Troubles Burn MKV to DVD

[mjperk]

I have been using tsMuxeR and ImgBurn to burn my huge collection of MKV files to Blu-Ray disks. With a few exceptions this has been going well. My problem is that many of my movies are in the 4GB range and I'd like to put them on DVD's instead of BDs. I thought the process would be relatively similar but have been running into issues. Here is what I do.

1.) Use tsMuxeR to convert the MKV to AVCHD output
2.) Use ImgBurn to copy the BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders onto the DVD

I've noticed that when using tsMuxeR, the output for settings using both Blu-Ray Disc or AVCHD are extremely similar, if not the same. In either case, I tried creating both versions and burning them to a DVD.

In the end it says everything is successful, but when I put the DVD into the Blu-Ray player (which IS capable of playing AVCHD content) I just get sound. The Player's menu background stays up while the audio plays in the sound, but no visuals show up. I went back to check that the "level" in tsMuxeR was set to 4.1, and I'm using UDF 2.5 in ImgBurn. Finally, I ensured that the file was in a standard 1280x720 format. I'm a bit lost as to what I'm doing wrong. Do I use a different UDF for DVD's vs. Blu-Ray? Do I not burn the BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders to the disk, and rather something else? I've tried it for several movies but get the same problem every time.

[poisondeathray]

use mediainfo (view=>text) on the problematic mkv file, copy & paste the information back here

[mjperk]

Thanks for the quick reply!

The output for the base MKV is:
General
Unique ID : 198651315478525549997812211672588198927 (0x9572DA08D3E7832D9168BE4EF59FA40F)
Complete name : A:\Movie Downloads\American Pie Presents The Naked Mile-2006-720p.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 1
File size : 4.10 GiB
Duration : 1h 37mn
Overall bit rate : 6 021 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-01-29 17:07:02
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.1.0 ('Another Place To Fall') built on Dec 31 2007 20:13:50
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 11 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate : 5 635 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.245
Stream size : 3.76 GiB (92%)
Writing library : x264 core 57 svn-709C
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=hex / fpel_cmp=sad / subme=6 / me-prepass=0 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=5635 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 37mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 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 : 268 MiB (6%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : SSA
Codec ID : S_TEXT/SSA
Codec ID/Info : Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No




And the output for the muxed AVHCD file is:
General
Complete name : A:\Movie Downloads\Muxed Movies\American Pie Presents the Naked Mile
Format : Blu-ray movie
Duration : 13h 15mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 0 bps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 11 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 13h 15mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 635 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 40.0 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Stream size : 31.3 GiB
Writing library : x264 core 57 svn-709C
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=hex / fpel_cmp=sad / subme=6 / me-prepass=0 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=2 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=5635 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.3
Language : English
Source : 00000.m2ts

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 13h 15mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 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 : 2.13 GiB
Language : English / English
dialnorm : -27
dialnorm/String : -27 dB
compr : 6.02
compr/String : 6.02 dB
dynrng : 6.02
dynrng/String : 6.02 dB
bsid : 8
dialnorm_Average : -27
dialnorm_Average/String : -27 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -27
dialnorm_Minimum/String : -27 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -27
dialnorm_Maximum/String : -27 dB
dialnorm_Count : 2
compr_Average : 6.02
compr_Average/String : 6.02 dB
compr_Minimum : 6.02
compr_Minimum/String : 6.02 dB
compr_Maximum : 6.02
compr_Maximum/String : 6.02 dB
compr_Count : 2
dynrng_Average : 6.02
dynrng_Average/String : 6.02 dB
dynrng_Minimum : 6.02
dynrng_Minimum/String : 6.02 dB
dynrng_Maximum : 6.02
dynrng_Maximum/String : 6.02 dB
dynrng_Count : 2
format_identifier : AC-3
Source : 00000.m2ts

Text
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : 144
Duration : 13h 15mn
Language : English / English
Source : 00000.m2ts

Menu
00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:05:00.000 : Chapter 2
00:10:00.000 : Chapter 3

.......
13:10:00.000 : Chapter 159
13:15:00.000 : Chapter 160



Right off the bat I see a 13h play time? That can't be right...

[poisondeathray]

Although many players can play out of spec streams, 8 reference frames is not compatible for avchd or blu-ray - it needs to be re-encoded with compatible settings (6 or fewer for full compatibility at 1280x720 resolution) .

Also, strictly speaking, 1280x720p25 isn't compatible or in the specs (720p25 is usually authored with double pulldown or fake 720p50 by duplicating frames)

There are other settings that are problematic as well - The keyframe interval must be 1sec or less (--keyint 25), unless you use special 2sec GOP settings , and you need to specify other things such as --vbv maxrate and bufsize for buffer compatibility

You might use something like avchdcoder or multiavchd they should "fix" everything for you

[mjperk]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot. I'm trying to do a non-compliant Blu Ray now that is 13GB. It's been going for an hour now, so we'll see how/if it turns out. I appreciate the help though.