BD Rebuilder Beta - Bug Reports Only

[jdobbs]

Originally Posted by Racer

Last time I made a "Quick-Play Backup" I had several single files of the main movie.

Anyway I have seen that BD Rebduiler can also make MKVs.
What would be the correct settings for it:
MKV Container, NO_RESIZE, AutoGOP, Auto-AAC
or
MKV Container, Intact Video, AutoGOP, Auto-AAC

And what size (MB) do I have to put in for "Two pass target size"
- for DVD-5
- for DVD-9

Auto-AAC means that also DTS is converted to AC3?

Sorry for all the questions! Thanks for your efforts!

Quick Play is NOT Movie-Only. A Quick Play backup can also include the extras and is a reauthoring mechanism. You need to select "Movie-Only" to create a single M2TS.

The settings would depend on what you want. If you pick "Intact Video" you will get the untouched original video into the MKV (with the same video size as the original). If you pick NO_RESIZE it will be reencoded at the same resolution to whatever target you select.

If you are planning to make a BD -- don't select MKV as output. Making an MKV doesn't guarantee BD compatibility. If you pick MKV and wanted to create a BD, you'll likely have to reencode again.

But, to create an MKV that will fit on a DVD-5, 4469 is a good number. For a DVD-9: 8032

AAC is NOT AC3. It is a completely different audio format that is very popular today and uses advanced algorithms to give higher quality at lower bitrates (e.g. it is used on iPods/iPads and is routinely used in MP4). AAC is not compatible with BD or DVD playback standards.

[Capsbackup]

Originally Posted by jdobbs

I'm thinking about getting the Hauppauge HD capture device or something similar. How do you like it?

It is the best one I could find for HD capture with DD 5.1 audio. Mine is the USB version, model 1212.
I can capture HBO, etc... 1080i, 720P or to whatever the content is delivered as.
The main issue I have with it is the captured recording cannot be directly burned to BD/AVCHD because the TFF, 29.97fps capture experiences horrible combing and jittery playback associated with what I think is the wrong field order captured. Thus I am forced to reencode to either deinterlace or TIVTC to 23.976 fps progressive. This works quite well!
I have done Dexter, Game of Thrones, Homeland, Weeds and others with quite impressive results.

[jdobbs]

Originally Posted by Capsbackup

It is the best one I could find for HD capture with DD 5.1 audio. Mine is the USB version, model 1212.
I can capture HBO, etc... 1080i, 720P or to whatever the content is delivered as.
The main issue I have with it is the captured recording cannot be directly burned to BD/AVCHD because the TFF, 29.97fps capture experiences horrible combing and jittery playback associated with what I think is the wrong field order captured. Thus I am forced to reencode to either deinterlace or TIVTC to 23.976 fps progressive. This works quite well!
I have done Dexter, Game of Thrones, Homeland, Weeds and others with quite impressive results.

Do you capture from HDMI or Component outputs?

What I like is the ability to capture classic movies in HD that haven't been released on BD. I see them all the time, and the picture is beautiful compared to DVD.

I wonder if the issue is related to pulldown?

[Capsbackup]

Originally Posted by jdobbs

Do you capture from HDMI or Component outputs?

What I like is the ability to capture classic movies in HD that haven't been released on BD. I see them all the time, and the picture is beautiful compared to DVD.

I wonder if the issue is related to pulldown?

I use Component, so I can capture protective content too!
Not sure about pulldown. Is that necessary for straight HD capture to AVCHD?
A typical script I use that works quite well for HBO, Showtime, and Starz is:
(tfm(order=1).tdecimate())

[Capsbackup]

Just tried BD-RB again on the source that would not work yesterday, and it is now working!
Not sure what happened, but operator error seems to be the culprit!

[dfsooner]

Originally Posted by jdobbs

I'm thinking about getting the Hauppauge HD capture device or something similar. How do you like it?

I've been using this device for about 3 years and it works very well with Arcsoft TME 2. I use it mostly for sporting events but have never tried using the captured data with BDRB unless I have first authored a BD with TMPgenc Authoring Works. Then I've had trouble with the menus. I think BDRB doesn't recognize the menu
m2ts file as a menu.

[Rich86]

Forced Subtitles:
Forced Subtitles still do not seem to work correctly. "Dead Man Down" blu-ray - making a movie only blu-ray from the source.
The forced subtitles work fine in the original with subtitles set to off. There are 48 forced subtitle entries in 2 of the 4 english .sup files.
I included all 4 english subtitles when creating the movie only blu-ray with version 44.15 of BDRB. But the forced subtitles do not work.
Check for this around the 13 minute mark when she is looking out the window waving to Colin Farrell, then has a conversation in french with her mother.
Is there a setting I am missing for this?

[MrT.]

I saw that FFDSHOW link in first post was newer than what I was using, so I updated it as well.
In video decoder config, I went to enable mpeg2. There was always 2 options to enable it, but with this new update, gives just one. Does everyone else just have 1 as well?
it was libavcodec and ive always used the other one :|

[jdobbs]

Originally Posted by MrT.

I saw that FFDSHOW link in first post was newer than what I was using, so I updated it as well.
In video decoder config, I went to enable mpeg2. There was always 2 options to enable it, but with this new update, gives just one. Does everyone else just have 1 as well?
it was libavcodec and ive always used the other one :|

Mine still has two choices. When I installed it I installed over the last (without removing first). I'm not sure if that makes a difference.

[MrT.]

I understand.
I uninstalled, rebooted, than install new version. Is "libavcodec " the correct choice? The MPEG2 setting has always stumped me and I always confuse. If libavcodec is right I guess I should be happy now to go along with your BD-RB contributuion.. <3

[mikeonecl]

i have glitch and frame skip on processing fast and the furious USA version on full movie, occurs on diferent parts of the movie, including the universal start. v.4.4.15 and 4.4.14

somebody can test to avoid a bad rip

thanks

[jdobbs]

Originally Posted by MrT.

I understand.
I uninstalled, rebooted, than install new version. Is "libavcodec " the correct choice? The MPEG2 setting has always stumped me and I always confuse. If libavcodec is right I guess I should be happy now to go along with your BD-RB contributuion.. <3

I tested both a long time ago, and the speed and quality looked the same to me. I'm currently using "libavcodec".

[setarip_old]

@mikeonecl

Hi!

i have glitch and frame skip on processing fast and the furious USA version on full movie...

Try using several different players...

[mikeonecl]

i tried, and the problem is on conversion. i try bd50 no problems.

Originally Posted by setarip_old

@mikeonecl

Hi! Try using several different players...

[gonca]

Originally Posted by mikeonecl

i have glitch and frame skip on processing fast and the furious USA version on full movie, occurs on diferent parts of the movie, including the universal start. v.4.4.15 and 4.4.14

somebody can test to avoid a bad rip

thanks

What kind of blank media do you use? What burning speed?

[worknstiff]

RE: CONVERSION BITRATE??
Not really a "BUG" report per se but maybe a prob that needs looked into or at least something I'm wondering about. I made a custom multiAVCHD disk of GOT. It was comprised of three .m2ts files from individual episodes created with BD_Rebuilder. The 1st was 9.05gb, 2nd one was 13.2gb, and the 3rd was 9.63gb. When I compressed it down here is part of the logs--------

GAME_OF_THRONES_S1D2_MULTIAVCHD
- Input BD size: 31.99 GB
- Approximate total content: [02:47:54.331]
- Target BD size: 23.68 GB
- Windows Version: 6.1 [7601]
- Quality: Highest (Very Slow), Two Pass
- Decoding/Frame serving: DirectShow
- Audio Settings: AC3=1 DTS=1 HD=0 Kbs=640


The BD_Rebuilder compression bitrates are as follows--------

---(9.05gb .m2ts)
Processing: VID_00000 (1 of 3)
- Source Video: MPEG-4 (AVC), 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 78,078 frames
- Bitrate: 15,592 Kbs

---(13.2gb .m2ts)
Processing: VID_00001 (2 of 3)
- Source Video: MPEG-4 (AVC), 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 75,688 frames
- Bitrate: 23,869 Kbs

---(9.63gb .m2ts)
Processing: VID_00002 (3 of 3)
- Source Video: MPEG-4 (AVC), 1920x1080
- Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 83,128 frames
- Bitrate: 15,602 Kbs

The resulting file sizes are respectively as follows (6.47gb, 9.48gb, and 6.90gb)

I can sort of understand if the middle .m2ts file was smaller and ended up with more bitrate but for it to give the larger file more bitrate seems counter-intuitive, at least to my admittedly limited understanding of the process. I am going to run it through again and see if the results are the same, but I noticed the previous compilation had skewed distribution also. I guess it could just be an anomaly of my system or of the pre-processing of multiAVCHD, even though it says it left the video and audio untouched.

thanks jdobbs for your amazing program, I don't know what I did with all my spare time until it came along, lol.

[jdobbs]

The bitrates are relative to the original bitrate. So if the middle file had a higher bitrate on the original -- it would have a higher bitrate on the backup. That's to keep the allocation consistent with the original authoring -- which typically is allocated based upon complexity.

[worknstiff]

ok , that makes sense, but it still makes me think I'm not utilizing the limited space the best but maybe I can't really tell the difference in quality between 23,000 bitrate and 15,000 anyhow. Come to think of it, the bigger .m2ts came from a 50gb disk with only one episode and lots of extras, that's why I wanted to re-author it anyhow, doh! Thanks for your
quick reply to my questions, worknstiff

[mikeonecl]

the glitch occurs including the conversion saved on hard disk. somebody can test the usa version of the film???

Originally Posted by gonca

What kind of blank media do you use? What burning speed?

[gonca]

@mikeonecl
Which fast and furious movie, the first or the fourth, since they have very similar names.