NTSC Jap DVD To BD SD Standard

[Genki]

Hello,

I've a project who consist to convert personnals NTSC DVD (mpeg2 720x480@29.97i 4/3) with an AVS filtering (no problem on it) to h264 files BD compliant with scenarist and without upscaling. (h264 720x480 4/3)

I actually try to use x264 (and megui) for convert my videos, but without success... I got a format error on scenarist (but's working on MUI generator).

For information, my x264 command line :

program --bitrate 6000 --level 4.1 --keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --ref 3 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2 --weightb --direct auto --deblock -1:-1 --subme 7 --trellis 2 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --ipratio 1.1 --pbratio 1.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --qcomp 0.5 --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input" --mvrange 511 --nal-hrd --sar 8:9

How can I encode properly my videos ?

I hope you could help me cause I'm on it since 2 weeks...

Advices for others encode softs are also welcome

Thank you very much !

P.S : Sorry for my approximative english

[Genki]

No one for help me ?

[jman98]

You may need to ask on the forums at http://www.doom9.net.

I don't encode H.264/X.264, so I can't help you with that. However, it is my understanding that BD requires 720x480 video to use 59.94 fps, not 29.97. That may be part of your problem. If Scenarist complains about your video, something in it is not correct. My guess is that it's the frames per second.

[Genki]

You may need to ask on the forums at http://www.doom9.net.

I don't encode H.264/X.264, so I can't help you with that. However, it is my understanding that BD requires 720x480 video to use 59.94 fps, not 29.97. That may be part of your problem. If Scenarist complains about your video, something in it is not correct. My guess is that it's the frames per second.

Thank you for your answer

Yes I saw the BD specs for SD source, but I also tried in 59.94fps and I got the same error

I Already post on doom9, but I got no solutions too...

[poisondeathray]

You can't use x264 for use in the newer versions of scenarist, you need 4 slices (x264 uses 1), but older versions will not complain, and most blu-ray players will play with 1 slice and x264 fine authored by other applications. Also, if you are using an older version, you must encode to rawavc for it to be accepted by Scenarist (as soon as it's wrapped, something changes, even if you demux it, it will no longer be accepted)

Technically , the BD specs specify 29.97i not p for SD, and you don't have the interlaced flag in the command line

If you use cinevision (which uses 4 slices), scenarist will accept the streams. If you can afford scenarist, certainly you can afford cinevision

[jman98]

If you use cinevision (which uses 4 slices), scenarist will accept the streams. If you can afford scenarist, certainly you can afford cinevision

I have to laugh at some unintentional humor here. Considering where many people get Scenarist and how much they paid for it there, yes, I would say that they certainly can afford to get Cinevision at the same place.

[Genki]

You can't use x264 for use in the newer versions of scenarist, you need 4 slices (x264 uses 1), but older versions will not complain, and most blu-ray players will play with 1 slice and x264 fine authored by other applications. Also, if you are using an older version, you must encode to rawavc for it to be accepted by Scenarist (as soon as it's wrapped, something changes, even if you demux it, it will no longer be accepted)

Technically , the BD specs specify 29.97i not p for SD, and you don't have the interlaced flag in the command line

If you use cinevision (which uses 4 slices), scenarist will accept the streams. If you can afford scenarist, certainly you can afford cinevision

Yes I got the 4 slices problem with the last scenarist version. It's for this reason I came back to 4.5 version.
Did you konw if cinevision accept avisynth file ?

Thank you.

[poisondeathray]

Did you konw if cinevision accept avisynth file ?

It does not.

[Genki]

I made some tests with cinevision, It take a long time and the quality is really poor than x264

Ayway it accept avs file (just search the file with *.* and it take it !)

I must again find an other way.

[poisondeathray]

I made some tests with cinevision, It take a long time and the quality is really poor than x264

Ayway it accept avs file (just search the file with *.* and it take it !)

I must again find an other way.

Well cinevision uses a licensed Mainconcept h.264 encoder, so it's not unexpected that the quality is poor (in comparison to x264)

You can use Mainconcept Reference, and just adjust the slices and VBV buffer, and it will accept those streams, but again the quality is not as good as x264 (it's basically the same as cinevision)...

You can also use other blu-ray authoring tools, e.g. DVD Architect 5+, which allows pass-through of x264 streams if you use the proper settings and rawavc

PS. I never knew about the wildcard trick ("*.*") thanks!