Harry Potter 6

[Drerunsit]

So I've ripped the contents of Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince to my hard drive using AnyDVD HD. When I attempt to make a BD25 movie-only backup (which for this movie is just a smaller version of the original, since Disc 1 only has the movie), I get the following:



What to do?

[Baldrick]

Probably because of the VC-1 codec. Try run bdrebuilder inspect , http://www.jdobbs.net/freeware/inspect.exe , and see what it says.

See also https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/303865-bd-Rebuilder-vc-1-encoding-extras-aborted?p=...=1#post1982342

[Drerunsit]

Ok. I have run the inspect utility before, but the one located in the actual BD RB directory. Here are the results of that one:



But when I ran the one from the link you posted, it told me that more info was available if run from the BD RB directory. So I placed it in the BD RB folder and ran it. Here we go:



I suppose this means I have to periodically grab the Inspect tool from your link to make sure the version is current. The problem I'm facing right now is I can't find reference to a newer version anywhere, even though it says my BDRB is not current.

(As a side-note, I was in line with the suggestions on the second link to a similar issue.)

[Baldrick]

Change the ffdshow VC-1 setting to WMV-9. You should have a link to ffdshow settings from the start menu.

[fritzi93]

Each version of BDRB includes inspect.exe. Look for it in the BDRB folder. The MPEG2 setting in ffdshow should be libmpeg2.

So, did changing the VC-1 setting to WMV9 fix your problem?

[wulf109]

Go into Setup and check the box "Use X264's internal LAVF for decoding". Worked for me.

[Drerunsit]

Each version of BDRB includes inspect.exe. Look for it in the BDRB folder. The MPEG2 setting in ffdshow should be libmpeg2.

So, did changing the VC-1 setting to WMV9 fix your problem?

I'm still at work... I live in South Korea for the time being (USAF), so that's why my response times are a little off. I am going to try this first as soon as I get home. Just to verify though, the version of BDRB I'm using is the most recent, correct?

Ok, home now. I'm not sure where to check if it's libmpeg2 or where to change from VC-1 to WMV9. There are multiple configuration links in the start menu group for ffdshow. here they are:

[Drerunsit]

Go into Setup and check the box "Use X264's internal LAVF for decoding". Worked for me.

When I used this setting, it went past the point where it has been failing... so I'm going to assume it will complete the task with this option set. I would, however, like to know what the difference is between using the internal LAVF for decoding vs. not using it. This is the only movie I have had to do this for. Also, with regards to changing VC-1 to WMV9, I have the same question. What is the difference and should I be prepared for any differences between my backups? Thanks in advance.

[fritzi93]

Go into Video Decoder Configuration. Click Codecs and you'll see the list. To change the decoder used for a particular format, click on the decoder and a drop-down list will appear. And don't forget to apply your changes before exiting.

You should probably change the AVC decoder to ffmpeg-mt (multithreaded) as well, although libavcodec works fine.

The internal LAVF won't be used for interlaced sources, or maybe just interlaced VC-1, I forget.

Anyway, I found LAVF to be slightly faster on XP, but on Win7, using ffdshow and Haali is faster, particularly extraction.

Good luck.

[Drerunsit]

Go into Video Decoder Configuration. Click Codecs and you'll see the list. To change the decoder used for a particular format, click on the decoder and a drop-down list will appear. And don't forget to apply your changes before exiting.

You should probably change the AVC decoder to ffmpeg-mt (multithreaded) as well, although libavcodec works fine.

The internal LAVF won't be used for interlaced sources, or maybe just interlaced VC-1, I forget.

Anyway, I found LAVF to be slightly faster on XP, but on Win7, using ffdshow and Haali is faster, particularly extraction.

Good luck.

I set AVC to ffmpeg-mt as you suggested. As for LAVF, I'll just check the option for stubborn movies. Thanks again.

[fritzi93]

You can try both and see. It's faster on some systems, slower on others, according to the author, jdobbs.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1492560#post1492560

Also, LAVF is not exactly problem free. It's been reported to have trouble with certain discs occasionally.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1488682#post1488682

So find out what works for you. And if you do encounter a problem sometime, switch from LAVF to ffdshow, etc, or vice-versa. It's good to have an extra decoder option.

[Drerunsit]

Well, Harry Potter was very choppy when I played it back. Since the only change I made was to use LAVF, that is most likely the cause. So now I'm not sure how to proceed. It still fails without the LAVF option.

[fritzi93]

Before you do anything drastic, how are you playing it back? On your computer, using what? The point being, have you verified your setup plays BD okay?

Alright, suppose the problem isn't with playback. Uninstall ffdshow, Haali, and Avisynth. Manually delete any folders pertaining to them in programs. Delete your BDRB folder as well. Run a registry cleaner like CCleaner. Reboot. Reinstall everything from scratch. Use *only* the versions of the helper programs (tested by jdobbs) available here:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143716

After you decompress the BDRB package, the first thing you should do is right-click the executable and run as administrator. That way it will self-configure. Double-check with inspect.exe.

BTW, I got that movie for my wife and backed it up no problem, so this isn't a one-off that BDRB has trouble with. The problem is your setup. Less likely, your rip may be corrupted, unlikely but possible. If the above doesn't fix the problem, rip it again.

[Drerunsit]

Before you do anything drastic, how are you playing it back? On your computer, using what? The point being, have you verified your setup plays BD okay?

Alright, suppose the problem isn't with playback. Uninstall ffdshow, Haali, and Avisynth. Manually delete any folders pertaining to them in programs. Delete your BDRB folder as well. Run a registry cleaner like CCleaner. Reboot. Reinstall everything from scratch. Use *only* the versions of the helper programs (tested by jdobbs) available here:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143716

After you decompress the BDRB package, the first thing you should do is right-click the executable and run as administrator. That way it will self-configure. Double-check with inspect.exe.

BTW, I got that movie for my wife and backed it up no problem, so this isn't a one-off that BDRB has trouble with. The problem is your setup. Less likely, your rip may be corrupted, unlikely but possible. If the above doesn't fix the problem, rip it again.

Well, I went ahead and used DVDFab for this particular movie, but I also went through all the steps you just listed. Hopefully that will correct whatever issue was causing Harry Potter to fail. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Also, to answer your question regarding playback, I have two Blu-Ray drives on my computer:

Samsung SH-B123L
Sony BWU-500S

All of my backups have played successfully on both drives.