Convert HDTV 1080i to DVD5

[marvell]

Ok, for the past few days I've been trying about everything to convert my 1080i HDTV transport stream file (recorded with mediaportal) to DVD5 and I'm totally stuck. Nothing that I've tried seems to work.

ConvertXtoDVD gave me the best result, best quality but the audio is always out of sync. I've been re-encoding with different settings and tips from the VSO forum but nothing helped, audio is always off.

I can't even convert this file to MPEG2. Several tools such as HDTV2MPEG always say video sequence header not found.

So what is the easiest way to convert my .TS file to DVD5 with the best quality?

[Baldrick]

Can you post the details from the ts? It could be h264/avc and it wont work in several tools. Use mediainfo, open ts, change to view text amd copy the info.

[marvell]

Thanks for your reply! Here's the info. It's recorded from dutch tv which uses some kind of upscaled HD:

General
ID : 4
Complete name : D:\Vrienden van Amstel Live! (NPS) - Nederland 3 HD - 2010-02-03_cut.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 7.51 GiB
Duration : 1h 19mn
Overall bit rate : 13.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 48 (0x30)
Menu ID : 137 (0x89)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Duration : 1h 19mn
Bit rate : 11.9 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0

Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.230
Stream size : 6.64 GiB (88%)
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio #1
ID : 64 (0x40)
Menu ID : 137 (0x89)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 19mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : 55ms
Stream size : 256 MiB (3%)
Language : Dutch

Audio #2
ID : 65 (0x41)
Menu ID : 137 (0x89)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 1h 19mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : 194ms
Stream size : 110 MiB (1%)
Language : Dutch

Text
ID : 96 (0x60)
Menu ID : 137 (0x89)
Format : Teletext
Language : Dutch

[marvell]

Well I finally got some result. What I did was convert it to m2v with the filmmachine, but after that the audio was scrambled. So I demuxed the AC3 track from the TS file with dgavcdec, put it all in DVD Lab pro, set the audio delay as stated in the filename and converted it to DVD.

It worked now and I have now a nice quality DVD with in sync audio, although I guess there must be an easier way this works for me

[netmask56]

You could use ProjectX to demux and correct timing errors producing a mpv file and an AC3 as well as a srt subtitle track if you put te correct page number in presettings. ProjectX works very well for DVB standard TS files. All you need to do is then remux the audio and video track, put them in their own folder along with the srt track and point VSO ConvertXtoDVD at the MPEG2 file and it will do the rest..

ProjectX only corrects timing and transmission errors in Demux mode btw

[Sjakko]

You could use ProjectX to demux and correct timing errors producing a mpv file and an AC3 as well as a srt subtitle track if you put te correct page number in presettings. ProjectX works very well for DVB standard TS files. All you need to do is then remux the audio and video track, put them in their own folder along with the srt track and point VSO ConvertXtoDVD at the MPEG2 file and it will do the rest..

ProjectX only corrects timing and transmission errors in Demux mode btw

Dutch HDTV channels have H264 video. ProjectX won't take it.

[manono]

So what is the easiest way to convert my .TS file to DVD5 with the best quality?

The easiest isn't the best.