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BD-P1500 AVCHD playback

by Syco54645 Dec 10, 2008 6:04AM PST

Hello. I am wondering what settings thay a avchd video must be encoded with in order to play in my bd-p1500. I need to know the level (eg 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, etc) and the audio. I have a 720p video camera but the videos do not play in it. That is fine because I can just change the settings and reencode them. I would also like to know what audio will be accepted.
Also, dvd+r burnt things play fine in my bdp1500 even though the book says that they should not. Does avchd need to be on a dvd-r?

Please let me know, I am tired of wasting media.

-Syco54645

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Looking into it..
by Samsung_HD_Tech Samsung staff Dec 12, 2008 5:40AM PST

Syco54645,

Quite honestly, I have no idea. I've sent this up to see if I can get an answer on it. I'll report back as soon as I hear something.

In the meantime, if anyone else on the forum has experience with this, please share!

--HDTech

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tons of coasters are now made...
by Syco54645 Dec 12, 2008 1:34PM PST

Well thanks. I have wasted about 15 dvds so far trying to get it working... Having nothing but problems here. Would be nice to get it working for family to see when they are here over the holidays...

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BD-P1500 not playing AVCHD
by LucasBC Dec 31, 2008 3:58AM PST

I just got the BD-P1500 for Christmas and I too cannot play AVCHD discs. The latest 2.1 firmware is installed in the player.

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read the last post
by Syco54645 Dec 31, 2008 5:47AM PST

normally i would not be so nice on a forum to respond to this, but read the last post that i have made. i posted a guide as to how to get it working.

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Actually, I did
by LucasBC Dec 31, 2008 3:35PM PST

I found your page previously, and tried your technique for writing the AVCHD disc before posting here. It didn't work for me.

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hmmm, not sure why it isnt working
by Syco54645 Jan 1, 2009 2:02AM PST

if you use aim or yahoo then send me a message. name is syco54645. we can try to get this sorted out. this forum leaves alot to be desired imho. i will not be home till sunday evening.

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Experiment with Partial Success
by LucasBC Jan 4, 2009 7:26AM PST

I continued to experiment this weekend and here's what I've found.

I've been using Roxio Creator 2009 to export AVCHD. My first attempt was to create an AVCHD-on-DVD disc without menus. The BD-P1500 accepted the disc, the screen went black, and then the player just sits there with "LOAD" showing on the display. All the action buttons on the remote are met with the "not allowed" icon on the TV.

Then I tried a second disc, this time WITH a menu. Same initial response from the player -- black screen, display stuck on "LOAD". However, with this disc, the "Disc Menu" button on the remote works and it takes me to the menu created in Roxio. From there, I can play the movie.

So, this does indicate the BD-P1500 will play an AVCHD disc on DVD, even with the 2.1 firmware, but it's very fussy.

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use ripbot
by Syco54645 Jan 4, 2009 12:03PM PST

use ripbot to convert to avchd if you need to. then use my method that i linked to. it will work.

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avchd
by phucks1976 Dec 14, 2008 4:36AM PST

ps3 uses 4.o

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i know
by Syco54645 Dec 14, 2008 5:19AM PST

but i do not have a ps3, i have a bd-p1500. i have gotten it working now. samsung really needs to get the player more compliant with the avchd standard, even if it is not finalized...

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How?
by Samsung_HD_Tech Samsung staff Dec 14, 2008 6:44AM PST

What standard did you use, or was it something else?

--HDTech

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here is a guide that i made
by Syco54645 Dec 14, 2008 7:10AM PST

Here is a guide that I have made. http://bd.splra.org. I also put up the old firmware for my player that works with regular avchd discs. I got the avchd_lewer.zip from some german forum. Can you nudge the engineers to get some standard avchd into this player? It would be great if that worked, and played my british (region 2) dvds of phantasm... region free dvd would be great Wink

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