Seriously, is there a way in which I would be able to obtain (or mux for myself) the movie and extras on a single disc?
Would that require me to re-encode the video track at the bitrate of the AVCHD?
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
You wouldn't have to re-encode if you used a BD-50.
Well, he wouldn't have to re-encode but he would have to do some voodoo, to get it all working properly.
Harmy said:
Well, he wouldn't have to re-encode but he would have to do some voodoo, to get it all working properly.
By voodoo are you referring to doing that layer timing thing? He would also have to change menus aroound a little adding in more buttons and stuff like that. By the way how are the menus going? I know you showed the video that would play in the background but how does it look with all the buttons like play movie scene selections setup
Harmy said:
OK, Mavimao, I'll be sending you the scripts as I finish them :-)
I have a different problem though and that is that my BD player only shows ten audio tracks (and for some reason, it shows the 1st nine and the last one). I hope this is just the player's restriction for MKV and not some general BD format restriction. I can't remember if any of my commercial BDs has more than 10 language tracks, but the most I can recall is around 8. This could be why Encore won't import more than 8 tracks. I hope not.
EDIT: I just found a commercial BD that has over 12 audio tracks, so it should be fine.
Blu-ray supports up to 32 Audio Tracks - I think the reason Encore tops out at 8 is this is how many DVD supports - is there some smart option to render a DVD from your Encore Blu-ray project? I wonder if they have gone with the lowest common denominator...
I have no idea what layer timing thing you mean to be honest, but yes, he would have to create a whole new menu and stuff.
DVD-BOY said:
Harmy said:
OK, Mavimao, I'll be sending you the scripts as I finish them :-)
I have a different problem though and that is that my BD player only shows ten audio tracks (and for some reason, it shows the 1st nine and the last one). I hope this is just the player's restriction for MKV and not some general BD format restriction. I can't remember if any of my commercial BDs has more than 10 language tracks, but the most I can recall is around 8. This could be why Encore won't import more than 8 tracks. I hope not.
EDIT: I just found a commercial BD that has over 12 audio tracks, so it should be fine.
Blu-ray supports up to 32 Audio Tracks - I think the reason Encore tops out at 8 is this is how many DVD supports - is there some smart option to render a DVD from your Encore Blu-ray project? I wonder if they have gone with the lowest common denominator...
I believe there are 10 audio tracks showing on Harmy's BD player, like mine. When I use VLC on my computer, everything is recognized, but feeding it through my Blu-ray limits the audio options to 10. Probably a player MKV limitation. The physical Blu-ray should be fine.
Regardless, I can certainly live with 10 audio tracks worst case if I mux out the foreign tracks.
michaelkirschner said:
Harmy said:
Well, he wouldn't have to re-encode but he would have to do some voodoo, to get it all working properly.
By voodoo are you referring to doing that layer timing thing? He would also have to change menus aroound a little adding in more buttons and stuff like that. By the way how are the menus going? I know you showed the video that would play in the background but how does it look with all the buttons like play movie scene selections setup
Is it Christmas already?
What are the visual differences between 2.5 and 2.1? Anything I would notice playing them side by side?
Feallan said:
HanDuet said:
On that note, the proper thread has been given a proper update by the forum's mod, Moth3r. It's beautiful now.
I like this part:
Ignore anything TV's Frink says.
I bet your favorite food is dry white toast.
The space limit on a single-layer BD is somewhere around 23.5 GB. 17.9 as-is without any extras is fast approaching that.
I suppose you could start dropping selected audio (particularly lossless audio) to create more space, then of course the revised menus.
There wouldn't be any layer break on a BD-25, of course so no worries there. Even if there were, the software would handle that seamlessly.
seattlematt said:
What are the visual differences between 2.5 and 2.1? Anything I would notice playing them side by side?
Ok, I'm currently seeding the mkv and my port is open so I assumed I should be able to upload to more than one person at a time. Unfortunately this isn't the case. If anyone can tell me how to configure Utorrent to upload to more than one person at a time it would be appreciated.
TV's Frink said:
I like this part:
Ignore anything TV's Frink says.
I bet your favorite food is dry white toast.
I'd like four fried chickens, and a coke.
Can I get just one rib? I sure am hungry!
stretch009 said:
Ok, I'm currently seeding the mkv and my port is open so I assumed I should be able to upload to more than one person at a time. Unfortunately this isn't the case. If anyone can tell me how to configure Utorrent to upload to more than one person at a time it would be appreciated.
In "Options" ->"Preferences", under the "Bandwidth" tab, there is a section titled "Number of Connections". Check the numbers next to "Global Maximum Number of Connections", "Maximum Number of Connected Peers Per Torrent" and "Number of Upload Slots Per Torrent".
Mine are currently set to 350, 85 and 4 respectively. Beyond that, if you aren't connecting to more than one peer at a time, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can't. At present there are...26 seeders for the torrent, so perhaps the tracker doesn't think you need to seed to more than one at a time.
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
Harmy:
Thanks for your hard work, and all the people who helped you to make this beautiful version 2.5
Here in my country Chile there are many people who love Star Wars and see the original version is almost a dream ... which is now a reality ...
:)
waspattck said:
The space limit on a single-layer BD is somewhere around 23.5 GB. 17.9 as-is without any extras is fast approaching that.
I suppose you could start dropping selected audio (particularly lossless audio) to create more space, then of course the revised menus.
There wouldn't be any layer break on a BD-25, of course so no worries there. Even if there were, the software would handle that seamlessly.
digitalfreaknyc said:
waspattck said:
The space limit on a single-layer BD is somewhere around 23.5 GB. 17.9 as-is without any extras is fast approaching that.
I suppose you could start dropping selected audio (particularly lossless audio) to create more space, then of course the revised menus.
There wouldn't be any layer break on a BD-25, of course so no worries there. Even if there were, the software would handle that seamlessly.
Hell no. Don't drop the lossless audio. Drop the various languages. Those matter MUCH less.
International accessibility vs audiophiles
What on Earth are you guys even talking about? :D
Just curious, what bitrate (and other encoder settings) did you use for your AVCHD DVD9's for the previous versions?
Well, I guess it's no secret, so here goes:
"C:\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 6500 --bluray-compat --level 4.1 --preset veryslow --keyint 48 --sar 1:1 --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 15000 --vbv-maxrate 15000 --open-gop --weightp 0 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --me umh --merange 64 --deblock -1:-1 --qcomp 0.8 --stats ".stats" --output NUL "C:\sw2.1_source.avs"
"C:\x264.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 6500 --bluray-compat --level 4.1 --preset veryslow --keyint 48 --sar 1:1 --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 15000 --vbv-maxrate 15000 --open-gop --weightp 0 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --me umh --merange 64 --deblock -1:-1 --qcomp 0.8 --stats ".stats" --output "K:\avchd.264" "C:\sw2.1_source.avs"
PAUSE
And for the MKV/BD:
"K:\\FINAL ENCODE\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 13500 --bluray-compat --level 4.1 --preset veryslow --keyint 24 --sar 1:1 --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --open-gop --weightp 0 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --me umh --merange 48 --deblock -2:-2 --qcomp 0.8 --aq-strength 0.8 --stats ".stats" --output NUL "K:\FINAL ENCODE\sw2.5_source.avs"
"K:\\FINAL ENCODE\x264.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 13500 --bluray-compat --level 4.1 --preset veryslow --keyint 24 --sar 1:1 --slices 4 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --open-gop --weightp 0 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --me umh --merange 48 --deblock -2:-2 --qcomp 0.8 --aq-strength 0.8 --stats ".stats" --output "C:\Users\Harmy\Favorites\Odkazy\_Media\Films\C\Bluray_Encode.264" "K:\FINAL ENCODE\sw2.5_source.avs"
PAUSE
Thanks for that very quick answer. I'll just make my own 8'ish GB version of the 2.5er :)
I also decoded the DTS-HD MA mono track with eac3to (and ArcSoft Decoder), and it looks absoltutley fine in Audacity, so it's most definitley a player implentation problem.
timdiggerm said:
digitalfreaknyc said:
waspattck said:
The space limit on a single-layer BD is somewhere around 23.5 GB. 17.9 as-is without any extras is fast approaching that.
I suppose you could start dropping selected audio (particularly lossless audio) to create more space, then of course the revised menus.
There wouldn't be any layer break on a BD-25, of course so no worries there. Even if there were, the software would handle that seamlessly.
Hell no. Don't drop the lossless audio. Drop the various languages. Those matter MUCH less.International accessibility vs audiophiles
Though I only speak English, I have to side with accessibility on this issue.
There are more people who want to watch Star Wars spoken in their native language than there are people who have enough money to buy a big theatre-style entertainment room for their house with 7.1 surround.
I take that back. If it were me, I would compromise and maybe have only the default audio track be lossless; maybe drop only a few of the foreign dubs; and if necessary, drop the video bitrate down a hair.
This is all just speculation of course. Harmy, you can do whatever you want.
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
chyron8472 said:
Though I only speak English, I have to side with accessibility on this issue.
There are more people who want to watch Star Wars spoken in their native language than there are people who have enough money to buy a big theatre-style entertainment room for their house with 7.1 surround.
I realize you crossed this out, but if you're making a disc for your own uses, why bother keeping a bunch of extra languages in? Your argument would make perfect sense for a disc that's intended for wide distribution, but unless you regularly host international viewings of Star Wars, I don't see how stripping out unneeded language dubs from a personal disc is even up for debate.