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I'm a bit lost trying to get a blu ray menu to work the way I have it in my head.
I'd like it so that when the disc is inserted it automatically plays a short 10 second or so intro clip. This then fades to black and then a different 15 second clip fades in and plays, over the final frame of which the video stops and the disc menu appears.
Can this be done with Authoring Works 5 and if so how?
You want to create a First Play Track. In the Source stage, click on the arrow next to the "Add a Track" button on the left hand side of the screen. Select to add a first play track.
The first play track will play once you put the disc in the player, then the menu will appear after it.
So you'd want to put the clips you mention into the first play track, and then add transition effects for your fades.
Cool, thanks for that. Next stumbling block. After playing the first play track the disc immeadiately goes on to play Track 1 rather than go to the top menu. I've got the playback settings set to "Play the header track only" at disc insertion and and "display the track menu or top menu" for track playback end action (I only have a top menu), but it refuses to go to the top menu without user input.
Your disc insertion action should be set to "Display the top menu". I think the header track refers to the first actual track, not the firstplay track. The firstplay track will always play first no matter what insertion action you use.
I created an AVCHD movie and in the output section set the target size to a single layer DVD. In disk writing tool it says the output size is 4478 megabytes and refuses to write to the disk because there is insufficient storage size. I have reprocessed this movie and it comes out the same size again. Why is the program not compressing the files adequately, or if it is, why will disk writing tool not write the file.
From what I've read from other peoples' experiences, that tool is a bit hit and miss. I think people have reported it going slightly over or under the target size.
You may want to try setting a custom target size a little lower than the actual DVD capacity.
I have seen it posted on here before that we have to use the 299 version of the Nvidia drivers or else mkv files will not import properly. I have a kepler based card and I have to use new drivers or else my display is craptacular. Will any pegasys employees please look into this issue. mkv files crash or the program just hangs when they are trying to be imported. I am using my own collection of DVDs to rip to mkv so I can author blurays without having to swap dvds. And I find it impossible to make the program work any more. Even with direct show filter enabled it is NOT working. Please FIX this issue. 5 months and no update to the software that we all paid for is pathetic :(
I downloaded the trial version (from cnet and again from softpedia) and the install program (over 200 mb) does not work. When I run it a box pops up too fast for me to read and then Mega Zipper opens and shows an empty archive. What do I need to do?
I have authoring works and considering purchasing video mastering works. My question is can the two applications share the same proxy file and if so how can it be done.
I record movies for TV and then edit the commercials:
So I have to spend an hour or two in each application creating what esentually is the same proxy file.
If I have a different directory for each application and I copy the proxy file and then go to create will it see the file and use it rather then create a new one. just trying to safe some time if possible.
Still playing with the trial version of video mastering to see if it's easier to create the files for my apple TV and Ipad. Currently edit the show create a DVD and then Rip it to the format. Some times i get audio out of sync with the movie.
Is one listed as Playlist and the other Program? If they both look the same, it won't matter which one you choose.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, the Program files are the actual AV data on the disc. The Playlist files reference the Program files, but can differ since they have the ability to reference certain sections of the program files instead of the entire program file. That's why TAW5 will display both, in case the playlist files have a different composition than the program file.
I rending to Blu ray format and then use writing tool to make blu ray ISO.
I use daemon tool lite for mount ISO and open with cyberlink power dvd 11.
Cyberlink power dvd have error massage "disk not support"
Cyberlink does not support daemon tools. They do not allow you to use virtual drives anymore because of piracy. Sorry but you are going to have to use some other software.
Indeed the policy of PowerDVD has changed over time, but it IS still possible to create and play ISO files.
The most important thing is the folder structure of your Blu-Ray disc before you make it an ISO.
There must be 2 folders: BDMV and CERTIFICATE.
The certificate folder must be empty!
The BDMV Folder MUST contain the following 8 folders (they can be empty, but MUST be there)
AUXDATA, BACKUP, BDJO, CLIPINF, JAR, META, PLAYLIST, STREAM
The BACKUP Folder MUST contain the following 4 folders:
BDJO, CLIPINF, JAR, PLAYLIST
Only if you have this structure you can make this into an ISO which you then can mount with a mount program (virtual clonedrive is a free one) and PowerDVD 10-11-12 will see it as a playable disc.
A couple of days back, I rushed to put a long AVI (DV) video to DVD and forgot to click PAL....result, the movie plays stuttering (due to 25 to 30 fps conversion) :( ...and of course, I erased the AVI file before I realized that :( :( :(
solved! everytime I started the prog it told me quicktime wasn't installed
I ignored it and the prog crashed everytime I tried to import ac3 or mpv
for a motion menu
installed quicktime and didn't have anymore problems
There may be other settings you need to change in order to conform to Blu-ray standards. Post the full details of your source file if you can; you can use a program called MediaInfo to get a detailed report.
Here are the info, hope someone would tell me what's wrong:
General
Complete name : O:\JEC2012\tests\Conference Wind.264
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
File size : 147 MiB
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=24
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 18.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
I generated BluRay compliant TS streams with x264 and want to author those using TAW5, but no matter what settings I try, it always reencodes the whole programm.
So far, I tested the following options:
- "prevent this track from the target size adjustment"
- "output setting" -> automatic (smart rendering prioritized)
Am I missing some ther options here ?
However, using tsMuxeR for outputting those file as BD works just fine and every player I tried accepts those disks, but obviously, tsMuxeR has no option for authoring at all.
Stream details are as follows:
General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : Heimat_1.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 11.8 GiB
Duration : 46mn 1s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 36.6 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps
I would surely appreciate any kind of feedback on this matter ...
On a side note, I noticed the transcoding process causes the videolevels to be ajusted from full to legal levels and that's a major show stopper, since I'm usually working with video legal levels in my clips already.
I think Pegasys does monitor this forum but they won't respond, so I recommend that people contact support if they want a response or if they want to make sure a request/bug is seen.
But to make it short, that book is total overkill to read, so I'll keep it pragmatical and take the trail and error approach.
Right now, I'm trying to encode a 23.976p stream that's supposed to not get reencoded and I'll post the setting, once I'll find them to be compatible with TAW.
that depends on what software you are using ... my example is for the cmd-line version of x264.exe, but I'd think that every GUI frontend for x264 has an option for entering those parameters as well
If you're using TVMW5, you need to select "MPEG file output" to access the advanced h.264 settings. It's a bit difficult to figure out which settings match those parameters though.
I tried all possible settings MP4, M2TS, and TS in the HDPVR and NONE of the files smart rendered in Authoring Works 5. A TS file created a few years ago from the HDPVR did smart render though.
the difference in the video properties were
The 720p/59.94 TS file from a few years ago that smart rendors shows ...nonmbaff.
I noticed thata TS file buff=4, ref=4,nonmbaff smart rendors but buff=2, ref=2, nonmbaff does not smart rendor
The TS 1080i/60 file that does not smart rendors shows both...mbaff, nonmbaff