Doctor Who Series 5 Vol 2 (UK)

[newtonuk]

Hi there, this blu-ray seems to rip successfully, but Handbrake reports "No valid source", so I have tried to rip the individual titles to .mkv files and again this seems to complete successfully but there is no video, only audio, although each files is circa 10GB. I've tried to play the mkv files back in Roxio Toast and VLC with no luck.

The log files shows no errors!

I'm in the process of ripping the disc again to post the log file, but I'd appreciate any initial comments.

TIA

[crowfax]

It's almost certainly the case that the video is VC-1 interlaced. You mentioned Toast which is a Mac program? If you're on a Mac I can't offer any advice as to what will help you play back or process the file.

The MakeMKV log file won't tell us very much as MakeMKV did it's job and extracted the audio and video to an MKV file.. Try using mediaInfo and posting the details of the file here. Someone with more knowledge of Mac solutions will be able to help.

[newtonuk]

Hi, thanks for the quick response... It is a VC-1 file and MediaInfo says:

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English, 32.2Mbps, 1920*1080 (16:9), at 25.00 fps, VC-1 (Microsoft) (AP@L3)

This is from the mkv file I created.

[newtonuk]

If you're on a Mac I can't offer any advice as to what will help you play back or process the file.

I've got access to other OS's if that helps?

[crowfax]

Can you click the view menu in MediaInfo and change it to "text" then copy and paste all of it into the forum?

Thanks!

[newtonuk]

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General
Unique ID                        : 38098652892555440238630048056978755329 (0x1CA9889CEFB530504F2C6AAE509CCF01)
Complete name                    : /Users/htpc/Desktop/Dr_Who_Series_5_Vol_2/title00.mkv
Format                           : Matroska
File size                        : 9.53 GiB
Duration                         : 40mn 59s
Overall bit rate                 : 33.3 Mbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-04-20 15:31:30
Writing application              : MakeMKV v1.6.7 darwin(x86-release)
Writing library                  : libmakemkv v1.6.7 (0.7.7/0.8.1) darwin(x86-release)

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : VC-1
Format profile                   : AP@L3
Codec ID                         : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint                    : Microsoft
Duration                         : 40mn 59s
Bit rate                         : 32.2 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Interlaced
Scan order                       : Top Field First
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.621
Stream size                      : 9.21 GiB (97%)
Language                         : English

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : A_AC3
Duration                         : 40mn 59s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 448 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 131 MiB (1%)
Title                            : 2/0
Language                         : English

Menu
00:00:00.000                     : en:Chapter 00
00:02:51.360                     : en:Chapter 01
00:07:50.280                     : en:Chapter 02
00:11:35.880                     : en:Chapter 03
00:15:31.760                     : en:Chapter 04
00:21:31.680                     : en:Chapter 05
00:25:26.440                     : en:Chapter 06
00:32:14.000                     : en:Chapter 07
00:33:20.800                     : en:Chapter 08
00:36:06.520                     : en:Chapter 09
00:38:38.200                     : en:Chapter 10
00:40:26.280                     : en:Chapter 11

Yep, there we go.... Interlaced!

[crowfax]

My machine is tied up at the moment but in about 20 mins it'll be free. I have a BBC disc with similar encoding. Let me have a fiddle and see what I can use to play it back on Windows 7.

[newtonuk]

That's very kind... My ultimate goal is to convert this to something that my AppleTV 2 can play, if that helps?

[crowfax]

Try downloading the latest version of Handbrake from here: https://build.handbrake.fr/ and see if it can process the file.

Update: The Mac builds are here: https://build.handbrake.fr/view/All/job/Mac/

Try both the windows and the Mac builds, I've no idea how similar they are.

[crowfax]

Did you have any luck with the Nightly builds of Handbrake?

I was able to play back my VC-1 interlaced video using Windows Media Player with the Haali Media Splitter. I am unable to test Handbrake at the moment as I'm working.

[newtonuk]

No, no luck with nightlies.

[crowfax]

I'm told that RipBot264 will process the file, but it's Windows only I'm afraid. I've asked all the Mac people I know about tools on to complete the same process on OSX and I get either blank looks or I see terror in their eyes.

It's been a while since I used Ripbot but I'm fairly sure it has an AppleTV profile.