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lookin4grip wrote on 1/15/2011, 9:28 AM
Hello all, I have been working with DVDA5.0 for a few weeks now and really appreciate its capabilities, seems to work smoother than 4.5. I have been trying to create AVCHD discs for playback on PS3. I am having trouble as you would probably know. I am able to produce just not playback as a AVCHD in PS3, works as planned on computer via cyberlink player and such. I noticed that there is a project setting in DVDA5 for setting video format I have selected AVC for my project and it then works on the computer, when I select MPEG-2 the menu is black when played back on the computer. What is the correct setting in my case?
My imported media is .M2T via Sony camcorder, edited w/ SVMS10 and encoded with Sony AVC with template AVCHD 1920x1080-60i wo audio. The seperate rendered audio is encoded Sony Wave64 template 48, 16, stereo, PCM.

First let me thank all of you who sacrafice your time to help guys like me expand my understaning of these processes.

My questions are...
Does that DVDA5 video format matter?
Can I get the PS3 to play my AVCHD discs as intended with menus from DVDA5?
Do my render settings look correct to you guys for creating the best quality output? Other rcommendations?

I know there are some big issues with the AVCHD/PS3 but it seems I cannot find any other answers. Thanks again to anyone with info.
Todd

So questions are...

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lookin4grip wrote on 1/15/2011, 9:32 AM
It seems my questions were cut short...

Is the DVDA5 video format matter (AVC/MPEG-2)?
Can I get the PS3 to play the AVCHD disks created by DVDA5?
Do my render settings look correct to achieve the best possible render form this imported footage?
Any recommendations?

Thanks again for any helpful information.

Todd
lookin4grip wrote on 1/17/2011, 8:27 AM
Anyone out there that knows how to make a AVCHD disc playable on PS3?

Anybody?
PeterDuke wrote on 1/17/2011, 3:13 PM
Try using AVCHD-Patcher. You will have to mount the ISO file created by DVDA (eg using Virtual Clone Drive), copy the files to a new directory and patch the index.bdmv files (main and backup copies) using the INDX version 0100 option. Then burn the BDMV directory to a DVD, being sure to select a UDF 2.5 file system.

www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=15285018&postcount=1662

I had to go through this rigmarole to make an AVCHD disk created by DVDA playable on my standalone Blu-ray player (actually a recorder).

There are other ways of making an AVCHD without DVDA that should play on a PS3, for example multiAVCHD (free) and Corel DVD MovieFactory (not free).
lookin4grip wrote on 1/17/2011, 3:40 PM
Thanks Peter for the information, I will certainly give it a try.

What would the correct setting be in regards to the DVDA5 setting in project properties/ video format:
MPEG-2 or AVC

Thanks
PeterDuke wrote on 1/17/2011, 5:06 PM
AVCHD is a specific subset of MPEG-4 AVC (also known as H.264), so don't choose MPEG-2.
lookin4grip wrote on 1/17/2011, 6:02 PM
I am guessing the refrences to MPEG-2 although not specified , is speaking SD rather than HD recording mode.

I have tried your work around and had success creating the new AVCHD disc. The PS3 now defines it as AVCHD disc and plays just as intended in the PS3. I do not have any other BD players at this point so I dont know what else can play it. Can you expand on how to see the files located in the ISO file created by DVDA5? The only way I could get it to work was to put in the disc that I had burned the ISO to and chose explore, then copied the files to my desktop in a temp folder, then did the patch. I did not need to do the steps 4 and 5 after checking the files they did not need to be changed. So how do I see these files right from the original ISO?

I sincerely thank you for helping me with your solution.
PeterDuke wrote on 1/17/2011, 7:25 PM
I used the free Virtual Clone Drive to mount the ISO file.

http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

Don't forget to unmount the "drive" when you have finished with it.
lookin4grip wrote on 1/23/2011, 8:11 PM
Does this video format setting in DVDA5 reflect the steam format or video format?

I am still not sure, can anyone confirm the meaning?

My camera, a sony HDR-CX12 uses MPEG-2 stream, I think...
and format AVCHD...

So is the correct setting AVC or MPEG-2, I have been using AVC, but dont know for sure which one and why.

Thanks for any help offered.
PeterDuke wrote on 1/23/2011, 11:25 PM
I have already said above that if you want to make an AVCHD disc, use MPEG4 AVC, not MPEG2.

AVC stands for Advanced Video Coding. AVCHD is a form of AVC that Sony and Panasonic have agreed upon for use with their HD (High Definition) cameras. AVC implies MPEG4, but not necessarily the other way round, because the MPEG4 standard has many parts. AVC is part 10 of the standard.

Nevertheless you can transcode your MPEG4 to MPEG2 if you have a reason for this, but you may suffer some loss of quality and the files may be twice the size.

Your camera apparently captures high definition (HD) as AVCHD and standard definition (SD) as MPEG2-PS. The PS stands for Program Stream as distinct from Transport Stream, but don't you worry about that (as a former premier of Queensland used to say).

So if you want to deliver HD, use MPEG4 AVC and if you want to deliver SD, use MPEG2.
lookin4grip wrote on 1/24/2011, 7:27 AM
Thanks Peter -

I remember what you had wrote, I am still just having questions on how these formats and containers all correlate, so many variables, I am just trying to figure it out.

Why would you want to use the Mainconcept mpeg-2 templates with AVCHD (MTS)and want to keep hd) footage if it is a MPEG-2 codec? I guess I need to find an outline structure of the formats or some refrence to review that is not written way over my head. Or, as you suggested - Don't worry about it, but then I feel I might not expant my knowledge. Your comments are always appreciated.