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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
I'm not sure if this function is available, but I can find no reference of it.
It would save me a significant amount of time if when creating a DVD Menu, I could import the source video's file name (without the extension), or possibly info from the file's metadata, to track and chapter titles. Currently, I have to type these by hand, which is incredibly time consuming when I have 30+ source videos.
It would even be an advantage to be able to just see the source video title when a certain chapter or track is selected during menu editing. That would save me having to exit the DVD Menu section and click over to the Source section just to see which source video is under each track.
Go to the Preferences-->Project default settings, and for Track title, select "Auto fill first clip name." That way, it should use the name of the first clip you add to a track.
You can also choose to use the clip name for chapters.
Is it possible to have subtitles on by default? In other words, can I author a DVD that displays subtitles without the user having to pick a DVD menu item or using the subtitle control on the player?
You may need to disable other file readers to force TVMW5 to use the directshow file reader.
First, check which file reader is being used to open the file by going to the Clip Properites window. The file reader should be listed in the Video stream info box.
Go to Preferences-->Input/output format list-->File input plugin, and then uncheck whatever file reader is being used to open the file. Directshow is at the bottom, so other file readers have priority over it unless they are disabled.
I had installed CoreAVC 2.0 with Haali media spliter. With Haali and ffdshow togethers I can decode DTS audio.
I try then with Win7DSFilterTweaker 5.5 for choose/select what codecs I want to use for decode severals video formats and I enable VC-1 decode whith ffdshow.
This not work and Tmpgenc 5 not decode VC-1...
But... I install a new coreAVC software versión (3) and reinstall y reconfigure ffdshow and now VC-1 works.
Resume:
-Install coreAVC 3 (CUDA enable).
-Install ffdshow 4475. Only enable VC-1 (wmv9) and DTS (libdts) decoders for me.
-Use Win7DSFilterTweaker 5.5 for to enable ffdshow for decode VC-1.
Under Windows 7 64bit i only use Haali Media Splitter and FFDSHOW, no extra tools or codec packs installed at all and i have full VC-1 support in both TVMW5 and TAW5.
In FFDSHOWS's Video decoder configuration, Codecs, what i have done is to change VC-1 setting to wmv9 and Raw video to All supported.
"You have not set FFDSHOW's VC-1 support correctly.
In FFDSHOW open the Video decoder configuration and then go to Codecs.
Here find VC-1 and change it to: wmv9
Now FFDSHOW has been opened up for decoding VC-1 coded video correctly."
I am not agree. I try several setting (wmv9 included) and not work, why?, I dont know.
I had not enabled Raw video before. Thanks for your help, I have enabled now.
I have a few portable media players that are very specific to the video format they will play.I used the mediainfo software to check the videos and the only ones that will play are the ones who show the following:
Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L3
the only way i can get a video with this format is if i use your quicktime .mov profile then change the .mov extension to .mp4 then the video will play and shows the same format as above. But this profile has no options for res. or bitrate.
If I use your .mp4 profiles the video is as follows:
Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L2.0
and this will not play in my players. Is there a profile that will get me the mp4 visual style video.
Well as long as I stay under 800X600 and 29fps the videos seem to be ok as long as there MPEG-4 Visual. I have tried all the iphone formats changing all the settings possible. If I use Handbrake and select the classic format the videos come out perfect. But I bought this software to cut out commercials and Handbrake does not do this. I did notice that the "MPEG-4 Visual" and Handbrake files that work are H.263.
If you have the Xvid codec, you can use the AVI output format and the Xvid MPEG-4 codec to create a H.263 ASP@L3 video. The output file will have an .avi extension though.
The Xvid settings will let you set the number of passes, bitrates, and more.
Thanks tkrave, this is exactly what I needed, my sony portable dvd player will play .avi files encoded with .mp4 files. I made a couple test videos and they played perfectly. Thanks again for you help, You are awesome.
Is it possible to concatenate in a single MP4 file several "segments" that have been encoded with different H.264 parameters ? I know how to do this with MPEG-2, but don't know which tool to use for H.264/MP4 files ?
(example: you may want part of a movie encoded in CBR, and another in VBR; or a different encoding "strategy" for parts of a movie like: smaller GOP, better control of banding in the shades of extremely dark scenes, etc.)
Now that TAW5 allows the duration of the highlight to be delayed, I am hoping that an update will enable highlights to be faded in, as well. This feature would add a more professional look to the finished menu.
Add all of your videos as clips in the Source stage, in the order you want them from top to bottom. In the Format stage, make sure to select to output all videos as one file (there should be a drop down menu for this option towards the top of the window.
Hi,
I have a DVD that was created from an old 4:3 source (video tape). When I import into VMW5 I can see that the black bars at the sides are actually a part of the video, so the software correctly identifies it as 16:9 (interlaced) video.
I would like to encode this as a 4:3 (progressive) video file, and minimize any loss of quality since being from video it is already not great.
What is the best way to remove the black bars? Do I use the "Crop" filter function?
Any tips for keeping the final video as true to the original as possible?
Yes, you'll need to use the crop function to crop out the black bars.
For maintaining quality, I like outputting as MPEG-4 AVC and using the VBR constant quality settings. You can set quality to 100 (the max). Since your source was DVD and you've cropped it, you can probably get away with a pretty low bitrate and still maintain the source's details.