Guide to create H264 + AC3 for the PS3 with DVDFab 5.0.2.0
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Posted:
19-05-2008
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In my quest to get the best possible quality files that can be streamed to the PS3 I wanted to try H264 and see if it was worth the CPU cycles for DVD source material. Since this is not an easy task with DVDFab, I thought I would share how to do it. The default PS3 profile is limited to stereo AAC which isn't well suited for home theater use.
The short version:
- Use custom profile in DVDFab to make AVI with H264 + AC3
- Use mkvmerge to create mkv file.
- Use mkv2vob to create non-standard vob file that plays on PS3
Why not just skip a step and use the generic H264 profile for MKV with audiocopy?
- The existing profile only allows maximum of 5000 bitrate while the PS3 profile allows a maximum of 10000.
- The MKV profiles in DVDFab use the wrong fourcc value for H264 content making the file unreadable by mkv2vob.
- Tried that, the fourcc="H264" required to make a compliant file works when creating an AVI but does not work when creating an MKV for some reason (bug?).
- Tried that too, but it doesn't result in a playable file.
- Maybe DVDFab will able to create the special vob file for the PS3 directly some day. My understanding is that mkv2vob is simply creating a m2ts file and renaming it to vob.
- Actually no, only the first step is time consuming depending upon how fast your PC processor is. The other steps are simply file copies.
Setup
- Create a new file under Program Files/DVDFab 5/Profiles and name it something like "ps3.avi.h264.audiocopy.480p.xml"
- Edit the file and put the following:
Code:<profile name="PlayStation 3 - AVI" version="200" device="ps3" tag="dvdfab" description="The profile is used to create avi(h264 + audiocopy) file, which can be played in Playstation 3."> <common> <file format="avi" mode="0" number="1" /> <audio copy="1" /> <video> <size list=""/> <subtitle mode="0" /> <outfps mode="3" value="29.97" list="23.976,24,25,29.97,30" /> <encode codec="h264" fourcc="H264" bitrate_kbps="5000" maxbitrate_kbps="10000" > <mode value="real_time" list="real_time, high_quality" /> </encode> </video> </common> <vcodec name="h264"> <generic profile="0" level="30" /> </vcodec> </profile>
- Restart DVDFab if it was running
- Download and install MKVtoolnix (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix)
- Download and install mkv2vob (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/mkv2vob)
- Select PS3 under DVD to Mobile
- Select the source content
- Click Conversion settings and select the "Playstation 3 - AVI" profile
- Encode as usual
- Open mkvmerge GUI from MKVtoolnix
- Select the avi file you just created
- Click Start Muxing
- Open mkv2vob
- Click on Configuration tab
- Set Video Transcoding to Never (ignore the warning, we know what kind of files we have)
- Set Output File Extension to vob
- Set Transcoding Codec to x264
- Click on Add File tab
- Choose mkv file created in previous step
- Choose destination (can be your streaming server location)
- Click Add File button
In the end, re-encoding to H264 did not keep the quality I was looking for. If you are a quality junky like me and aren't afraid of the command line then you'll find instructions to make a high quality MPEG2 file from DVD Film content here:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f116/high-q...9/#post2057122
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Posted:
24-05-2008
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I found that you can get a little better quality by raising the H264 level to 4.1. Here is the changed line from the file above:
Also, it is better to save the file under application data so that it will survive after a new version of DVDFab is install. The directory is something like:Quote:<generic profile="0" level="41" />
FYI, retested direct MKV creation in 5.0.2.2 and it is still ignoring the fourcc="H264" in the encode portion of the profile. The fourcc of an MKV created with DVDFab is coming up as "V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC" in MKVmerge which both mkv2vob and the PS3 reject.Quote:C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Login>\Application Data\DVDFab\profiles -
Posted:
24-05-2008
- # 3
Does the resulting file stream OK?
I tried a similar thing using DVDFab, Handbrake and then mkv2vob to see if I could get rid of the NTSC judder whilst retaining 5.1 audio. The resulting file would play but it wouldn't stream smoothly (even through the bitrate was less than required for a vob/mpg which stream fine). -
Posted:
25-05-2008
- # 4
This seems to be dependent on your streaming server and the bitrate. I've been doing experiments with 1 chapter of a movie at various bitrates to compare quality. They all play fine, but lower bitrates tend to fast-forward and rewind more smoothly. I am streaming them from my NAS, a Synology Cubestation with only 64MB of RAM.Quote:Does the resulting file stream OK?
I tried a similar thing using DVDFab, Handbrake and then mkv2vob to see if I could get rid of the NTSC judder whilst retaining 5.1 audio. The resulting file would play but it wouldn't stream smoothly (even through the bitrate was less than required for a vob/mpg which stream fine).
The lower the bitrate setting, the smaller the files and the more need for 2-pass encoding. If you use 2-pass on DVDFab then you just have to put up with part of it crashing at the end. It still creates a good AVI file. The key to the profile above for Film content is the forced 23.976fps setting.
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