Best blu-ray authoring program?

Just got a project to produce a video and deliver a blu-ray replication master. This master will be used to replicate discs for retail, so I assume it will need AACS. Thanks ahead of time... Several questions:
What is the best program (mac or pc) to author a blu-ray disc with menus, multiple audio tracks, subtitles, 5.1 and stereo audio, the whole shebang?
Can the same program output it as a cmf file structure?
How exactly does AACS encryption work? (not the whole licensing fees thing, what I mean is - is it a program you run the final master through? Or is it a special file within the blu-ray master? I have no idea)

Just take a look at all the horror stories:
http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showforum=120
I played with it for a day and was disgusted. I really feel bad for the chap who delivered an image for replcation without knowing what "encyrption keys" were. Now the guy looks like a jerk. Thats why I urge you to do some research and know about the technology and the tools indepth before you go out selling this kind of work. Since People beleive they have years of HD video and DVD experience, that they are immediately ready to offer BD authoring.
Not that its hard! Things like glass blowing, puppetry and brain surgery are HARD and take years to master! It just take a little time to get yourself familar with the technology, its caveats and the tools involved. Verification is also very important. Just because a disc passes an Eclipse test doesn't mean its a spec legal disc and you will have returns if enough discs are sent out.
Start with the free trial of Do Studio (no! Im begging you)...read their Wikis and the books I told you about. Thier support is the best and you will learn alot...i assure you!
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