why the latest version of x264 doesn't have --nal-hrd option ? I found a version 669i and 675 that has been patched. It's for suing the movie encoded by x264 into Encore CS3. thanks

Because that patch was *not* submitted to the x264 SVN and hence will be missing in all "official" builds...

You can try . Made with this a couple *.avc that was not rejected by scenarist. BDMV-on-DVD playable on BDP-S300 and BDP-LX70a.

tymoxa - thanks for the link to the patched 721

someone got this error with scenarist and x264 ? I tried with the build 721 patched with hdr and still the same problem with scenerist... buffer underflows.

Well I don't make BD but with BD profil you can use for 720p24 --min-keyint 2 --max-keyint 28 (min & max) --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 why --pulldown 64 ...? pulldown flag are not necessary for BD you can use 3 bframe with pyramidal structure too.

Sagittaire Thanks for the tips... Without --pulldown 64 i get some jerkiness playback.

thanks guys I'll try the command line. The problem that I have is with a 720p. There is a difference for 1080p in the command line ?

my frist sucessful test with a problematic movie (no buffer underflows in scenarist) Oh ya.. I'm tryig to convert the movie for the PS3. Maybe I'll have to tweak to command line later.. but the first step is to be able to create a m2ts. D:\DVD-convertion\encode\temp_dr_strange>x264.exe --crf 22.0 --level 4.1 --min-keyint 2 --keyint 28 --deadzone-inter 6 --deadzone-intra 6 --ref 3 --no-fast-pskip --bframes 3 --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --vbv-init 1.0 --threads auto --no-dct-decimate --no-psnr --no-ssim --nal-hrd --mvrange 511 --aud --sar 1:1 --aq-strength 1.0 --progress --pulldown 64 --output 720p.264 movie.avs avis [info]: 1280x720 @ 23.98 fps (109920 frames) x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1 x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 3DNow! x264 [info]: slice I:5073 Avg QP:16.33 size: 67730ta 0:00:00 x264 [info]: slice P:78161 Avg QP:18.24 size: 17741 x264 [info]: slice B:26686 Avg QP:21.57 size: 4578 x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 37.1% 17.5% 45.4% x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 9.6% 6.0% 2.9% P16..4: 48.3% 4.4% 0.9% 0.0% 0 .0% skip:27.9% x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 1.6% 1.1% 0.8% B16..8: 15.4% 0.6% 0.7% direct: 4.9% skip:74.8% x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:28.7% inter:14.4% x264 [info]: ref P 80.1% 12.4% 7.5% x264 [info]: ref B 79.0% 12.7% 8.3% x264 [info]: kb/s:3232.4 encoded 109920 frames, 10.77 fps, 3233.52 kb/s and another sucessful test (generate a m2ts.. still don't know if I'll be able to play it): D:\DVD-convertion\encode\temp_dr_strange>x264.exe --threads auto --thread-input --keyint 14 --min-keyint 2 --vbv-maxrate 24000 --vbv-bufsize 14745 --mvrange 511 --level 4.1 --bframe 1 --bime --weightb --ref 3 --mixed-refs --direct auto --deblock -1:-1 --crf 22 --stats "x264_stat.log" --qcomp 0.50 --ipratio 1.10 --pbratio 1.10 --partitions "all" --8x8dct --me "dia" --subme 1 --trellis 0 --deadzone-intra 6 --deadzone-inter 6 --no-fast-pskip --no-dct-decimate --aud --nal-hrd --sar 1:1 --aq-strength 0.25 --aq-sensitivity 0 --progress -o sagittaire.264 movie.avs avis [info]: 1280x720 @ 23.98 fps (109920 frames) x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1 x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 3DNow! x264 [info]: slice I:8862 Avg QP:15.05 size: 85822 PSNR Mean Y:52.04 U:55.01 V:55.68 Avg:52.77 Global:50.97 x264 [info]: slice P:81142 Avg QP:15.59 size: 29669 PSNR Mean Y:51.93 U:54.34 V:54.99 Avg:52.54 Global:50.95 x264 [info]: slice B:19916 Avg QP:16.76 size: 9374 PSNR Mean Y:51.93 U:54.46 V:55.16 Avg:52.58 Global:50.60 x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 30.0% 27.6% 42.4% x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 21.2% 7.1% 3.2% P16..4: 53.2% 3.0% 1.5% 0.3% 0 .2% skip:10.4% x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 1.4% 1.1% 0.8% B16..8: 20.4% 0.5% 0.9% direct: 20.2% skip:54.7% x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:24.1% inter:16.6% x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:97.3% temporal:2.7% x264 [info]: ref P 84.3% 10.0% 5.7% x264 [info]: ref B 79.7% 13.0% 7.3% x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9950088 x264 [info]: PSNR Mean Y:51.940 U:54.415 V:55.076 Avg:52.565 Global:50.882 kb/s: 5853.77 encoded 109920 frames, 18.28 fps, 3515.75 kb/s someone can tell me what I did wrong with my previous command line ? x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate 7200 --stats ".stats" --progress --keyint 300 --bframes 3 --qpmin 7 --qpmax 51 --no-psnr --mixed-refs --trellis 1 --ref 3 --filter 0,0 --subme 6 --direct auto --vbv-bufsize 12000 --vbv-maxrate 26000 --me dia --no-ssim --level 4.1 --weightb --b-rdo --bime --analyse p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --threads auto --thread-input --aud --nal-hrd --sar 1:1 --output "movie.264" "movie.avs" oh ya.. with my command line I obtain a video of 3.8gigs and with your command line is around 1.87gigs. Don't know if my buffer underflows is cause by that.. I'll try to customize your command line to have a larger movie. First observation : with the sagittaire.264 (I didn't put pulldown) I can fastforward the movie m2ts. but I can with the other one.

thanks audyovydeo but your answer is not really what I'm looking for. I know the bitrate change the file size.. but my question is : "Why a movie encoded by my command line give error in scenarist and not the others ? " if I can figure that out, I'll be able to convert movie without hassle.