tsMuxeR outputs incorrect aspect ratio

[bruce73]

I have a movie ripped as an MKV that has an AR of 2.40 (1920x800) as per MediaInfo. It has header stripping so I ran it through an older version of mkvmerge (4.1) so that it would load into tsMuxeR to remux as a Bluray disc.

However tsMuxeR changed the AR to the standard 16:9, I'm guessing because the MKV was encoded without the black bars. Is this correct? Is there any way around this without having to do a full re-encode (which is a little more bother than I had in mind)? Maybe a magic setting somewhere or perhaps another program? I have a feeling there's not, but thought I'd ask anyway.

[poisondeathray]

If you're using an older blu-ray player (that doesn' t support mkv or cropped files), then there is no way around re-encoding it to add the borders back (e.g. uncropmkv, multiavchd) . Many newer blu-ray players can play mkv directly (usb or disc), cropped or not

[bruce73]

My player (OPPO 83) will play MKVs (as long as they're <5 ref frames), but it won't bitsteam the HD audio. I had hoped I could so a simple conversion to Bluray structure to get around that, but if I have to play them in my HTPC, so be it. Thanks.

[jman98]

1920z800 is not a valid resolution for BluRay, so tsmuxer doesn't really have a way to output a valid BluRay file from that and outputting it in 16:9 is its best attempt to deal with the media. Media players tend to be more forgiving about resolutions as they aren't looking for BluRay and DVD compliance, but many BluRay players have been reported to refused to play MKV files until you re-encode them with black bars to get the resolution up to a valid 1920x1080.

Can you not just strip out the DTS or AC3 core from your HD audio and use that as an alternative to having to re-encode the video portion?

[bruce73]

Oh sure. In fact I don't have to, as the OPPO will play the core automatically (plus there's also a DD5.1 track). I'm not really up the creek. I just wanted to get the most versatility out of the rip before burning.