[Invalid] Some VC-1 formats are "Unsupported"

[peter_h]

A number of my BluRays - particularly BBC nature films - are encoded using VC-1, and HB rejects them with an "unsupported format" dialog.

Does HB not support all VC-1 files?

Here's the MediaInfo on one that HB rejected:

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General
ID                               : 0
Complete name                    : Q:\Videos to convert\FullDisc\galapagos\BDMV\STREAM\00002.m2ts
Format                           : BDAV
Format/Info                      : Blu-ray Video
File size                        : 7.20 GiB
Duration                         : 48mn 58s
Overall bit rate                 : 21.0 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate         : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID                               : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : VC-1
Format profile                   : AP@L3
Duration                         : 48mn 57s
Bit rate                         : 19.8 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Interlaced
Scan order                       : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.318
Stream size                      : 6.76 GiB (94%)

Audio
ID                               : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Duration                         : 48mn 57s
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
Stream size                      : 157 MiB (2%)

Text
ID                               : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : PGS

[s55]

Interlaced VC1 is not supported. This isn't a bug.

[peter_h]

OK - thanks, that explains it.

Is there a HB alternative program you can recommend for encoding VC-1 interlaced content?

[Deleted User 11865]

OK - thanks, that explains it.

Is there a HB alternative program you can recommend for encoding VC-1 interlaced content?

Under which OS?

[JohnAStebbins]

Partial interlaced VC1 support was added to libav recently. Could someone that has interlaced VC1 content could test it with the latest nightly build. It would be nice to find out if any of these discs can be decoded now.

[auf_krawall_gebürstet]

HandBrakeCLI.exe 4326 crashes when I try to open this interlaced VC-1 video:
http://www.mediafire.com/?iaeg2bh82c3nhn1

[auf_krawall_gebürstet]

*bump*
Since it's a crash it seems important to me. Am I mistaken?

[JohnAStebbins]

I already filed a bug report with libav
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63

[auf_krawall_gebürstet]

Ok.
Seems you googled for "vc-1 interlaced sample".