Author TS Stream to Blu Ray - Always need to be re-encoded?

[steve99999]

Hi,

I'm i missing something here? I have been thinking about getting a blu ray burner to burn HD tv to blu ray discs.Now i have the TV show recorded as a 10gb PAL TS Stream.However so far every dvd/blu ray authoring software seems to re-encode the video to a 17-18gb file.It takes about 3 hours...

Is this how blu ray authoring works? If yes what is the best program to use that gives the best results after re-encoding the file?

Now i know i can go down the multiAVCHD route and get ts/mkv files onto a disc without re-encoding but i want to make a proper menu etc in Vegas 9,Tmpgenc/Coral dvd 7 etc

Thanks

[Baldrick]

Have you also tried demultiplex your ts(with for example tsmuxer) and import separate video and audio files in the authoring applications?

And is your source really blu-ray compliant?

But I guess you have to wait for something like dvd-lab pro for blu-ray as I think most blu-ray authorings apps reconverts most stuff even if it's compliant.

[racer-x]

steve99999 wrote:

Now i know i can go down the multiAVCHD route and get ts/mkv files onto a disc without re-encoding but i want to make a proper menu etc in Vegas 9,Tmpgenc/Coral dvd 7 etc

Who said you can't make a proper menu using multiAVCHD? It takes a little creativity, but it's certainly doable. Here's one I did last week for a BD-9 disk authored with multiAVCHD:

[zoobie]

AFAIK, you can only make a static top menu in multiAVCHD at this time...the others crash.

[BsMx]

I can't even make a static menu in multiAVCHD cause it says something about an application not working properly

[johns0]

Multiavchd doesnt crash for me on any settings or menus,make sure you have all the codecs installed properly such as Avisynth 2.58,haali media splitter,ffdshow or Xvid-1.2.2 for xvid avi.

[steve99999]

Trouble is it seems you can only have 12 thumbnails per movie
I am trying to author a concert with 13 songs.So i need 13 thumbnails for the tracks and it would be a bonus if i could name each thumbnail...

[johns0]

You can make a separate track for each song and name it and have thumbnails for it,not that hard to make in multiavchd.

[steve99999]

What's the best software to split a ts H.264 TS file?
I have tried a few...
TSSniper
ProjectX
TS Packet Editor

But cannot get the hang of them...

[steve99999]

Update...
Just used TS cutter to split the file up.Works but when i playback the tracks after authoring them.There is a slight stutter between all the tracks...
Any idea whats going wrong?
thanks

[johns0]

Did you try tsmuxer or multiavchd to cut the file?

[steve99999]

tsmuxer cuts file but the resulting files are all out of sync
Multiavchd also results in a stutter pause between each track...

[mauriet]

I'm stuck with the same problem.
When I burn my BDMV directory on a DVD my LG BD370 plays all individual shot seamless back without a pause.

Now I want to drop some files and some files from a later SDcard.
Running it through multiAVCHD give me a pause between the takes.

So i tested all the original cards - burn it direct om DVD no pause.
running the files through multiAVCHD and burning the originals (without altering anything!!!) between every shot a pause!

What am i doing wrong? Is the a switch I'm overlooking?

(In fact all I need is a index an a obj editor.)