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PS3 compatible video creation thread (tsMuxeR etc.).
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6. April 2009 @ 07:41 |
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Your BDMV and Certificate folders need to be contained in another folder first, it doesn't matter what the name is.
1. Place that folder and AVCHD Manager on the root of the USB drive.
2. Launch AVCHD Manager, AVCHD manager should recognize and display your movie.
3. Highlight your movie folder and press the "Identify" button, name to whatever.
4. Once complete, press the "AVCHDMe" button. This will rename all of the files inthe structure to comply with the 8.3 standard, which AVCHD follows. Which is, Names are no longer than 8 characters, file extensions are 3 characters... 8.3.
5. Once complete, press the "Make Default" button. This will rename your movie folder to "AVCHD". The PS3 sees this folder just like it sees the "VIDEO", "MUSIC", and "PICTURES" folders.
6. Once plugged in to your PS3, in the video portion of the XMB you shoild see a "USB" icon, press X on it (not triangle, display all), then press X again on the AVCHD folder. At this point your movie should play.
AVCHD Manager good if you have several movies on an external HDD. If you watch one movie now and then on a USB stick you might want to try the other app I suggested AVCHDMe. Also, check back to the threads I originally linked to, the apps are updated often since they are somewhat new.
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staindroc
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6. April 2009 @ 16:29 |
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It's giving me the same error when i press the identify button. AVCHD Manager sees my movie folder, so that is working. I know that this won't really be very useful on my current usb flash drive, but i just wanted to give it a test spin until i get an external hard drive.
Would not having enough free space produce such an error? Because of the size of my one movie file, i only have 106 MB free space. Also, this flash drive is different because it comes up as "U3 System"(G:) and "Removable Disk"(H:) when plugged in to my pc. The (G:) partition is only 6.66 MB, and is seen as like a CD by my pc. I'm putting all of my folders in (H:), which is the same place i'm dropping the AVCHD Manager. What am i doing wrong?
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6. April 2009 @ 18:59 |
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As long as your H: drive is FAT32 there shouldn't be a problem. Keep everything on your PC, make all of the changes there, then transfer the AVCHD folder (with the BDMV and Certificate folder inside) to your FAT32 USB stick.
Go back to the AVCHD Manager site and download the latest verison. It allows you to run the app from your PC as opposed to running it from the USB drive. A couple of minor bugs were fixed too.
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staindroc
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6. April 2009 @ 21:00 |
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Thanks odin24, that was the problem...there was a problem with that version. Evidently there was a bug with the "identify" button, but all is fixed on the newest version. Thanks for all the help!
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7. April 2009 @ 19:28 |
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I have a 4.35GB mkv file and have installed mkv2vob, my question is what is the best setting to use?
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Shakotah
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11. April 2009 @ 16:56 |
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I need some help with converting my mkv files
background: all mkv files are from anime fan subbing groups, so they all got soft subs and typically all in h.264
issue: tsmuxer gives "some tracks are unavliable" error or something along that line, i first ignore it and see what happens anyways, and no video or sound comes out
tried mkv2vob, it works except the subs get changed to arial format instead of their intended stylized format which enables readability, otherwise video and audio works there
so any solution either by getting styled subs to show up as intended on mkv2vob or making tsmuxer working?
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11. April 2009 @ 19:43 |
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Originally posted by Shakotah:
I need some help with converting my mkv files
background: all mkv files are from anime fan subbing groups, so they all got soft subs and typically all in h.264
issue: tsmuxer gives "some tracks are unavliable" error or something along that line, i first ignore it and see what happens anyways, and no video or sound comes out
tried mkv2vob, it works except the subs get changed to arial format instead of their intended stylized format which enables readability, otherwise video and audio works there
so any solution either by getting styled subs to show up as intended on mkv2vob or making tsmuxer working?
The "some tracks are not available" is most likely referring to the audio. I would be guessing that the files contain an AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) audio track.
When you say no video and sound, is that on your PC or on a PS3?
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KajNrig
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11. April 2009 @ 20:57 |
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As far as the subs go, one of the reasons is because the subs are .ass subs. They're really cool for PCs, but they fail miserably when you're trying to make them work with standalone players like the PS3.
They've got a whole bunch of effects and stuff that can be shown on PCs, but not on the PS3 because it doesn't have the required filters. They're also capable of displaying two or more subtitles at the same time, in different locations, at different tilts/zooms, etc. That's one of the annoying things about anime fansubbers... as far as a group that's providing you with free subbed anime can be annoying - they have such elaborate subtitles that don't translate well to regular subtitles.
Anyway, if you want to keep the formatting and stuff, the only way you'll be able is to re-encode your videos with your subtitles hardsubbed into them.
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12. April 2009 @ 14:33 |
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I have an .avi file that plays but with no sound. The audio codec is MP3 any thoughts as to what I can do to convert it?
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staindroc
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13. April 2009 @ 17:17 |
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I have a few m2ts files on my pc hard drive, and i can stream some of them with no problems. But some of them have dts audio, and i've read that the ps3 can't play dts audio when it's in a container(like m2ts). Most places i've searched have said that the best way to fix this problem is to convert the dts to a ps3 compatible format via eac3to. The problem i'm having is that i can't seem to figure out how to use this program.
Here's my usual process to watch a bluray movie on my ps3:
(Usually, i'll start with a mkv file)
1. I load the mkv into tsmuxer, check the video and audio files, and output to a m2ts file.
2. Stream the m2ts file to my ps3 via Tversity. Done!
Unfortunately, as i stated above, i have some that have DTS 5.1 audio. I have eac3to(v3.15.0.0), eac3togui(v3.2.10.0), and eac3toandmoregui(v3.2.12.1) on my pc, but i can't figure out how to use any of them to do what i want to do.
All i want is to be able to convert the dts audio to a ps3 compatible format, without losing any audio quality. Does anybody know of a simple way to do this...that you can help explain to me?
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p6889k
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14. April 2009 @ 11:39 |
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staindroc,
open Eac3to GUI
Click Add Source Files to add your *.dts file
Switch to Eac3to Audio tab
In the "Input File(s) or Folder" drop down, select your file.
In the "File Name" text field type the name for your new file, e.g. "MyAudio"
In the "Save As Type" choose "AC3"
Click "Run Command Line" button at the bottom.
The new *.ac3 file will be created in the same folder as the original *.dts file.
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staindroc
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14. April 2009 @ 18:44 |
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Thanks p6889k. I finally got it working right. However, you said to save as ac3, but won't that reduce the quality of the audio? What is the best format to convert it to, keeping in mind that i want it to be a lossless format, and also be able to mux it and the video back into a m2ts file via tsmuxer...and then stream the m2ts file to my ps3 via tversity.
Also, when converting to this lossless format, are there any other settings that i need to select?
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14. April 2009 @ 19:15 |
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Originally posted by staindroc:
Thanks p6889k. I finally got it working right. However, you said to save as ac3, but won't that reduce the quality of the audio? What is the best format to convert it to, keeping in mind that i want it to be a lossless format, and also be able to mux it and the video back into a m2ts file via tsmuxer...and then stream the m2ts file to my ps3 via tversity.
Also, when converting to this lossless format, are there any other settings that i need to select?
A few things to consider here.
-The DTS track you are working with is not lossless, it's lossy... most likely encoded from a lossless track.
-If your only intention is streaming the PS3 can only stream a few different types of audio codecs. LPCM being the best which is better than lossless, AC3, which is a form of lossy, mp3 (not even a consideration).
For streaming purposes DTS is not an option. You could convert your DTS track to LPCM, but it will still be lossy considering the source... but at least there will be no loss in quality, however the file size will go from about 1.2GB to 4-5GB.
Eac3to can convert your DTS track to PCM, I'm just not sure if the GUI can do it though. You may need to convert without the GUI using the command line approach. Then process that PCM track through pcm2tsmu to make a tsMuxeR compatible PCM track.
Another option is if you have an external HDD in FAT32 format, ao a large enough USB stick to accomodate your file you can remux to Blu-ray, using the split function splitting to 4GB chunks, and play as an AVCHD file.
This approach requires no audio converting, but the video should be an exact AVCHD/BD resolution, (1920x1080, 1280x720).
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14. April 2009 @ 19:17 |
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any special reason why my questions don't get answered or overlooked?
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p6889k
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14. April 2009 @ 19:34 |
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Originally posted by staindroc:
Also, when converting to this lossless format, are there any other settings that i need to select?
In the Eac3tGui, try to select LPCM or PCM or Wav in the Save As drop down box. I haven't tried it, but it may work.
As Odin24 said, PS3 will only play LPCM or AC3 inside of M2TS. What I have been doing is to keep the original audio stream (e.g. DTS or DTS HD) in the M2TS file and then add the converted AC3 stream as another stream (or in your case LPCM). PS3 will skip the DTS stream, because it cannot decode it, and will automatically play the next stream, which would be AC3 (or your LPCM). That way if PS3 in the future starts supporting DTS, it would pick it up from your M2TS file. Also when playing the file on a PC or another device that does support DTS, it would play the DTS stream.
Also, I found out that PS3 cannot downmix multichannel LPCM into 2 channel output in case you only need stereo output, e.g. in a secondary video room, maybe the kids bedroom. PS3 can however correctly downmix multichannel AC3 sound to stereo mode.
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staindroc
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14. April 2009 @ 19:45 |
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Thanks for the explanation, Odin. I see that in my eac3to GUI, under the "Save As Type" dropdown box, there is the option to save as LPCM or PCM. Just to be thorough, what is the difference in these, and which one should i go with?
Also, i don't have any experience with psm2tsmu. Do you have a link for it? What exactly do i have to do with my lpcm/pcm audio file when i load it up into the psm2tsmu program?
@p6889k
Maybe you just answered the LPCM or PCM question...but could you clarify. You're saying that LPCM is the only one out of the two that the ps3 will play(in a m2ts container)?
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p6889k
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14. April 2009 @ 20:01 |
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Originally posted by staindroc:
Maybe you just answered the LPCM or PCM question...but could you clarify. You're saying that LPCM is the only one out of the two that the ps3 will play(in a m2ts container)?
Yes, LPCM and AC3 are the only formats that I'm aware of that would play inside of M2TS file that's being streamed to PS3. When I say LPCM, I refer to the stream type, not the file extension. I have seen LPCM stream inside of both *.lpcm and *.wav. If I were you, I would try first the LPCM option in Eac3ToGUI and if that doesn't work, then try WAV and then PCM. One of them should work, and maybe all of them will.
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staindroc
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14. April 2009 @ 20:18 |
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Thanks a lot, guys! I'll give it a try and see how it goes.
@laz305
Your question is maybe being overlooked due to a lack of information in your post. Are you streaming to ps3, or are you watching it on your pc. It sounds like you have a codec issue on your pc, because whenever i transcode an avi with mp3 audio to my ps3, it plays the audio just fine. If all you want to know is how to convert your mp3 to ?, then a prog called besweet(it's GUI is called belight) could do this for you. Good luck!
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KajNrig
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14. April 2009 @ 21:48 |
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laz, to answer your questions:
1.) I haven't used mkv2vob much, but for the video, I'd suggest setting the quality to "H264 (High quality)" if you want the best quality. If you want fairly good quality video, then "H264" will do you fine. Besides that, though, I'm not too sure. I would honestly just use MeGUI to re-encode (if needed) and tsMuxer to remux everything.
2.) Your .avi might have a weird .mp3 track. You could try re-encoding it to .ac3 or .aac using BeSweet.
...on that note, here's my current problem:
I've got an .mkv with the following contents -
1 h264 video stream (PS3 compatible)
1 English mp3 audio stream
1 Japanese mp3 audio stream
1 .srt subtitle
At first I remuxed everything to .mp4, not being sure if I could keep the subtitles or not. But that took too long to figure out, so I just muxed the video and English audio to .m2ts. The audio wouldn't work. (The PS3 said there was no audio.)
Then I figured I'd re-encode the audio. I used BeSweet to convert the English .mp3 to an .ac3 track at 640 kbps (from... 116 kbps or so). After muxing everything to .m2ts again, it worked... except the audio would stutter, cutting and out very frequently.
So a few questions:
1.) The PS3 doesn't support subtitles in the .mp4 container, right?
2.) What's up with it not accepting .mp3? A few of my .avis have .mp3 audio tracks, and they play fine.
3.) What's causing the cutting in/out? Could it be that I bumped up the bitrate too much?
4.) Any other suggestions for the .mp3 audio? That's the one thing that's dogging me right now. The subtitles I can live without (though it WOULD be cool to keep both audio streams and the subtitle...), but it's hard to enjoy a video when the audio is all out of whack.
Anyway, thanks.
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staindroc
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14. April 2009 @ 22:41 |
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Odin24,
How do i "process that PCM track through pcm2tsmu"? I've never used cmd line tools, so i really have no idea how to do that. It looks like i should be able to do it with the Eac3to and More GUI, but i can't figure that out either. Any ideas?
@KajNrig
Did you check to see if your original mp3 audio cuts in and out...maybe a bad source? If not, how about your ac3 file by itself(before muxing with video)...maybe just a bad conversion, you might want to try converting the audio again.
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15. April 2009 @ 00:03 |
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Originally posted by staindroc:
Odin24,
How do i "process that PCM track through pcm2tsmu"? I've never used cmd line tools, so i really have no idea how to do that. It looks like i should be able to do it with the Eac3to and More GUI, but i can't figure that out either. Any ideas?
@KajNrig
Did you check to see if your original mp3 audio cuts in and out...maybe a bad source? If not, how about your ac3 file by itself(before muxing with video)...maybe just a bad conversion, you might want to try converting the audio again.
Download pcm2tsmu at this site.
I think the GUI that controls pcm2tsmu in Eac3toMoreGui is broken, you should try to run using command line.
Once you have your PCM file from eac3to...
1. Vista -> from the Start/search type CMD then enter, or XP Start/Run
2. using command line is all about exact locations on your PC. Keep pcm2tsmu in a directory that is simple, ie C:\pcm2tsmuFolder\pcm2tsmu.exe. Or you can even place it right on the root of your C:\ drive.
3. Keep your audio file name simple too and in a similar directory, ie. C:\videos\audio.pcm
4. Here's an example of how your command line might look, first entry is the location of Pcm2tsmu, second will be the source PCM file, third will be where you want the new PCM file to go, fourth will be specialty "switches" that tell Pcm2tsmu how to operate... if any are required.
c:\pcm2tsmufolder\pcm2tsmu c:\videos\audio.pcm c:\videos\audio_fixed.pcm -i 16
The -i 16 indicates that your are telling pcm2tsmu to treat the audio track as 16 bits, do not put anything if it is 24 bits. Since you are converting a DTS track I am willing to bet it is 24 bits, so leave out the -i 16.
If you get it right, it will look like it's doing nothing... just let it go, it's creating your new file. Once it finishes it should indicate "Done".
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15. April 2009 @ 00:06 |
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The mp3 was fine, so I figured it must have been the .ac3... but I just reconverted and checked the .ac3, and it played fine on my PC. I think it only has issues on the PS3... but I'll be checking it again either tonight or tomorrow.
I've definitely never had a problem like this before, so I'm in wholly new water right now. I quiver in FEAR!
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15. April 2009 @ 01:35 |
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Originally posted by KajNrig:
The mp3 was fine, so I figured it must have been the .ac3... but I just reconverted and checked the .ac3, and it played fine on my PC. I think it only has issues on the PS3... but I'll be checking it again either tonight or tomorrow.
I've definitely never had a problem like this before, so I'm in wholly new water right now. I quiver in FEAR!
You should dial down the bitrate, I wouldn't go over 384kb/s, maybe try 256kb/s (or somewhere in that neighborhood)
As for your subtitles concern, try using AViAddXSubs, I remember him recommending it before. See Ryu's other thread for the link.
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15. April 2009 @ 17:41 |
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Originally posted by odin24:
If you get it right, it will look like it's doing nothing... just let it go, it's creating your new file. Once it finishes it should indicate "Done".
Thanks for all of your help, Odin! I think i finally got it right. For some reason, it never did indicated "Done", but i could tell when it finished because it dropped down to a new cmd line or whatever. The PCM audio file then loaded into tsmuxer with no problems, so i now have it muxed back together with the video in a m2ts container. I haven't tested it on my ps3 yet, but hopefully all will go well. Thanks again!
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15. April 2009 @ 18:31 |
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Originally posted by staindroc:
Originally posted by odin24:
If you get it right, it will look like it's doing nothing... just let it go, it's creating your new file. Once it finishes it should indicate "Done".
Thanks for all of your help, Odin! I think i finally got it right. For some reason, it never did indicated "Done", but i could tell when it finished because it dropped down to a new cmd line or whatever. The PCM audio file then loaded into tsmuxer with no problems, so i now have it muxed back together with the video in a m2ts container. I haven't tested it on my ps3 yet, but hopefully all will go well. Thanks again!
Good to hear, it should work fine. FYI... you can copy a m2ts file size to your PS3 (through your media streamer), without file size restriction --> larger than 4GB.
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