[YouTube/MP4] Live's Full Woodstock '99 Set (DVD Quality), Excellent Quality.... Best i've seen! Options

[throwing_cheetahs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcv5ATShR4g

[ThrowgnCpr]

thanks, dangum!

[dangum]

I'm currently uploading the ripped MP4 files to Mediafire.

Keep and eye on this link, more videos will be added throughout the night.

I've recently upgraded my Mediafire account. I now have 1TB of storage and able to upload much larger files. I think there are no ads either (but you should still be using the AdBlock Plus addon if you've got Firefox or Chrome)

http://www.mediafire.com/?39oqomwl852mb

Some technical details about the videos:

Resolution: 640 x 480 (4:3)
Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: AAC
Video Bitrate: 4832kbps
Audio Bitrate: 256kbps 48Hz
FPS: 29.970

I've also been able to join all the tracks together (no re-encoding) as an MP4 file. I also created an MKV file (no re-encoding) and added chapter points. If there's interest I can post instructions on how to join or just upload the file. Let me know.

[ridley]

Thanks so much for uploading Dan - these are awesome. Definitely interested in that mkv file with chapters (or instructions on how to make one)

[BERLINONE]

Thanks so much for uploading Dan - these are awesome. Definitely interested in that mkv file with chapters (or instructions on how to make one)

Instructions are welcome.
Always curious to know how this is done (and how I can do the same).

BERLINONE

[dangum]

Ok, here are some instructions that will take the 11 MP4 files and repackage them into an MKV file with correct chapters.

Firstly, you will need to combine the 11 MP4 files into a single MP4 file.
Download MP4 Joiner from here: http://www.mp4joiner.org/en/
This program is self explanatory - just click the "Add Video" button, select the files you want to join (in order) and press the "Join" button. This will create a new MP4 file - no re-encoding will occur so it should only take a few minutes. For some reason it takes a long time on my PC, so don't be concerned if it takes longer.



Once you have got your single MP4 file, you can convert it into an MKV and at the same time add chapter points by using a program called MKVToolnix. You can download it from here:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix

In order to add chapter points, you will need to create an XML file. The structure is below. This particular chapter file only contains 2 chapter points, but you can download the full one from here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/199datfeh7ac...ck_Chapters.xml

CODE

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE Chapters SYSTEM "matroskachapters.dtd">

<Chapters>
  <EditionEntry>

    <ChapterAtom>
      <ChapterTimeStart>00:00:00.000</ChapterTimeStart>
      <ChapterDisplay>
        <ChapterString>Where Fishes Go</ChapterString>
        <ChapterLanguage>eng</ChapterLanguage>
      </ChapterDisplay>
    </ChapterAtom>

    <ChapterAtom>
      <ChapterTimeStart>00:05:55.000</ChapterTimeStart>
      <ChapterDisplay>
        <ChapterString>Operation Spirit</ChapterString>
        <ChapterLanguage>eng</ChapterLanguage>
      </ChapterDisplay>
    </ChapterAtom>

   </EditionEntry>
</Chapters>

To add chapter points to the MP4 file, load "mkvmerge GUI" and perform the following steps.
1. On the "Input" tab, add the joined MP4 file to the Input Files area.



2. On the "Global" tab, click the "Browse" button next the the Chapter File: box and select the Woodstock Chapter.xml file you downloaded earlier.



3. Click the "Start Muxing" button

It should only take a minute to repackage the MP4 file into an MKV and add the chapter points. The file size will be almost identical.

Now if you play the file with VLC Media Player you will be able to see the chapter points.



I have a Sony Blu-Ray player (BDP S590) that is able to play MKV files off a USB drive, but for some reason it doesn't like the chaptered version that I created above. Usually it doesn't have any issues with chaptered MKV files that I download so I don't know what's going on... I will try it on a WDTV Live SMP player and report back.

[BERLINONE]

Ok, here are some instructions that will take the 11 MP4 files and repackage them into an MKV file with correct chapters.


Dangum,

THX.
Time for me to give it a try.

BERLINONE