Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released) — Page 430

That I did not expect. So in order for me to go from a film-based 23.9 Hz mkv to BD using the available tools, I must lose the native frame rate?

That would seem to defeat the whole purpose. Just like I wouldn't want to lose the new DTS 5.1 lossless track, I would not want to discard the original frame rate.

I know it appears that 47.9 is roughly twice the 23.9 frame rate and I know that there are other cases when working with video-based encoding that the difference between 30 and 60 Hz is not a problem, but I just don't know how my Blu-Ray player will handle a film-based BD that is not coded at 23.9 Hz.

So, then regarding my choppy playback and erratic chapter skipping, is this also normal when reviewing a Blu-Ray disc in VLC? How do I know my iso is not damaged?

Chewtobacca said:

jdryyz said:

Also, will my actual Blu-Ray player (set top box) still report the 23.9/24 Hz playback with the disc I create?

No.

Sorry.  I misread (actually misquoted) your last statement.  The answer should have been yes. (I meant the "no" to apply to the part about the frame-rate's still being 47.952.)

I get an error when I try to play this file and it will not play.  When I try to use tsMuxeR to convert it to a BluRay.  I get "Invalid H264 NAL Unit Size; NAL Unit Truncated" error.

I downloaded it from MySpleen.

No problem.

So my only concern is why the BD structure isn't playing smoothly. Is there anything in my steps I should double-check?

1) Extract video and audio tracks using MKVExtractGUI.

2) Move files into tsmuxer, create chapter markers, output as Blu-Ray disc.

3) Build BD data in ImgBurn, set FileSystem to UDF, revision to 2.50, output as .ISO file.

I'm using the latest software versions except ImgBurn. I have v2.4.2.0 for that.

The next thing I was going to try is to convert my BD file structure in DVDFab or Toast 11 for Mac and make iso/image files with those.

 

Chewtobacca said:

Sorry.  I misread (actually misquoted) your last statement.  The answer should have been yes. (I meant the "no" to apply to the part about the frame-rate's still being 47.952.)

jdryyz said:

 

So, then regarding my choppy playback and erratic chapter skipping, is this also normal when reviewing a Blu-Ray disc in VLC? How do I know my iso is not damaged?

It is not"normal" for the video to be choppy or skipping around during playback, so it could be your ISO or VLC. Not sure about the VLC framerate, but when I tested my BRD mux via VLC, it played flawlessly. You can confirm the framerate of the file you'll be burning by looking at the .m2ts file in the "STREAM" folder and confirming the detailed properties. If the framerate is at 23.976, you're fine and your BR player and TV will recognize it as such. Does your computer have the specs to run video well?

My BD-R is at 720/24p, although my player "upscales" to 1080. 

jdryyz said:

No problem.

So my only concern is why the BD structure isn't playing smoothly. Is there anything in my steps I should double-check?

 

1) Extract video and audio tracks using MKVExtractGUI.

2) Move files into tsmuxer, create chapter markers, output as Blu-Ray disc.

 

You shouldn't need an ISO file to play this is VLC. All I did (after your "step 2") is go to the BDMV/STREAM folder and play the .m2ts file in VLC. Worked like a charm.

I have tested playback using both a Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz and a Core 2 Quad Extreme system and got the same results.

waspattck said:

jdryyz said:

 

So, then regarding my choppy playback and erratic chapter skipping, is this also normal when reviewing a Blu-Ray disc in VLC? How do I know my iso is not damaged?

It is not"normal" for the video to be choppy or skipping around during playback, so it could be your ISO or VLC. Not sure about the VLC framerate, but when I tested my BRD mux via VLC, it played flawlessly. You can confirm the framerate of the file you'll be burning by looking at the .m2ts file in the "STREAM" folder and confirming the detailed properties. If the framerate is at 23.976, you're fine and your BR player and TV will recognize it as such. Does your computer have the specs to run video well?

 

My BD-R is at 720/24p, although my player "upscales" to 1080. 

I played the m2ts file directly and got pretty much the same results. I need to revise what I said, though. It wasn't so much "choppy" video as it was "not entirely smooth". Since this is only 720p/24, I should be seeing totally smooth playback, just as with the original .mkv file.

Unfortunately, I am unable to test my chapter markers playing the file back this way. I will try one of the other programs to create an iso and do some tests, then I will just try the burn and see how my player handles it.

waspattck said:

You shouldn't need an ISO file to play this is VLC. All I did (after your "step 2") is go to the BDMV/STREAM folder and play the .m2ts file in VLC. Worked like a charm.

OK, while the MKV does not work for me at all, I used the instructions for a PS3 to rip out only the movie and the main English track and burn a BluRay version of the movie for myself.

That BluRay plays perfectly, so I have no issues.  :)

As a note, it plays smoothly on my 1080p 60Hz Panasonic projector (or as perfectly as it can, my eyes do not see any of the issues people say are caused by 60Hz).

Im just trowing out ideas,i dont know how to make menus but in the mean time ill see what i can learn.

http://bayimg.com/jabMFaafB

Thank god for Showtime. Watching on PS3 over SMB and it's amazing. Absolutely fantastic work by a great bunch of people, chiefly Harmy.

What is the password for the usenet download?

The password is usually Harmy, so try that.

Thanks. And thanks for the great work Harmy!

Teeceezy said:

Thank god for Showtime. Watching on PS3 over SMB and it's amazing. Absolutely fantastic work by a great bunch of people, chiefly Harmy.

Could someone translate this for me?

TV's Frink said:

Teeceezy said:

Thank god for Showtime. Watching on PS3 over SMB and it's amazing. Absolutely fantastic work by a great bunch of people, chiefly Harmy.

Could someone translate this for me?

Showtime is a media player for PS3s running custom firmware and SMB is a protocol for sharing files between computers... so he's talking about streaming the movie over his home network from a PC to his PS3 and watching it in Showtime.

It worked!

I burned my BD file structure using DVDFab 8. It only took FIVE hours but it plays back flawlessly, chapters included.

I later found out I should have tried the ImgBurn engine instead for quicker burns. I figured I could do better than ~1x.

cybrsage said:

I get an error when I try to play this file and it will not play.  When I try to use tsMuxeR to convert it to a BluRay.  I get "Invalid H264 NAL Unit Size; NAL Unit Truncated" error.

I downloaded it from MySpleen.

The NAL error is due to header compression that newer versions of MKVtool kit thus mkvmerge now uses by default.

You simply need to remove it.

Here is how: In mkvmerge, under options [file->options] on the mmg tab look for "Disable header removal compression for audio and video tracks by default" and check the box. Then in main window add your .mkv and "start muxing" it will be somewhat fast as in this case it will just be changing the header not really doing a mux Here is the commandline method: mkvmerge --compression 0:none --compression 1:none -o "path and file name of new .mkv aka output file" "path and file name of the mkv file to be processed aka input file"

BTW: I use mkvmerge 4.70 besides it being rock solid stable, mkv's made from later versions will not fast forward >> or reverse properly << on my Blu-Ray player.

Nearsighted Scrappile said:

Farid said:

Guys, what's the exact filesize of the CORRECTED v2.5 MKV file?

Wait. There's a corrected one??? Shit.

The current one I have is 19,216,809,124 bytes. What is wrong with it, and what was the fix?

Does this mean I have to download it all over again? Is the corrected one on MySpleen, with no duplicates running around? That means I will have to shut things down at TPB and KickAss Torrents.

Please somebody let me know what's up.

Freak out much?