AVCHD crashing while running muxer?

[tailz]

I am trying to convert an mkv file so that I can burn it to Blu-Ray but everytime I run AVCHD it crashes. I have converted loads of mkv files before and have encountered this a couple of times, last time I didn't bother with the conversion but I would like to get to the bottom of why muxer keeps crashing. Below is the log file,

[14:11:43] Initialising...
[14:11:43] Checking for new version...
[14:11:43] You have the latest build.
[14:11:43] Consistency check finished!
[14:11:43] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

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[14:11:43] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04010767]

[14:13:00] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[14:13:04] Destination [C:]: NTFS, 173980.42 MiB (169.903 GiB) free space
[14:13:04] Temp folder [C:]: NTFS, 173980.42 MiB (169.903 GiB) free space

[14:13:04] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.1 (build 770)
[14:13:04] Selected output mode: Blu-ray player (BD-R/BD-RE disc)

[14:13:04] Processing one title...
[14:13:04] Existing C:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD\ cannot be used as destination folder!
[14:13:04] Output will be written to: C:\multiAVCHD\AVCHD-20110417-141304
[14:13:05] Processing (D:\**** *** 2.mkv)...
[14:13:05] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[14:13:05] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...

[14:13:05] *** Initiating video encoding:

[14:13:05] *** Original : 1920x816
[14:13:05] *** Crop : 0
[14:13:05] *** Resize : 1920x816 (No change)
[14:13:05] *** Uncrop to : 1920x1080
[14:13:05] *** Sharpen : 0
[14:13:05] *** Bitrate : 21824 kbps
[14:13:05] *** Frame rate: Original (23.976)
[14:13:05] *** Level : 4
[14:13:05] *** Quality : One pass (insane)
[14:13:05] *** SAR : 1:1
[14:13:05] *** DAR : 1920x1080
[14:13:05] *** Profile : Blu-ray

[14:13:05] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [02:07:20]
[14:13:05] *** Encoding : x264 options: --preset ultrafast -B 21824 -I 24 --level 4 -i 12 -b 3 -m 0 -r 4 --ipratio 1.4 --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 20000 --qcomp 0.5 --threads auto --thread-input --aud --nal-hrd vbr --sar 1:1 --me dia --b-pyramid strict --slices 0 --weightp 0 --rc-lookahead 0 -o "C:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20110417\**** *** 2.[1920x1080-23.976].264" "C:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20110417\20110417-141305-uncrop-running.avs"
[15:42:16] *** Speed : 34.23 fps (elapsed: 01:29:10 - Realtime x 1.43)

[15:42:16] *** Transcoding successful!

[15:42:17] Detected frame reference count: 3 (max:4).
[15:42:17] Detected video: ID#0:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 1920x1080, fps=23.976, ref=3
[15:42:17] Detected audio: ID#2:A_DTS (48000Hz 24bit 6ch 1472kbps) Language: und
[15:42:17] Added audio: A_DTS, "D:\**** *** 2.mkv", track=2, lang=und, timeshift=0ms
[15:42:17] M2TS stream split set at 23000MiB...
[15:42:17] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
================================================== =============================
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: Main@4.0 Resolution: 1920:1080p Frame rate: 23.976
Change H264 level from 4 to 4.1
H.264 stream does not contain fps field. Muxing fps=23.976
================================================== =============================

================================================== =============================
tsMuxeR meta:
================================================== =============================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=00:00:00.000 --split-size=23000MiB --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "C:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20110417\**** *** 2.[1920x1080-23.976].264", insertSEI, contSPS, lang=eng, level=4.1, fps=23.976
A_DTS, "D:\**** *** 2.mkv", track=2, lang=und, timeshift=0ms
================================================== =============================
[15:51:21] Important files missing (clpi/mpls/m2ts)...
[15:51:21] Possible tsMuxeR failure to process your input file (D:\**** *** 2.mkv).
[15:51:21] M2TS (media) file count: 0
[15:51:21] CLPI (clipinfo) file count: 0
[15:51:21] MPLS (playlist) file count: 0

[15:51:21] Skipping to next...

[15:51:21] ERROR: Compilation does not contain any HD-DVD/AVCHD/Blu-ray titles!


[15:51:21] Preparing menu pages...
[15:51:21] Setting main menu for 0 titles...
[15:51:21] Selected TV system: [PAL]
[15:51:22] Setting Blu-ray format...

at 15:51.21 is when the problem seems to occur with the error message "Important files missing (clpi/mpls/m2ts)..." anyone got any ideas what could be causing the problem?

Cheers

Tony

[Baldrick]

Probably easiest to try another mkv to avchd converter, https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/all-in-one-mkv-to-mp4-avchd-ts

[SoberWarlock]

I get the same error for only one of my .mkv movie files. I end up looking at the output folder and in it is only the log and BDMV but nothing inside it. It's like as if it encoded and then *POOF* it's now gone. I think it has something to do with VC-1 remux .mkv files. I never had problems with x264,XviD, and H264.

[jman98]

I'm also wondering if this is a VC-1 issue as SoberWarlock suggested. VC-1 gives a lot of bluray type programs fits. If it's interlaced VC-1 (it does seem here that at least your video is not interlaced) it's just about game over for everything that tries to process it.

Do you have a D drive on your PC? I find this reference in the output above to D to be a potential trouble spot if that does not actually exist.

[SoberWarlock]

Do you have a D drive on your PC? I find this reference in the output above to D to be a potential trouble spot if that does not actually exist.

I do have a D:/ drive that I keep my personal files and C:/ drive for mainly OS and installed programs. I do set my output folder on C:/ Desktop though for multiAVCHD. Are you saying I should try and set my output folder on another HDD?