As I had some compatibility problems with my past project, I decided to make as many tests I can to reach the best compatibility with standalone BD players.
I should thank a lot Chewtobacca, because he helped me a lot!
Here it is his advice for proper x264 settings to use when encoding BD compliant files:
x264 --pass 1 --bitrate xxxxx --bluray-compat --level 4.1 --preset slow --tune film --keyint 24 --sar 1:1 --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --b-pyramid none --weightp 0 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --merange 24 --stats ".stats" --output NUL "input.avs"
x264 --pass 2 --bitrate xxxxx --bluray-compat --level 4.1 --preset slow --tune film --keyint 24 --sar 1:1 --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --b-pyramid none --weightp 0 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --merange 24 --stats ".stats" --output "output.264" "input.avs"
I followed these settings, and produced a short clip just to test it using a BD-RE; I tried it alone (video only), with one or more soundtracks, with and without subtitles, and in my PS3 it works flawlessy, while in my standalone BD player (a Philips BD-7100) it stutters after few seconds... as I have a strong suspect it is faulty (because sometimes it doens't play also commercial BD), and because I have no access to further standalone BD player, I need your help...
If you have a BD burner, and a standalone BD player (NOT a PS3), you have to download this small clip (650MB), unzip the folders (BD ready), burn the two folders into a BD-RE - or a BD-R, if you have one to "sacrifice" for the cause (^^,) - play it in the standalone BD player and report if it plays well or stutters; standalone BD player model and BD-RE (BD-R) brand are also welcome!
Here you are the files:
https://mega.co.nz/#!kh9iwJCS!YqdOZLvIbhcfhDJLUjICmUXpHlPP5veBYYOZ861P19g
https://mega.co.nz/#!4lMkEJBZ!wNMX9JS1BV4ciPA8GfyXaMnjlnOI2OkhNfeh4dcHazc
https://mega.co.nz/#!NgNn1JAI!ttm53NEb3HnJxOtfwOMb0XhDLMxgWSmDUl9WDu4UYsw
https://mega.co.nz/#!MgMk1LAC!HZp0i9lDKbcoA5_LXqlEAOAzs7LFcy0PXVvMqr--734
Many thanks in advance!!!