Originally posted by odin24:

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Is there a way to convert .h264 files to .avc or .bsf so I can use them with Sonic Scenarist?

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Originally posted by UKDude007:

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I could post info about these video with MediaRawinfo but I'm at work. I'll post it tonight if you need it??

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Originally posted by UKDude007:

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Many thanks! And sorry for trouble! :D

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Originally posted by tripplite:

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RYU thanks i showed this to a friend and they loved it:)
thanks bro i owe you

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Originally posted by 00PuzZLeR:

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Greetings to AfterDawn from Canada! First post here.

Ryu, great thread, this, and the other one on the PS3. Your work has been appreciated enough for me to sign up! Thank you!

However, there is very little mentioned about encoding SD resolution to blu-ray compliant streams (preferably in H.264).

I'm talking about a common-denominator blu-ray encoded stream, one that plays in (virtually) all BD players, not just something shoved into an MP4/AVI/VOB(or MKV/M2TS) and played on a PS3 (or PopcornHour, or whatever.)

The blu-ray spec does allow for H.264 in SD resolution. Since I have a stong interest in migrating/re-encoding/re-muxing my existing SD content to blu-ray (and compliant M2TS) I have a few contributions and questions to add.

Is this the place to ask, or would I be hijacking this thread? I can start another one if necessary.

Thanks again!


Geordie.

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So it seems that you want to keep it in SD but have it in a Blu-ray compliant format? However, you don't want it in MP4, AVI, VOB, MKV or M2TS. Can I ask, why?

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I am almost certain that most stand alone Blu-ray players will have compatibility with some of the above formats, epecially M2TS as that is the container format used on Blu-ray discs anyway.

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It's like comparing a DVD (.vob) to mpg media files. In DVD structure the vob must be 720 x 576@25fps (PAL) or 720 x 480@23.976/29.97fps (NTSC). However, if you have a mpg file burnt onto a data disc in most cases the DVD player can play these without a problem and they don't need to be as compliant. Now, it's important to note that vob files on a DVD are basically mpg media files with a wrapper to allow for menu navigation, multiple audio tracks, subtitles etc. The situation with Blu-ray and M2TS is very similar.

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From what I understand Blu-ray or AVCHD can only work with 720p or 1080p, so SD is not possible inside this format.

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Originally posted by 00PuzZLeR :

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I guess my objective is fluid compatibility. MP4/MKV/AVI and non-BD-compliant M2TS files will need special hardware, or features or codecs installed (outside of the PC). Yet a blu-ray compliant M2TS will play on any player. This common-denominator compatibility is what I'm looking for.

As well, it's pointless to enlarge perfectly good SD content to HD rez. Too much encoding time and wasted extra space. Unless you have the true raw uncompressed source to encode to HD, there is little benefit, if any.

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Originally posted by 00PuzZLeR :

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I agree. However the key words were "am almost certain" and "most", which are not synonymous with "know for sure" and "all" respectively. Not to be a hard-head here, but wouldn't you rather have the peace of mind knowing that you can play a particular video stream anywhere?

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Originally posted by 00PuzZLeR:

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I personally don't have a BD player to test this on as I'm still up-in-arms over that or a PS3 (for my SD content), but what you're saying is that I can take BD compliant content, mux it into M2TS files, burn them (properly) to disc and they will play as raw files? Interesting. Gotta try this with .mpg on a DvD...

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Originally posted by 00PuzZLeR:

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Are you sure about this? I keep hearing yes/no on this. It shows in the AVCHD site that it accepts 480, and so does Wikipedia, and others. I'm just miffed if it's only MPEG-2 streams only for DvD playback, hence my question to the thread. (However AVCHD is exclusively H.264.) Have you, using the MeGUI/x264 profiles for blu-ray, tried it personally with a rez of 720x480 (or 720x576 for Oz)? I'm curious if it will work as a regular playback disc on a stand-alone BD unit. (You may have to change sar=1:1 to something like sar=10:11 to avoid distortion.)

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Originally posted by LOCOENG:

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Nice thread Ryu77, keep up the good work.

Stickied

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Originally posted by 00PuzZLeR:

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I have two questions for the moment:

1)I know that AVCHD and regular BD is not the same. AVCHD only accepts H.264, less audio formats, has limitations on multiple streams, etc. But is what?s accepted into AVCHD a subset of the overall acceptance of BD (which also includes VC-1, MPEG-2, multiple tracks, subtitles, etc.)?

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Originally posted by 00PuzZLeR:

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2)What I?d like to do is encode a few small sample M2TS clips, in SD rez, in compliant blu-ray format, and upload them for a few kind souls to verify that they work on their model player. Is it Ok to do this on this forum? If a couple of people verify that they work on their models I would be thrilled to provide a detailed instruction set of how I encoded them in case anybody else is interested in encoding their SD content to high quality H.264 compatible BD files.

Thanks again Ryu.:-)

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I'm sorry but I can't help you there. My Blu-ray player is a PS3.

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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Odin, I found a guide to compress a HD-DVD to fit onto a DVD-9 (you asked for this a while back). I added a link on the first post on this thread. :-)

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump....3869774

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