BD-R discs with 720p Mpeg 2 video

[mobie29]

I have a LG BD 370 and a Panasonic BD 30 blu ray player that does not handle playing my BD-R discs with 720p video very well. The discs are sporting events with fast action and the picture does not look good on either. The games look like they were recorded at varying speeds and the gameaction does not look "live". Both players handle my BD-R discs that contain 1080i mpeg 2 very well and the video quality is excellent on both.

My friend has a Sony and Samsung player and the 720p and 1080i discs look great when played on these players.

What could be the problem? I am totally confused with no answers. The LG player totally refuses to play any BD-R discs with the AVC codec also.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks.

[dylz]

use dvdfab or anydvd to backup and iif you need to shrink use bdrb, your firmware might not be updated go to lg.com and search for your firmware same with panasonic also Check the manual is really important to see what formats they play pretty sure most or all bluray's play mpeg2 and avc in bluray format.

[jman98]

More info would be helpful. What exactly are you making and what are you using to make it? AVCHD format? BluRay format? MKVs on a data disc?

For what it's worth my Momitsu behaves like your players with 720p video in both AVCHD and BluRay format on DVD media, so for whatever reason some BluRay players seem to not like 720p video very much on burnable media.

[mobie29]

All discs are burned with the mpeg 2 blu ray format (BDMV).

[poisondeathray]

It would help if you answered the questions above. What software did you use to encode and what did you use to author?

Do you have current firmware updates for the the players?

What format is it? 720p60 ? 720p23.976?

[mobie29]

The encodes and authoring were done with TMPGENc Authoring works 4 for the discs that have the 720p source files. The players have the latest firmware updates.

thanks.

[poisondeathray]

720p60 ?

What format was the content before encoding ? Where did it come from

Does the authored content play OK on the PC before burning? How about on the PC as a BD ?

Give multiavchd a try to author (and encode)

[mobie29]

Another note: TMPGENc Authoring works 4 was used for the 1080i video also. My friend tested the same 720p discs on his Panasonic blu ray player (do not know the model type) and it worked fine on his with great picture quality. Go figure!!

[poisondeathray]

Well, Panasonic BD players are known for their incompatibilities. I find them very "picky." I find it odd that your friends' should play it.

Sony BD players play almost anything in my experience, even improperly authored discs

Sorry not sure what could be the issue. I would give multiavchd a try

[mobie29]

720p60 ?

What format was the content before encoding ? Where did it come from

Does the authored content play OK on the PC before burning? How about on the PC as a BD ?

Give multiavchd a try to author (and encode)

The content is 720p60. The source file is from Tivo HD, edited in VideoReDo, saved as mpeg -2.

I will try playing it on my PC as a check and balance.

Also, Encore CS5 has fits with the same 720p60 video files. I have to demux the video in order to import and then often times, i cannot import the resulting m2v file and Encore crashes.

Any idea why Encore has this problem with 720p60 Tivo source files??

[mobie29]

Well, Panasonic BD players are known for their incompatibilities. I find them very "picky." I find it odd that your friends' should play it.

Sony BD players play almost anything in my experience, even improperly authored discs

Sorry not sure what could be the issue. I would give multiavchd a try

You are 100% correct about Sony. It plays anything!!!

[poisondeathray]

720p60 ?

What format was the content before encoding ? Where did it come from

Does the authored content play OK on the PC before burning? How about on the PC as a BD ?

Give multiavchd a try to author (and encode)

The content is 720p60. The source file is from Tivo HD, edited in VideoReDo, saved as mpeg -2.

I will try playing it on my PC as a check and balance.

Also, Encore CS5 has fits with the same 720p60 video files. I have to demux the video in order to import and then often times, i cannot import the resulting m2v file and Encore crashes.

Any idea why Encore has this problem with 720p60 Tivo source files??

Might be something peculiar about the Tivo source files . Did you try videoredo's quickstream fix ?

Does TMPG allow pass through? Or is it re-encoding the files? How about encore when it doesn't crash?

[poisondeathray]

Well, Panasonic BD players are known for their incompatibilities. I find them very "picky." I find it odd that your friends' should play it.

Sony BD players play almost anything in my experience, even improperly authored discs

Sorry not sure what could be the issue. I would give multiavchd a try

You are 100% correct about Sony. It plays anything!!!

I had a Panasonic (I think it was BD35, can't recall the exact model before I got rid of it ) . It was very "finicky", especially with AVCHD (on DVD media). Multiavchd was the only program that made stuff it could play (also scenarist, but it's way to expensive, but I tested some discs that a friend had made using it). I've heard the same thing on various Panasonic models from friends and on several forums - but only after I had bought it .

[mobie29]

720p60 ?

What format was the content before encoding ? Where did it come from

Does the authored content play OK on the PC before burning? How about on the PC as a BD ?

Give multiavchd a try to author (and encode)

The content is 720p60. The source file is from Tivo HD, edited in VideoReDo, saved as mpeg -2.

I will try playing it on my PC as a check and balance.

Also, Encore CS5 has fits with the same 720p60 video files. I have to demux the video in order to import and then often times, i cannot import the resulting m2v file and Encore crashes.

Any idea why Encore has this problem with 720p60 Tivo source files??

Might be something peculiar about the Tivo source files . Did you try videoredo's quickstream fix ?

Does TMPG allow pass through? Or is it re-encoding the files? How about encore when it doesn't crash?

There was really no need to use quickstream fix in this case as the video files were fine.

TMPG allows pass through of the 720p60 files, but it crashes during the authoring phase. So as a workaround, i have to go to the clip properties , change the display from progressive to interlace, then it goes into full rendering mode and will author the dvd (but it takes a very, very, long time to author to folder or image).

Encore does like my 720p60 files at all. I have only successfully authored 1 file with 720p60 and that contained no menus. As i stated before, i have to demux my 1080i and 720p files in order to import as assets or timelines into Encore. It takes a while for the import, but it works for my 1080i files. If i set my presets correctly, the files will not have to be transcoded for blu ray authoring. But, it will crash or hang up when i try to import the 720p60 demuxed files. I cannot even get pass this phase in order to go to the next step. I have tried the Adobe forums for an explanation, but they do not know.