Disc burns but does not play

johnakaufman wrote on 5/17/2013, 9:24 PM

I am a newbie to 3d stereographic editing with MEP pro 2013 plus. I have a Panasonic DMP-BDT220 blu-ray player. It plays dvds in AVCHD 3d and also MPEG 3. I am using shutter glasses with an Optoma HD33 projector. MEP burns the disc but my player can not read it.

I am probably using the wrong settings but can not figure out what should be my choice. My encoder settings are for NTSC 1980x1080, side by side stereo. In encode in directory I have selected both encode all and encode but neither give me a disc that will play.

Any suggestions?

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johnebaker wrote on 5/18/2013, 10:08 AM

What brand / type of discs are you using?

Which side by side setting are you using - half width or full width?

John

johnakaufman wrote on 5/18/2013, 11:34 AM

I am using Memorex dvd+r discs and for settings I chose side by side half width. There was no choice of side by side full width in the encoder settings.

Is it possible that the MPEG4 file is just not compatible with my Panasonic player?

Scenestealer wrote on 5/18/2013, 6:11 PM

It must be an AVCHD H264 MPEG4 to play on the DMP-BDT220.

I presume you mean 1920x1080 - not 1980.

You could try copying the File from the Disc Image "Stream" folder to a Flash drive or SD card and put this in the player and see if it plays.

johnakaufman wrote on 5/18/2013, 7:41 PM

I tried exporting to a flash drive from the normal export window. The mpeg 4 just played a 2d image.

I found the stream file (disc image>AVCHD image>BDMV>stream) and went from edit>file and saved it in the stream file. What ended up in the stream file was only a couple of hundred kilobytes. Not hd 3d size.

Being new to this, I am probably doing something wrong with a setting somewhere.

johnebaker wrote on 5/20/2013, 5:36 PM

. . . .I tried exporting to a flash drive from the normal export window. The mpeg 4 just played a 2d image. . . . .

It would - you must burn to a disc (see below) for 3D and play through a player, via HDMI, that supports 3D HDMI fior 3D to work .

The 'instructions' for the equipment to switch to 3D are in the ancilliary files put onto a BD disc not the video itself.

If the movie is less than 30 mins long then you can burn from MEP using the BD option but use a standard DVD-R or DVD-RW in the BD burner (saves you money).

If the movie is greater than 30 mins long, then burn to BD-RE disc first - once you have a good disc you can then copy this to BD-R for something more permanent and then re-use the BD-RE

John

johnakaufman wrote on 5/20/2013, 9:45 PM

I just tried the blu-ray setting but the disc still would not play on my Panasonic player. The only file type option is mp4. The Panasonic DMP-BDT220 manual says it plays blu-ray MKV files and DVD plays AVCHD 3d, MKV, and MP3.

Not sure what to try now.