Can't get multiAVCHD to successfully create an AVCHD folder???

[jwmghf]

Hey guys:

I have been having real problems trying to get multiAVCHD to create a normal AVCHD folder that I can burn to a BD. This is happening with multiple files and I know all the settings are correct in multiAVCHD. I have tried mkvExtract(older version) and then mkvMerge(new version) to demux and remux. I have also tried mkvmerge, gdsmux and mkclean to strip the headers etc... Nothing seems to work. These reports are from an original untouched file. It's the latest log report from multiAVCHD and from mediainfo:

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[11:35:41] Initialising...
[11:35:41] Checking for new version...
[11:35:41] You have the latest build.
[11:35:41] Consistency check finished!
[11:35:41] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

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[11:35:42] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04010767]

[11:36:19] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[11:36:20] Destination [H:]: NTFS, 2882525 MiB (2814.966 GiB) free space
[11:36:20] Temp folder [C:]: NTFS, 159209.32 MiB (155.478 GiB) free space

[11:36:20] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.1 (build 770)
[11:36:20] Selected output mode: AVCHD compatible player (DVD/BD-R disc) [Restricted]

[11:36:20] Processing one title...
[11:36:21] Strict AVCHD folder mode is enabled...
[11:36:21] Processing (H:\DvdLand\Internet Files\Movies\Bluray's\Movies\XXXXXXXXXX\XXXXXXXXXX .mkv)...
[11:36:21] This title is marked for reencoding / uncropping...
[11:36:21] Encoding process may take 10 min to 10 hours, so be patient...

[11:36:21] *** Initiating video encoding:

[11:36:21] *** Original : 1280x544
[11:36:21] *** Crop : 0
[11:36:21] *** Resize : 1280x544 (No change)
[11:36:21] *** Uncrop to : 1280x720
[11:36:21] *** Sharpen : 0
[11:36:21] *** Bitrate : 4899 kbps
[11:36:21] *** Frame rate: Original (24.000)
[11:36:21] *** Level : 4
[11:36:21] *** Quality : One pass (insane)
[11:36:21] *** SAR : 1:1
[11:36:21] *** DAR : 1280x720
[11:36:21] *** Profile : Blu-ray

[11:36:21] *** Encoding : One pass - content: [01:50:35]
[11:36:21] *** Encoding : x264 options: --preset ultrafast -B 4899 -I 48 --level 4 -i 24 -b 3 -m 0 -r 4 --ipratio 1.4 --vbv-bufsize 15000 --vbv-maxrate 14000 --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-20111116\XXXXXXXXXX.720p.[1280x720-24.000].264" "C:\multiAVCHD\_TEMP\multiTEMP-20111116\20111116-113621-uncrop-running.avs"
[11:43:36] *** Close to completion - closing preview...
[11:44:37] *** Speed : 321.24 fps (elapsed: 00:08:15 - Realtime x 13.39)

[11:44:37] *** Transcoding successful!

[11:44:37] Detected subtitles: ID#3:S_HDMV/PGS Language: und
[11:44:37] Detected audio: ID#2:A_AC3 (48000Hz 6ch 640kbps) Language: und
[11:44:37] Attempting to convert A_AC3 audio track #2...
[11:44:37] Encoding A_AC3 to AC3...
[11:44:38] Trying to encode audio with ffmpeg...
[11:47:57] Audio encoded to AC3 successfully!
[11:47:57] Added audio: A_AC3, "c:\multiavchd\_temp\multitemp-20111116\XXXXXXXXXX.t2.ac3", lang=und
[11:47:57] Video codec -1 is not allowed in AVCHD/BDMV...
[11:47:57] Video height (-1) not compliant (480/576/720/1080)! Final output may be distorted.
[11:47:57] Not enough data for meta creation!
[11:47:57] Skipped!

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General
Unique ID : 254002798181591714396010040747117827198 (0xBF1728D4D5D0192CA41ADF95AD2CD47E)
Complete name : H:\DvdLand\Internet Files\Movies\Bluray's\Movies\XXXXXXXXXX (2011)\XXXXXXXXXX.720p.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 4.37 GiB
Duration : 1h 50mn
Overall bit rate : 5 653 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-05-19 09:32:09
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.6.0 ('Still Crazy After All These Years') built on Mar 10 2011 02:50:32
Writing library : libebml v1.2.0 + libmatroska v1.1.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 50mn
Bit rate : 5 007 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.300
Stream size : 3.79 GiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 115 r1995 c1e60b9
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5007 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 50mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 506 MiB (11%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Default : Yes
Forced : No

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It looks like the video codec fails at the end of multi??? I have ffDSHOW installed. The only other codec I installed on this machine is Xvid.

Is there a clue in reading the mediainfo file information if a file has a header that should removed??

Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

[jman98]

What's your ultimate goal here? To just get a disc that plays and you don't need a menu? If so maybe tsmuxer will do the job you want. If your goal is "Must have a menu and create a disc that plays" then maybe someone else can help. I don't use multiAVCHD as I have one of those rare BD players that cannot play anything it produces. I do suggest that if you have a re-writable BD-RE disc handy and your player actually can play it that you try burning anything multiAVCHD produces to it first as some BD players are fussier than others and the author admits that you may have to tweak the settings before you can get multiAVCHD to create something your player will play. You really don't want to be burning coasters with BD discs until you hit on the right settings for playback on your player.

Anyway, thanks for posting the info. I can tell you that it seems that multiAVCHD is barfing because your source file is VC-1 (AVC). Maybe multiAVCHD simply cannot handle VC-1 video input. Someone else will have to comment on that.

[jwmghf]

Thanks for the reply jman. I like the fact that I can put multiple movies on one BD. Problem is a lot of the files aren't working with multi anymore. I will wait for someonelse to chime in and I will google if multi can handle VC-1.

[dragonkeeper]

Try to transcode the files using CLI. That usually works for me.

[jwmghf]

Are you referring to "command line interface?"

[johns0]

You can also use uncropmkv.

[dragonkeeper]

Are you referring to "command line interface?"

Yes use avs, script import your video using directshow, and you can add borders as well if the video height is non-compliant. Use the veryfast pre-set to reduce your encode time.

[jwmghf]

Yes the height is off and needs adjustment. Are there instructions here to try what your suggesting. I have never done it before, but, I'd like to try it!!

[johns0]

Uncropmkv will auto adjust the right height for you to make it compliant.

[dragonkeeper]

Yes the height is off and needs adjustment. Are there instructions here to try what your suggesting. I have never done it before, but, I'd like to try it!!

avisynth scriptcreate in text editor and save with avs extension. script wiill add border if needed)

   video=DirectShowSource("O:\VideoWork\myvideo.mkv")
   videoHeight=video.heigth
   videoWidth=video.width
   tbBorders=(720-videoHeight)/2
   lrBorders=(1280-videoWidth)/2

   video=video.abbborders(lrBorders, tbBorders, lrBorders, tbBorders)

use this script to encode the video using x264

c:\x264\x264.exe --bitrate XXXXX --preset veryfast --tune film --bluray-compat --vbv-maxrate 40000 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --level 4.1 --keyint 24 --open-gop --slices 4 --subme 2 --colorprim "bt709" --transfer "bt709" --colormatrix "bt709" --sar 1:1  -o myVideo.264 myVideo.avs

I don't think uncropMKV will work, it was created by the same author that wrote mutivachd and from the looks of it the both use the same code to uncrop the video.

[johns0]

Uncropmkv will work with vc-1,done it myself,long as you got ffdshow setup right.

[Farscape1]

i would suggest following the instructions here: http://adubvideo.net/how-to/setup-proper-decoding-chain-windows-7

it will save you from a lot of frustration. i haven't had a single issue with vc-1 and mAVCHD since properly setting the decoding chain.

you shouldn't have to worry about writing any scripts to resize the video. and the version of mAVCHD you are using supersedes the latest version of uncropmkv (according to deank). just resize it in the transcode window as you did before.

also, you may want to use eac3to instead of ffdshow for audio conversion...but i guess that's just my personal preference.

[jwmghf]

Thanks guys, I will try all of these things. I like to knowing this stuff. Quick question. With this particular file that I posted above. The height is off and needs adjustment. The film has hard coded subs and I also picked up some external subs and I know how to put them on already. So when the height gets adjusted to the proper settings both sets of sub-titles are gone. Is there a way around that???

[dragonkeeper]

If the subs are hard coded they won't disappear as they are part of the video stream. Perhaps they are embedded subs loaded the vile into media info and see if there is a subtitle stream.

[jwmghf]

If the subs are hard coded they won't disappear as they are part of the video stream. Perhaps they are embedded subs loaded the vile into media info and see if there is a subtitle stream.

I think this is what you wanted to see:

Text

ID : 3 Format : PGS Muxing mode : zlib Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs Default : Yes Forced : No

What does that tell you?

[dragonkeeper]

If the subs are hard coded they won't disappear as they are part of the video stream. Perhaps they are embedded subs loaded the vile into media info and see if there is a subtitle stream.

I think this is what you wanted to see:

Text

ID : 3 Format : PGS Muxing mode : zlib Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs Default : Yes Forced : No

What does that tell you?

I miss understood when u referred to hard sub i instantly thought of encoded mkv/mp4 file.
The subs that you are referring to are probably forced subs, they are often used for example when a BD/HD-DVD title has parts spoken in something other than the selected audio language. Let's say a movie like the "French Connection" for instance if you select the English audio, subs for the portions that are spoken in French are forced to display, instead of all English subtitles, and vice versa if you choose French as the default language the the subs for the portions spoken in English are force to show instead of all French subs.

To get a similar effect in your encoded MKV file you would need to determine which sub-title track is the one that contains the track you want, for instance the non English parts, and set it as the default sub-title track. Unfortunately these tracks aren't appropriately marked , the only certain way i know of is to demux the tracks with eac3to and convert the sup files to sub using bdsup2sub. You can then parse the sub files and by looking at the time codes etc you can determine the correct track. Or you may be able to download them from subtitling site (draw backs to subtitle site is they like to brand their stuff with their site name showing up on screen at the end or begging of the subtitles, and some times the subs the are incorrect ones they will be from DVD instead of blu-ray so the timing will be off, you will have to manual check these things.)