DVDFab's BD > DVD converter won't play properly on standalone...

[takearushfan]

Hey all,
I'm using DVDFab 8 to convert my Blu-ray to DVD. It does create the VIDEO_TS folder, with the VOBs in there. It plays fine on my computer, but not on a standalone Philips DVD player. I've tried simply dragging the folder to my DVD's drives icon, resulting in fine play on my computer; no go on the standalone. The same happens if I use DVDLab Pro to burn the DVD.
I'm using Win 7, Home. On my old computer, running XP Home, all always went as it should.
Any advice? Might I need better software for burning? Am I not preparing something properly?
Thanks again,
Justin

[fritzi93]

Advice? Okay.

1) Use DVDFab for ripping only.
2) Use BDRB to convert to DVD-Video.
3) Burn with ImgBurn only.

And you should find out the MID (media I.D.) with ImgBurn. Mode -> Discovery. So we can know if you're using crap media.

[Kerry56]

Fritzi93 has got the right information for you. I tried out the DVDFab BD-->DVD converter last year. It was the worst conversion I saw (comparing several different programs), and probably ranks right up there as one of the worst for picture quality I've ever seen going to dvd.

[takearushfan]

Hm. What I've tried:

Using BDRB to import a MP4 > DVD5

Here's the error log:

----------------------
[07:06:28] Importing MP4: SAMPLE
 - Preparing MP4 for processing...
 - Collecting audio/video streams from source...
 - Converting audio, Track #02, AAC to AC3...
 - Building pseudo-BD source structure...
[07:06:39] Video import completed successfully.
----------------------
[10/24/12] BD Rebuilder v0.42.03 (beta)
[07:07:34] Source:  SAMPLE_PLAYLIST_00000
  - Input BD size: 0.02 GB
  - Approximate total content: [00:01:00.101]
  - Windows Version: 6.1 [7601]
  - MOVIE-ONLY/ALTERNATE OUTPUT mode enabled
  - Mode: DVD-5, 720x480/576, AC3 Audio
  - Decoding/Frame serving: DirectShow
  - Audio Settings: AC3=1 DTS=1 HD=0 Kbs=192
[07:07:34] PHASE ONE, Encoding
 - [07:07:34] Processing: VID_00000 (1 of 1)
 - [07:07:34] Extracting A/V streams [VID_00000]
 - [07:07:39] Reencoding video [VID_00000]
   - Source Video: MPEG-4 (AVC), 1280x720
   - Rate/Length: 23.976fps, 1,441 frames
   - Bitrate: 8,808 Kbs
 - [07:07:39] Reencoding: VID_00000
 - [07:08:27] Video Encode complete
 - [07:08:27] Processing audio tracks
   - Track 4352 (und): Keeping original audio
[07:08:27]PHASE ONE complete
[07:08:27]PHASE TWO - Rebuild Started
 - [07:08:27] Building ALTERNATE OUTPUT Structure
 - [07:08:27] Starting MPLEX.
 - ERROR in attempt to mux (MPLEX)
[07:08:28] - Failed to REBUILD

[jman98]

Your original post:

Hey all,
I'm using DVDFab 8 to convert my Blu-ray to DVD.

Then you say:

Hm. What I've tried:

Using BDRB to import a MP4 > DVD5

You're not a clueless newbie. Those are NOT the same thing. Get your story straight. Do you want help with trying to convert a BluRay to DVD or are you trying to convert MP4 to DVD? If you're doing both then I would say don't start a post about wanting help with X and then change in mid stream to wanting help with Y when X is still not solved.

[Kerry56]

It failed on muxing the audio and video streams. You should have the ac3 and m2v files in the working files folder. Examine them with MediaInfo and see if there is anything obviously wrong. You can also try playing them in a media player. In my experience, BD Rebuilder doesn't fail very often when muxing or making dvd-structure.

[jman98]

After looking at the log above, I am wondering if the real problem is with audio. It seems to me that the source audio is AAC and this is invalid for DVD. I find it suspicious that the log says "keeping original audio" which would certainly be a problem if that original audio is AAC. It looks like the video re-encode worked fine which leads me to wonder about the audio part of it.

[fritzi93]

That's what it looks like to me.

This:
- Converting audio, Track #02, AAC to AC3...

Then this:

- Keeping original audio

So of course this:

- ERROR in attempt to mux (MPLEX)

[Kerry56]

I still think the answer is in the files found in the working folder. If there is an ac3 file in there, the conversion took place. It may not be done properly of course.

When making the "psuedo" blu ray, I've found that BD Rebuilder does this part very quickly if the original input had audio that was already compliant to blu ray specifications. The longest I've seen is three minutes to make this temporary structure. The log file shows 11 minutes to make this particular one, so it should have been converting to AC3 in this first step. Keeping the original audio refers to the psuedo blu ray audio, which should be this newly minted AC3 file.

Does anyone know what BD Rebuilder uses for AAC to AC3 conversion? When I do this step in AVStoDVD, the Wavi + Aften option almost always screws up and it reverts to ffmpeg.

[takearushfan]

Your original post:

Hey all,
I'm using DVDFab 8 to convert my Blu-ray to DVD.

Then you say:

Hm. What I've tried:

Using BDRB to import a MP4 > DVD5

You're not a clueless newbie. Those are NOT the same thing. Get your story straight. Do you want help with trying to convert a BluRay to DVD or are you trying to convert MP4 to DVD? If you're doing both then I would say don't start a post about wanting help with X and then change in mid stream to wanting help with Y when X is still not solved.

I'm posting because -
A: I think it only makes sense to inform you all of a follow-up to my original post.
B: Both of the scenarios you described ended up working out fine.