3854 / level-idc=51 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=1 / ref=3 / no-allow-non-conformance / repeat-headers / annexb / aud / hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / no-open-gop / min-keyint=1 / keyint=24 / gop-lookahead=0 / bframes=3 / b-adapt=2 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=24 / lookahead-slices=6 / scenecut=40 / hist-scenecut=0 / radl=0 / no-splice / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / no-rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=1 / tu-intra-depth=1 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=0 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=3 / limit-refs=1 / no-limit-modes / me=1 / subme=2 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / no-frame-dup / no-hme / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=3 / selective-sao=4 / early-skip / rskip / no-fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / b-intra / no-splitrd-skip / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=2.00 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / no-rd-refine / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=cbr / bitrate=500 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=0 / vbv-maxrate=500 / vbv-bufsize=550 / vbv-init=0.9 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=2 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / no-const-vbv / sar=1 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=9 / transfer=16 / colormatrix=9 / chromaloc=1 / chromaloc-top=2 / chromaloc-bottom=2 / display-window=0 / master-display=G(13250,34500)B(7500,3000)R(34000,16000)WP(15635,16450)L(10000000,1) / cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=1023 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / no-opt-qp-pps / no-opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / hist-threshold=0.01 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / hdr / hdr-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / no-idr-recovery-sei / analysis-reuse-level=5 / scale-factor=0 / refine-intra=0 / refine-inter=0 / refine-mv=1 / refine-ctu-distortion=0 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0 / no-lowpass-dct / refine-analysis-type=0 / copy-pic=1 / max-ausize-factor=1.0 / no-dynamic-refine / no-single-sei / no-hevc-aq / no-svt / no-field / qp-adaptation-range=1.00 / no-scenecut-aware-qp
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics                 : PQ
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries        : Display P3
Mastering display luminance              : min: 0.0001 cd/m2, max: 1000 cd/m2

Audio #1
ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AC-3 MLP FBA 16-ch
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3 + Meridian Lossless Packing FBA with 16-channel presentation
Commercial name                          : Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos
Muxing mode                              : Stream extension
Codec ID                                 : 131
Duration                                 : 2 h 6 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 640 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 6 342 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 8 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs Lb Rb
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 578 MiB (1%)
Service kind                             : Complete Main
Number of dynamic objects                : 11
Bed channel count                        : 1 channel
Bed channel configuration                : LFE

Audio #2
ID                                       : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital
Codec ID                                 : 129
Duration                                 : 2 h 6 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 640 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 578 MiB (1%)
Service kind                             : Complete Main

Text
ID                                       : 4768 (0x12A0)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : PGS
Codec ID                                 : 144

[BloodyRipper]

Originally Posted by MrVideo

Here is a minor bug that has been there for ages....

In the track list, if you select a track and move it up, or down, you'll notice that its position in the metafile list does not change. It will only change if you select a different track. The metafile list should change as soon as you move, up or down, a selected track. Many moons ago I did a mux and noticed afterward that the order I wanted was not the order in the output. It was then I discovered that moving a track doesn't actually move the track. It would be nice if moving a track actually moved the track in the metafile list.

Should be fixed starting with the 2020-10-07 build.

[MrVideo]

Originally Posted by BloodyRipper

Should be fixed starting with the 2020-10-07 build.

Thanks.

[MrVideo]

Yep, that fixed it. But, I have now run into a new issue. I have a video that has a new style subtitle format. VLC and MPC-BE both display the text. But, tsmuxer declares that stream to be no good. Here is the mediainfo info:

ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : ASS
Codec ID                                 : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Duration                                 : 50 min 3 s
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Writing library                          : Lavc58.78.102 ssa
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

[Emulgator]

You can not mux .ass into any .ts anyway, it is not supported.
If you want text-based, .srt is supported:
"S_TEXT/UTF8 SRT subtitle format. Encoding MUST be UTF-8/UTF-16/UTF-32"
You may use SubtitleEdit to convert into .srt before muxing.

tsMuxeR's additional parameters for PG and SRT tracks:

video-width		The width of the video in pixels.
video-height		The height of the video in pixels.
fps 		Video fps.	It is recommended to define this parameter for more exact timing.
3d-plane		Parameter defines number of the '3D offset track' which is placed inside MVC track.
		Each particular subtitle can have individual 3D offset. This information will be stored inside 3D offset track.

Additional parameters for SRT tracks:

font-name		Font name to render.
font-color		Font color. Color can be defined in hexadecimal or decimal format.
		If this value is 24 bit long (for instance 0xFF00FF) it will be interpreted as RGB components.
		If this value is 32 bit long (for instance 0x80FF00FF) it will be interpreted as ARGB components.
font-size		Font size to be rendered in pixels.
font-italic		Italic text.
font-bold		Bold text.
font-underline		Underlined text.
font-strikeout		Strikethrough text.
bottom-offset		Distance from the lower edge while displaying text.
font-border		Outline width in pixels.
fadein-time		Time in ms for smooth subtitle appearance.
fadeout-time		Time in ms for smooth subtitle disappearance.
line-spacing		Interval between lines. Default value 1.0.

tsMuxeR supports additional tags inside SRT track. The syntax and parameters coincide with HTML: <b>, <i>, <u>, <strike>, <font>.
Default relative font size (used in these tags) in dpi is 3.

For example:
<b><font size=5 color="deepskyblue" name="Arial"><u>Test</u><font size= 4 color="#806040">colored</font>text</font></b>

[MrVideo]

Originally Posted by Emulgator

You can not mux .ass into any .ts anyway, it is not supported.

That may be, but I never got that far since the ASS stream was rejected. It was part of a MKV file. When I have subtitle text to mux, I do so to M2TS files. I had no choice as to what the subtitle stream was.

Why doesn't tsmuxer support ASS subtitles? All it has to do is remux it.

[filler56789]

Originally Posted by MrVideo

.........
Why doesn't tsmuxer support ASS subtitles? All it has to do is remux it.

Actually tsMuxeR converts the .SRT files to sequences of pictures...
theoretically, it could do the same to .SSA and .ASS files, but then someone would have to write a proper patch to the source-code :-/

[tebasuna51]

Originally Posted by MrVideo

Why doesn't tsmuxer support ASS subtitles? All it has to do is remux it.

Because ASS is not supported in .ts or .m2ts containers.

tsMuxeR is not created to convert streams formats.
Only SRT subtitles are converted to PGS format to mux in ts/m2ts

You can't claim than tsMuxeR convert any kind of subtitles (there are many) to the PGS format required by ts/m2ts.

Also there are many video and audio codecs suported in mkv than can't be remuxed to ts/m2ts. And tsMuxeR can't recode them.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Yep... Currently there's only support for SRT 'text based' subtitles: -

[Ghitulescu]

Originally Posted by MrVideo

Why doesn't tsmuxer support ASS subtitles? All it has to do is remux it.

tsMuxer is as its name says only a muxer - it takes "bricks" and builds a thing. As you can't simply use other things than bricks to make a wall, so tsMuxer can't use just anything to make a TS or M2TS files. If it's in the BD or TS specs, it will work.

The SRT to PGS is a bonus. You just discovered why employers are so reticent in giving bonuses to employees - they rapidly get the idea wrongly, as they are entitled to.

Most people around here prefer a solid tool (that is less preferably 0 bugs) with few functions, rather than a functions-rich tools equally full of errors.

[MrVideo]

Thanks for all the responses. Obviously I knew that ASS wasn't supported, because I found that out while trying to mux a file that had it.

Now I know why it will never be supported. I have no clue as to why ASS was used in the first place. I never heard of it before this.

[qyot27]

ASS is hardly a new format. It's been around for 18 years. Either open it up in Aegisub and export to SRT or use FFmpeg to do it.

[MrVideo]

Like I said, new to me. First time I've ever seen it used. It might have been in other MKV files, but since I didn't run those thru tsmuxer, I wouldn't have known. I have looked at a lot of MKV files with mediainfo, and never saw it that way either. Just my luck to not have seen it before.

Thanks for the program tip.

[r0lZ]

ASS (and SSA, its predecessor) is a text based subtitle format much versatile and powerful than SRT. You can obtain almost everything you want. So, unfortunately, if you need to convert it to SRT, you will probably lose the formatting, colors, fonts, position, size, orientation ext... It's why I would prefer to convert it directly to PGS, to keep it as close to the original as possible. I don't know if a program able to do that exists. SubtitleEdit can load SSA, but afaik it converts it internally to SRT immediately. It can also export to PGS, but probably only the subtitles already converted to SRT. Aegisub can only export to SRT, and certainly not to PGS, so IMO, it is better to try SubtitleEdit first. Or post in the Subtitles forum here at D9. Someone will probably be able to help you much than me.

Of course, if your subtitle stream is simply a succession of white lines always near the bottom of the screen, like a SRT stream, then converting it to SRT will not be a problem.

[LowDead]

EasySUP by deank..

It's old but works quite well and you find it here...

//LD

[tebasuna51]

I can't make EasySup read .ass files, only .srt.

SubtitleEdit can export the .ass files to Blu-ray .sup

Support colours, position, etc.

Of course you must have installed the fonts used in the system.
The fonts used can be extracted from the .mkv and can be installed (only temporaly if you want) with FontViewer

[filler56789]

Originally Posted by tebasuna51

I can't make EasySup read .ass files, only .srt.

I have never used .ASS files, only the goode and olde .SSA, and here both easySUP and avs2bdnxml load them correctly...

[LowDead]

I have used .ASS many times with easySUP. Make sure you have java and AviSynth installed properly.

//LD