Error when trying to use MeGUI Mp4 file as input to Sony Movie Studio 12

[rcubed]

To All,
Apologies in advance for the long post. I included as much info as I though might be useful.

I am attempting to encode a movie capture from an Intensity Pro 1920x1080 into an Mp4 file for input to Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12 Suite for authoring for a Blu-ray DVD using MuGUI to encode to Mp4. I am having the following problem. When I attempt to import the Mp4 output file from MuGUI into Sony MSP 12 I get the following error message: Error -2041 and invalid sample description was found in the movie xxxxxxxx.mp4. This same message occurs if one tries to play the Mp4 file in QuickTime.

I am just getting started with Mp4 encoding and authoring for Blu-ray so my experience is limited hence this plea for help. I have looked at multiple post and Googled trying to find a solution and am still puzzled as to a solution if possible. I am not sure but suspect the error message with QuickTime or Sony MSP 12 are due to the same reason. I can play the mpg4 files in VLC, KMPlayer, and my Toshiba E6500 is able to play the file when it is burned to a DVD using ImgBurn as a data file. The quality is outstanding. I suspect is better than the encoder packages included with TMPGenc and Sony.

I am able to read the files into TMPGenc Authoring Works 5 for authoring. It works, but it is slow, slow, slow and might be attempting to re-encode the entire video. I haven't figured out if there is a swiitch to turn off transcoding if that is what is happening. MY system is an Intel I7-3770K CPU @ 3.50 GHz with 16G of RAM. I ran this on XP Pro SP3 and the Sony MSP 12 on Win 7 Pro.

I am open for other options for Blu-ray authoring programs these are the only two I have tried todate. Video Pro X looks interesting but they have no trial version and would be very expensive if it didn't work. ($399). I do DVDs using DVD Lab Pro 2.

Details:
The input to MeGUI is an AVS script as follows: (the avi file captured) is a 4:3 pulldown which I also did the tfm,decimate for Mpeg 2 encode for DVD where I would use HCEncoder with 4:3 pulldown to encode).

avisource("O:\Paul\Paul.avi")
ConvertToYV12()
tfm().tdecimate()
trim(363,149265)

In MeGUI I have tried the Force Video File Extension for QT compatibility ticked or not ticked the same error message occurs.

The log from MeGUI is as follows (ignore the date for jobs 1 and 2)

[Information] Log
-[Information] Versions
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] MeGUI: 2302
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] Operating System: Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 (5.1.196608.2600)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] .Net Framework: 4.0 (4.0.30319)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] AviSynth: 2.5.8.5 (12/21/2008 9:46:54 PM)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] AvisynthWrapper: 1/2/2009 8:34:04 PM
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] Haali Matroska Splitter: 1.10.348.15 (11/7/2010 12:18:14 PM)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] Haali DSS2: 11/7/2010 12:15:42 PM
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib: 0.85.5.452 (8/7/2008 8:31:12 PM)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] LinqBridge: 1.0.0.0 (5/28/2009 1:24:34 AM)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] MediaInfo: 0.7.61.0 (10/21/2012 4:29:05 PM)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] MediaInfoWrapper: 0.7.61.0 (1/6/2013 2:47:15 PM)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] MessageBoxExLib: 1.0.2218.28317 (12/19/2008 8:53:04 PM)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] SevenZipSharp: 0.64.3890.29348 (1/2/2011 10:59:32 AM)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] 7z: 9.20 (11/18/2010 4:27:34 PM)
-[Information] Update detection
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:25:10 PM] Automatic update is disabled
-[Information] AutoEncode job generation log
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:18 PM] Projected Bitrate : 4000kbps
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:18 PM] Split Size : null
--[Information] Eliminating duplicate filenames
---[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:18 PM] Video output file: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.264
---[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:18 PM] Muxed output file: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short-muxed.mp4
---[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:18 PM] Encodable audio stream 0: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.ac3
-[Information] Log for job3 (audio, PaulMpg4Short.avs -> PaulMpg4Short.ac3)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:38 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:38 PM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:38 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:38 PM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.avs
---[Information] AVS input file detected. Getting media information from AviSynth.
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVS
----[Information] FormatString: AviSynth Script
----[Information] FileSize: 82
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:33:59.6630000
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 0
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1920
----[Information] Height: 1080
----[Information] FrameCount: 48903
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976023976024
----[Information] FrameRateOriginal:
----[Information] FrameRateMode:
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: AVS Video
----[Information] CodecString: AVS
----[Information] Format: AVS
----[Information] AspectRatio: 16:9
----[Information] AspectRatioString:
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 0
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Format: AVS
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48000
----[Information] Channels: 2
----[Information] ChannelsString: 2 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2:
----[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:48 PM] Trying to open the file with Import()
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:59 PM] Successfully opened the file with Import()
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:59 PM] Avisynth script
---[NoImage] Import("T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.avs")
---[NoImage] 6<=Audiochannels(last)?GetChannel(last,1,3,2,5,6,4 ):last
---[NoImage] 32==Audiobits(last)?ConvertAudioTo16bit(last):last
---[NoImage] return last
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:59 PM] Commandline used: -i - -y -acodec ac3 -ab 384k "{0}"
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:33:59 PM] Avisynth script environment opened
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:09 PM] Script loaded
--[Information] Output Decoder
---[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:09 PM] Channels: 2
---[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:09 PM] Bits per sample: 16
---[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:09 PM] Sample rate: 48000
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:09 PM] Commandline: F:\ProgramFiles XP\MeGui\tools\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i - -y -acodec ac3 -ab 384k "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.ac3"
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:09 PM] Encoder process started
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:41 PM] Output from encoder via stderr
---[NoImage] ffmpeg version N-44601-gcb3591e Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
---[NoImage] built on Sep 19 2012 16:28:01 with gcc 4.7.1 (GCC)
---[NoImage] configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-pthreads --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libcelt --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libutvideo --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
---[NoImage] libavutil 51. 73.101 / 51. 73.101
---[NoImage] libavcodec 54. 56.100 / 54. 56.100
---[NoImage] libavformat 54. 27.101 / 54. 27.101
---[NoImage] libavdevice 54. 2.100 / 54. 2.100
---[NoImage] libavfilter 3. 16.104 / 3. 16.104
---[NoImage] libswscale 2. 1.101 / 2. 1.101
---[NoImage] libswresample 0. 15.100 / 0. 15.100
---[NoImage] libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100
---[NoImage] [wav @ 0240d520] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5013333
---[NoImage] Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : stereo
---[NoImage] Input #0, wav, from 'pipe:':
---[NoImage] Duration: 00:33:59.66, bitrate: N/A
---[NoImage] Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
---[NoImage] Output #0, ac3, to 'T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.ac3':
---[NoImage] Metadata:
---[NoImage] encoder : Lavf54.27.101
---[NoImage] Stream #0:0: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, flt, 384 kb/s
---[NoImage] Stream mapping:
---[NoImage] Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (pcm_s16le -> ac3)
---[NoImage] video:0kB audio:95610kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:41 PM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.ac3
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatString: AC-3
----[Information] FileSize: 97904640
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:33:59.680
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 2
----[Information] ChannelsString: 2 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 2/0/0
----[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:41 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:41 PM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job4 (video, PaulMpg4Short.avs -> )
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:41 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:41 PM] Preprocessing
---[Information] Bitrate calculation for video
----[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:51 PM] Desired size after subtracting audio: 900319 KBs
----[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:51 PM] Calculated desired bitrate: 3615 kbit/s
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:34:51 PM] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] avisource("O:\Paul\Paul.avi")
---[NoImage] ConvertToYV12()
---[NoImage] tfm().tdecimate()
---[NoImage] trim(363,49265)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:35:01 PM] [Blu-ray]: target device selected
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:35:01 PM] [Blu-ray]: changing --keyint to 24
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:35:01 PM] [Blu-ray]: changing --ref to 4
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:35:01 PM] Job commandline: "F:\ProgramFiles XP\MeGui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --level 4.1 --bluray-compat --preset slow --pass 1 --bitrate 3615 --stats "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.stats" --keyint 24 --open-gop --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --sar 1:1 --output NUL "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.avs"
--[Information] [3/21/2013 5:35:01 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:13 PM] Standard output stream
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:13 PM] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: 1920x1080p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.1
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:2331 Avg QP:19.54 size: 92542
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:14963 Avg QP:22.49 size: 26880
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:31609 Avg QP:24.11 size: 9620
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 5.8% 11.0% 39.4% 43.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 58.0% 0.0% 42.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 30.8% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 38.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:30.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 5.7% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 19.9% 0.0% 0.0% direct:10.4% skip:64.0% L0:38.4% L1:52.6% BI: 9.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 22.69
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:99.9% temporal:0.1%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 30.3% 47.3% 10.2% inter: 7.9% 12.3% 0.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 37% 29% 25% 10%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 26% 25% 17% 5% 6% 6% 6% 5% 6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 52% 24% 21% 4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.4% UV:0.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:3616.26
---[NoImage] encoded 48903 frames, 21.44 fps, 3616.26 kb/s
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:13 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:13 PM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job5 (video, PaulMpg4Short.avs -> PaulMpg4Short.264)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:13 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:13 PM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:13 PM] Avisynth input script
---[NoImage] avisource("O:\Paul\Paul.avi")
---[NoImage] ConvertToYV12()
---[NoImage] tfm().tdecimate()
---[NoImage] trim(363,49265)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:23 PM] [Blu-ray]: target device selected
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:23 PM] [Blu-ray]: changing --keyint to 24
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:23 PM] [Blu-ray]: changing --ref to 4
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:23 PM] Job commandline: "F:\ProgramFiles XP\MeGui\tools\x264\x264.exe" --level 4.1 --bluray-compat --preset slow --pass 2 --bitrate 3615 --stats "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.stats" --keyint 24 --open-gop --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --sar 1:1 --output "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.264" "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.avs"
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:13:24 PM] Encoding started
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:45 PM] Standard output stream
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:45 PM] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] avs [info]: 1920x1080p 1:1 @ 24000/1001 fps (cfr)
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1
---[NoImage]
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame I:2331 Avg QP:21.01 size: 78699
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame P:14963 Avg QP:23.84 size: 27465
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: frame B:31609 Avg QP:25.62 size: 10350
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 5.8% 11.0% 39.4% 43.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 26.7% 69.9% 3.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 7.2% 8.9% 0.2% P16..4: 41.8% 8.2% 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% skip:29.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% B16..8: 37.0% 2.6% 0.3% direct: 2.1% skip:56.8% L0:41.1% L1:56.5% BI: 2.3%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:62.0% inter:90.4%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:95.0% temporal:5.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 49.4% 58.0% 13.7% inter: 13.7% 16.8% 0.2%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 35% 24% 13% 27%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 13% 9% 15% 8% 11% 11% 11% 9% 13%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 12% 10% 5% 8% 14% 14% 14% 10% 13%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 29% 40% 21% 9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.5% UV:0.8%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref P L0: 78.0% 20.3% 1.6%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B L0: 98.0% 2.0%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: ref B L1: 92.1% 7.9%
---[NoImage] x264 [info]: kb/s:3614.59
---[NoImage] encoded 48903 frames, 18.48 fps, 3614.59 kb/s
--[Information] Final statistics
---[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:55 PM] Video Bitrate Desired: 3615 kbit/s
---[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:55 PM] Video Bitrate Obtained (approximate): 3614 kbit/s
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:55 PM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.264
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] FormatString: AVC
----[Information] FileSize: 921566861
----[Information] PlayTime:
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1920
----[Information] Height: 1080
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976
----[Information] FrameRateOriginal:
----[Information] FrameRateMode:
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: AVC
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] Successfully deleted T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.stats
----[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] Successfully deleted T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.stats.mbtree
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] Job completed
-[Information] Log for job6 (mux, PaulMpg4Short.264 -> PaulMpg4Short-muxed.mp4)
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] Started handling job
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] Preprocessing
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.264
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] FormatString: AVC
----[Information] FileSize: 921566861
----[Information] PlayTime:
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Width: 1920
----[Information] Height: 1080
----[Information] FrameCount:
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976
----[Information] FrameRateOriginal:
----[Information] FrameRateMode:
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: AVC
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.ac3
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatString: AC-3
----[Information] FileSize: 97904640
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:33:59.680
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID:
----[Information] StreamOrder:
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 2
----[Information] ChannelsString: 2 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 2/0/0
----[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
----[Information] Delay:
----[Information] Title:
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:57:56 PM] Job commandline: "F:\ProgramFiles XP\MeGui\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -add "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.264#trackID=1:fps=23.976" -add "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.ac3#trackID=1" -tmp "T:\\Paul Mpeg4" -new "T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short-muxed.mp4"
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:58:00 PM] Muxing started
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:59:09 PM] Standard output stream
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:59:09 PM] Standard error stream
---[NoImage] AVC-H264 import - frame size 1920 x 1080 at 23.976 FPS
---[NoImage] AVC Import results: 48903 samples - Slices: 9324 I 59852 P 126436 B - 63459 SEI - 4 IDR
---[NoImage] Stream uses forward prediction - stream CTS offset: 2 frames
---[NoImage] OpenGOP detected - adjusting file brand
---[NoImage] AC3 import - sample rate 48000 - 2 channels
---[NoImage] Saving T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short-muxed.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:59:09 PM] MediaInfo
---[Information] File: T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short-muxed.mp4
---[Information] General
----[Information] Format: MPEG-4
----[Information] FormatString: MPEG-4
----[Information] FileSize: 1020023264
----[Information] PlayTime: 00:33:59.680
---[Information] Video
----[Information] ID: 1
----[Information] StreamOrder: 0
----[Information] Width: 1920
----[Information] Height: 1080
----[Information] FrameCount: 48903
----[Information] FrameRate: 23.976
----[Information] FrameRateOriginal:
----[Information] FrameRateMode: CFR
----[Information] ScanType: Progressive
----[Information] Codec: AVC
----[Information] CodecString: AVC
----[Information] Format: AVC
----[Information] AspectRatio: 1.778
----[Information] AspectRatioString: 16:9
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title: 264#trackID=1:fps=23.976@GPAC0.5.1-DEV-rev4283
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
---[Information] Audio
----[Information] ID: 2
----[Information] StreamOrder: 1
----[Information] Format: AC-3
----[Information] FormatProfile:
----[Information] FormatSettingsSBR:
----[Information] FormatSettingsPS:
----[Information] SamplingRate: 48000
----[Information] SamplingRateString: 48.0 KHz
----[Information] Channels: 2
----[Information] ChannelsString: 2 channels
----[Information] ChannelPositionsString2: 2/0/0
----[Information] BitRateMode: CBR
----[Information] Delay: 0
----[Information] Title: ac3#trackID=1@GPAC0.5.1-DEV-rev4283
----[Information] Language:
----[Information] LanguageString:
----[Information] Default:
----[Information] DefaultString:
----[Information] Forced:
----[Information] ForcedString:
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:59:09 PM] Postprocessing
---[Information] Deleting intermediate files
----[Information] [3/21/2013 6:59:09 PM] Successfully deleted T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.264
----[Information] [3/21/2013 6:59:09 PM] Successfully deleted T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short.ac3
--[Information] [3/21/2013 6:59:09 PM] Job completed

The Media Info data for the resultant Mpg4 file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <Mediainfo version="0.7.61">
- <File>
- <track type="General">
<Complete_name>T:\Paul Mpeg4\PaulMpg4Short-muxed.mp4</Complete_name>
<Format>MPEG-4</Format>
<Format_profile>Base Media</Format_profile>
<Codec_ID>isom</Codec_ID>
<File_size>973 MiB</File_size>
<Duration>33mn 59s</Duration>
<Overall_bit_rate_mode>Variable</Overall_bit_rate_mode>
<Overall_bit_rate>4 001 Kbps</Overall_bit_rate>
<Encoded_date>UTC 2013-03-21 22:58:05</Encoded_date>
<Tagged_date>UTC 2013-03-21 22:58:05</Tagged_date>
</track>
- <track type="Video">
<ID>1</ID>
<Format>AVC</Format>
<Format_Info>Advanced Video Codec</Format_Info>
<Format_profile>High@L4.1</Format_profile>
<Format_settings__CABAC>Yes</Format_settings__CABAC>
<Format_settings__ReFrames>3 frames</Format_settings__ReFrames>
<Codec_ID>avc1</Codec_ID>
<Codec_ID_Info>Advanced Video Coding</Codec_ID_Info>
<Duration>33mn 59s</Duration>
<Bit_rate_mode>Variable</Bit_rate_mode>
<Bit_rate>3 615 Kbps</Bit_rate>
<Maximum_bit_rate>40.0 Mbps</Maximum_bit_rate>
<Width>1 920 pixels</Width>
<Height>1 080 pixels</Height>
<Display_aspect_ratio>16:9</Display_aspect_ratio>
<Frame_rate_mode>Constant</Frame_rate_mode>
<Frame_rate>23.976 fps</Frame_rate>
<Color_space>YUV</Color_space>
<Chroma_subsampling>4:2:0</Chroma_subsampling>
<Bit_depth>8 bits</Bit_depth>
<Scan_type>Progressive</Scan_type>
<Bits__Pixel_Frame_>0.073</Bits__Pixel_Frame_>
<Stream_size>879 MiB (90%)</Stream_size>
<Title>264#trackID=1:fps=23.976@GPAC0.5.1-DEV-rev4283</Title>
<Writing_library>x264 core 129 r2245 bc13772</Writing_library>
<Encoding_settings>cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=1 / weightp=1 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=1 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=24 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3615 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=40000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00</Encoding_settings>
<Encoded_date>UTC 2013-03-21 22:58:05</Encoded_date>
<Tagged_date>UTC 2013-03-21 22:58:45</Tagged_date>
<Color_primaries>BT.709</Color_primaries>
<Transfer_characteristics>BT.709</Transfer_characteristics>
<Matrix_coefficients>BT.709</Matrix_coefficients>
</track>
- <track type="Audio">
<ID>2</ID>
<Format>AC-3</Format>
<Format_Info>Audio Coding 3</Format_Info>
<Mode_extension>CM (complete main)</Mode_extension>
<Format_settings__Endianness>Big</Format_settings__Endianness>
<Codec_ID>ac-3</Codec_ID>
<Duration>33mn 59s</Duration>
<Bit_rate_mode>Constant</Bit_rate_mode>
<Bit_rate>384 Kbps</Bit_rate>
<Channel_s_>2 channels</Channel_s_>
<Channel_positions>Front: L R</Channel_positions>
<Sampling_rate>48.0 KHz</Sampling_rate>
<Bit_depth>16 bits</Bit_depth>
<Compression_mode>Lossy</Compression_mode>
<Stream_size>93.4 MiB (10%)</Stream_size>
<Title>ac3#trackID=1@GPAC0.5.1-DEV-rev4283</Title>
<Encoded_date>UTC 2013-03-21 22:58:41</Encoded_date>
<Tagged_date>UTC 2013-03-21 22:58:45</Tagged_date>
</track>
</File>
</Mediainfo>

Any suggestions on how to solve this MeGUI problem would be greatly appreciated. If it involved adding additional commands to MeGUI please be detailed in how to implement them since I am a real nubee with this Mpg4 stuff. I realize there are other encoding possibilities, but I would be interested is what is causing the problem and getting it to work. Doing DVDs and now BR-DVDs is a hobby so be gentle.

Thanks in advance

Rucbed

PS I haven't tried the most recent release 2308 of MeGUI since it came out after I did this trial - not sure if it will help. If it does I will get back immediately.

[Baldrick]

If you don't need a menu you can always try tsmuxer.

[rcubed]

To Baldrick,
Thanks, but I'm really interested in creating a menu structure for the BR-DVD.

To All,
On MrGUI 2308 the problem remains. The only authoring s/w that has worked so far is TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 and as I pointed out as far as speed it is s.........l........o........w

rcubed

[transporterfan]

Your using AC3 in a mp4. I am not saying you can't. But I think some purists (and some players/encoders) wouldn't be happy about that.
Just try using AAC the once and see if the problem clears up.

Another thing about Baldrick's suggestion about TsMuxer: you could try and remux to a TS file and THEN import to Sony Studio.

[smrpix]

You might want to look into another TMPGenc product, SmartRenderer4. It can smart render and fix errors in your stream -- so that's fast. Then feed that to Vegas. There's a free trial.

[_Al_]

You can let Vegas do all work, meaning encoding and authoring.
You just can fix your video with VirtualDub (load Avisynth script and export some lossless ). Then you load it into Vegas.

[rcubed]

Hi,
It appears in other threads that adding --sar 1:1 and --tff may help how does one do this in MeGUI

Also SmartRenderer4 will not output mp4 complaining about the original stream is not closed GOPs not sure how to proceed.

Can someone help in detail how to do this. MeGUI has a open GOP tic, but one can's turn it off. Remember I'm a newbie at this.

Thanks for patience and help

rcubed

[transporterfan]

Did you at least look at TsMuxer?
If you remux as a ts or m2ts you wont lose any quality.
If you are very lucky it will output a blueray compliant folder.

Or you could try making into an MKV with MKVMerge and import it that way (part of MKVToolnix).
Takes about 5 minutes if it's compliant.

[rcubed]

Did you at least look at TsMuxer?
If you remux as a ts or m2ts you wont lose any quality.
If you are very lucky it will output a blueray compliant folder.

Or you could try making into an MKV with MKVMerge and import it that way (part of MKVToolnix).
Takes about 5 minutes if it's compliant.

I'll give it a try tomorrow and report back.

Sorry I didn't get to it yet, been a hectic night. I captured a movie last week and there were dropped frames. It was repeated tonight, so I recaptured the portions that were dropped, then use Avsynth to cut and put the pieces back togeter. Having to juggle disk drive storage as the files are rather large. (I need to do some housekeeping)

rcubed

[rcubed]

Hi,
Some corrections.

My bad , it looks like I can import the MeGUI mp4 files into Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite 12, (the 64 bit version running under Win 7 Pro - haven't tried the 32 bit version yet) it just takes a tremendous time to load - I suspect it is doing some sort of transcoding on input. Working with the timeline is not a problem, but some actions take a long time to perform - this may be due to file size. If the rendered timeline is saved as a file, the file will load significantly faster than the original. I am not sure went wrong with the attempts earlier.

Sony DVD Architect Studio 5 will import the MeGUI output - haven't tried authoring the disk.

Neither of the Sony Programs will demux/import the AC3 audio steam, I will have to investigate remuxing with another type of audio stream. For sure Sony Movie Studio will import a wave file.
Not sure why I appeared to be having the problem reported earlier in the posts with the Sony programs.

DVDFactory complains about the format.

TMPGEnc Authoring Work 5 also takes tremendous time scrolling the time line is painfully slow (maybe due to no CUDA support in my machine).

TMPGEnc Mpeg Smart Renderer 4 - will not output as mp4 complaining about open GOPs

QuickTime will not accept the mp4.

I tried tsmuxer and that has no effect I don't think it reprocess and closes any GOPs.

Sorry about the earlier errors (I'll plead getting confused in my old age) & and appreciate the suggestions I got.

If anyone does know how to do MeGUI and get closed GOPs please let me know. I know some authoring programs (DVD Lab Pro 2 for regular DVDs) do not like open GOPs. I still haven't been able to accomplish that.

I am continuing the quest.

Thanks again,

rcubed

[transporterfan]

You could try the trial version of VideoRedo...other than that I suggest encoding it again using a different encoder.
There are lots in the Tools section.

[_Al_]

You might have problems to render your Blu-Ray without recompression within DVD Architect anyway. This software is very particular how the H264 stream should be encoded. Even if you go by the book, like here: http://www.x264bluray.com/ , DVD Architect might have a problem with MBAFF (interlace footage), if your video is interlaced.
That is why I recommended to do encoding with Vegas, or Architect.

[_Al_]

As for Megui and Blu-Ray compliant stream, try to set raw h.264 (for tsmuxer) and:

-target playback device BluRay
-Maximum GOP Size 25 or 30 not sure what your fps is
-interlace mode tff (you have interlace?)
-Misc tab Force SAR 1:1, all color primaries, transfer and color matrix choose bt709

Why do you need to have gop closed? There is a checkbox in Frame-type tab for open GOP

[rcubed]

As for Megui and Blu-Ray compliant stream, try to set raw h.264 (for tsmuxer) and:

-target playback device BluRay
-Maximum GOP Size 25 or 30 not sure what your fps is
-interlace mode tff (you have interlace?)
-Misc tab Force SAR 1:1, all color primaries, transfer and color matrix choose bt709

Why do you need to have gop closed? There is a checkbox in Frame-type tab for open GOP

Al,
I an unable to unitc open gop tic box, there may be other parameters that must be set before one can do that. As I mentioned I'm new an messing with Mp4 so it is a learning curve for me.

I have been able to import Mp4 files into Sony Architect 5 and was able to produce a BR-DVD, but I am still struggling to master their interface. When I did render the DVD in the TMPGenEnc there was extensive processing done on the entire stream where they were doing something to quite a few frames, not what I would have expected. w/o being able to input a mp4 with closed GOPs I am unable to tell if that was the problem.

The short test cases I had generated for testing had a bit rate of less that 2 Mb/s (I was attempting to cut the time necessary to encode) apparently the lower limit with Sony is 2. I am in the process of preparing another test file for input and will try your suggestions as well as up the bit rate. When I used Sony Studio to encode the DVD it only allowed a maximum of 16 Mb/s. I guess I need to research what the maximum average bit rate is expected to be for BR-DVD.

Sorry to take so long to reply I've been very busy lately.

rcubed

[_Al_]

Maximum Blu-Ray bit rate for video is 40Mbitps, for DVD you should not go above 8Mbit for video perhaps and 192-224kbps for AC3 audio, that was my usual settings if there was a lot of room on DVD, specs say 9.8Mbit. Google is a good source for those kind of informations, specs.

GOPs could be open for Blu-Ray specs, that is why I asked. Open GOP's were good for DVD also, if you not intended to make a DVD with more video streams> multi-angle videos . Closed GOP encoding is a bit less efficient.

DVD Architect might re-compress videos again, you have to find where to set it for no re-compress in that software. You know usually right away - if it takes forever to create BD or DVD structure - that Architect is encoding your video again. It should just make structure without encoding, that should be fast.

About that open GOP box, not sure what is going on, I can check or uncheck that box.

[rcubed]

Maximum Blu-Ray bit rate for video is 40Mbitps, for DVD you should not go above 8Mbit for video perhaps and 192-224kbps for AC3 audio, that was my usual settings if there was a lot of room on DVD, specs say 9.8Mbit. Google is a good source for those kind of informations, specs.

GOPs could be open for Blu-Ray specs, that is why I asked. Open GOP's were good for DVD also, if you not intended to make a DVD with more video streams> multi-angle videos . Closed GOP encoding is a bit less efficient.

DVD Architect might re-compress videos again, you have to find where to set it for no re-compress in that software. You know usually right away - if it takes forever to create BD or DVD structure - that Architect is encoding your video again. It should just make structure without encoding, that should be fast.

About that open GOP box, not sure what is going on, I can check or uncheck that box.

Al,
Thanks for the info. I understand the Open GOP issue, my previous experience with a regular DVD Authoring program required the GOPs to be closed. Initially I thought Sony Architect might be taking exception to it, but it doesn't. I'll look for leave bit rate alone switch if there is one in Sony Architect. i'll have to investigate the Open GOP tick box in MeGUI more.

rcubed

[rcubed]

Hi all,
Thank you for all the inputs and suggestions. I really appreciate it. I think I will open a new thread with issues about authoring programs always transconding video.

Please consider this thread closed.

Thanks again,

rcubed

[mikiem]

FWIW Google "Error -2041 an invalid sample description was found in the movie" [w/out "] & top hits are re: Quicktime. Vegas can & often will use whatever you've got setup for Windows to use decoding or playing a video file. You *might* add something like ffdshow so that'll be used instead, or you *might* put your video into another container to get away from Quicktime, or you *might* get lucky & find all you have to do is use another filename extension. *If* you're running Intel + Virtu, ffdshow set to use Intel Quick Sync works well decoding the video on the timeline in Vegas BTW.

I can import the MeGUI mp4 files into Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite 12, (the 64 bit version running under Win 7 Pro - haven't tried the 32 bit version yet) it just takes a tremendous time to load - I suspect it is doing some sort of transcoding on input.

Sony apps generally like indexed video -- if/when it isn't the file will be read & that missing info saved to a separate file. That reading can take a while. Once it's done however things should work faster/better, though it's not always glitch free... I've long had the habit of when/where necessary muxing the file I want to import without an audio file -- that adds the needed indexing Vegas & DVDA like.

Neither of the Sony Programs will demux/import the AC3 audio steam, I will have to investigate remuxing with another type of audio stream. For sure Sony Movie Studio will import a wave file.

DVDA should not have a problem importing AC3 -- if it does have problems the AC3 may be a bit funky & using something like AC3fix etc. may help. Vegas will import AC3 but only in some muxed file formats like .m2ts etc. While Vegas & DVDA will handle muxed streams with audio & video, glitches are more common when you import it into DVDA, so demuxing 1st can help. That said, AFAIK most apps will convert AC3 to wav behind the scenes, do whatever editing, then re-encode -- you *may* be better off to bite the bullet & convert to .wav or .w64 beforehand anyway.

The short test cases I had generated for testing had a bit rate of less that 2 Mb/s (I was attempting to cut the time necessary to encode) apparently the lower limit with Sony is 2. I am in the process of preparing another test file for input and will try your suggestions as well as up the bit rate. When I used Sony Studio to encode the DVD it only allowed a maximum of 16 Mb/s. I guess I need to research what the maximum average bit rate is expected to be for BR-DVD.

I use Vegas Pro -- not sure what the differences are regarding encoder settings... Until recently Sony only offered Blu-Ray encoding with the Mainconcept mpg2 encoder & the Sony AVC encoder -- the Mainconcept Blu-Ray AVC is new. The Sony AVC encoder for a while allowed you to enter your own bit rate, but over something like 22 I think it was, that changed internal encoder settings so the result was no longer Blu-Ray compliant -- updated versions of the encoder hard-coded the limit so that can't happen now. One default preset is I think ~16, but the drop-down lets you increase that.

[Anonymous344]

I an unable to unitc open gop tic box

I can't either. It's really annoying.

EDIT: It's the target playback device setting. Some options won't let you uncheck certain things.