Does cyberlink powerproducer 6 do any reencoding on level 4 h264 hd files?

[yoda313]

I am considering buying cyberlink powerproducer 6 for my new bluray burner I just bought.

Does it do any reencoding of level 4 h264 files?

Specifically any created by the hauppauge hdpvr 2? (I have the gaming edition plus model 1504)

I haven't bought any authoring software since tmpengc dvd author 2 so I'm a bit out of the loop.

I know that tda 2 wouldn't reencode any dvd compliant mpeg 2 files. Does powerproducer 6 also leave bluray compliant files alone?

Here are the specs for the captured file from a hdpvr2 (my dvr out is set to 720p fyi):

Complete name : D:\caps\HDPVR2_20140314_2029.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 38.0 MiB
Duration : 21s 313ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 14.9 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 21s 121ms
Bit rate : 13.8 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Standard : Component
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.249
Stream size : 34.6 MiB (91%)
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

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 : 21s 345ms
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
Delay relative to video : -654ms
Stream size : 1 001 KiB (3%)

Would this be reencoded by powerproducer 6?

I wouldn't want any unnecessary encoding if I can get away with it. I'd like to plug it and make my menus and all of that jazz.

Thanks for the suggestions.

And if powerproducer 6 does reencode please kindly suggest a bluray authoring package that would create menus without reencoding the above file (I'm looking to not spend over 50.00 usd or around there).

Thanks.

Edit - just to clarify I am going to make BLURAY DISCS (not avchd and not simply a data file burn) from the above captured file (well more like them not that particular test file).

[johns0]

Try multiavchd,it does menus,i wouldn't use or buy any cyberlink since it's crap and they use cinavia in their software player.Can you send a short clip to see what multiavchd does with it.

[yoda313]

It did it with a 20 second clip. There was a mention of transcoding somewhere even though I swear I didn't click the transcode button on the video tab of multiavchd. IT might have been for the menu only. Here is the log file -

[17:08:33] Initialising...
[17:08:33] Checking for new version...
[17:08:34] You have the latest build.
[17:08:34] [04/07/2012] build 771 (latest is: 771) - Few minor fixes (runtime/line 109 errors). Changed handling of some rare flavours of video in MP4 container.
[17:08:34] Consistency check finished!
[17:08:34] Initialization finished. multiAVCHD is ready!

[17:08:34] 5 years and 80 days since multiAVCHD was published.
[17:08:34] 548 people supported it with donations
[17:08:34] and you are the 51228 one to launch the program...
[17:08:34] Support multiAVCHD to extend its features and keep it going!


[17:08:34] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04010767]
[17:09:20] Enable the option to create menu first! (AUTHOR tab)!
[17:09:22] Enable the option to create menu first! (AUTHOR tab)!

[17:12:15] Checking for available space and drive types (FAT32/NTFS)...
[17:12:16] Destination [D:]: NTFS, 188770.38 MiB (184.346 GiB) free space
[17:12:16] Temp folder [D:]: NTFS, 188769.38 MiB (184.345 GiB) free space

[17:12:16] Log started for multiAVCHD v4.1 (build 771)
[17:12:16] Selected output mode: Blu-ray player (BD-R/BD-RE disc)

[17:12:16] Processing one title...
[17:12:16] Processing (D:\caps\HDPVR2_20140314_2134.ts)...
[17:12:17] Detected frame reference count: 3 (max:6).
[17:12:17] Detected video: ID#4113:V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC 1280x720, fps=59.940, ref=3
[17:12:17] Adding AC3 audio track (ID#4352)
[17:12:17] Total of 2 tracks found in this file.
[17:12:17] Creating clip and playlist info (tsMuxeR)...
[17:12:17] Media split set at 4000MiB point...

tsMuxeR (Version 1.10.6) output:
================================================== =============================
Decoding H264 stream (track 1): Profile: High@4.0 Resolution: 1280:720p Frame rate: 59.9401
H.264 stream does not contain fps field. Muxing fps=59.9401
Decoding AC3 stream (track 2): Bitrate: 384Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 6
H264 bitstream changed: insert pict timing and buffering period SEI units
Processed 1319 video frames
Creation of Blu-ray playlist
Creation of Blu-ray stream info and seek index
Mux successful complete.
Muxing time: 1 sec
================================================== =============================

================================================== =============================
tsMuxeR meta:
================================================== =============================
MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --blu-ray --vbr --custom-chapters=00:00:00.000 --split-size=4000MiB --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "D:\caps\HDPVR2_20140314_2134.ts", insertSEI, contSPS, track=4113, fps=59.940
A_AC3, "D:\caps\HDPVR2_20140314_2134.ts", track=4352, lang=und, timeshift=-673ms
================================================== =============================
[17:12:19] Media transfer: 00000 -> 00000.m2ts
[17:12:19] Processing playlist...
[17:12:19] Title #1 added: "HDPVR2 20140314 2134"
[17:12:19] Verifying title...
[17:12:22] Title has: 1 audio tracks and 0 subtitle tracks

[17:12:22] Preparing authoring information...
[17:12:22] Creating NTSC top menu.
[17:12:22] Setting pop-up menu...
[17:12:23] *** [00000.mpls] - Adding pop-up menu [1080p]...
[17:12:23] *** Completed!
[17:12:23] Authoring menu (NTSC).
[17:12:23] Creating title thumbnails for 1 titles (XMB)...
[17:12:26] Using 1 thumbnail/chapter links for title #1...
[17:12:26] *** Extracting 1 chapter thumbnails...
[17:12:26] *** Chapter #1 [00:00:00.000] set for thumbnail at [00:00:10.966]
[17:12:27] Image processing for XMB menu completed!

[17:12:27] Preparing menu pages...

[17:12:28] Encoding static XMB menu page [1/1] [Static title thumbnail].
[17:12:52] Encoding static XMB menu page [1/1]: Chapter page [1/1].
[17:12:56] Encoding static XMB menu page [1/1]: Setup page (audio/subtitle).
[17:12:59] Menu authoring completed.

[17:13:00] Encoding Title List menu page [1/1].
[17:13:17] Setting main menu for 1 titles...
[17:13:17] Playback will end after title #1.
[17:13:17] Setting menu properties...
[17:13:17] Selected TV system: [NTSC]
[17:13:17] Processing clip (CPI/CLPI) files...
[17:13:18] Completed.
[17:13:18] Setting Blu-ray format...
[17:13:20] Done!

[17:13:20] Saving multiAVCHD quick-load project (mpf):
[17:13:20] D:\AVCHD\multiAVCHD.mpf (OK!)

Compilation summary:
Format: Blu-ray player (BD-R/BD-RE disc)
Name : multiAVCHD
================================================== =============================
1. HDPVR2 20140314 2134 [00:00:22]
================================================== =============================
Overall duration : 00:00:22
Output size : 53 MiB (0.052 GiB)

[17:13:20] D:\AVCHD folder created (AVCHD/Blu-ray output)!
[17:13:20] Burn its CONTENTS to BD-R/RE UDF 2.50/2.60 disc!
[17:13:22] You may now remove temp folder (D:\tempmultiavchd\multiTEMP-20140315\).
[17:13:22] Your compilation contains 0hrs 0min 22sec of video material.

[17:13:22] multiAVCHD finished in 66.11 seconds (00:01:06.110)!

[17:13:22] End of log.


So does this mean it DID NOT transcode the original h264 file?

I got a basic menu and I did not do any chapters since it was so short.

[johns0]

It wasn't encoded,you will get a message if the file need to be re-encoded.

[yoda313]

It wasn't encoded,you will get a message if the file need to be re-encoded.

Sounds good. Thanks for reminding me about it. Since it was abandoned I forgot about it.

I'll give it a go and burn with imgburn.

I already did a successful tsmuxer bd folder from a full hdpvr2 cap. It plays perfectly on my ps3.



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