Solution to Cinavia

[dubz]

Does anyone have a guide on how to remux or mux the file? Wether its AVI MKV all i need is a guide on how to do it. Iv seen movies that where once protected and now are cinavia free.

[DeFlanko]

OP is a Genius.

[ExSport]

Why transcode to DTS? DTS is played in PS3 in way that it is encapsulated to PCM2.0 stream so PS3 sends it to receiver without any processing.
When you will put AC3 to PCM2.0, you will do same workaround as with DTS so there is no need to compress anything.

[Val Killmore]

Why transcode to DTS? DTS is played in PS3 in way that it is encapsulated to PCM2.0 stream so PS3 sends it to receiver without any processing.
When you will put AC3 to PCM2.0, you will do same workaround as with DTS so there is no need to compress anything.

This is exactly why I would try to find out ahead of time if a movie is Cinavia protected. If so, I would specifically look for DTS versions, or if encoding my own movies, use the DTS stream.

Salt, The Tourist, and Battle Los Angeles all play perfectly fine on my PS3 with "Keep DTS in stream" enabled in PMS.
If I disable "Keep DTS in stream" in PMS, it would encode to AC3, which the PS3 processes, thus giving the error at the 20 minute mark.

[ExSport]

If Cinavia is in DTS stream, it is not problem because PS3 will not detect it due to technique how DTS is streamed to PS3 by PMS.
If audio is AC3 or MP3 and Cinavia protection is present, PS3 will detect it. In this case if you will use latest PMS beta version and will enable

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EXPERIMENTAL/UNSTABLE: Encoded audio (AC3 and DTS) passthrough. If enabled, overrides previous option.

then it should fix Cinavia bug for AC3 streams, same like for DTS streams.

[Val Killmore]

If Cinavia is in DTS stream, it is not problem because PS3 will not detect it due to technique how DTS is streamed to PS3 by PMS.
If audio is AC3 or MP3 and Cinavia protection is present, PS3 will detect it. In this case if you will use latest PMS beta version and will enable

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EXPERIMENTAL/UNSTABLE: Encoded audio (AC3 and DTS) passthrough. If enabled, overrides previous option.

then it should fix Cinavia bug for AC3 streams, same like for DTS streams.

Ya, I understand that is what it's meant for, but it doesn't work. Tried all my movies, mostly .avi's and a few MP4's w/AC3 that are infected with Cinavia, and they all popped the error at the 20 minute mark.

At least not on my gear. DTS still passes 2.0 LPCM when I enable EXPERIMENTAL/UNSTABLE: Encoded audio (AC3 and DTS) passthrough. If enabled, overrides previous option. but files with AC3 remain 'infected'.

[ExSport]

When DTS is played, PS3 shows PCM2.0. What is displayed when you played AC3 and experienced time bomb?
If you don't see PCM2.0 instead of AC3 6ch or how it PS3 displays, something is wrong....

[Val Killmore]

When DTS is played, PS3 shows PCM2.0. What is displayed when you played AC3 and experienced time bomb?
If you don't see PCM2.0 instead of AC3 6ch or how it PS3 displays, something is wrong....

When I have EXPERIMENTAL/UNSTABLE: Encoded audio (AC3 and DTS) passthrough. If enabled, overrides previous option. enabled:

AC3 audio comes up as Dolby Digital 5.1 on-screen. DTS comes up as 2.0 linear

[ExSport]

Thx, so that's problem.
Please post here info from MediaInfo, maybe your AC3 bitrate is not programmed to be encapsulated to PCM by Shagrath.

[Val Killmore]

Thx, so that's problem.
Please post here info from MediaInfo, maybe your AC3 bitrate is not programmed to be encapsulated to PCM by Shagrath.

OK. Re-installing SB-39. Will post once I can verify movie names, then grab the MediaInfo.

This one I know for sure popped up the Cinavia error. As well, it showed as Dolby Digital 5.1 onscreen.

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General
Complete name                    : I:\Movies\Cinavia DRM movies\Play on 360\[ www.Torrenting.com ] - The.Green.Hornet.2011.720p.BRRiP.XviD.AC3-Rx\rx-gh-720p.avi
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile                   : OpenDML
File size                        : 3.03 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 58mn
Overall bit rate                 : 3 647 Kbps
Writing application              : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
Writing library                  : VirtualDubMod build 2540/release

Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP            : 1
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                         : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                    : XviD
Duration                         : 1h 58mn
Bit rate                         : 2 997 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 536 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 2.35:1
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.182
Stream size                      : 2.49 GiB (82%)
Writing library                  : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : 2000
Duration                         : 1h 58mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 640 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 544 MiB (18%)
Alignment                        : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration     : 500 ms



Not quite sure what you mean by

maybe your AC3 bitrate is not programmed to be encapsulated to PCM by Shagrath.