PS3 compatible video creation thread (tsMuxeR etc.).

I have no idea, you might want to start a new thread on that one.

 

OK gurus, I need a little help here again ...

I am experiencing this strange silly thing in Megui .. maybe its a bug or something ..

basically I am trying to re-encode an MKV file through Megui into a PS3 compatible .264 file .. I am using Ryu's Ultra High Quality Profile for the conversion ..

The problem is that I am specifying a size of 3646993183 bytes (3.4 GB) in Megui's Bitrate calculator for this conversion, but when the conversion reaches 2nd pass, the final filesize that Megui has selected is 5.1 GB !?!?

I don't get this ... when I am explicitly telling Megui to keep the resulting filesize around 3.4 GB, why is it taking the filesize to 5.1 GB ?!

Any reason for this ? I have done at least 40-50 re-encodes through Megui so far, but I have not experienced this problem before ..

 

^^^ any answers for the above problem ??

 

Are you waiting for the entire process to get done? I've re-encoded small files (300-500 MB), and near the start, the projected filesize is always either really high (1.2 GB once) or really low (20 MB), and then it eventually settles to the right size as the encoding goes on.

Also, you ARE clicking on "Apply," right? Not "Cancel"? (Just askin'... you never know.) And when it asks you if you want to copy to profile, you say yes?

 

Yes I have done all that ... I have tried the process 3 times, but it still it goes upto 5.1 GB for some reason ..

 

Huh... well, I dunno, then... you're using Ryu's Ultra HQ profile, so it's definitely 2-pass... sorry, you'll have to ask Ryu directly, since he created the profile. Have you tried any other profiles? I've used a bunch of the others, and to be honest, I haven't noticed much difference between a lot of the "HQ" profiles, save for maybe a Turbo option here, a 2-pass option there.

 

The profile has no influence on the bitrate calculator.

When using the bitrate calculator, take note of the calculated bitrate required. Go into the x264 config and check if it has been applied or not.

If it has and there are still errors (larger file size than targeted for), for experimentation purposes I would recommend manually entering the bitrate into the x264 encoder.

Let us know how you go...

 

Hey Odin you helped me last month with some hd vids I was having problems getting to play on my ps3. Your info about mkv was very helpful. I have rencoded them to fit on a dl disk and have been enjoying them. I just wanted to say thanks for your help.

 

No prob man! Here are a few other tools that may come in handy.

Latest stable version of tsMuxeR. Go here for more updates.

If you like to archive your video collection to external HDD check this thread out.

And a fairly quick (by comparison to other apps) solution to adding black widescreen bars back to mkvs for AVCHD/BD compliancy, check this out... uncropMKV.

Cheers.

 

I really need some help figuring out how to play this blu ray movie, which i ripped to my hard drive, on my PS3. I think that the problem i'm having is due to the fact that it's a Blu Ray VC-1 format, but i'm not sure. Ultimately, i'd like to play it on my ps3 via tversity, but with any type of transcoding being done on my PC prior to streaming it(my pc isn't fast enough to do real-time transcoding). Also, i really don't want to do any re-encoding, if possible, for two reasons:
(1)Don't want to lose any quality.
(2)Want to avoid the time that it takes.

It's currently sitting on my hard drive as a blu ray compliant folder(BDVM), with a playlist folder, stream folder, etc. In the "STREAM" folder, there are multiple m2ts files(10 total) listed. There is one m2ts file that is much bigger than the rest, so i'm assuming this is the main movie. Here is some info on the main movie file:
Video:VC-1 Profile:Advanced@3 Resolution:1920x1080p FR:23.976
Audio:AC3 Bitrate:448Kbps Sample Rate:48KHz Channels:6

I've used tsmuxer to convert mkv to m2ts before, and the resulting files have always played on my ps3, via tversity, flawlessly. Well, there is one(which has a DTS track) that i can't get any sound on. But besides that, i've always had success with m2ts files playing just fine. What do i have to do differently with a VC-1 blu ray file, to make it stream successfully to my ps3? Could someone guide me through the process? I'm really frustrated with this thing...please help!

 

There's one way around your concerns, if you have an external HDD that is FAT32 you can remux a new Blu-ray structure to it (splitting to 4GB chunks in the process). The plug in to your PS3 and play from there.

You need a program called AVCHDMe, or AVCHD Manager

 

All i have is a SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB 2.0 Flash Drive that i've never even used before. Is there a way to make this work as the external FAT32 hard drive?

 

External media all function more or less the same. For what you want to do, an external USB hard drive is the same as a USB flash drive is the same as a USB solid state disk (which is actually pretty much the same thing as a flash drive).

So yeah, you can throw your movies onto your flash drive and you should be good to go.

 

Thanks for the speedy reply. I'm going to give it a try and see if i get it to work.

Just to be sure, i'd like to ask another question. Is there a way to make a small portion(30GB or so) of my pc's hard drive into a FAT32 external hard drive(making my ps3 perceive it as such), so i can stream these files via tversity. Or will that not work?

 

You don't have to partition a part of your drive to FAT32 if you're going to be streaming. You only need to format an external drive to FAT32 if you're going to use as an actual external drive (ie plug it into the PS3 via USB or memory stick, etc.)

If you're streaming via TVersity, all you have to do is direct Tversity to your videos and then enable streaming to your PS3. Then, on your PS3, enable Media Servers, and when you go to your Videos tab, you should see an icon for your computer under TVersity or so. (All you have to do is make sure you can either stream wirelessly or, if not, have your PS3/PC connected through Ethernet cable.)

Hope that helps.

 

Yeah, i know how to do that with the vast majority of my files. It's just this one in particular file(bluray vc-1) that will not play when streaming via tversity.

I've copied over to the flash drive, but how do i access the flash drive on my ps3? I plugged it in the usb, but i don't see it anywhere on my ps3.

EDIT: Ok, i see it now...but my ps3 is saying "unsupported data". Isn't there a way to trick it into thinking it's an actual bluray disc?

 

So... you remuxed it to an AVCHD folder using tsMuxer like odin said, right?

Did you also use AVCHD Manager, also like he said? Did you make sure that the BDMV folder was on the root of your flash drive? If you get everything right, then when you click on "USB Device", you should see a file that is the title of your movie. Click on that, and the PS3 will play it as if it's a Blu-Ray disc.

 

Oh...i guess i didn't do it right. I remuxed it to an AVCHD folder(splitting into 4GB chunks), but then i just copied that to my flash drive and tried to play that. What exactly do i have to do with the AVCHD Manager? Can you explain what else i have to do? He told me what i need, but i have no idea what to do with it. Thanks for helping me!

 

Well, I don't use it much myself, but put your BDMV/CERTIFICATE folders into the root of your flash drive, and then download AVCHD MAnager and put that into the root of your drive, as well.

Open up AVCHD Manager, and... I'm actually not too sure on the next part. You should see all your AVCHD files, and you can rename them as you see fit (like "MOVIE 1" and "MOVIE 2"), and you'll have to fix them so that they're PS3-compatible and all this other stuff. It should be pretty easy to use.

 

I just finished doing all of that, but the AVCHD Manager keeps giving me an error when i hit the identity button.
It says this:

AutoIt Error
Line -1:
Error: Variable used without being declared.

So i can't label any of my movies, so it does me no good. I actually got the file playing on my ps3 with AVCHD.exe, so at least i got that done. Now i just need to figure out this AVCHD Manager problem. I also can't get the "right-click" window to work after adding the autorun.inf file.