Blu-ray converter 2.1.1.35, beta version available!

[cedric]

Hello 0xdeadbeef,

Please, can you try to reproduce your issue with last published version (2.1.1.1)?

I'm waiting for your feedback...

Thank you!

[0xdeadbeef]

Hi there and thanks for the fast reply.
The good news is that Battleship converted without issues with 2.1.1.1 (Cuda enabled, single-pass).
The bad news is that this success lured me into trying to convert another BD (Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol), but this one crashed pretty much immediately:

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2012-08-29 22:09:13	----        	******************** Log session stop 29- 220913.183 PID 3200 ********************
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	Bei der Konvertierung ist ein Fehler aufgetreten
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Error       	*** Error while initializing file: VTS_01_1.VOB - DVD PAL 16/9 ***
2012-08-29 21:34:24	----        	*********************************************************************************************
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	scale#0(width=720, height=576, interpolation='lanczos', padding_method='automatic', crop_left=0, crop_top=0, crop_right=0, crop_bottom=0, pad_left=0, pad_top=0, pad_right=0, pad_bottom=0, pad_color=0)
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	equalizer#0(contrast=1, brightness=0, saturation=1, gamma=1, gamma_weight=1, red_gamma=1, green_gamma=1, blue_gamma=1)
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	rotate#0(rotation=ROTATE_NONE)
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	deinterlace#0(mode=DEINTERLACE_FFMEG)
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╔═> [subtitle #7 - dvd_subtitle subtitle, x  [eng]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╚══ [subtitle #7 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle [English]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╔═> [subtitle #6 - dvd_subtitle subtitle, x  [deu]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╚══ [subtitle #6 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle [Deutsch]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╔═> [subtitle #5 - dvd_subtitle subtitle, x  [eng]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╚══ [subtitle #5 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle [English]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╔═> [subtitle #4 - dvd_subtitle subtitle, x  [deu]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╚══ [subtitle #4 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle [Deutsch]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╔═> [audio #3 - ac3 audio, 48000Hz, 6 Ch., 448 Kbps [deu]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╚══ [audio #3 - ac3 main audio, 48000 kHz, 6 Ch., 640 kbps [Deutsch]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╔═> [audio #2 - ac3 audio, 48000Hz, 8 Ch., 448 Kbps [deu]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╚══ [audio #2 - truehd main audio, 48000 kHz, 8 Ch. [Deutsch]]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╔═> [video #1 - mpeg2video video, 720x576, yuv420p, 0]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	╚══ [video #1 - h264 video, 1920x1080, YUV420P, 1,00]
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	Info Logical file: Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol - Hauptfilm
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	Limit filesize to DVD5 (4.7GB)
2012-08-29 21:34:24	----        	*************  Impossible Ghost Protocol - Hauptfilm -> VTS_01_1.VOB - PAL 16/9 *************
2012-08-29 21:34:24	Info        	DVD info Format PAL
2012-08-29 21:33:48	Info        	Video structure loaded successfully from:I:\Blu-Ray\ARIES_D1_WS\BDMV\index.bdmv
2012-08-29 21:32:55	Info        	*** Building DVD ROOT menu using template: Black Mirror mit Video ***
2012-08-29 21:28:15	----        	*** File encoded successfully: VTS_01_1.VOB - Battleship - Hauptfilm - DVD ***
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	Hardware decoding: H.264 variable-length decoder, no film grain technology using adapter #0 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 , vendor 0x10DE (NVIDIA), device 0x1086, revision 161, converting h264 to yuv420p
2012-08-29 20:39:45	----        	*****************************************************************************
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	scale#0(width=720, height=576, interpolation='lanczos', padding_method='automatic', crop_left=0, crop_top=0, crop_right=0, crop_bottom=0, pad_left=0, pad_top=0, pad_right=0, pad_bottom=0, pad_color=0)
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	equalizer#0(contrast=1, brightness=0, saturation=1, gamma=1, gamma_weight=1, red_gamma=1, green_gamma=1, blue_gamma=1)
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	rotate#0(rotation=ROTATE_NONE)
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	deinterlace#0(mode=DEINTERLACE_FFMEG)
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╔═> [subtitle #5 - dvd_subtitle subtitle, x  [deu]]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╚══ [subtitle #5 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle [Deutsch]]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╔═> [subtitle #4 - dvd_subtitle subtitle, x  [deu]]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╚══ [subtitle #4 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle [Deutsch]]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╔═> [subtitle #3 - dvd_subtitle subtitle, x  [eng]]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╚══ [subtitle #3 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle [English]]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╔═> [audio #2 - ac3 audio, 48000Hz, 6 Ch., 448 Kbps [deu]]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╚══ [audio #2 - dts main audio, 48000 kHz, 5.1 Ch., 768 kbps [Deutsch]]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╔═> [video #1 - mpeg2video video, 720x576, yuv420p, 0]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	╚══ [video #1 - h264 video, 1920x1080, YUV420P, 1,00]
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	Info Logical file: Battleship - Hauptfilm
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	Limit filesize to DVD5 (4.7GB)
2012-08-29 20:39:45	----        	************* Battleship - Hauptfilm -> VTS_01_1.VOB - PAL 16/9 *************
2012-08-29 20:39:45	Info        	DVD info Format PAL
2012-08-29 20:39:23	Info        	Video structure loaded successfully from:I:\Blu-Ray\BATTLESHIP_G51\BDMV\index.bdmv
2012-08-29 20:39:17	Info        	 No disc in drive.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	9 Menüvorlagen geladen.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Available Memory : 9864 Mb.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Total Memory : 12282 Mb.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Available extended Virtual Memory : 0 Mb.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Available Virtual Memory : 1827 Mb.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Total Virtual Memory : 2047 Mb.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Memory Load  : 34%
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Available Physical Memory : 4048 Mb.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Total Physical Memory : 6142 Mb.
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	System default language : Deutsch (Deutschland)
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	User default language   : Deutsch (Deutschland)
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	Version : 2.1.1.1
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	ExeName : C:\video\Blu-ray Converter Ultimate 2\BlurayConverterUltimate.exe
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	OS : Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 New Drive selected : 0:2:0 - HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L 1.03 [F] (Ide)
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R, Blu Ray-R Seq., Blu Ray-R Rnd., Blu Ray-RE
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 New Drive selected : 0:4:0 - HL-DT-ST BD-RE  BH10LS30 1.01 [H] (Ide)
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 New Drive selected : 0:3:0 - LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1S 9L09 [G] (Ide)
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
2012-08-29 20:39:16	Info        	 New Drive selected : 0:2:0 - HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L 1.03 [F] (Ide)
2012-08-29 20:39:15	Info        	 Using Advanced SPTI interface
2012-08-29 20:39:15	----        	******************** Log session start 29-Aug 20:39:15.258 PID 3200********************

[cedric]

Hi,

I think the problem can be with TRUE HD 7.1 channels audio track...
Can you retry with TRUE HD audio track (Deutsch) unselected?

Thank you!

[0xdeadbeef]

Yeah, when I remove all TrueHD tracks, the conversion with 2.1.1.2 finished successfully. This left me with just the Japanese track though and as a side note: BD Converter 1.4.0.8 was able to convert the BD including the TrueHD track (had to switch off Cuda though as else the picture got completely green from some point).
Anyway, after the conversion was finished, I tried to watch the result with BD Converter still open ("what do you want to do next").
This resulted in a heavy crash (dunno if related to watching the DVD or just by chance):

• Exception EAccessViolation in module BlurayConverterUltimate.exe at 00008468.
  Access violation at adress 00408468 in module 'lurayConverterUltimate.exe'. Read of address 0621A294.

followed by

• Access violation at address 005715D3 in module 'BlurayConverterUltimate.exe'. Read of address 00000010.

2.1.1.2 crashed immediately just as 2.1.1.1 btw.
Also, as a side note: the successfull conversion with 2.1.1.1 (Japanese track) resulted in just a little over 3GB. Even 400MB less than 1.4.0.8.
Missing the mark by ~1.4GB is not really an optimal result regarding picture quality.

[julien]

[b]Information:[/b]

The Option, to make the file (convert AVI or DVD) from Bluray to two DVD Disk is doesn´t work. The Kombination with 2 Pass, the Time goes after 5 hour to 6 hour 7 hour and so on.

The File never ending the recode.

Thanks
Julien

[cedric]

@ 0xdeadbeef: 2.1.1.2 should be able to convert TRUEHD audio track. Have you tried to select it for conversion
Redownload the 2.1.1.2 installer then reinstall it first.

@ Julien: I will work on your problem on next week, thank you for your feedback...

Regards.

[0xdeadbeef]

@ 0xdeadbeef: 2.1.1.2 should be able to convert TRUEHD audio track. Have you tried to select it for conversion
Redownload the 2.1.1.2 installer then reinstall it first.

Nope, crashes immediately as described above. I even tried it on another PC just for the sake of testing and it's the same.

[cedric]

@ 0xdeadbeef: Your problem with TrueHD 7.1 channels audio tracks should be fixed in current beta version 2.1.1.3 (I'm waiting for your feedback...)

@ Julien: I worked around the feature you want to use (split output in 2CD/DVD) and I found it's not compatible with simultaneous conversion. I can't found a fix at this time, I will work on this issue soon.
I removed splitted output target size items at this time, They will be back when I will found a workaround...

Regards.

[0xdeadbeef]

Conversion of MI4 still crashes immediately if I select a TrueHD channel. The behavior is unchanged for 2.1.1.1, 2.1.1.2 and 2.1.1.3 ...

[cedric]

Ok, thank you for your feedback.
We need to buy it to reproduce/fix your problem.
I will inform you when we found something.

Regards.

[Claire]

Hi,

The trueHD problem should be fixed in this version 2.1.1.4
http://www.vso-software.fr/download_pro ... erultimate

Please confirm it solves the problem

Thank you for your help!

[0xdeadbeef]

Now this looks promising. With 2.1.1.4, the conversion started. It will take another 50min or so to complete, but I'm pretty confident it will. Else I'll report later.
So thanks again for the support!

[EDIT]
Hm, the conversion ended without any issues, the result however seems to be unusable. Instead of creating some 1GB VOBs, this resulted in one giant 3.56GB VOB:

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05.09.2012  19:12            12.288 VIDEO_TS.BUP
05.09.2012  19:12            12.288 VIDEO_TS.IFO
05.09.2012  19:12            59.392 VIDEO_TS.VOB
05.09.2012  19:12           104.448 VTS_01_0.BUP
05.09.2012  19:12           104.448 VTS_01_0.IFO
05.09.2012  19:12        24.295.424 VTS_01_0.VOB
03.09.2012  22:33                 0 VTS_01_1.VOB
03.09.2012  22:33                 0 VTS_01_1_2.VOB
05.09.2012  19:07     3.820.435.456 VTS_01_1_2_3.VOB

As a side note: as mentioned before, this undersizing is a bit extreme. 3.58GB instead of ~4.3GB is quite a waste of space and it would help the conversion quality quite a bit if the result was closer to 4GB at least.

[cedric]

Please, clean your output folder manually before starting the conversion process.
It seems some hold files was not properly deleted before starting the new conversion.

Thanks.

[0xdeadbeef]

Ok, when deleting the output folder manually, a playable DVD was created.
The output size is the same though (3.58GB).
Also BD Converter still crashes when trying to play the created DVD when the converter is finished, but still open.

[Claire]

Also BD Converter still crashes when trying to play the created DVD when the converter is finished, but still open.

What is your default player? What type of crash do you get? Can you post a screenshot? When you say it still opens, you mean Blu-ray Converter crashes but the player opens and plays the conversion?

I can't reproduce so far

[0xdeadbeef]

When the conversion finished and BD Converter shows the "what do you want to do next" screen, I opened the VIDEO_TS.IFO with Media Player Classic (Home Cinema) externally and then BC Converter suddenly showed several exception dialogs.
However, when I tried to reproduce it today to make screenshots, it didn't happen of course.
Indeed I'm not even 100% sure if there is a connection between playing the created video and the exceptions, but I got quite a view of these semi-crashes after a successful concersion with BD Converter 2 lately.

Also, as another remark, I tried the two pass conversion again and it left a (temporary) file called "VTS_01_1.VOB.multipass" in the output folder which is obviously not intended. Besides, the two-pass encoder fails exactly as the one-pass encoder to use all the available space on a DVD5.
As the intention of a proper two-pass encoder is to optimize the bitrate, missing the mark by nearly 1GB makes the two-pass process kinda futile.
I'm not sure what exactly is going wrong there, but e.g. QEnc, which is based on the ffmpeg library as well, has a very decent VBR mode that hits the mark pretty much perfectly. So I'd really like a working two-pass mode, but not one that takes twice the time and delivers the same heavily undersized results as the one-pass mode.

[JJ]

Tried 2.1.1.4 with Galactica The Plan BR.
Set to no limit file size, mkv FullHD Cuda. Pressed convert - program crashed.
Is there still a problem with Cuda or was this just bad luck? Or because I tried to convert directly from actual BR disc with AnyDVD removing protection "on-the-fly"?
Then I used AnyDVD to copy whole BR to HD, restarted program, and Cuda is not selectable. Conversion with hardware setting is going fine, just takes about one hour to convert, using all my 4 cores fully.


Or is it because somehow program set cropping to video?

• 2012-09-07 14:24:57 ---- ******************** Log session stop 07- 142457.111 PID 5700 ********************
  2012-09-07 14:24:07 Info An error occured while converting
  2012-09-07 14:24:07 Error *** Error while initializing file: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA THE PLAN (Main feature).mkv - MKV (Matroska) Full HD (1080p) H264 *HQ* ***
  2012-09-07 14:24:07 ----
  2012-09-07 14:24:07 Info scale#0(width=1920, height=1080, interpolation='gaussian', padding_method='automatic', crop_left=120, crop_top=0, crop_right=120, crop_bottom=0, pad_left=0, pad_top=78, pad_right=0, pad_bottom=78, pad_color=0)

Second conversion seems to do it without any cropping which is correct as source is BR.

[sparky]

Can the New Blu-ray Converter and DVD Converter Version 2 be overinstalled over the previous version 1.4.0.8 or do we need to remove them first, or is the version 2 another standalone programe to run side by side the 1.4.0.8 versions. Thankyou

[cedric]

Hello,

You can have both versions (1 & 2) installed on same computer without problem...

Regards.

[Claire]

FYI new version posted