Any Advice On VC-1 Disc?

[JSW]

Hi,

I picked up a Blu-Ray copy of Robot Chicken Season 6 on sale from Amazon. I ripped all 20 episodes, using DVDFab, but when I tried to run them through HandBrake, none of them would process. After doing some research, I found older posts stating that HandBrake does not work with VC-1 discs, which this one is. I assume the current version of HandBrake still doesn't work with VC-1.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a HandBrake alternative, hopefully freeware, that will convert these files to MP4? I've tried to search this forum, but it tells me VC-1 is too common and I haven't found a word combination that works.

Thanks for your help!

[Deleted User 11865]

Logs please (see the red banner for instructions). HandBrake can decode regular VC-1 just fine, and VC-1 with interlaced compression mostly fine (but still a bit buggy).

[JSW]

The activity log is empty (says No log available) but here is the encode log for one of the episodes. I have an Excel program I wrote that creates a parameter queue, but I've also tried to process one manually with the same results.

I've also saw it has the "No title found" message, but I'm guessing the "Interlaced VC-1 not supported" message is the problem.

Thanks!


HandBrake 0.9.9.5530 - 64bit Version
OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
Ram: 8190 MB, Screen: 1600x1200
Temp Dir: C:\Users\JSW\AppData\Local\Temp\
Install Dir: C:\Program Files\Handbrake
Data Dir: C:\Users\JSW\AppData\Roaming\HandBrake\HandBrake\0.9.9.5530

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CLI Query: -i "Z:\~ Robot Chicken ~\Season 06\10\MainMovie\ROBOT CHICKEN SEASON SIX" -t 1 --angle 1 -c 0 -o "Z:\Robot Chicken 06-10 - Collateral Damage In A Gang Turf War.mp4" -f mp4 -4 --detelecine --decomb -w 1280 -l 720 --modulus 16 -e x264 -q 24 -r 29.97 --cfr -a 1 -E copy:ac3 -6 auto -R Auto -B 0 -D 0 --gain 0 --audio-fallback ffac3 --subtitle scan,1 --subtitle-forced=1,2 --subtitle-burned=2 --markers="C:\Users\Jeff\AppData\Local\Temp\Robot Chicken 06-10 - Collateral Damage In A Gang Turf War-1-chapters.csv" --x264-preset=veryfast --x264-profile=main --h264-level="4.0" --verbose=1
User Query: False

[20:34:03] hb_init: starting libhb thread
HandBrake 0.9.9 (2013052900) - MinGW x86_64 - http://handbrake.fr
4 CPUs detected
Opening Z:\~ Robot Chicken ~\Season 06\10\MainMovie\ROBOT CHICKEN SEASON SIX...
[20:34:03] hb_scan: path=Z:\~ Robot Chicken ~\Season 06\10\MainMovie\ROBOT CHICKEN SEASON SIX, title_index=1
[20:34:03] scan: BD has 1 title(s)
[20:34:03] bd: scanning title 1
[20:34:03] bd: playlist 00000.MPLS
[20:34:03] bd: duration is 00:10:56 (656956 ms)
[20:34:03] bd: video id=0x1011, stream type=VC-1, format 1080i
[20:34:03] bd: Interlaced VC-1 not supported
[20:34:03] libhb: scan thread found 0 valid title(s)
No title found.
HandBrake has exited.

[mduell]

0.9.9 isn't supported, upgrade to the latest release (0.10.2) or the nightly.

[Woodstock]

And VC-1 and its flavors weren't supported 2 years ago, which is why it didn't work.

[Deleted User 11865]

And VC-1 and its flavors weren't supported 2 years ago, which is why it didn't work.

Just VC-1 with interlaced compression. Regular VC-1 has been supported for ages (probably as soon as 0.9.3).

[JSW]

I normally skip the updates, as long as everything is working, as many times they "break" my homemade batch parameter program. I was surprised to find I was two years out of date!

I upgraded to the latest version, which did break my batch queues. It looks like the xml has changed quite a bit, so I've got some work to do. However, I can manually open a source folder in the interface and it's recognizing the files from my disc, so I think everything will be good once I update my program. I'll try to be more diligent on future updates and not get so far behind.

Thank you very much for you help!

NOTE: After looking at the xml, it appears all I need to do is add the <Configuration> section at the bottom of my queue, so not such a big change.

Thanks again!