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deank · 6th October 2010, 12:40

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Originally Posted by steelmaggot

would just like to know dean if your PS3 is still working

Yep, it is still working. I bought another one (fat 80GB) just in case, so no problems here.

Razrback16 · 7th October 2010, 11:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwh060

Razrback16,

I use BeyondTv to record from my HD-PVR, VideoRedo (the H264 version) & ComSkip (to automatically remove Commercials) and feed my .ts produced files into MultiAvchd without any sync issues. I've been using this set up for about 2years without problem.

Make sure the fps is same in Multi as your source.

cwh

Thanks you so much for your response -- where in Multi do I look for the fps? Maybe it's slightly off or something and I can adjust.

worknstiff · 7th October 2010, 13:56

@cwh060: Quote:I have the Hauppage HD-PVR and I record my college football games on it to PC. It records in H.264 in .ts format. I use H264Cutter to cut commercials and then burn the recordings to AVCHD format using MULTIAVCHD.

I also use HD-PVR 1212 and I just use the TotalMedia Extreme program to cut the commercials out and then save each trimmed m2ts file and use multiAVCHD to compile them into a disk and create a simple menu for each episode. I don't have any audio sync problems, but I am copying HBO shows and only cutting the beginning and endings mostly. I think that if any cutter trims the frame headers improperly it changes the runtimes and causes audio sync problem, imo. You may want to try the TotalMedia Extreme program to cut the commercials and see if it does a better job. seeya worknstiff

cwh060 · 10th October 2010, 01:40

@worknstiff, thanks. I do not have sync problems with my set up. I prefer the Videoredo and Comskip combination, it's pretty much automatic. TME is just too much work. It's Razrback16 with the sync issues.

@Razrback16, you'll find the fps on Detected properties. Use Mediainfo to tell what the source is. Make sure you are using NTSC found in the author tab of Multi

strad · 10th October 2010, 12:54

in this context: there is a free program "HDTVtoMPEG2", which makes cutting of TS-files very simple and fast. Therefore I like it better than other similar tools no matter how comfortable those might be.
Output can be chosen as Transport Stream, HiDTV or Mpeg. Unwanted parts can be marked with "cut" and "exclude", to avoid cutting into several clips press 2x (!) the "Clips" button (box gets blind).
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/HDTVtoMPEG2

Adub · 18th October 2010, 03:43

Hey there Dean!

While writing my latest tutorial on combining multiple DVD's into one Blu-ray (here), I encountered some issues.

1) There appears to be no subtitles in the output. Looking at the log I see the warnings, but I don't know why they are happening. I have Java installed and I can run BDsup2sub by hand.
2) All of the thumbnails are black in the resulting Blu-ray menu. Neither the title thumbnail nor the chapter thumbnails have any substance to them. They are all black.

Log:
http://www.sabayon.org/pastie/4937

BeNooL · 19th October 2010, 09:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adub

1) There appears to be no subtitles in the output. Looking at the log I see the warnings, but I don't know why they are happening. I have Java installed and I can run BDsup2sub by hand.

Happens to me too with a quite a lot of DVDs.

Ghitulescu · 19th October 2010, 09:34

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Originally Posted by Adub

While writing my latest tutorial on combining multiple DVD's into one Blu-ray (here), ....

I must confess that I haven't yet used multiAVCHD to put DVDs onto BDRs (they're quite expensive in direct comparison to DVDR), but why do you transcode the MPEG-2 video? The specs allow 720x576/480i in MPEG-2 with any audio a DVD might have (except for MP2 which is very seldom anyway). Do you intend to put 50 movies on a BDR50?

Or multiAVCHD forcibly reencodes anything to H.264?

Adub · 19th October 2010, 17:55

I've done the conversion in two ways, one which is shown in my guide.

The other was just loading up the two title sets for the DVD's and hitting the start button.

The first one I did a full workup with x264 transcode and everything, just to be complete. However, you do have a point in that unless you are piling over 5 movies or so onto a BD25, you don't need compression.

In the second way, it appears that multiAVCHD just kept the original streams as best it could.

I guess my question then would be, if we click on a title in the compilation menu, remove some audio tracks, maybe edit the Title name, and DONT click on the "Transcode" button, will multiAVCHD still keep the DVD MPEG2?

Is the only thing that activates the conversion to x264 the pressing of the "Transcode" button?

deank · 19th October 2010, 20:19

The errors show problems with java or simply mencoder can't demux the subtitles in a recognizable way to be processed by bdsup2sub.

Adub · 19th October 2010, 20:24

Okay, I'll try extracting the subtitles by hand when I get home, and see if I can get BDSup2Sub to work with 'em.

I will report back.

DiKey · 20th October 2010, 22:53

I am very sorry of multiposting, but nobody helps me in THIS thread. May be multiAVCHD can help me in my problem?

Adub · 21st October 2010, 07:26

Okay, here is what I get when running the following command as generated by multiAVCHD during the subtitle extraction / conversion phase.

Command:

Quote:

mencoder.exe dvd://1 -dvd-device "E:\Test\DVD 1" -vobsubout "dvddump000" -sid 0 -nosound -o "dvddump.tmp" -ovc frameno

Tail of output:

Quote:

Pos:6542.5s 156881f (99%) 1641.24fps Trem: 0min 2mb A-V:0.000 [0:0]
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Pos:6542.6s 156885f (99%) 1641.26fps Trem: 0min 2mb A-V:0.000 [0:0]
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Pos:6542.8s 156889f (99%) 1641.29fps Trem: 0min 2mb A-V:0.000 [0:0]
1 duplicate frame(s)!
Writing index...91f (99%) 1641.29fps Trem: 0min 2mb A-V:0.000 [0:0]
Writing header...
ODML: Aspect information not (yet?) available or unspecified, not writing vprp h
eader.
Recommended video bitrate for 650MB CD: 826
Recommended video bitrate for 700MB CD: 890
Recommended video bitrate for 800MB CD: 1019
Recommended video bitrate for 2 x 650MB CD: 1660
Recommended video bitrate for 2 x 700MB CD: 1788
Recommended video bitrate for 2 x 800MB CD: 2044

Video stream: 0.767 kbit/s (95 B/s) size: 627564 bytes 6542.903 secs 1568
91 frames

When I load the resulting idx file ( one of the 3 files created. Ex. idx, sub, tmp) into BDSup2Sub, I get the following:

Quote:

Loading C:\Users\Adub\Desktop\dvddump000.idx
# 1
WARNING: Invisible caption due to zero alpha (not fixed due to user setting).
# 2
WARNING: Invisible caption due to zero alpha (not fixed due to user setting).
# 3
WARNING: Invisible caption due to zero alpha (not fixed due to user setting).
# 4
# 5
# 6
# 7
# 8
# 9
# 10
# 11
# 12
# 13
# 14
# 15
WARNING: Control buffer size inconsistent.
WARNING: RLE buffer size inconsistent.
WARNING: Invalid end sequence offset -> no end time
WARNING: Invisible caption due to zero alpha (not fixed due to user setting).
# 16
ERROR: Invalid control buffer size

It appears the mencoder is not properly extracting the subtitles from the disk. Is there a reason why we are using mencoder, vs something like vobsub?

DMagic1 · 22nd October 2010, 16:52

Hi deank, I've been away for awhile. Nice updates btw.

I'm having some trouble with the customer x264 inputs. Does it require just the part you want to change/add or a complete script?
I tried with a complete script and it gave an error on transcode at the end of the second pass.
Can you give and example of what it should look like?

Also I see where you can use an Avisynth customer script for the menu but can I use a customer script for the main movie aswell?

DMagic1 · 22nd October 2010, 23:34

These are two that I tried

--keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --qcomp 0.5 --mvrange 511 --nal-hrd --sar 1:1

--deblock -1:-1 --keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --ref 3 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --qcomp 0.5 --no-mbtree --merange 12 --direct auto --subme 3 --trellis 0 --mvrange 511 --nal-hrd --sar 1:1

The AVS was playable.

deank · 24th October 2010, 01:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adub

Okay, here is what I get when running the following command as generated by multiAVCHD during the subtitle extraction / conversion phase.
It appears the mencoder is not properly extracting the subtitles from the disk. Is there a reason why we are using mencoder, vs something like vobsub?

Does it support command-line?

deank · 24th October 2010, 01:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMagic1

These are two that I tried

--keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --qcomp 0.5 --mvrange 511 --nal-hrd --sar 1:1

--deblock -1:-1 --keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --ref 3 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --qcomp 0.5 --no-mbtree --merange 12 --direct auto --subme 3 --trellis 0 --mvrange 511 --nal-hrd --sar 1:1

The AVS was playable.

--nal-hrd is not a valid option. It should be --nal-hrd vbr.

DMagic1 · 24th October 2010, 01:58

Yea, I had taken that part off later and still same issue.

Adub · 25th October 2010, 07:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by deank

Does it support command-line?

Not sure, I haven't had time to test it. I believe that MeGUI uses a version of it, and I think HDConvertToX uses something similar as well.

I'm pretty sure Vobsub Ripper support command line. I'm on my MacBook Pro, so I can't confirm right now.

Edit: Aha! HDconvertToX uses VSrip (AKA VobSub Ripper). FreeCodecs has it here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/VobSub_Ripper.htm

Music Fan · 25th October 2010, 10:24

I discovered something interesting with the Sony BDP-S370 (and probably concerning other Sony models) : it can play AVCHD on USB key !
With MultiAVCHD, we have to choose Sony PS3 in the solid media part.
The folder has to be named AVCHD and placed at the root of the USB key.
@ Deank : you could maybe add "and some Sony players" beside "PS3" in this part ?

10th October 2010, 12:54	#6765 \| Link
strad Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hamburg/Germany Posts: 47	in this context: there is a free program "HDTVtoMPEG2", which makes cutting of TS-files very simple and fast. Therefore I like it better than other similar tools no matter how comfortable those might be. Output can be chosen as Transport Stream, HiDTV or Mpeg. Unwanted parts can be marked with "cut" and "exclude", to avoid cutting into several clips press 2x (!) the "Clips" button (box gets blind). http://www.videohelp.com/tools/HDTVtoMPEG2 Last edited by strad; 10th October 2010 at 13:20.

18th October 2010, 03:43	#6766 \| Link
Adub Fighting spam with a fish Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,699	Hey there Dean! While writing my latest tutorial on combining multiple DVD's into one Blu-ray (here), I encountered some issues. 1) There appears to be no subtitles in the output. Looking at the log I see the warnings, but I don't know why they are happening. I have Java installed and I can run BDsup2sub by hand. 2) All of the thumbnails are black in the resulting Blu-ray menu. Neither the title thumbnail nor the chapter thumbnails have any substance to them. They are all black. Log: http://www.sabayon.org/pastie/4937 __________________ FAQs:Bond's AVC/H.264 FAQ Site:Adubvideo

19th October 2010, 17:55	#6769 \| Link
Adub Fighting spam with a fish Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,699	I've done the conversion in two ways, one which is shown in my guide. The other was just loading up the two title sets for the DVD's and hitting the start button. The first one I did a full workup with x264 transcode and everything, just to be complete. However, you do have a point in that unless you are piling over 5 movies or so onto a BD25, you don't need compression. In the second way, it appears that multiAVCHD just kept the original streams as best it could. I guess my question then would be, if we click on a title in the compilation menu, remove some audio tracks, maybe edit the Title name, and DONT click on the "Transcode" button, will multiAVCHD still keep the DVD MPEG2? Is the only thing that activates the conversion to x264 the pressing of the "Transcode" button? __________________ FAQs:Bond's AVC/H.264 FAQ Site:Adubvideo

19th October 2010, 20:19	#6770 \| Link
deank Programmer (or just 教务长) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Valencia, Spain Posts: 4,251	The errors show problems with java or simply mencoder can't demux the subtitles in a recognizable way to be processed by bdsup2sub. __________________ multiAVCHD - donate \| popBD \| uncropMKV \| mkv2avi \| easySUP

19th October 2010, 20:24	#6771 \| Link
Adub Fighting spam with a fish Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,699	Okay, I'll try extracting the subtitles by hand when I get home, and see if I can get BDSup2Sub to work with 'em. I will report back. __________________ FAQs:Bond's AVC/H.264 FAQ Site:Adubvideo

7th October 2010, 13:56	#6763 \| Link
worknstiff Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 314	@cwh060: Quote:I have the Hauppage HD-PVR and I record my college football games on it to PC. It records in H.264 in .ts format. I use H264Cutter to cut commercials and then burn the recordings to AVCHD format using MULTIAVCHD. I also use HD-PVR 1212 and I just use the TotalMedia Extreme program to cut the commercials out and then save each trimmed m2ts file and use multiAVCHD to compile them into a disk and create a simple menu for each episode. I don't have any audio sync problems, but I am copying HBO shows and only cutting the beginning and endings mostly. I think that if any cutter trims the frame headers improperly it changes the runtimes and causes audio sync problem, imo. You may want to try the TotalMedia Extreme program to cut the commercials and see if it does a better job. seeya worknstiff

10th October 2010, 01:40	#6764 \| Link
cwh060 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 61	@worknstiff, thanks. I do not have sync problems with my set up. I prefer the Videoredo and Comskip combination, it's pretty much automatic. TME is just too much work. It's Razrback16 with the sync issues. @Razrback16, you'll find the fps on Detected properties. Use Mediainfo to tell what the source is. Make sure you are using NTSC found in the author tab of Multi

20th October 2010, 22:53	#6772 \| Link
DiKey Videomaker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Russia, Engels town Posts: 44	I am very sorry of multiposting, but nobody helps me in THIS thread. May be multiAVCHD can help me in my problem?

22nd October 2010, 16:52	#6774 \| Link
DMagic1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 507	Hi deank, I've been away for awhile. Nice updates btw. I'm having some trouble with the customer x264 inputs. Does it require just the part you want to change/add or a complete script? I tried with a complete script and it gave an error on transcode at the end of the second pass. Can you give and example of what it should look like? Also I see where you can use an Avisynth customer script for the menu but can I use a customer script for the main movie aswell?

22nd October 2010, 23:34	#6775 \| Link
DMagic1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 507	These are two that I tried --keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --qcomp 0.5 --mvrange 511 --nal-hrd --sar 1:1 --deblock -1:-1 --keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --ref 3 --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --qcomp 0.5 --no-mbtree --merange 12 --direct auto --subme 3 --trellis 0 --mvrange 511 --nal-hrd --sar 1:1 The AVS was playable.

24th October 2010, 01:58	#6778 \| Link
DMagic1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 507	Yea, I had taken that part off later and still same issue.

25th October 2010, 10:24	#6780 \| Link
Music Fan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,744	I discovered something interesting with the Sony BDP-S370 (and probably concerning other Sony models) : it can play AVCHD on USB key ! With MultiAVCHD, we have to choose Sony PS3 in the solid media part. The folder has to be named AVCHD and placed at the root of the USB key. @ Deank : you could maybe add "and some Sony players" beside "PS3" in this part ?