My Easy Process to Convert Blu Rays for ATV2 (&iPad)

[liquidsuns]

Okay so I've installed everything and set up all the options, but after AnyDVD breaks the disc and Another EAC3to GUI analyses it, nothing appears in the "Playlists" box, but do appear in "Input Stream Files". The "run all", "add batch" "command line" options are all greyed out and non selectable. So I can't do anything.

This is what happens with all the blu-rays I have tried. Any ideas?

 

[dhy8386]

Never have seen that before. What Blu Ray disk is it?

 

[liquidsuns]

Never have seen that before. What Blu Ray disk is it?

It's happened with all four blu-rays that I've tried; Avatar, Galaxy Quest, District 9, and Iron Man. I googled the problem and found that three days ago someone else was posting on a forum about the same problem but had no responses. I guess I'll just fiddle with it more.

 

[pedz]

Peter,

Choosing Core is correct but that doesnt convert the DTS to AC3. It simply pulls the 5.1 DTS track vs pulling the High Def DTS track. You still need to convert it in Handbrake. I am sure that is the issue. When you return, take the MKV you made of Iron Man 2 and open it in handbrake. Under Audio, the source will likely say 5.1 DTS. Thats fine. Now, for the first audio track, if you are using Windows, you need to choose AC3 (ffmpeg) and NOT AC3 (passthrough). If using Handbrake on a Mac, choose the options called simply AC3 (again not AC3 (passthrough). For both, make sure you also choose 6.1 discrete. The second track should still be AAC for both.

Let me know if it solves your issue.

Hi, I'm back. I opened handbrake and I am using passthrough on the audio. But when I look at the choices the only choices are: AAC (faac), MP3 (lame), AC3 passthrough. Not sure why I don't have the same choices?

Thanks,
Peter

 

[dhy8386]

Hi, I'm back. I opened handbrake and I am using passthrough on the audio. But when I look at the choices the only choices are: AAC (faac), MP3 (lame), AC3 passthrough. Not sure why I don't have the same choices?

Thanks,
Peter

Ok. You said u were on windows correct? Iron man 2 has dts. What version of the nightly hamdbrake build is your handbrake? I have 3607. Use that one. When u open the mkv, the audio section shoul have the source as 5.1 dts. Correct? Then next to that you should have four options not three-aac, mp3, ac3 passthru and ac3 ffmpeg. If you do not have ffmpeg then u may not have the latest handbrake. It should show up regardless of the audio source.

Let me know.

 

[dhy8386]

It's happened with all four blu-rays that I've tried; Avatar, Galaxy Quest, District 9, and Iron Man. I googled the problem and found that three days ago someone else was posting on a forum about the same problem but had no responses. I guess I'll just fiddle with it more.

Ok. Windows box? Win 7 x64? Did u install all the software from the links on my post? These versions I know work correctly. Newer versions of each have caused problems.

Let me know answers to the above.

 

[pedz]

I will update the handbrake, mine is a few weeks old, that could be it. Thank again. Do you remember if auto cropping worked for iron man 2? As I mentioned, my result had top and bottom black bars. Could that be the version too?

Thanks,
Peter

 

[rz22g]

I would take a little caution with the linked files / programs linked in this thread. I downloaded and installed from the original post and while it worked, I noticed that after finishing the conversion and even after rebooting that my system to be slow. My cursor moving across the screen would sometimes slow down drastically with no programs or out of the ordinary processes that I could find. I noticed CPU usage jumping randomly up to 50 - 65% usage.

Scanned for viruses with nothing detected. Rebooted several times without resolve. The only thing that fixed it was uninstalling all the applications I had installed and then restoring my system to the restore point I created prior to installing the first app for this process.

 

[liquidsuns]

Ok. Windows box? Win 7 x64? Did u install all the software from the links on my post? These versions I know work correctly. Newer versions of each have caused problems.

Let me know answers to the above.

I'm using vista x64 and I installed all the software through your links.

 

[dhy8386]

Odd....

Never heard of that problem. Not sure what it could be. Sorry i cannot be of more help.

And these are actual disks and not ripped ISO files?

 

[pedz]

Looks like we got it finally! Latest handbrake worked and I got dolby to play properly. Also got rid of the bars by redoing it and selecting the second playlist. looks good. Now going to try avatar to see how the forced subs work.

One last question (i hope), i noticed there is a setting to select the aspect ratio for forced subs, do you set that for each movie that has forced subs? It defaults to 16:9, do you change it if the movie is not 16:9?

Thanks,
Peter

 

[dhy8386]

Looks like we got it finally! Latest handbrake worked and I got dolby to play properly. Also got rid of the bars by redoing it and selecting the second playlist. looks good. Now going to try avatar to see how the forced subs work.

One last question (i hope), i noticed there is a setting to select the aspect ratio for forced subs, do you set that for each movie that has forced subs? It defaults to 16:9, do you change it if the movie is not 16:9?

Thanks,
Peter

Good to hear. Yes i leave it on 16:9. Seems to be fine for all the forced subs i have seen (avatar, hurt locker, district 9, etc).

 

[pedz]

Cool, thanks again, seems like a much easier workflow, I am going to use it going forward.

Peter

 

[Mac In School]

Assuming I do the Handbrake process on the Mac side, how much free space do you recommend for the Windows partition (running Win7 32 via Fusion).

Thanks.

 

[dhy8386]

Assuming I do the Handbrake process on the Mac side, how much free space do you recommend for the Windows partition (running Win7 32 via Fusion).

Thanks.

Well not sure which hypervisor you are going to use (VM program) but i know vmware and parallels let you share the macs desktop, docs folder etc so you do not have to partition space for it other than for the OS (and i would choose the setting that allows the VM to grow vs fixed size).

Now, if you are actually going to create a separate partition on the mac for the VM (not sure why you would do this if just for movie editing purposes), you probably cant share space so you would need an adequate partition to make the MKVs, transfer to the mac side, and then run handbrake. Since each MKV is the size of a normal Blu Ray (~25-40GB), you will want at least 100GB i would think? Enough for two or three movies?

Again, i think the easier option is just to install the VM on your main, bootable partition which i assume has the most space.

 

[Mac In School]

Boy, I'm just having no luck with this at all. Tried one and ended up with a 10 GB file that wouldn't play in VLC and wasn't recognized by Handbrake. I'm going to take screenshots all the way through next time, and post them if it happens again.

 

[Mac In School]

This just hit me...

I notice I can't play the preview in EAC3to GUI. I figure I need a codec of some sort. Could that effect my MKV and make it non-playable?

 

[Mac In School]

Yeah. Failed again.

I'm going to run it again tonight and save the error log this time. In the meantime, here are the settings I use that seem to be failing.

Any ideas based on this info?

 

[Mac In School]

Looks like my log file is still there after all...


eac3to v3.24
command line: "C:\Program Files\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "E:\BDMV\STREAM" 1) 1: "C:\Users\My Username\Desktop\BD Rips\X-Men - Chapters.txt" 2: "C:\Users\My Username\Desktop\BD Rips\X-Men 1080p h264.mkv" 3: "C:\Users\My Username\Desktop\BD Rips\X-Men - 3 DTS Core.dts" -core 9: "C:\Users\My Username\Desktop\BD Rips\X-Men - 9 English Subtitle.sup" -log="C:\Users\My Username\Desktop\BD Rips\X-Men - Log.txt" -progressnumbers
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 6 audio tracks, 7 subtitle tracks, 1:44:20, 24p /1.001
1: Chapters, 40 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
4: AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
5: AC3, French, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
6: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
7: AC3, Portuguese, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
8: AC3, English, 2.0 channels, 224kbps, 48kHz, dialnorm: -27dB
9: Subtitle (PGS), English
10: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
11: Subtitle (PGS), Chinese
12: Subtitle (PGS), Korean
13: Subtitle (PGS), Chinese
14: Subtitle (PGS), Portuguese
15: Subtitle (PGS), French
Creating file "C:\Users\My Username\Desktop\BD Rips\X-Men - Chapters.txt"...
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Extracting DTS core...
[s09] Extracting subtitle track number 9...
[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...
[a03] Creating file "C:\Users\My Username\Desktop\BD Rips\X-Men - 3 DTS Core.dts"...
[s09] Creating file "C:\Users\My Username\Desktop\BD Rips\X-Men - 9 English Subtitle.sup"...
Added fps value (24 /1.001) to MKV header.
Video track 2 contains 150097 frames.
Subtitle track 9 contains 747 captions.
eac3to processing took 50 minutes, 9 seconds.
Done.

Not recognized in the nightly build of handbrake or in VLC.

 

[dhy8386]

MiS

So I have been spending the last week playing around and have learned a few things.

1) Just an important note, if you choose the option HD Track with Core track, it leaves the DTS-HD track intact and if you go to convert that MKV in handbrake and convert the DTS-HD to AC3 using a nightly, it will fail with a DCA-Syncinfo. Any DTS-HD blu ray must have the DTS-HD track converted to AC3 before handbrake or you have to choose the Core only option so only the 5.1 DTS track is extracted. If you feed a 1080P MKV with only a DTS (not DTS-HD) track into Handbrake then you can use convert to AC3 option in Handbrake.

2) Another EAC3to seems to be inconsistent in how it handles conversion/decoding/encoding when you choose the Core only option. When it comes to TrueHD files, there doesnt seem to be an issue all the way through the process to MKVmerge. But with DTS tracks its more problematic.

3) Compared to Clown_BD, one nice option to available in Another EAC3to is to take a slightly less automated approach by demuxing all the appropriate files (Video stream, audio, chapters, and subtitles if applicable) similar to Clown but also taking advantage of Another's capability to auto convert the subtitles so you end up with files ready to be muxed using MKVmerge (in Clown, you have to manually feed the subtitles into Bdsuptosub).

MiS, try this. Update your version of MkVtoolnix to 4.4 (uninstall 3.3 and install 4.4). Then, open up the MKVmerge gui (mmg.exe) and go under options in the menu and make sure you choose the option to disable header compression by default. Close out.

Lastly, make sure every app you use (EAC3to.exe, all the mkvtoolnix apps, another eac3togui, halli) has the properties set to always run in admin mode. Then make sure that your UAC settings are set to the lowest (all the way to the bottom). Restart your computer.

Run X-men again, same options you had choosing core only. Only this time make sure that the option to delete work files when mkvmerge finishes is unchecked (so the work files remain; important if this process fails again because we will manually feed mkvmerge your files as a last test). The big thing is that after eac3to is done, the mkvmerge process should start and take 15-20 mins. If eac3to finishes, mkvmerge starts but then the process says completed - similar to what your log says - then mkvmerge did not work.

let me know.

 

[heliocentric]

i have noticed eac3to removes the dialog normalization from the dts/dd files in the bluray...

anyone know why it would do this? as it makes the dialog very quiet in relation to the action scenes

thanks

 

[mac.jedi]

Just thought you guys might like to know that I've finally updated the Automating DVD and Blu-Ray (Backup, Encoding and Tagging) tutorial which automates most of this through Automator and Services. Enjoy!

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/805573/


ANNOUNCEMENT: BATCH RIP ACTIONS UPDATED

Sorry everyone, I've busy with other projects. I've been updating things for my own use over the past year, but haven't had a chance to post any updates … better late than never?!


Update 2010-11-23

Release Notes
Batch Rip Actions for Automator 1.0.5

Everything

• Mkvtoolnix is no longer included in the package. You'll need to install Mkvtoolnix.app to your Applications folder. You can download version 4.4.0 from: http://jonthn.free.fr/MKVtoolnix/

Batch Rip.action - UPDATED

• 
  • Provides general fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and functionality of Batch Rip … in other words, I forgot to write them all down.
  • Updated Action UI to include a selectable path to MakeMKV
  • Fixed compatibility issues with later releases of MakeMKV
  • Added DiscIdent functionality to auto-name DVD titles

Batch Encode.action - UPDATED

• Provides general fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and functionality of Batch Encode … in other words, I forgot to write them all down.
• Fixed compatibility issues with later releases of MakeMKV
• Fixed issues with Custom Encode Args
• Updated default encode settings for latest Apple devices
• Added support for setting a Native Language preference. Used for audio and subtitle tracks.
• Added subtitle support. Default encode settings will now burn in forced subtitles in your native language; or all subtitles if the main audio language is not your native language.
• Added a 'Use Default Audio' option. If selected, will use the sources main audio language. Useful if the majority of your discs are in your native language. If the main audio language is not your native language, the action will automatically burn-in subtitles in your native language if available.
• Added support for BDSup2Sub. Automatically finds forced PGS subs, converts them to VOBSUB and remuxes the files for input to HandBrakeCLI. You'll need to install BDSup2Sub.jar to your Applications folder. You can download the latest version from: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145277&bdsup2sub+mac
• Updated Action UI to include a selectable path to MakeMKV, Mkvtoolnix and BDSup2Sub.jar
• Added support for additional input file types including avi, mp4, m4v, mov, mpg.

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[dhy8386]

Just thought you guys might like to know that I've finally updated the Automating DVD and Blu-Ray (Backup, Encoding and Tagging) tutorial which automates most of this through Automator and Services. Enjoy!

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/805573/


ANNOUNCEMENT: BATCH RIP ACTIONS UPDATED

Sorry everyone, I've busy with other projects. I've been updating things for my own use over the past year, but haven't had a chance to post any updates … better late than never?!


Update 2010-11-23

Release Notes
Batch Rip Actions for Automator 1.0.5

Everything

• Mkvtoolnix is no longer included in the package. You'll need to install Mkvtoolnix.app to your Applications folder. You can download version 4.4.0 from: http://jonthn.free.fr/MKVtoolnix/

Batch Rip.action - UPDATED

• 
  • Provides general fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and functionality of Batch Rip … in other words, I forgot to write them all down.
  • Updated Action UI to include a selectable path to MakeMKV
  • Fixed compatibility issues with later releases of MakeMKV
  • Added DiscIdent functionality to auto-name DVD titles

Batch Encode.action - UPDATED

• Provides general fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and functionality of Batch Encode … in other words, I forgot to write them all down.
• Fixed compatibility issues with later releases of MakeMKV
• Fixed issues with Custom Encode Args
• Updated default encode settings for latest Apple devices
• Added support for setting a Native Language preference. Used for audio and subtitle tracks.
• Added subtitle support. Default encode settings will now burn in forced subtitles in your native language; or all subtitles if the main audio language is not your native language.
• Added a 'Use Default Audio' option. If selected, will use the sources main audio language. Useful if the majority of your discs are in your native language. If the main audio language is not your native language, the action will automatically burn-in subtitles in your native language if available.
• Added support for BDSup2Sub. Automatically finds forced PGS subs, converts them to VOBSUB and remuxes the files for input to HandBrakeCLI. You'll need to install BDSup2Sub.jar to your Applications folder. You can download the latest version from: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145277&bdsup2sub+mac
• Updated Action UI to include a selectable path to MakeMKV, Mkvtoolnix and BDSup2Sub.jar
• Added support for additional input file types including avi, mp4, m4v, mov, mpg.

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Good stuff MacJ. Gonna post my reply in your thread so you see it.

 

[dhy8386]

After playing with Mac.Jedis batch scripts, i have now pretty much automated everything on the mac side and have a great process for automating everything from rss tv downloads to renaming to encoding to tagging for ATV2. Use a combination of Batch rip actions and associated programs, some applescripting, and Hazel.

Its similar to Mac jedis thread but different and in some ways utilizes some more powerful tools...nonetheless, a big thanks to MJ for his awesome automator scripts.

 

[kjoe2]

Another EAC3to GUI Plus problem

Okay I'm a novice here but have a question that might be easy if someone is still monitoring this thread.

1) I followed the instructions at the top and installed all the software.
2) Configured Another EAC3to GUI Plus as prescribed.
3) Pointed to my STREAMS directory (on hard drive after using AnyDVDHD)
4) Hit the analyze button and........ it never stops analyzing.

It maxs out the CPU (one core anyway) but there is little disc activity and virtually none from the Another EAC3to GUI Plus thread. So I don't think it is actually analyzing anything?

I'm on a 32 bit Win7 system if that helps. Any ideas? I must have missed something simple.

Thanks!