Originally posted by odin24:

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Is it a slight delay, or is it way off? Is it a gradual delay getting worse towards the end, or does it have the same out of sync time throughout the movie?

You can add a delay or a negative delay to the srt subs with tsMuxeR.

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Originally posted by solidus3:

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Originally posted by odin24:

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Is it a slight delay, or is it way off? Is it a gradual delay getting worse towards the end, or does it have the same out of sync time throughout the movie?

You can add a delay or a negative delay to the srt subs with tsMuxeR.

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shit, haha, you're right

how can i check the video without actually burning it on dvd?

and is it possible to use .m2ts as a demuxed video with .srt subtitles streamed to ps3, which will SHOW the subtitles?

have you guys gotten that work?

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Originally posted by odin24:

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Unfortunately subs are not compatible in the m2ts format alone, it must be structured in the Blu-Ray format.

Your best bet would be to get a DVD-RW and have at it with trial and error. If that's not feasable I suggest; Make your m2ts with just video and audio and place it in the same folder with your srt sub file and make sure they have the same name (i.e. 123.m2ts and 123.srt). Then open the movie with Nero Showtime, the subs should play automatically with the video, if not right click on the playing movie and locate the options for subtitles and enable them. This should give you a good idea how off they are.

There might be an easier way but that is the way I have done it.

Hope this help, Good luck. Lemme know how you do.

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Originally posted by solidus3:

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Originally posted by odin24:

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Unfortunately subs are not compatible in the m2ts format alone, it must be structured in the Blu-Ray format.

Your best bet would be to get a DVD-RW and have at it with trial and error. If that's not feasable I suggest; Make your m2ts with just video and audio and place it in the same folder with your srt sub file and make sure they have the same name (i.e. 123.m2ts and 123.srt). Then open the movie with Nero Showtime, the subs should play automatically with the video, if not right click on the playing movie and locate the options for subtitles and enable them. This should give you a good idea how off they are.

There might be an easier way but that is the way I have done it.

Hope this help, Good luck. Lemme know how you do.

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i feel like such a jackass, i finally got it working

this is what i was doing wrong:

using avi mux app to split the mkv into 2 manageable portions, so i could burn on 2 separate dvds....everything worked fine, including the subtitles, up until using tsmuxer to create a blu ray dvd....for some reason, the subtitled ended up 3 minutes behind....yikes

this is what i did to fix this:

i placed the original 5gb file into tsmuxer and muxed it into m2ts, splitting them at 3gb....then i got each file and used tsmuxer again to create 2 blu ray dvds....popped the newly burned files onto my ps3 and the subtitles are in synch with video and audio

thank goodness for tsmuxer...and to sum it up, SRT SUBTITLES WORK!!!!

so i guess a relative question is

is there a way besides megui to shorten the size of the video file to fit the demuxed files onto a dvd5?

damn megui keeps crashign wheniver i try to load an avs script

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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Yes, there is. Create a folder on your external media (USB drive, external HDD etc.) named "AVCHD". Then put the "BDMV" and "CERTIFICATE" folders in there and all should be good! :-)

Also, you will need to name all files to the 8.3 format. There is a tool that can automate this for you.

Here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/?ywt2wysnzb1

Just place that application in your AVCHD folder and run it from there.

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Originally posted by odin24:

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Nero Recode will do the trick, not as precise as MeGUI though. Did you try uninstall/reinstalling MeGUI?

Could it be the scripts you are trying to load? Are you using MeGUI's script creator or are you using notepad?

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Originally posted by solidus3:

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can you tell me what your outputting?

i'm guessing you're talking about

720p video
avchd
srt subtitles

without having to edit the srt subtitles at all?

i've tried this already but the tsmuxer outputs the srt subtitles with a delay in their display

originally the subtitles are synchronized, but after using tsmuxer, the new video has delayed subtitles

dunno what gives or what to do

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Originally posted by rnguyen:

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Hey that was great information! Thanks for answering all of those questions, but now I have a few new ones:

1. Does the software convert the VC-1 and mpeg2 files sometimes found on BD to the compatible m2ts?
2. Don't the big file sizes make streaming difficult/frustrating? And won't you lose more quality burning it onto a DVD9? I haven't actually ripped a BD yet, so I don't know the typical file sizes of the movies on there. Are they usually under 8.5gb?
3. I like subtitles and I've skimmed through and noticed that a few people are having issues with it. If I ripped a BD movie and it was in the proper m2ts format, would I then be able to stream it through my home network to the PS3 without loss of the subtitles?

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Originally posted by mixja666:

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If you don't want to have to recode VC-1 video or DTS audio, have large files > DVD9 and don't have a Bluray burner, one alternative that works well for me is to use an external hard disk (I use my 30GB iPod) to create a playable AVCHD "disc" that supports VC-1 and/or DTS audio.

It has been described partially in places in this thread but to summarise:

1. Prepare your source video and audio streams appropriately.

2. Use TsMuxer to remux your content to a Blu-ray disc structure. Make sure you use the split feature to set maximum file size to 4GB (this overcomes the FAT32 limitation for external HDD - Bluray supports split files so playback will automatically transition to the next split file)

3. Run the 8.3 file rename tool (http://www.mediafire.com/?ywt2wysnzb1) to create a compliant file naming structure

4. Create a folder called AVCHD in the root directory of your external HDD and place the BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders in the folder.

5. Attach your external HDD and open it in the PS3 XMB. A single folder called AVCHD should appear, selecting this will automatically start playing the "disc".

The only issues with the above are:

- Must be 1920x1080 or 1280x720 - green bars will appear for any other resolutions. This is not really an issue for me as I'm only using this method for my old HD-DVD collection (many of which are VC-1 encoded), which specify a resolution of 1920x1080 regardless of the aspect ratio.

- When transitioning between each split file, there is a slight pause (much like the pause that occurs during the transition between layers on DVD9)

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Originally posted by Ryu77:

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With all due respect, what do you mean it has been described partially?

I gave all the instructions necessary.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/621809/4003005

As you can see, the post that I explained the procedure to run Blu-ray folders straight from external media was in reply to a post that had already specified that he had created Blu-ray folders. I don't think it was neccessary to then explain that the files must be Blu-ray compliant as I think that is common sense.

I realise there were some parts that I didn't specify, like the splitting of the files. However, there are times where I like to explain things in simple terms assuming the person receiving my help also has enough knowledge to figure some things out for themself.

A great Teacher will guide in the right direction whilst not explaining everything in absolute detail. They know just the right time to let go, leaving the Student to walk the rest of the way alone. This gives the Student the sense of achievement, as they were the one that made the great breakthrough and achieved everything on their own without much help at all.

"Give a Man a Fish and he is fed for a day, teach a Man to Fish and he is fed for a lifetime".

Please excuse my off topic post. I am feeling quite philosophical tonight. Well... It's kind of my thread anyway. :-P

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Originally posted by mixja666:

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Sorry, didn't mean to cause any offense, I was trying to point out clearly the fact you can support VC-1/DTS and the ability to split files without playback interruption on that method of playback, which is not apparent from your original post without reading through other posts.

You are correct great teacher, your original post let me think about the possibilities of this method, which ultimately solved the problem of VC-1 playback on the PS3 without doing a recode!

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Originally posted by odin24:

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For some reason 1080p movies need a recode, here is what I do... this method is a little long but it's the only way I know how.
1. Demux all streams (video and audio) with mkvextract
2. Remux to to mp4 (video only) using YAMB or Megui, I use Megui because YAMB for some reason quits on me at the 4gb mark.
3. Recode your mp4 file using Nero Recode to AVC HDTV profile (1080p)... this step will take several hours.
4. Now you need the raw h264 file from the new Nero mp4 file you just made, you can use YAMB to extract this but it's been acting goofy for me... so I use mkvmerge to make a mkv from the Nero file, then mkvextract to get the raw h264 file.
5. Once you have the raw h264 mux everything back together (video and audio) with tsMuxeR, nothing needs to be changed just make sure you choose m2ts.

I know, crazy! But like I said... it works. I'm pretty sure all this can be done in one step using Megui and AVISynth but I'm a completed noob when it comes to AVIsynth.

Hope this helps.

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Originally posted by p3k0y:

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Originally posted by odin24:

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For some reason 1080p movies need a recode, here is what I do... this method is a little long but it's the only way I know how.
1. Demux all streams (video and audio) with mkvextract
2. Remux to to mp4 (video only) using YAMB or Megui, I use Megui because YAMB for some reason quits on me at the 4gb mark.
3. Recode your mp4 file using Nero Recode to AVC HDTV profile (1080p)... this step will take several hours.
4. Now you need the raw h264 file from the new Nero mp4 file you just made, you can use YAMB to extract this but it's been acting goofy for me... so I use mkvmerge to make a mkv from the Nero file, then mkvextract to get the raw h264 file.
5. Once you have the raw h264 mux everything back together (video and audio) with tsMuxeR, nothing needs to be changed just make sure you choose m2ts.

I know, crazy! But like I said... it works. I'm pretty sure all this can be done in one step using Megui and AVISynth but I'm a completed noob when it comes to AVIsynth.

Hope this helps.

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odin24, you and Ryu are just great. I have been reading this thread for a while now (it takes a while). It has answered pretty much all the questions I have about authoring AVCHD from 1080p MKV files. I tried your method and it works! I got an AVCHD with 1080p and DTS and it actually plays in PS3!

But I do have one last hurdle (of course), that I hope you can help me with - Although I can play the AVCHD fine, when I skip to the next chapter, I get no video. The audio plays, but no picture. I know the video is there because if I let it play, it will get to that point. Further testing shows that I can FF at 1.5x speed, but anything higher will kill the video.

I have tried checking and unchecking "Continuously Insert SPS/FPS" in TsMuxer (1.8.4), but that didn't make any difference.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

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Originally posted by odin24:

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Do you know how to use AviSynth and MeGUI. If so there is a way to fix this. If you tried the Nero method mentioned above and it worked for you that's good but the AviSynth method produces results far more superior... I strongly recommend familiarizing yourself with these apps.

If you do know how to use AviSynth I can guide you through it fairly easily, if not I can still help but it might take a little longer.

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Originally posted by p3k0y:

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Originally posted by odin24:

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Do you know how to use AviSynth and MeGUI. If so there is a way to fix this. If you tried the Nero method mentioned above and it worked for you that's good but the AviSynth method produces results far more superior... I strongly recommend familiarizing yourself with these apps.

If you do know how to use AviSynth I can guide you through it fairly easily, if not I can still help but it might take a little longer.

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Thanks for the quick Response, Odin. I do have both Avisynth and MeGui configured and working (as far as I can tell), but it's not very obvious to me how to use them to build an AVCHD from 1080p MKV file. So yes, a guide would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps you can start with a list of high-level steps and I will ask questions when I get stuck?

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Originally posted by calimon:

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Hello guys,
I'm kinda new to all this video converting, muxing ets stuff. I'm trying to mux a .mkv video file to ts for PS3 using the guide on afterdawn, but I have a problem. I'm using tsMuxer I change the x264 format to 4.1 instead of 5.1 as shown in the tutorial, but all I get from the video stream is black screen! I have excellent audio. Any suggestions?

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Originally posted by calimon:

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The video is 1080 indeed. I've tried to mux it to blueray disk -> I have the same result. Strange I thought all BD are in 1080 and PS3 can play them or is there any restriction for the divx? I'll test a 720 video tomorrow and will see if this is the problem.

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