PS3 compatible video creation thread (tsMuxeR etc.).

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.

Code:

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".

 

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.

 

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.

 

Hey, odin, the smaller bitrate worked perfectly. I figured it was that. Thanks. But what's with that? I've converted from many audio formats to 640 kbps AC3 before and they've always worked out fine.

 

Maybe you reached the threshold, maybe the source audio track was a crappy encode, from a crappy encode. Think of it as watching a movie that has a res of 528x384 on a 52 inch 1920x1080 LCD, you can imagine how shite it will look... possibly the same goes for audio.

Honestly though I'm not sure... good to hear you resolved it though.

 

thx for the info and no I'm not streaming I USB all my files to my PS3. Can someone link me to guide on how to use tsMuxer plz?

 

ok I used tsMuxer and selected output as M2TS and it turned the 4.35GB into 4.71GB so needless to say I can't burn that onto a DVD. Any help plz I'm dying to see what this movie will look like.

 

Use tsMuxeR, split at 4GB. This will give you two files, you can either place these files right on the PS3's HDD or on a USB stick... I believe the PS3 has a continuous play feature for video... you can play your movie like this.

 

Alright, I got a question for the pros

Is there any way to remove certain parts from an MKV file ... ?

You see, I want to censor out a movie which I have. I want to remove a certain 30 second portion from it ..

So how do I extract two parts from an MKV (the parts before and after the scene to be removed), and then rejoin these two parts together ?

Thanx in advance for all the help guys

 

tsMuxeR has a pretty accurate splitter, just make sure you have the latest version, there have been several updates over the last few weeks.

Load your MKV, set the start time to 0, set the end to the start of where you need the cut to be... be sure to rename to something like "Part 1"... mux to m2ts. Load the original MKV again, another cut will be made, this time set the start time to the end of the scene that you need cut and the end time to the absolute end of the movie, be sure to rename this file to "Part 2"... mux to m2ts again.

This will leave you with two new new m2ts files, use tsMuxeR. Load "Part 1", press the Append button and load "Part2"... mux to m2ts. This will leave you with your desired movie.

When making the original cuts you can specify the cut points in milliseconds, seconds, or minutes. Determining the cut points will obviously take some trial and error.

Good luck.

 

Thanx Odin .. and is there any way to convert these m2ts files back into MKV ?

 

Use tsMuxeR to "Demux", use MKVmerge to remux to MKV.

 

Hey, Ryu or odin (or anyone else), I've been ripping my DVDs to my hard drive (I realized it's a hell of a lot more convenient to watch it through that), and one thing that's popped up is subtitle support.

I know the PS3 can only play DivX subs, so I figured I'd mux the .vob to AVCHD.

Of course, the videos are 720x480 (I only get widescreen now), but when I play them, they get stretched vertically. So it's like watching a 16x9 movie that's stretched to fill a 4x3 screen (there are borders on the side of the TV).

It's not a big problem, but I would like to have subtitles and a proper widescreen output (upscaled, of course). Know of any way past that? If not, I'll just stick to throwing the .vob onto the hard drive.

Thanks.

 

See my comments above, hope this helps.

 

ok I use tsmuxer & mvk2vob and both I get good picture but no sound. Can someone plz help me out. Tell me what exactly should the settings be on converting a 4.35GB mkv file.

 

Need more detail... What is the audio codec? What format are you trying to play from tsMuxeR... Blu-ray/AVCHD, m2ts? ... I'm assuming on your PS3.

More details please!

 

Hey, odin, I've got some more issues with those DVD-rips now.

After throwing them onto my hard drive, I played them, and they played fine... except that I couldn't rewind or access the Square button scene selection feature. What's up with that? I remember that that had been an issue, but I could've sworn it'd been fixed.

I'm gonna try remuxing to .m2ts to see if that fixes the problem.

EDIT:

I should clarify. I can rewind, but it won't play from there. I have to manually exit the video and reload it in order to get it to play. But yeah, I'll try remuxing it to .m2ts.

 

Honestly, I usually don't handle DVDs in this manner... or at all. Shortly after you asked your previous question I tried a DVD recode myself... it worked great but hte chapter skip was horrible... it skipped but it took about 10s to load to the next scene.

Is your PS3 hook up via HDMI? I think it might have something to do with that. I have both (HDMI/component) hooked up, I'll try the component connection to see if the seeking is any better. m2ts will probably be the same.