tsmuxer on snow leopard help

[VoxMac]

Originally Posted by Manuganu

Am i suppose to use M2ts Ts or AVCHD when i convert an MKV with DTS. Do i select all the files or only the H.264 and DTS (leaving out the srt files)
Do i maybe change something in the General?

You can use as you want (personnaly i du AVCHD) and you can use srt too.

How is yojur PS3 configured. Is DTS send in bitstream mode or as PCM converted ?
Is your audio system able to decode the output format ?

Have you try another mkv ?

[Manuganu]

Every file I try does the same. I don't know what my ps3 can play or can't. I did not seem to have this problem when using mkv2vob.
Just to break it down.
If the video is mkv and the audio is...
DTS - ???
AAC - ???
AC3 - ???

What do I do with each option?
Have you tried on a ps3?

[alexpeters]

Okay, so I have a few questions.

1. If I burn these files to DVD will they play with full resolution, 1920x1080?

Originally Posted by VoxMac

If you are converting in M2TS format, i think it can only have ac3 sound.
If your audio is in aac, you don't need tsMuxer, just use Subler, to convert your MKV in an MP4 that can be read by the PS3 (no convertion is done, just the container that is changed, and subtitles will be lost if any).
If the audio is in another format (ie. Mp3), audio convertion is required in one of the supported format.

2. In tsMuxer can I demux and remux to MP4 or can I just mux straight to MP4. I tried using Subler, but I think I did something wrong because the finished product didn't play. So if Subler works could you give me a walkthrough on how to use it.

Thanks.

[francorj]

Originally Posted by VoxMac

But you can try on DVR-RW , so you can try the different solutions .

• AVCHD Disk (tsMuxeR option)
• BluRay Disk (tsMuxeR option)
• AVCHD with 8.3 Names (tsMuxeR option + rename)

If you need to try with the latest option, and you need to rename the long format names by the 8.3 names, here is a small script that I have written to do so :

#!/bin/bash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Description : Small program to rename the AVCHD Names to AVCHD 8+3 Names
# Author      : VoxMac
# Date        : 07/12/2009
# Paramètre   : $1 - Directory of the AVCHD Structure
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Fields separator tag change
OFS=$IFS
IFS="
"

# Going through the AVCHD tree and rename the files
for dirList in $( ls -R "$1" | grep ':' ); do
    dir=$( echo $dirList | sed 's/://g' )
    cd "$dir"
    for file in $(ls); do
        NewName=$(echo $file | tr "[:lower:]" "[:upper:]" | 
                  sed 's/BDMV/BDM/;s/CLPI/CPI/;s/MPLS/MPL/;s/M2TS/MTS/;s/MOVIEOBJECT/MOVIEOBJ/')
        if [[ $file != $NewName  && -f $file ]]; then
           echo "Renaming : $dir/$file --> $NewName"
           mv $file $NewName
        fi
    done
done

# Reset Field separator tag
IFS=$OFS

Save this as for exemple makeAVCHD83 and run as follow

./makeAVCHD83 /Users/My_user/My_blu_ray

Hey VoxMac. I tried your build and it works like a charm. I am able to view the m2ts file with VLC and on my PS3 on file mode (browsing with Triangle and drilling down to the file). But PS3 does not recognize the AVCHD folder as it should.
I'm only having difficulties making the rename script 8+3 work.
I understand this is a required step to make the AVCHD folder be recognized through USB on the PS3, right?
I'm pretty new to the Mac and never scripted on it before.
I'm copying your script to the AppleScript Editor, but it gives me a Syntax Error (Expected expression but found unknown token.) on the OFS=$IFS line, when i try to compile it.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for the help!

EDIT: Doing the manual rename through command line with the Terminal it worked fine. But it takes a while to run all the commands, so the script would be really nice. thanks again.

EDIT 2: I figured it out! Not with the AppleScript Editor, but with Automator. I created a little app that goes through all the steps. The only thing is that I have to select all files and folders before starting, but that's ok!
Thanks again!

[VoxMac]

Hi francorj,

if you use the AVCHD Disc option, the script is not needed, as the PS3, recognize the files (which are in 8.3 format).

For the Unix Script, I personally run it inside a terminal windows, as i don't use applescripts nor automator scripts.

Anyway, if you want to help the community, you can post your automator script, so other people can use it.

Regards,

VoxMac.

[axledentaldj]

Works on Mac OS X Lion as long as you remove the two fonts in VoxMac readme file.

[YOOY]

Assertion failed: (curPos == end), function extractData, file ../vodTransport/src/matroskaParser.cpp, line 134.

Can't detect stream type. File name:


I receive this msg in about 5-10% of all the .mkv files i add to tsmuxer. I was hoping there is an easy fix to this as of now my only work around is to extract the files via mkvextract on windows side.

[VoxMac]

Originally Posted by YOOY

Assertion failed: (curPos == end), function extractData, file ../vodTransport/src/matroskaParser.cpp, line 134.

Can't detect stream type. File name:


I receive this msg in about 5-10% of all the .mkv files i add to tsmuxer. I was hoping there is an easy fix to this as of now my only work around is to extract the files via mkvextract on windows side.

Hello,

I can't give you a fix, as i've no access to tsmuxer code, but you can use your workaround on mac without going on Windows Side.
You can use iMkvExtract that you can find here. The latest version is compiled with intel code, and do not need Rosetta.

[YOOY]

Thanks for the info... I have been using imkvextract for a while now on Mac. I get similar issues with that program not extracting the h264 but will extract the dts. For whatever reason on the windows side mkvextract doesn't have any issues with extracting the h264 or dts files. I looked at all the movies that it wont extract in both tsmuxer and imkvextract and the 1 common i found is the videos were encoded with Variable Framerates. After a little research i found that tsmuxer cant work with Variable Framerates. Not to sure what the issue is with imkvextract.

[Distearth]

Originally Posted by axledentaldj

Works on Mac OS X Lion as long as you remove the two fonts in VoxMac readme file.

I made this quick patch for myself for the next time I need to reinstall Lion or an update breaks the font this fixes. It just replaces the korean fonts with renamed ariel fonts. voxmac tsmuxer works fine after this. You can still just do it manually but I'm lazy...

[bigugly]

Originally Posted by Distearth

I made this quick patch for myself for the next time I need to reinstall Lion or an update breaks the font this fixes. It just replaces the korean fonts with renamed ariel fonts. voxmac tsmuxer works fine after this. You can still just do it manually but I'm lazy...

This patch also work fine with 10.8 Mountain Lion

[papo2]

Can someone post VoxMax's compiled tsMuxerGui?

Links are no longer working and I am trying to use it with Mountain Lion.

Thanks!

[VoxMac]

Originally Posted by papo2

Can someone post VoxMax's compiled tsMuxerGui?

Links are no longer working and I am trying to use it with Mountain Lion.

Thanks!

Hello, my link in the post is still ok for Rapidshare.
I didn't remove it.

And by the way, it still works on Mountain Lion.

Regards,

VoxMac

[make21]

Hi VoxMac, i'm trying to add subtitles in srt format and i receive the next message:
Can't convert source text to UTF-32. Invalid chars sequence.

Could you help me to solve that problem because i can't find help in the net.

Thanks in advance, regards

[bigugly]

Thought this may be useful to some

(*A small applescript which helps in the creation on AVCHD DVDs. Written because I couldn't find a simpler way of doing it. 
Required tsMuxerGUI to create AVCHD, everything else comes built in.
Thanks to VoxMac for tsMuxerGUI working on OS X and for the other info needed.
***No file or folders you use with this applescript can contain spaces***
bigugly
*)

--Burn image or create image for burning
display dialog "Create AVCHD DVD or Burn saved image" buttons {"Create AVCHD DVD", "Burn Image", "Quit"}
if result = {button returned:"Burn Image"} then
	set _image to choose file with prompt "Choose your image for burning"
	display dialog "Insert blank disk for writing then click Ok" buttons {"Ok"}
	--Sets the temorary folder to POSIX path for use in shell script
	set posix_image to POSIX path of _image
	--Burns image to DVD
	do shell script "hdiutil burn -noverifyburn " & posix_image
else if result = {button returned:"Quit"} then
	return
else if result = {button returned:"Create AVCHD DVD"} then
	--Selects the temporary folder
	set _TempDir to choose folder with prompt "Select Temporary Folder (default Desktop)" default location (path to desktop folder)
	--Sets the temorary folder to POSIX path for use in shell script
	set posix_TempDir to POSIX path of _TempDir
	--Sets size for DVD type
	set _size to {"DVD Single Layer", "DVD Dual Layer"}
	--Selects DVD type
	display dialog "Select DVD Type" buttons {"DVD Single Layer", "DVD Dual Layer", "Quit"}
	if result = {button returned:"DVD Single Layer"} then
		do shell script "dd if=/dev/zero of=" & posix_TempDir & "bd_image.img bs=1048576 count=4478"
	else if result = {button returned:"DVD Dual Layer"} then
		do shell script "dd if=/dev/zero of=" & posix_TempDir & "bd_image.img bs=1048576 count=8140"
	else if result = {button returned:"Quit"} then
		return
	end if
	display dialog "Enter DVD volume name (NO_SPACES)" default answer "MY_BLURAY_LABEL"
	--Sets volume name to choice
	set _volumeName to (text returned of result)
	--Formats image to UDF 2.5
	do shell script "newfs_udf -r 2.5 " & posix_TempDir & "bd_image.img -v " & _volumeName
	--Mounts the image
	do shell script "hdiutil mount -nobrowse " & posix_TempDir & "bd_image.img"
	--Selects folder for contents copy
	set _folder to choose folder with prompt "Select Folder"
	--Sets the contents folder to POSIX path for use in shell script
	set posix_folder to POSIX path of _folder
	--Copies contents of selected folder to image
	do shell script "cp -Rv " & posix_folder & "* /Volumes/" & _volumeName
	--Unmounts the image
	do shell script "hdiutil unmount /Volumes/" & _volumeName
	--Detaches the image
	do shell script "hdiutil detach /dev/$(diskutil list | grep " & _volumeName & " | awk '{ print $NF}')"
	--Displays choice to burn image to DVD
	display dialog "Would you like to burn the image to disk?" buttons {"Yes", "No"}
	if result = {button returned:"Yes"} then
		display dialog "Insert blank disk for writing then click Ok" buttons {"Ok"}
		--Burns image to DVD
		do shell script "hdiutil burn -noverifyburn " & posix_TempDir & "bd_image.img"
		--Displays choice to keep image for later use
		display dialog "Would you like to keep the image for later?" buttons {"Yes", "No"}
		if result = {button returned:"NO"} then
			--Deletes image
			do shell script "rm " & posix_TempDir & "bd_image.img"
		end if
	else if result = {button returned:"No"} then
		--Displays choice to keep image for later use
		display dialog "Would you like to keep the image for later?" buttons {"Yes", "No"}
		if result = {button returned:"NO"} then
			--Deletes image
			do shell script "rm " & posix_TempDir & "bd_image.img"
		end if
	end if
end if

[Cloudane]

None of the download links work, but I managed to find it here:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/tsMuxeR/old-versions
Click on the VoxMac old version in the list.