Blu-ray authoring in Encore - importing from FCP

I do all my post in FCP and I am shooting HDV 1080i and then want to burn Blu-ray using Encore. I tried creating a quicktime reference file and then importing it to Encore - the SD DVDs look okay (with jagged edges at times - interlaced video problems I guess) and play back fine. However, the Blu-ray wont play back (it burns fine) on the Sony BDP-S300. Any suggestions as to what might be going wrong?...My video length was 60 mins and Encoe showed the size as 8GB (which seemed a bit low for 60 mins of BD). Let me know if you have any suggestions on troubleshooting. I used the automatic settings for transcoding for now (I will customize the transcode settings once I know I get the BD to work)

Does your Sony player have the latest firmware updates?
Try encoding the video as Mpeg-2 in Compressor for a BluRay file, then import into Encore. It should say "Don't Transcode" under the BluRay transcode settings if you got it right. Letting Encore do all the encoding is a bad idea for both of those options. Even for DVD I would use compressor, Sorenson, BitVice, or similar encoding software...but since Compressor is free with FCP....
Burn the disc, or burn a bluray ISO then use another program to burn the ISO to your bluray disc.
I would suggest investing in 1 or 2 BD-REs to make this part less expensive.

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July 2014 Blu-Ray Authoring Software comparable to DVD Studio Pro

Well, there have been a number of threads related to this question. The biggest problem with ALL of those threads is they get high jacked with people OPINIONS about the need to author Blu-Ray. SO let me start by saying if you intend to replay with "just use a dvd" or "no one uses blu-ray make downloadable content" or whatever your personal opinion is as to why I shouldn't need to author custom Blu-Rays like I could with DVD Studio Pro (DVDSP), Don't bother posting in this thread. I have a legitimate need with a focused purpose and currently have not found a tool that allows me to do what I need for my business. Although I am getting by with available tools, I am not happy with the product I am giving to customers.
What I would like to find is a blu-ray authoring tool that allows from more than a basic menu and play function. In particular I need my blu-ray to play a short video before showing the menu. In DVDSP, this can be done very easily, but obviously its not HD.
If you know of a current tool, ideally MAC compatible but I am open to a good PC tool. That allows for blue-ray authoring beyond very basic menus like please share it.
Current Software I have tried that don't fit the bill:
Roxio Toast 11 : only allows for very basic menus
FCPX: Again only basic menu.
Compressor: Even Less...
I don't mind spending a a bit on a known good tool, but I don't really want to spend 3000$ to do this simple task either.
Thanks so much for anyone that shares useful information!

I believe Encore is the best option after all my research. It is available once you subscribe to the new Adobe Creative Cloud.
I will say one thing that has worked for me as a blu-ray alternative, is to export the videos into a AppleTV/ iPhone / iPad compatible format (MPEG-4 .m4v) from FinalCut or QuickTime. The format is also windows compatible so it works regardless of the customers computer preference. A number of dvd / blu-ray players also support the m4v format.
I do wish that there was a good Blu-Ray authoring tool for MAC outside of Encore but at least Encore exist for the time being. I do find it interesting that Adobe also chose not to offer an authoring tool in their latest creative suite. If you can afford the 3k the Sony tool is pretty amazing FYI, even though its only PC.

Encore CS4 won't go into Blu-ray authoring mode

CS4 running on an HP Z800 with a Windows 7 operating system. I am trying to author my first Blu-ray project. The encode from the timeline went fine. When going into Encore, however, trouble starts. After filling in the new project screen (title, Blu-ray, 1280 x 720, MPEG-2, 59.94 fps) the project window opens up. Everything in the project window is still set for a SD DVD. I change the burner selection to the Blu-ray burner, and then select the Blu-ray option. At that point the little circular blue indicator starts rotating...and continues to do so. I've let it go for as long as five minutes and nothing changes. Then I go into the Task Manager and the entire computer seizes up, causing me to have to shut down manually. What is going on and why won't Encore go into the Blu-ray authoring mode?
Thanks.
Spencer

Ramesh!
Thank you so much...it worked! After installing the pxhelp engine the Blu-ray function within Encore came up and appears to be functional. One more question for you, if you don't mind. As I said in my original post, the program was encoded for Blu-ray directly from the timeline using the Adobe Media Encoder. The resulting file came in at just about 16GB. Once I brought that file into Encore as a timeline, though, it was only 7GB and it was listed as "Untranscoded." Shouldn't an encoded file for Blu-ray function just like an encoded file for a DVD? If not, did I miss a step? Does it have anything to do with the pxhelp file, since the program was encoded before that file was downloaded? Any assistance you can provide here will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Spencer

Encore CS3 - Blu-ray authoring - video formats?

Does anyone know if we'll be able to use h.264 or VC-1 video formats for Blu-ray discs in Encore CS3?
I already own some software that's MPEG2 only but would prefer more flexability (Roxio's DVDit Pro HD)
Will you be able to do "pop-up" menus that you can have appear while the video is still playing?

Blu Ray is not as easy as some folks think.
Wait until you try to get these titles replicated.....you will find that only Sony can actually do the job.
To quote from our replication company - who talked directly to Sony as they wanted to get into this:
>the Sony guy was very open about Blu-ray production and replication - basically he says only Sony has the resources and time to devote to authoring and mastering the Blu-ray materials and the up fron costs (starting at £20,000 up front before any disc is made) mean that this is never going to be something for anyone other than the biggest media companies to get into. At least, not for the foreseeable future.
And that is a direct quote.
Additionally, they are also saying that Scenarist is the *only* tool they will accept content from. Still trying to find out about HD DVD replication - it is a LOT easier & cheaper to do.
Another issue with Blu Ray is that BD-R, the recordable format, will simply not play on most set top players. only PS3 will play these.
Finally, of course, Sony are also lying about the sales figures, as they have included PS3 consoles in the figure for Blu Ray players, which is sophistry. Most people buy PS3 for games, not Blu Ray playback. True BRD player figures are apparently well under 20,000 total.
They are ALSO lying about Casino Royale "sales" of over 100,000
Most of these were actually given away for free, not sold.......

Decent blu-ray authoring software - any suggestions?

Hi
I recently moved from PC to MAC and changed from Adobe to Final Cut Pro. I have no problems with authoring to DVD but I am struggling to see how I am going to do decent blu-ray authoring on MAC. Reason being is I have a number of clients that want both DVD and Blu-ray and I like to create interesting menus with background music. I am relatively happy with iDVD and DVD SP (which of course are not blu-ray compatible so no good to me) and I have just purchased Toast Titanium Pro and discovered you can not add music to the menu or do much else so it feels like a waste of money - any suggestions for good alternatives would be appreciated.
Thanks

David Bogie Chq-1 wrote:
If you plop the topic to google you can settle in for several hours of frustrating reading.
Ah, google!
There are dozens of PC-windows apps. Heck, these are free!
http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/open-source-blu-ray-authoring
http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/video/articles/69842.aspx
bogiesan

Problem timing slides to audio in Blu-ray slideshow in encore cs5. Help!

I'm using a 2006 mac pro 1,1 with 7GB, and I'm trying to make a blu-ray slideshow with encore cs5. There is about 20 minutes of music for 99 slides. I click "fit slideshow to audio" and the time per slide increases to about 12 seconds, which is correct, and when I preview the slideshow it
plays back correctly. But when the blu-ray or image is burned, the slides last only about a second or two each and the audio cuts off abruptly at the end of the 99th slide. This project, by the way, has two slideshows which play one after the other. Both have the same problem.
Operating System: Mac OS X (v10.6.4)
Video display card / driver version: Quadro FX4500
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I have just the same problem with Encore CS5 running on Windows 7 64 bit:
When i create a slide show with music,the length of music defines the
length of the slide show every thing works fine when i play the e show with preview
function in Encore. When i burn it on a blu ray disk it works fine
(in sync) playing the BD disk on the PC, but when i play the BD
when i play the BD disk on a BD player (Sony BDP-S300 or BDP-S470) the music
stops many seconds before the slide show is finished.
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Hi all,
I am just starting to work with Blu-ray. I created my first disk both BR-RE and a BR-R disks. I have been using Premiere Pro cs5 with latest updates for a while now. I have been taking HD content and exporting a dvd mp2 file with the following settings. 7 mbit max, 4-5mbit target, 1.5-2.5 min setting. This works flawlessly, never a problem. If I go higher let's say to 8 mbit I get glitches stops and starts playing back the video.
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Oh, from my camera I just copied the mov file to a folder on my HDD and then I just imported the mov files into PP as a timeline. The Video does play a little slow but not that slow on my PC.
Thanks for the help,
John Gerard

Set the vbr to 1 pass or use the H264 codec.
Best is to set the mbps same as the footage.
The default settings work just fine.

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Hi everyone,
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Is anyone on the forum using PP CS3 for commercial Blu-ray replication, and is that working out OK?
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If anyone is using Encore for replication, can you post a quick workflow of what steps need to happen to get basic movie files and menus in a usable form for replication? I'm working with an HDV movie edited originally in FCP.
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Dave

In reading other posts on this topic (Yes, a little late) most of the problems discussed are about costs for licensing, not about specs. As more and more small replication outfits are now replicating Blu-ray, my question still stands about formats and specs. Is Encore able to create proper files, and if so, what kinds?
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Dave

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I recently installed Premiere Pro CS6 from Creative Cloud on a high performance PC. Everything works fine but Encore Blu-Ray burn will not finallize... get error message after most of disc is burned. Have tried several burns without success. Same files burn okay with Cyberlink software. Seems to be a bug with CS6 Encore files.
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DVD Remote "skip" Function Doesn't Work for Blu-ray Projects (CS5 Encore)

     I have graduated from SD to HD and I need help.
I just finished my first HD project in CS5, burned it to a Blu-ray disk and immediately encountered a problem: the skip forward and the skip backward remote functions don’t work. (I have encountered several other problems on the way to get here but I solved those with the help of the manual and by browsing this forum ). In this project, I am doing exactly what I have done in my previous SD projects (where this function works):
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In the “Project Preview” window, clicking on the “Next Chapter” or “Previous Chapter”, the function is executed correctly.
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Up to now I worked only with standard definition projects and outputted them
to DVDs. This is my HD project. My problem is that I am a bit confused with
the proper (and simple) settings for a blu-ray project. Your
questions/comments imply that I am making a "DVD project" - but then, how
can I burn it to a BD?
Here is what I am doing, and please, let me know if/where I am making my
mistake:
1.       On the camcorder the recording format is set to "AVCHD 1080/60i
HA".
2.       In the CS5 PrPro new project:
a.       General > Capture Format: HDV
b.      New Sequence > Sequence Preset > AVCHD > "AVCHD 1080i30 (60i)".
3.       In Encore: File > Project Settings > Basic:
a.       Authoring Mode: "Blu-ray"
b.      Transcode Settings: "Codec: MPEG-2; Dimensions: 1920 x 1080; Frame
Rate: 29.97, Fields: Upper Field First, Audio Transcoding Scheme: Dolby
Digital, Maximum Audio/Video Bitrate: 15.0 Mbps"
c.       In the "Default Transcode Settings" window, the Blu-ray tab is
highlighted. (There, I could change the codec from MPEG-2 to H.264 -
according to some articles it would give slightly better quality in certain
circumstances - I don't know.)
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Transcoding" and "Blu-ray Transcoding". In the Blu-ray Transcoding section,
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Preset: Automatic Using Project Settings.
e.       Going into the "Edit Quality Presets", I change the "Export
Settings Preset" to "1920x1080i 29.97 Maximum Quality" (from the 1280x720)
4.       Now, in the Project Panel, under the Blu-ray Transcode Settings I
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Trying to Burn a Blue Ray dics. Debating on Buying FCP package

I am new to Mac this year. I left the PC world because I thought Apple was supposed to be dominant on the video editing/authoring front. I learned how to Burn a blue ray disc about 1 year ago on a pc in about 1 day. Used My Sony Viao to import Sony HDR-HC3 footage. Edited with Vegas Movie Studio and Authored a yes......actual Blue Ray Disc with DVDit Pro HD. So simple; but slow. My laptop was one of the 1st to have a BR burner. So I bought a new desktop this year and switched to Apple. Why is this such a mystery to make a Blue Ray Disc with my new IMAC. And then I find that my FCE coverts my imported files to Apples AIC codec which are just huge files. This is so frustrating. I am not George Lucas or Steven Speilberg over here. I just want to burn my HD content to Blue Ray. I have waited a year for the technology to get better. Should I Go back to PC?? Should I put my HD Tapes away for another few years and see where technology is then? I am so frustrated. Any advice would be great. I will even pay the $1000 for FCPro. But from what I am reading out there I think I will end up regretting it. Everyone talks about burning your HD content back to DVD!!!! WHY!!!!!

First, the net doesn't have the infrastructure to support file sizes like that en mass.
10 years ago, the net didn't have the infrastructure to move significant video, now it streams it quite nicely. In 5 more years, it will stream most anything you want. Perhaps not in real time, but with a little buffering, it will easily work.
Let just put this rumor that we physical media will be obsolete in 10 years to bed right now.
Why? What real evidence can you put out there to support this premise other than giant media companies have a vested financial interest in maintaining the status quo. We know how well THAT has worked for <name your industry> where the world changed and they did nothing to stay ahead of it.
The Studios dictate what and how we will watch....period!
Yes, they do right now, and so did the record companies then. And now the record companies don't.
And whats wrong with Blu Ray? If you buy an HD set why not buy a BD player too. I waited too long for HD to come to the living room.
I'm still waiting for something worth watching to show up in my living room. Watching bad acting, indifferent lighting and skin problems writ large (which is the staple of most content) is not my idea of an enhanced viewing experience. A small screen (or YouTube) is a much better (more appropriate) venue for most of this stuff.
If I want a "cinema experience", I go to the cinema.
Enjoy your big screen.
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x

Quicktime settings for future transcode to Blu-Ray & DVD in Encore

Hi, I'm asking this here because I think this is where the best knowledge on the subject is. I'm making a slideshow video in Fotomagico that I hope to author to Blu-Ray and DVD in Adobe Encore. I know that it will have to be transcoded in Encore so I'm wondering what will be the best output settings when I make the original video file in Quicktime. This has been created at 1920x1080, 60fps
Some specific options that have me confused:
Frame rate: leave at 60 or not. From my understanding, blu-ray 1080p is 23.97fps and DVD is 29.97?
Compression codec: Options include AIC, ProRes, MPEG-4, H-264, etc. I have no idea what will work best?
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2 questions with Blu-ray authoring on CS5

so first up, how do you make a seamless motion menu? just to get my feet wet on this first project, i just want to have a song playing in the background, while it goes through each of the chapter menu pages. i havent tested it on a real player yet, because i'm still tweaking menus, but in the Encore review box emulator, at each page the song starts up again. isnt that part of the blu-ray specification? seamless motion menus? basically what i did was i just set the song as the motion menu audio on the main first menu. and assumed (you know what that makes me) that that would set the seamless motion menu... not so much... so is there anyway to remedy this?
one more thing. i've yet to create the pop-up menu (probably will get to those this weekend), but i'm just brainstorming this, and was wondering if it can be done per blu-ray specification (or even more specific, per EnCS5 specification). the feature has 43 chapters, can i have it set up to where the pop-up is about 11340 px wide by 75-100 px high, and have it scroll through the menu off screen? or does the entire pop-up menu have to be contained within the screen size? i was just envisioning making a pop-up menu that had a link to each chapter, and was 43 links across, and once you got to say the 6 link or so, and hit right arrow, it just keeps feeding more options onto the screen. or would i have to just make like 7 transparent basic text menus in PS 1620x100, with 6 links per menu, and have a clickable arrow at the end of each pop-up linking to the next pop-up that you must press enter on (for examply laid out like this:
Main Menu Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 --> | <-- chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 --> | <-- chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 --> | etc, ect. )
i would prefer it to be just one long continuous menu, that you can seamlessly fly through (picture 'iPod cover flow' from the iPhone/iPod Touch iPod app), but if thats not in the specification, OR if its only compliant with BD-J, then is the second scenario (th one listed above) possible with Encore?
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i guess thats all for now.
-andrew

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i just want to have a song playing in the background, while it goes through each of the chapter menu pages. i havent tested it on a real player yet, because i'm still tweaking menus, but in the Encore review box emulator, at each page the song starts up again. isnt that part of the blu-ray specification? seamless motion menus?
You need to have a multi-page menu for a seamless playback.
Steps:
1. Import your menu and open it on the menu editor
2. Menu ->Add New Page
3. add all the chapter buttons
4. Cretae a previous button and link the page to main page
(repeat step 2-4 if you want more chapter menus, you also need to add Next button and should be linked to next page)
4. Now add your audio to the menu
->you can get a seamless playback now. Encore simulator doesn't support multi-page preview support, so you need to verify this on any BD player only.
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one more thing. i've yet to create the pop-up menu (probably will get to those this weekend), but i'm just brainstorming this, and was wondering if it can be done per blu-ray specification (or even more specific, per EnCS5 specification). the feature has 43 chapters, can i have it set up to where the pop-up is about 11340 px wide by 75-100 px high, and have it scroll through the menu off screen? or does the entire pop-up menu have to be contained within the screen size?
Again, you can achieve this using Multi-page menu.

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I use both iMovie6 HD and, later, FCE, for editing the kids' sports video from my JVC GZ-HD7U 1080i camcorder, but envision a day soon where I need to put my videos onto a Blu-ray disk (to show in my PS3). BestBuy currently is clearancing their BWU100A internal Blu-ray writer, and it's attractive because unlike many of the internal drives this one is EIDE (slower than SATA but possibly a direct replacement for the Pioneer main drive in the MacPro (I'm using the 2nd drive bay for a lightscribe drive). My question is has anyone else used this drive on a MacPro (the box only says Windoze) and is it compatible with iDVD? Also, can it serve as a 'bootable' drive or should I just consider an external box?
thanks in advance.

Joseph Armstrong wrote:
... and is it compatible with iDVD? ...
No.
iDVD supports actually only authoring to the two SD standards NTSC and PAL ..
Toast8 claims to 'burn' BluRay, but still nobody dared to tell his/her experiences, how BR-standalone manage to handle such disks..
Apple is member of the BluRay consortium, so... on Jan 14th 08 is the next keynote.. (speculations are not allowed on this board), and Steve is at Disneys board, which supports - tadaahh - BluRay..
so, the standard will be BR, or Apple does some 'Superdrive II' which supports both HiDef standards... (I guess Pioneer has such a drive..? I've read some news..)
... but, we still miss software, which does the authoring.. encoding in HiDef is easy, but the disks have some formats and file structure, which is actually not supported by any MacOs software..

Blue ray authoring on a iMac

I edit on a iMac with fire wire 400 & USB ports, using premier proCS4. I asked this question on that discussion and was told maybe someone could answer it here. I would like to author to Blue Ray. Is there a compatible external BR burner or a work around using Encore and Toast 10? I googled but couldn't find an answer.
Thanks
Kent

Encore CS3 and CS4 can author to Blu-ray on an iMac with a CoreDuo processor.
Any external FireWire Blu-ray burner should work.

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