A simple guide which shows you how to create a remux from a BluRay disc using MKVToolNix. If MKVToolNix does not search for playlists, make an update.
MakeMKV is another method but has issues such as using lossy Audio by default and lack of labelling for tracks such as commentary.
The best method is using eac3to (MIXMUX Remuxing Guide) since it can detect and fix source errors and convert audio when necessary.


1. First you add a .mpls file from the BluRay folder (/BDMV/PLAYLIST/0001.mpls), MKVToolNix will offer you to scan playlists which you should do. Also select it as option to use in the future. Do not add a M2TS file directly, the main feature could depend on multiple M2TS files so adding it by playlist is the safe method.



2. A list of playlists with its duration and size will be displayed. Select the one with the right movie length (most often on top) and click on add.



Optional:
Convert Audio using eac3to: Show

1: Open CommandPrompt.exe
2: drag and drop the eac3to.exe into CommandPrompt window



3: hit spacebar
4: drag and drop the film's BDMV folder into CommandPrompt window



5: hit enter
6: choose the 1) or corresponding number for the film (Usually it is "1)" and look for the longest version: "1:58:58"). Once that is chosen, press up to get the previously entered text. Press spacebar and enter 1). Press enter again.
7: Now you can demux individual streams. since eac3to is the best demuxing method, it's best to just hit -demux, convert the audio to FLAC if wished and load all corresponding streams to mkvmerge.
Type:

2: Film_Name.mkv 3: Main_Audio_Language.FLAC 4: Film_Name_Subtitle_Language.sup

9: Hit enter. You are now demuxing!
10: Once it finishes, it should look like this:



11. Drag the resulting file(s) to MKVMerge and move the Audio to the second spot

written by FatherTimeline

Adding chapters: Show

If you downloaded chapters from ChapterDB for example, you can add the file to via MKVToolnix
Click on the "Output" tab and search for the file location at the Chapter file field, there is no file extension needed but it needs to be XML or OGM formatted



If you got chapter names but not ready in a file, you can create it yourself
Load the chapter at the Chapter Editor, click on a chapter and type in the name

3. Untick unnecessary tracks (dupe audio), set the language, move the tracks in preferred order: Show

1. Video
2. Original Audio
3. English Dub
4. English Subtitles
5. Other Subtitles
6. Chapters

, put tracks by default on or off, label them where necessary (Dub or Commentary with) and Start Multiplexing

Feel free to make suggestions.

This looks great and simple, Tamjuk. Bookmarked for later

Works great, thanks!

Side note: If you're on a Mac, the BDMV folder is not explorable by default. If you have the Bluray contents in a folder, rename the BDMV folder to "bdmv". Now it will be explorable like a normal folder.

Wow I found this guide because I wanted to remux this exact movie (Andrei Rublev)...what are the chances??

If you're on a Mac, your other option is to right click the BDMV file and hit "Show Package Contents."

Great tutorial thanks.

what if the audio is DTS-MA 2.0, or, DTS-MA 5.1, or, DTS-MA 7.1, or, DTS 5.1?
do you still convert it to .flac?

You should convert it if it's 2.0 especially yeah, but if it's 5.1/7.1 then keep it. DTS 5.1 is lossy and should only be kept if there is no lossless version and be included unconverted.

So perhaps you could pinpoint what I'm doing wrong.

This is what MKVToolnix looks like
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But this is how my file turns out

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Aloys.2016.1080p.BluRay.Remux.AVC-PtP.mkv

General Container: Matroska Runtime: 1h 30mn Size: 25.6 GiB DXVA: Compatible Minimum settings: Not met

Video Codec: x264 Resolution: 1920x1080 Aspect ratio: 16:9 Frame rate: 24.000 fps Bit rate: 35.0 Mb/s

Audio #1: German 5.1ch DTS-HD MA @ 3 323 kb/s / 1 509 kb/s #2: German 2.0ch PCM @ 2 304 kb/s

General
Unique ID : 239678118000565903174190259104500566659 (0xB45053920AA0F3D3B8C4A18FA4624A83)
Complete name : Aloys.2016.1080p.BluRay.Remux.AVC-PtP.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 25.6 GiB
Duration : 1 h 30 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 40.5 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2017-07-21 01:21:05
Writing application : mkvmerge v8.3.0 ('Over the Horizon') 32bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.1 + libmatroska v1.4.2

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1 h 30 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 35.0 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 38.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 24.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.703
Stream size : 22.1 GiB (86%)
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2638 7599210
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-5 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=1 / weightp=1 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=1 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=24 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=35000 / ratetol=0.1 / qcomp=0.00 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=38000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / nal_hrd=vbr / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA / Core
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1 h 30 min
Bit rate mode : Variable / Constant
Bit rate : 3 323 kb/s / 1 509 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 93.750 FPS (512 spf)
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless / Lossy
Stream size : 2.11 GiB (8%)
Language : German
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_PCM/INT/BIG
Duration : 1 h 30 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 200.000 FPS (240 spf)
Bit depth : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.46 GiB (6%)
Language : German
Default : No
Forced : No

Text
ID : 4
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 1 h 24 min
Bit rate : 4 490 b/s
Count of elements : 1058
Stream size : 2.70 MiB (0%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

You're adding the wrong file, you need to go to the PLAYLIST folder and add one of the .mpls files.

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Then follow the original guide.

By not using a playlist and adding the m2ts file you'll lose the chapters and its possible the full film may be split over multiple m2ts files.

Also if you have included the 5.1 DTS-HD MA track you don't need the 2.0 LPCM track (assuming its just a stereo version of the main movie audio). Finally that's a really old version of MKVToolNix.

I update it, but must have saved in the wrong location. I'll re-dl updated version. What I've gleaned from your advice is that I should read the directions more closely haha. Thanks for the help

My audio track doesnt show up, used a workaround with eac3to though, but any ideas? Also what do you do if the chapters have no names and chapterdb has nothing either?

Koh wrote:

Also what do you do if the chapters have no names and chapterdb has nothing either?

Maybe watch the BD and copy them down from the menu?

Is it okay for the format to come out as mpeg instead of h264?

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00000.m2ts

General Container: BDAV Runtime: 1h 25mn Size: 16.1 GiB

Video Codec: MPEG-2 Resolution: 1920x1080 Aspect ratio: 16:9 Frame rate: 23.976 fps Bit rate: 25.1 Mb/s

Audio #1: 5.1ch AC-3 @ 448 kb/s #2: 2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s

General
ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : The.Postal.Service.Everything.Will.Change.2013.1080p.BluRay.MPEG-2.DD5.1\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 16.1 GiB
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 26.9 Mb/s
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mb/s

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : Variable
Codec ID : 2
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.1 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 30.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.505
Time code of first frame : 00:01:59:00
Time code source : Group of pictures header
GOP, Open/Closed : Closed
Stream size : 15.0 GiB (93%)
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 spf)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 274 MiB (2%)
Service kind : Complete Main

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 224 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 spf)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 137 MiB (1%)
Service kind : Complete Main

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The.Postal.Service.Everything.Will.Change.2014.1080p.BluRay-medterm.mkv

General Container: Matroska Runtime: 1h 25mn Size: 15.2 GiB

Video Codec: MPEG-2 Resolution: 1920x1080 Aspect ratio: 16:9 Frame rate: 23.976 fps Bit rate: 25.0 Mb/s

Audio English 5.1ch AC-3 @ 448 kb/s

General
Unique ID : 224468787316702235084844764464247593911 (0xA8DF1DAC1AB10B4EBD28EE9CDA09DBB7)
Complete name : The.Postal.Service.Everything.Will.Change.2014.1080p.BluRay-medterm.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 15.2 GiB
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 25.4 Mb/s
Movie name : The Postal Service: Everything Will Change [2014] 1080p BluRay - medterm
Encoded date : UTC 2017-10-04 01:01:18
Writing application : mkvmerge v13.0.0 ('The Juggler') 64bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.4 + libmatroska v1.4.5

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : Variable
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.0 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 30.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.502
Time code of first frame : 00:01:59:00
Time code source : Group of pictures header
GOP, Open/Closed : Closed
Stream size : 14.9 GiB (98%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 spf)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 274 MiB (2%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 1
00:04:18.258 : en:Chapter 2
00:08:44.524 : en:Chapter 3
00:14:22.862 : en:Chapter 4
00:20:56.255 : en:Chapter 5
00:24:40.479 : en:Chapter 6
00:28:27.706 : en:Chapter 7
00:33:04.983 : en:Chapter 8
00:38:24.302 : en:Chapter 9
00:43:21.599 : en:Chapter 10
00:48:03.881 : en:Chapter 11
00:54:13.875 : en:Chapter 12
00:57:10.051 : en:Chapter 13
01:03:03.780 : en:Chapter 14
01:09:38.799 : en:Chapter 15
01:16:00.556 : en:Chapter 16

The source is mpeg2 so the remux will be mpeg2. Nothing unusual about that.

Lovely, thank you very much. Appreciate it.

Can somebody help me, please?

I'm getting this error when trying to add the first audio track from the remux: The track number 1 from the file 'D:\MEAN GUNS_1997_GER\BDMV\PLAYLIST\..\STREAM\00001.m2ts' cannot be appended to the track number 1 from the file 'D:\MEAN GUNS_1997_GER\BDMV\PLAYLIST\..\STREAM\00000.m2ts'. The number of channels of the two audio tracks is different: 2 and 6

What am I doing wrong? When I pick stereo audio track instead of surround one, it will remux, but I don't want to use the potentially worse track.

Thanks very much for this tutorial

Thanks ;)

Thank you so much for this. Helped me a lot.

@Tamjuk

thanks
but what if our source be an ISO?

Parham wrote:

@Tamjuk

thanks
but what if our source be an ISO?

You mount it with a virtual drive and use it the same way.

I just put together a REMUX using this guide. Should I have tagged my upload as x264 or H.264?

torrents.php?id=182083&torrentid=623654

x264 is correct.
There are quite a few remuxes that seem already encoded, when in fact they are not.
Just poorly mastered, so they don´t match the H.264 standard.

Thanks, then I guess I don't understand the current settings for REMUX requests, because it seems they are H.264+