Blue Ray Question

Hs anyone used a Blue-Ray (internal or External) Optical Drive reader successfully in Windows on a Mac Pro?

Hey there...I'm just looking for an answer as well, I have burned blue ray data discs with no problem in Toast on the Mac, problem is some of them won't read back now? Anyone have a clue as to when apple can start reliably reading the blue ray media? Especially the dual layer discs?
many thanks!

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DVD Blue Ray question /customer service F rating

I called four times to customer service on friday (45min on phone)They were unable to answer any questions except price just kept transferring to different deparments.
My question was about the panansonic blue ray player on sale today
Does it have multi channel audio outputs.....my receiver does not have hdmi but does have multi channel audio inputs for 7.1
Does the Panansonic Blue ray player BD35k have multi channel audio ouputs?

If your talking about an Optical output then yes, all blu-ray players I have ever seen have had an optical output. If you mean a digital coaxial output, the answer I believe is no, but I will check at work today as I am not 100% sure.
On the other hand, if your talking about the 5.1/7.1 analog outputs commonly found on home theater in a boxes, then the answer would be no.

G7 2269wm blu ray question.

ok guys im back again, i searched this forum and didnt really find what i was looking for, so i have a pavilion g7 2269wm with windows 8.1 pro. i have a blu-ray drive that i want to install, question is, what do i need as far as drivers, or software to play blu ray movies. thanks.
the blu-ray drive is comming out of my pavilion dv7 3165dx, the motherboard is bad so im using that drive since it was blu-ray.
i installed the drive, and tried using the cyberlink media suit but says no disk installed in drive, so not sure what to do next.
i also bought the windows media pack but not sure what that does also.
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Try installing the HP version of Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 on the following link.
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DVD for Film Festival Screening & Blu-Ray Question

Hey Everyone,
I just wanted to double check something.
I have been making DVD's with DVD Studio Pro for a short film shot on HDV -- 23.98 and they look great. I chose the "Best Quality" output, etc. etc. This project is going to be screening in a small film festival and they are going to project off of a DVD. I did a test screening in a theater classroom on a big screen and it looked fine.
I wanted to check in and see if anyone thinks there is a better output option for this. I don't have a Blu-Ray Burner at this time.
Also, I plan on getting a Blu-Ray burner in the future. I hear Lacie is the way to go? Any other suggestions, and/or links to other burners highly recommended. Also, do you need Toast to burn Blu-Ray?
Thanks for your input!
- Eric

You might be able to play a true HD file from your computer, you don't need the BD. But you must test the display output from your card to the projector in advance to know you've got what it takes to connect the two and if the projector is even capable of showing 1080. Most are not.
It is highly unlikely a festival will require BD submissions, too much hassle for them and for the participants.
bogiesan
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Blu-Ray question

I use Encore CS4.I have a video 1440x1080 50i.Can I make(and how) Blu-Ray disc with the same resolution or it always must be 1920x1080?

Hi,
when you just open Encore, a window appears and you can set: if project is PAL or NTSC, number of frames per second and, of course resolution
(three choices for PAL and five for NTSC), You've got both 1440 and 1920.
Honestly I suggest you to keep the video, or video project, settings.
Regards
Giorgio

Bootcamp..did not realize how good it is- blue-ray question

Ive been delaying trying to do bootcamp to run PC games for awhile. Decided to try it, and wow was it easy to do and relatively fast. Iv been missing my pc games like fallout 3 and The witcher. These games run fantastic in bootcamp.
I really under estimated it. My appreciation for apple has gone up. I bought this knowing these arnt gaming machines but sure no slouches . I dont have to run a game on the highest setting to have fun.
If i buy an external blue ray player will i be able to play blu ray movies if booted in win xp mode? Just curious.

Yes, provided you have appropriate Windows software to play BluRay movies. As you probably know, no such software exists for Mac OS X, but for Windows, it does.

Questions on a Audio Only Blu Ray w/slideshow

I'm a professional mastering engineer our company is going to release it's first Surround project on Blu Ray it's going to be a Classical music piece. Need some direction on a few things in Encore CS6.
The audio files are going to be processed through DTS-HD MA at 5.0 24/96 resolution/lossless, I have toyed with Encore on the authoring end but I'd rather find a good layout to follow so it can be as easy as possible, below are some of the questions I have if anybody can point me in the right direction i would be grateful.
I have 19 tracks in the project and also a slideshow that has to follow the chapter/track stops so they coincide with the music so let's say track 1 has three photos then track 2 might have what would be the best way to do this, a slideshow and run the music in duration with the slideshow ? or put the photos in a timeline and adjust them to the tracks there?
What would be the best way to import the audio would it be one big file (it's a little over an hour long) or split the file into tracks which would make 19 files for each track. (using the DTS suite this is relatively easy)
Does Encore need a video to process the blue ray properly or what i intend to do inside the spec of blu ray?
How do you end the timeline is there an end marker like you have in audio when you end the album or is there a different way?
I have a ton more questions but these are the most important. If anybody has a better method or has done something like this before please respond.

Encore has too many issues with slideshows: create the slideshow (i.e. it will have no manual advance options) separately, and time it there.
That also makes your question about a no video bluray moot.
A timeline has an end action, so not a marker as such. You just set the end action.
If Neil Wilkes does not respond to the audio issues here, search this forum for his posts.

HDV to Blu-Ray and DVD questions!

So I shot a bunch of footage that I need to turn into a DVD and Blu-Ray. I have some questions regarding these 2 issues.
First of all, I captured all the footage HDV settings 1440 x 1080. I am using Final Cut Pro 5. I am having some issues with the footage trying to multicam edit. It's making me render it out, which takes about 8 hours for 20 minutes.
What is the best way to go from HDV back to DV so I can put it on DVD? Can I export straight from the HDV footage to mpeg2 or is there a different way I should go about it?
My next question is. For Blu-Ray video, how do I export the HDV footage in FCP so I can use it in Adobe Encore? Any help with these questions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

The easiest way to convert HDV to DV is to use the camera or deck to do this Down Convert.
Edit and export to Compressor for DVD.
Multiclip editing is not something I can help you with as I haven't had any success with it.
For Encore you could export as a self contained .mov then import into Encore. You might want to try working with Compressor first.
Good Luck
Z1

3 questions about FCP 7 and Blu-Ray

Hi Folks,
After reading the other posts on Blu-Ray and FCP 7 I still have just 3 questions:
1. I would like to get an internal burner. I see that at MacMall they have one that is specific for my MacPro model (2008) and there's one that they sell for the 2009 version. So it seems that I have to select a specific drive for my Mac Pro model correct?
http://www.macmall.com/p/MCE-DVD-Drives/product~dpno~7785361~pdp.fedabdd
Does anyone recommend a specific brand/type?
1. If I add the chapters mark on my project and export to a Quick Time file, will the chapters be present and accessible when I burn the Blu-Ray disk?
2. Looks like the best option is to buy Toast but, just to make sure I understood the issue with the share to Blu-Ray: If I just have one simple project with a movie with about 10 chapters, is it worth trying to use the option to share to Blu-Ray or is it not recommended for any type of project?
OK, I know I said 3 questions Just one more?
Back in the days, I remember compatibility issues with some types of DVD media and DVD players (DVD-R, DVD+R, brand, etc). Is there such a thing with Blu-Ray media and the current players?
Again, many thanks for your time and patience!
Best regards,
Ismenio

I use OWC (macsales.com) for purchasing blu ray burners. good company.
Not certain on markers.
I create blu ray disc with Compressor in FCS3 without many issues but not using Share.
I don't advise using Share.
Set your markers on a short clip.
Export self contained with the markers, and then use Compressor directly

Highest quality Blu-ray disc encoding question ...

I did a bit of searching on old posts, but still wasn't clear on the answer. My source footage is 1280x720, 59.94p and came from a Contour+ helmet camera where the files are stored in a .mov file with H.264 encoding.   My video is only 9 minutes long.   What is the best method to produce the highest quality single layer BD out of PP and Encore in this case?
One response I can envision is that isn't going to matter in this case given the camera/source. Otherwise, would one be better off using Adobe Dynamic Link and letting Encore choose the settings or selecting the format/preset and tweaking the video settings in PP and importing the resultant files into Encore?
If PP, I have seen some posts saying MPEG2 Blu-ray will produce a better result if the bit rate is cranked up high. But then others imply H.264 will likely come out better.   I also noticed that the H.264 video settings allow increasing the bit rate there as well.
I will have a question on video settings depending on the answer above.
Thanks!

Thanks Ann. Everyone else confer or do we have any MPEG2 advocates?   Assuming H.264, what video settings would you change from the default beyond the frame dimensions and frame rate? I'm a layman/consumer, but at a glance I thought perhaps "VBR, 2-pass" would have merit as I thought I read somehwere that produces a better result (encoding time doesn't matter for me).    What about increasing the Target and Maximum Bitrate sliders all the way to the right (my video is short)? What about the Render at Maximum Quality check box (I'm still confused on that one and when to use it)?

Question on Blu ray image size output and reducing the size

Hi
I have been using encore for blu ray projects which is been proving very helpful. However recently i have had a issue with output size on files. Normally Encore gives me it's estimate that it will fill the disc nicely and provides a image/folder which is about 17-20GB (using 25GB disc) but now out of the blue it's files sizes it outputs has been 24.8GB which technically is less than 25GB but as anyone knows who burns to media, the disc doesn't actually have 25GB of space (something like 23,8 or something, i can't remember without checking). Anyway of course this is a issue because my output size is contantly now coming up to be about 600MB - 1GB over the disc actual size, i figured Encore normally compresses files to fit considering i have burned similar amounts/size media before and never had a issue.
Anyway my issue is the slightly larger file size, i figured the easiest way to reduce the blu ray output size was to of course play with the transcode settings, which usually are set to the default settings for Blu ray (the quality preset is called something like "1280x720p 50 High Quality MPEG-2") so of course i thought to lower the bitrate a little just for a test, so i did just that and cut the default bit rate from 25[Mbs] to 20, i didn't want to lower it too much as it was a test to see what i could save for file size. Anyway so i re-transcoded the file and built another image, sadly the image size oddly enough came out as 26.something GB... so it actually grew in size by reducing the file bitrate which put me at a loss. I was wondering what common ways i could use to lower this file size just by a few hundred MB or up to 1GB in this case without having to remove content from the disc (it would be a waste to not only seperate the content but to use a whole disc for a leftover 600mb-1gb project). I of course want to keep quality as high as possible but i understand when trying to reduce size quality has to normally be hit in these situations so i can deal with a slight loss of quality. I have been browsing the forums here and though some topics seem similar they have the issue of file sizes coming out as 40GB+.
Now im no genius with Encore, normally as said the file size is always between 17-20GB as i figure encore was using a "fit to disc" type feature but because the output size is technically below 25gb but not actually below enough to burn i was wondering 2 things:
1) is it possible to make encore it's self shrink these files a little more, lowering the target size down by 1GB would do wonders but only option i have seen is to have a 25GB disc or DL disc with no option to customize the output size (forcefully lowering it by 1GB).
2) because i imagine the above can't be done i was wondering how to go about reducing the size by around 1GB or so, i don't need like 10GB freeing up so it's only a small amount, as said this is a issue i have had with the last few projects i made and the size varies from needing 600MB - 1GB (it doesn't usually exceed needing 1GB free space... besides when i lowered the bit rate which increased size a lot). In the past i always just cut the bitrate of files down a little (never by lots but enough to free space up) but clearly that failed my test so im at a loss of how to reduce file size without a huge loss in quality.
For the record i have already produced the file as both a image file and a folder and both have the same issue.
Extra info on the project:
It contains 4 Menu's, 13 video files which vary in lengh from short ones at about 5mintues to longer ones which the largest is about 20minutes. I commonly burn this number of video files/space with fine quality and no issue so i would rather not take files from the project.
quality preset details are defaultly as said above set to "1280x720p 50 High quality MPEG-2" settings, i am not on my computer with encore at the moment so i can't post full specifics right now but if you have encore handy you should be able to check.
Tried reducing bit rate but that increased overall size, the actual plan was to hopefully lower the bit rate to around 21 [mbs] (from 25) and then do that for multiple (or all) files until it fitted but after it increased the size i lost hope there, it said the estimated file size (on the individual video) would drop by around 300-400mb but that didn't work.
I have tried both folder and iso which always come out the same size.
Basically my main question/problem is any suggestion to drop the file size by up to 1GB without taking items out the project or a real high loss in quality (i don't mind small loss though as i can apply whatever solution to all files which should help).
Any suggestions what i can try? as you probably gather im not a genius when it comes to this stuff but i tried including what i thought is relevent.

Hi and thank you for the reply;
one problem i seem to be having when reducing the bitrate is the file size is oddly increasing from 24.8GB to 26.4GB, i can't really figure this one out as well it's having the oppisite effect. I checked the "streams" folder on output and decided to compare automatic transcoding to manual lowered bitrate and im not too sure where the increased file size is going, i found which video file it was causing the issue, all videos files range or average around 1.6GB each but one file was taking 4.5GB, after lowering that files bitrate it cut it down to 2GB which was of course saving me 2GB from the old file but the overall size had increased which was odd. Seems the other files are all the same so it hasn't tried improving them (so it seems) so i can't make ends of why the size is increasing.
I will try playing with the source file to see if i can do anything that way, if not i will try transcoding in premiere (i have had troubles with this before so i try to avoid it).
Oh and yes i was using Automatic.
Anyway i will see if editing the file outside might help first and see how that works. Thanks again for the reply.

H.264 Blue Ray audio question

I have seen this question brought up before but not answered fully.
The background:
i need to make a video that is
(Video)
File format: MP4 H.264
Aspect Ratio: 16 x 9 (1920 x 1080)
NTSC HD 60i (interlaced)
Square Pixel
(Audio)
48kHz
24 bit stereo
When exporting i selected H.264 Blue Ray and set the video accordingly (set the resolution to 1920 x 1080 @ 29.97, upper, square pixle) the problem I’m having is setting up the audio to be 24 bit. From my understanding AC3 only supports 16 bit but what about Dolby Digital can i get 24 bit audio if i use it and what setting do i change to get 24 bit audio at 48 kHz?

Do you HAVE sound in your comp? You'd be surprosed by the number of embarassed "no" replies.
Did you use the AE Render Queue? You have to specify that you actually want to inclue an audio track in the th Output Module; it isn't automatic. Most people don't even bother with audio when rendering from AE.
But here's the big thing: don't use AE to render H.264 files in the first place. AE stinks at it. Instead, use Adobe Media Endoder. You Can open an AE project in AME, then make an H.264 of any comp in the project.

Blu-Ray bit rate (and other questions)

Hi, just getting ready to try out my new blu-ray burner and I had a couple quick questions regarding outputting via compressor, thanks for any help and advice:
1) What's the recommended average and max bit rate assuming file size isn't an issue?
2) Can I put multiple videos on one blu-ray? From what I can tell it's only one per disk...
3) The blu-ray template wants audio and video from one source, correct? Or can I drop in a quicktime video and a separate audio track? (For instance, I have a surround sound mix that was done elsewhere while the video was edited and output from an Avid)
4) Will compressor accept Avid DnxHD quicktimes?

I assume you mean to create a BD with Compressor.
1. 34mbps, if I remember, is the max. Just let Compressor calculate the average and max. With a good source, an average above 24mbps won't make a difference of quality, in my opinion.
2. No; you have to have a single movie all assembled in FCP first. But you can use chapter makers to mark multiple original movies.
3. One source only, correct.
4. I don't know.

Pioneer BD-203 Blu Ray drive Observations and questions

I have a DP35D motherboard with a Q6600 processor and 2mb RAM. I run XP with SP2 and PE7.
I use hi def video and usually write to a DVD burner, with no problems. I have 4 hard drives with a dedicated drive for PE7 video files, a 1TB drive.
On DVD all is well.
So I installed a Pioneer BD- 203 Blu Ray drive (all my drives apart from the DVD drive are SATA). Installation of the BD203 went well, the PC recognised it and I was not required to "do" anything. It was a bare drive so NO additional software was installed. I did not need to go into the BIOS or "do" anything.
I went into PE7 and the BD-203 was instantly recognised - so far so very good!
I took an existing 1hr 27 minute Hi Def video which I had successfully written to DVD and wrote it to BluRay. As a matter of interest it took 1hr 40mins to encode the video (as an MPEG2 file), then PE7 reported that the disc (BluRay that is) was being burnt (Burn in Progress) but there was no movement of the progress bar within PE7 and the hard drive was busy for just over an hour. Then there was activity on the BD-203 drive but the progress bar remained static - after maybe less than an hour the drive spat out the disc (a Traxdata 4* record BD-R disc) and NO error messages were reported. So all looked relatively good, at least thats what I thought. I have NO means of playing the disc at the moment and the BluRay disc certainly has some data written to it but only about half a discs worth.
I tried to read the BluRay disc on my PC and Windows XP said "Windows cannot read from the disc. The disc may be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with Windows". I was not overly concerned by this as I have no BluRay reader on my PC.
I then encoded a separate 2 and a half minute video onto a Verbatim BD-RE disc. Obviously this was a much quicker process!! Once again the same set of processes albiet much more speedy.
Questions.
What encoding should I select MPEG2 1440 * 1080i PAL Dolby OR MPEG2 1920 * 1080i PAL Dolby? My camcorder produces 1440 by 1080i as I believe is common practice.
Can I assume that the resultant discs are OK or should I suspect something?
Is there a free/cheap BluRay player for a PC that wont interfere with the BluRay writing operation or cause any other problems? and which I can use on my PC in order to verify that the discs I have written to are OK?
Andy

Thanks, I will be tyesting my discs over the weekend.
But I can advise you that my DB203 does successfully burn DVDs and I can play those DVDs. From that I deduce that the drive is functional in the DVD writing mode - so I am a little more hopeful.
Andy
PS Will advise all re progress - as BluRay writing seems to be a bit of an issue!!

Blu-ray ripping, authoring, media player questions

OK, what are the best apps out there?
Playing blu-ray DVD audio:
I want to send multichannel surround sound to my audio interface. It needs to stay full resolution (eg. 24/96) - no downsampling! (Yes, I'm aware of how to do this with a DAW which is how I currently listen to DVDA content)
Ripping blu-ray DVD audio:
Simple. Rip the full res multichannel audio files to either individual wav files or a multichannel wav file.
Authoring blu-ray DVD audio:
Author stereo and surround audio files to the blu-ray format from individule high res files (L,R for stereo; Lf,C,Rf,Ls,Rs,Lfe for 5.1 surround). Only interested in PCM digital. Not dts or dloby.
I'm only interested in the high res stereo and multichannel surround audio. I don't watch movies much and could care less about those features.
Serious replies only please. Responses to anyone suggesting converting the audio to CD or mp3 quality will be vicious!
Thanks!
PS. Just to be clear before I get trolled by some sony employee...
Any BR-DVD to be ripped would be purchased and owned by me. I am not interested in any way in purchasing a restricted hardware disc player. Here in the 21st century we serve music and video (at the highest quality) to our sound/video systems from the computer. Thank you.
PSS. Yeah, I know I should ignore blu-ray and treat it as a nitch fly-by-night thing. Unfortunately audio content is starting to be released by some in this format only. And they're being encouraged by folks buying the restricted hardware DVD players. So here we go...

I've gotten some recommendations for tsMuxeR and Pavtube for rippers.
I've also been warned about Toast10 for authoring. It has a bug will not let you do PCM surround.
I'd still like to hear a recommendation for a good authoring app.

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