Looking for a BD Authoring software that dont re-encode MPEG2 Files

[faramith]

Hi! Im looking for a good authoring program for blu-ray that works similar to DVD LAB Pro 2, so that I can place SD MPEG2 Files and it wont re-encode them. I was going to get TMPEG Authoring Works 4 but i read somewhere that it re-encodes them.

thanks!

[jman98]

tsmuxer won't re-encode anything but it can't produce menus. If you don't care about menus it is a good choice.

multiAVCHD can make simple windows and it also won't re-encode but some BluRay players are fussy about what it produces. If you use it I suggest that you burn to a re-writable disc first and see if it plays OK as there are various settings you can adjust if it has trouble playing your disc.

[vcd4ever]

I was going to get TMPEG Authoring Works 4 but i read somewhere that it re-encodes them.

TAW4 doesn't re-encodes them if they are blu-ray compliant.


vcd4ever.

[faramith]

I was going to get TMPEG Authoring Works 4 but i read somewhere that it re-encodes them.

TAW4 doesn't re-encodes them if they are blu-ray compliant.
vcd4ever.

thanks for the replies

Ok I tried TAW4 on a friend's house, this software is dumb as hell...

we converted 32 AVI files into M2TS BLU-RAY Compliant files using the same TAW4 program 700MB aprox each M2TS. totaling 22400MB
then we authored a Blu-Ray using those 32 files, the resulting output had shrink to 21760 or 680MB per file.
so TAW4 does re-encodes M2TS compliant files, the setting per track was to use a smart-rendering process since there is no option to not RENDER.. and still did.

has anyone used DVD Architect PRO 5.2? I hear it can make blu-rays , dot it re-encode files as well?

thanks!

[johns0]

You don't need to convert the avi files twice with taw4,just input the avi and author as blu-ray,if the files were compliant they will show as blue in the source rendering window.How long did it take to author the project?If it was fairly quick then taw4 did some smart rendering if the files were compliant.

[faramith]

You don't need to convert the avi files twice with taw4,just input the avi and author as blu-ray,if the files were compliant they will show as blue in the source rendering window.How long did it take to author the project?If it was fairly quick then taw4 did some smart rendering if the files were compliant.

thing is, first we placed 16 25min avi files in the project, the project came rendered into 14.5 GB (900MB per file or so), so we added more files to test, so logic will tell me it will fit more, so we did the project again with 32 files and it finished into 15GB (500MB per file) so it seems TAW4 truncated the output to 15GB even tho It says 25GB output, so we had to encode files into 700GB so that I could fit them all into a project so TAW4 smart render them into the full BD-R, but again it shrink each file more..

I also ripped a VOB from a DVD, (20 minutes long, demultiplexed it into an M2V, made a single project, the file was 848MB, TAW4 smart render it, into 1.30GB, I then tried again smart rendering in CBR instead of VBR and it rendered into 1.70GB.. whats the problem here, I thought MPEG2 videos from DVDs where blu-ray compliant? O_oa

[edDV]

You need to define your source files by codec not extension.

DVD compliant MPeg2 is BluRay compatible only at 720x480/576 resolution.

Divx/xvid is not Blu-Ray compliant nor is DV-AVI . These would require re-encode.

Audio needs to be PCM, AC3 or other supported codec.

If the video codec is compliant, you can re-encode just the audio.

All will need a container change to m2ts for Blu-Ray and a BDMV folder will need to be created.

[faramith]

yes as I mentioned in my last reply we tried using the MPEG2 from a DVD source and it got rendered from 848MB to 1.3GB with smart rendering (VBR) on and also 1.7GB using CBR smart render :/

[edDV]

yes as I mentioned in my last reply we tried using the MPEG2 from a DVD source and it got rendered from 848MB to 1.3GB with smart rendering (VBR) on and also 1.7GB using CBR smart render :/

There is no need to re-encode compliant video. You just need to demux and join your VOB video/audio streams then remux to a m2ts wrapper. I doubt "smart-render" applies here because re-encode isn't necessary at all.

Try TSMuxer or MultiAVCHD.

For TSMuxer just add+join your VOBs, then export to Blu-Ray. Result is a BDMV folder that can be burned with ImgBurn.

For MultiAVCHD see the tutorial
http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/tutorial.php

[faramith]

Thanks, but im looking more for a good program that lets me make a profesional looking menu with popup menus etc, TAW4 lets me do it but it re-encodes MPEG2 automatically

[videopoo]

We already answered your question in the last thread. The kind of authoring and functionality is complicated and pricey. Theres nothing to accommodate newbies...no offense

[faramith]

wow I didnt even remembered that post, still I thought in 1 year we'd had more options