Post Description

Source: downloaded MKV (which itself was sourced from a retail Blu-ray)
Total running time: ca. 103 minutes



Encoded from MKV to AVCHD DVD9 format using:

- AVCHDCoder v11.08.03 (using the highest quality settings)


TECHNICAL DETAILS (as obtained by MediaInfo)

General
ID                               : 1 (0x1)
Complete name                    : \BDMV\STREAM\00001.m2ts
Format                           : BDAV
Format/Info                      : Blu-ray Video
File size                        : 7.92 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 43mn
Overall bit rate mode            : Variable
Overall bit rate                 : 11.0 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate         : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID                               : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 3 frames
Codec ID                         : 27
Duration                         : 1h 43mn
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 8 055 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 18.0 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.162
Stream size                      : 6.05 GiB (76%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 116 r2044 392e762
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.25 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=1 / weightp=0 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=24 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=8055 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=18000 / vbv_bufsize=18000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio #1
ID                               : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : DTS
Format/Info                      : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID                         : 130
Duration                         : 1h 43mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 24 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : 11ms
Stream size                      : 1.09 GiB (14%)
Language                         : English

Audio #2
ID                               : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : 129
Duration                         : 1h 43mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 640 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 474 MiB (6%)
Language                         : English


Subtitles                        : Dutch



Due to an as yet unknown cause, MediaInfo does not show subtitles on some of my movies I encoded using AVCHDCoder. It occured with this AVCHD, unfortunately. Although subtitles are actually present, whatever is causing this issue is also causing some stand-alone players to not show subtitles. My apologies. By the way, the subtitles are actually included three times - they are exactly the same except from their relative on-screen position.


This AVCHD was not playtested to test for Cinavia DRM. However, as this movie was not released by Sony it should be free of Cinavia DRM.


Burn using Nero or any other DVD burning program which can handle the ISO image format.


PS: Yes I know I misspelled the title of the movie in the disc's menu. However, it was obviously not worth the effort to encode the movie all over again. Just live with it :)