Windows 7 Media Center : Setup Guide, Knowledge Base & Support - Page 14

i meant in win7. like double clicking on a .mkv file and it launches mpc-hc. using mpc as external player works fine.

Right click the MPC-HC shortcut, and run as administrator. Then go to options, formats, and choose .mkv (I actually hit video there, so all video files are opened in MPC-HC).

that did the trick, thx eyeballer.

Is there an issue with Metabrowser and the backdrop images that it finds for movies now? It's been a couple weeks since I've added to my library, but now for every movie that I get metadata for with Metabrowser, the backdrop images are no longer either 1920x1080 or 1280x720... they all have a listed resolution of 780x439. I will say the backdrops still look great when displayed fullscreen on my 720p Samsung LCD... but I just thought it was odd that all resolutions for backdrops are now 780x439. Even if I replace old backrops with the ones Metabrowser collects now (the same image that I've been using), the resolution is no longer 1920x1080, but 780x439. Very strange... wondering if anyone else has noticed this.

Blu Ray ripping GUIDE - Part 2 : Ripping to MKV

Ok so after testing out Part 1 and 2 of the Ripping Guide. I'm having some trouble in Part 2 with the Subtitles in Another EAC3toGUI. I make sure there selected before I run the program. When I play back the completed MKV there's no subtitles there to play back in MPC-HC.

Seems like the Subtitles are not getting muxed in the MKV inside Another EAC3toGUI.

Only way I am able to get this to work is run tsMuxer (Demux files), BDSup2Sub, mkvmerge GUI.

Are you using full subtitles or only forced subs?

Trying to get Full Subtitles , also Forced subs if there were originally on the BD (for non English Parts etc). I checked the MKV file with MediaInfo and there is no Subtitle in the file at all.

I made sure the correct path was selected in Another EAC3to in the Options for BDSup2Sub.

You can't use matabrowser 1 anymore for that since tmdb changed their api and metabrowser 1 isn't updated anymore. It only gets the thumbnail from tmdb now not the full backdrop.

Try Media Center Master instead.

Yup that what I was doing when figuring out another way. I did notice in MKVmerge you do have to type in 23.976 in the FPS field otherwise it will assume it's 25 FPS. Also there's no chapter support doing this way (but I'm pretty sure I'm missing something to do).

Running

BDSub2Sup - Version 4.0.0
Another EAC3toGUI - Version 0.9.1.18

Thanks...

I was using tsMuxer to Demux the files but it did not have a Chapter File. In the workfiles from Another EAC3to there is a Chapter File that I can add in mkvmerge (Global - Chapters - browse) Seems to work fine this way so far.

I'll keep hacking away and see if I can find a fix as well for Another EAC3to for the Subtitles.

some more minor issues, anyone help me out?

1) Cover for ISOs don't show up in Media browser, all other else (m2ts) work. although when i click on the movie everything shows up ie. backdrop, synopsis, actors etc.

2) When i play the ISOs, it goes to ask which player to use, so it asks me if i want to use HP DVD player or TMT. how do i disable HP DVD in 7MC and just have it go use TMT? i've already selected TMT as the default program in W7 config.

3) When i watch Live TV in 7MC (OTA to HTPC to TV), the pictures are little bit duller than watching directly on my TV (antenna OTA direct to TV).

I read through this thread last night. First, thank you, GreenEyez, for consolidating, validating, and creating the content this in this thread! Also, thank you, umdivx, for your work in documenting a minimalist shark install!

Some questions have arisen as I've been experimenting with my HTPC, and I'm hoping someone can help resolve them...

1. If one uses TMT for Blu-ray playback, why not use it for everything? It seems to play everything, and the benefit would be a uniform user experience.

2. In Media Browser, there is a long pause after choosing play, while the ISO is mounted and TMT is launched. Is there a way to get Media Browser to display a wait cursor, transition screen, or something while this happens? I have visions of my spouse and kids repeatedly pressing play and ok until they get some feedback.

3. When ripping Blu-ray to a file/folder structure, is it possible to start playing the main feature directly, skipping notices, advertisements and menus?

4. I need to do some serious reading on MKV vs. Blu-ray ISO vs. Blu-ray file/folder structure, but forced subtitles seem to be one serious issue for MKV. Unless I've misread, Auto Rip n Compress only supports forced subtitles when transcoding with Handbrake. The most user friendly alternative appears to be AEAC (Another EAC3to GUI), but it lacks Win7MC integration, a serious WAF issue. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

/jab

P.S. I highly recommend True Image Home for making images of the OS partition while experimenting with different HTPC configuration. Backups and restores take only about 4 minutes each for me, and I now have separate saved images for base OS, base Media Browser, and base My Movies installations that I can use to return to a known configuration.

Odd. Works for me. Do you have each ISO in a separate folder?


This is happening to me too, for DVD ISO. I think you can solve this by configuring TMT as an external player for DVDs in Media Browser, but I haven't tried that yet.

/jab

Now granted, for my mkvs I have MPC HC launch from MediaBrowser for playback, but forced subtitles play flawless. When you talk about W7MC integration are you talking about being able to rip/create the mkv all from within W7MC?

I've never had problems with forced subtitles in mkv files. They've always just worked for me but I've only tried mkv + forced subs with MPC-HC and Zoomplayer. Maybe some other players have issues? With mpc-hc, they should just work right out of the box provided you ripped everything correctly.


Are you trying to setup your HTPC so your wife can rip a movie? Don't. That's just asking for trouble. Leave that as a separate activity that you do yourself and don't worry about integrating the ripping process into Win7MC.

Yes, same as my other movie files (m2ts).

ie. H:\\Blu-ray\\Movie Title (year)\\Movie.iso

I can just re-rip the whole thing and see how it goes?? I was hoping there was a quick fix or setting i may have just missed.


I've also configured MB external player, it works. It's just that there's an extra step showing up with both HPDVD and TMT as choices after i hit play in MB. I'd like to bypass this step and have TMT take over right away.

So, do the two of you do nothing special to get Blu-ray subtitles into the MKV? I thought MKVs didn't provide native support for Blu-ray subtitles and that the subtitles needed to be converted And, then, there's this thread about how people are missing forced subtitles in some of their MKVs. This topic confuses me, so I apparently have a lot more reading to do.

Also, yes, I'm trying to setup the HTPC so that my wife can rip new movies in a friendly fashion. Auto Rip n Compress seems a nice step in that direction, with the exception of the forced subtitles issue, which AEAC seems to handle reasonably well. What I appear to need is AEAC for Win7MC.

What jpegs are in that folder? If I understand correctly, you're just missing the cover art, but the rest of the art and metadata is fine, right?

You can read my mkv guides here:

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/tag/mkv/

Another EAC3To GUI gets the forced subs automatically, otherwise you can us BDSup2Sub to mux in. if anyone is missing forced subs it is because they forgot to mux in.

More power to you for trying to get the wife involved, but still seems risky lol

I've actually liked 'AutoRip/Compress' integration in 7MC. Just one button click and rips it (ISO or M2TS or MKV). I can do some other stuff (ie. watch live TV, play chess! or surf) while waiting for the rip to finish.

I still don't actually get why a need for a separate workflow just to rip the blu-ray.

I've ripped to ISO and lately just M2TS although MKV from autoripcompress stutters so bad. Not sure why?? Also, I'm actually seeing some downsides of M2TS without the chapters, will be trying MKV and GreenEyez latest guide. Hopefully the MKV output plays out well.

So if you only want the Forced Subs part of the MKV then Another EAC3To GUI is all you need to run. But if you want full subs also then you need to use the workfiles from Another EAC3To GUI and then run MKVmerge yourself to get everything.

This is the only way I found to do it.



I was going to do the samething use Avatar and figure it out. I think what I understand is if you select the subtitles they only get muxed in if there are forced subtitles. Since BDSup2Sub doesn't get called.

No jpegs in the folder just like the others. Now that you've mentioned it, the metadata might be suspect. These were the 2 movies i first ripped (trying out experimental stage) and not fully set-up autorip/compress settings to retrieve metadata. How do i fix metadata info without re-ripping the movie?

I believe so, however, I only care about forced subs and not normal subs so I cannot confirm. You are correct, AEAC only muxes in forced subs. I think there was an update to the software recently but not sure if non forced subs was addressed

FYI, the latest release for AEAC shows this:


I don't know exactly what the support for non-forced subtitles entails though. With other versions if you were to rip Avatar you would only get the forced subs with AEAC unless you went with the Command Line option

Are you saying there are no jpegs in any of your folders or no jpegs in the folder that is causing problems? Maybe my media library isn't clean, since it was processed first with My Movies before using Media Browser, but I seem to have a jpeg of the cover art in every folder.

Can you just use the Media Browser refresh button in the details screen for the affected movies? If not, there's no shortage of programs for adding metadata, but I'm a n00b, so you'll probably need to get some advice from someone else.