Can DVDSP AUTHOR AND BURN a Blu-ray disk?

I am confused. I have read 14,102 posts on this subject and I am no more knowledgeable on this subject than before I started. The date right now is Sept. 7, 2009. The posts I read start at the current date and very quickly go back to Jan, 1 1945. I need CURRENT INFORMATION. I am under the impression from talking to the people at the MAC stores that I CAN author and burn a BD disk JUST like a DVD disk. I dont want a 10,000 step solution with 45 different pieces of software.
I want to use FCP and DVDSP. Is this possible at the date of Sept 7, 2009?
(dont look at the profile, I will upgrade to whatever is needed, MAC , that is)
Thanks
Mike

DVDSP...no.
FCP 7...yes.
Here's a five minute video on how to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66oLjzF2TfA
And That's the Way It Is... September 7th, 2009.

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Burning a blue ray disk

I imported a movie from my Camcorder Canon HV 10, edited it in a MacAir, stored it in an external hard drive. Is there a way to burn a blue ray DVD such as using a Dell computer with blue ray drive and "import" the Apple edited movie?
Many thanks!!

Welcome to iMovie Discussions.
As you're writing about Blu-Ray, my guess is that you shot your video in hi-def HDV.
When you import HDV into iMovie, it's converted into Apple's Intermediate Codec so that it can be edited (..the compressed HDV format isn't editable unless it's converted, as there are "compressed" frames in HDV - like in AVCHD - which don't really exist until they're -e-x-p-a-n-d-e-d- back into real video frames).
When you've finished editing, the movie can be saved in a variety of different formats; e.g: .mov (QuickTime), H.264 (another 'compressed' format which plays well on various devices, and is the format which Blu-Ray discs use), standard-def DV, and various others.
So you'd need to check what the Blu-Ray burning software ..on your Dell.. needs in order to burn a BD disc ..does it require the video in H.264, or does it convert whatever you give it to H.264..? You'd have to read the specs of the burning program ..'Toast', or whatever you're using.
Note that if you've stored it on an Apple formatted external disc (..formatted as Mac OS Extended, rather than in a PC's FAT32 format..) then the Dell probably can't read that material off the external disc, and you'd have to copy it across to the Dell itself. And if the external disc was formatted for a PC, in FAT32 format, then it's possible that in storing the video on that external disc (..you don't say whether the iMovie project was on that disc, or if just the 'Exported' final edit of the movie to that disc..) some aspect of it may have become lost, as iMovie prefers Mac-formatted hard discs, so that "metadata" belonging to various files can be stored along with the actual video data.
So check and see if the Dell can access that disc, and your movie, OK, and then check to see what format of video your BD-burning program on the Dell requires.
Incidentally, I wonder how you got your video from the HV10 into your MacBook Air, as there's no FireWire connection on an MBA, and the Canon would need a FireWire connection to get the video - whether on miniDV tape or HDV tape - from the camcorder to the Mac..
..So how did you do it? ..Or was it first imported into a different Mac, and then simply copied to the MBA..?

Authoring and codec for Blue Ray

Hi,
We must deliver a Blue Ray DVD in a few months.
Everything has been edited in 1920X1080 23.98 p.
1) Can we compress the program in MPEG-2 like SD-DVD ?
2) Can we make the authoring in DVD Studio Pro 4.2.1 ?
thanks

Antoine,
BR authoring on the Mac isn't really possible yet. PP CS3 does include Encore which will do a very limited-author for BR but it's not the full specification.
If you absolutely must author in BR and don't want to spend 100k for Sonic Scenarist (and the required hardware) there might be one way to do it effectively - but nobody has tested this yet, so you'll be on the bleeding edge of experimentation...
You could use BootCamp with Leopard and install an XP partition; purchase Roxio's DVDit Pro HD and do your authoring on the PC side. See this website:
http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/dvdit/hd/overview.html
You'll have to experiment a bit with output from Compressor to provide a file that the Roxio app will like, but it might just work.
If that's not an option, then you'll have to take your project to an HD authoring facility and pay anywhere from $5-$15k to have it properly BR authored.

Can Disk Utility burn a Blu-ray ISO file?

This is a simple question to pose: assuming only the best of media and burner hardware (so that problems with those don't come into play), can Disk Utility reliably burn ISO images that represent a Blu-ray disk, complete with chapters and whatever else is contained on a Blu-ray disk?
Background
I'll be using Adobe Premiere to generate videos for burning to Blu-ray disk. There seems to be several ways for me to do that, and most of them seem to have problems:
1. From the completed Premiere project, I can jump into Adobe Encore and burn from there. But… many comments on the Adobe forum suggest that route may be problematic. No burn-speed control for instance. The Encore forum is full of people who don't use Encore's burning abilities, but instead use Toast or the PC equivalent.
2. Use Toast. I've just received a special offer form Other World Computing to buy Toast 11 Pro for $49. But… I've been put off buying Toast because of many poor reviews on Amazon. A handful of poor reviews I could ignore, but there are dozens.
3. Use Encore to generate an ISO image of my completed Blu-ray, then use Disk Utility to burn that ISO. But… there are websites in the internet jungle telling me I need to download their product to be able to burn Blu-ray ISO images on a Mac. On the other hand, there are reputable websites (here and here) that explain how to use Disk Utility to burn Blu-ray ISOs.
Basically, I'm confused. It seems to me that Encore > ISO > Disk Utility is the way to go, but I would like confirmation from Apple users that this route will work and is reliable. If not, maybe I should be buying Toast before the special runs out on 30 April.

First, I duplicated one of the links in my original post. The correct links are (1) and (2).
Thanks for the replies, but they haven't cleared up my confusion.
On the last page of the first link, lifted from the California Institute of the Arts website, clear instructions are given for using Disk Utility to burn a Blu-ray ISO.
Right at the bottom of the second link, lifted from the Drexel University website, similar instructions are given for using Disk Utility to burn a Blu-ray ISO.
Are both instructions incorrect in their basic assumption? When their students go to video lab to burn a Blu-ray, do the students find it can't be done?
This is really confusing. Toast gets very poor reviews, yet I've never had a problem with Toast 9. Two tertiary education sites tell me how to burn a Blu-ray with Disk Utility, but I've just received two responses which tell me it can't be done. I'm intrigued.

Can iDvd burn to Blu Ray?

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Blu-ray H.264 is different from regular H.264 that is used on the iPad, iPod, etc. You need to use the Blu-ray encoding option in Compressor 4.
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Can Final Cut Studio 2 make Blu-Ray DVDs

I have Final Cut Studio 2 on a mac book pro. I am not sure whether this topic belongs in compressor or dvd studio, but does the HD DVD mean it is HD DVD Format or a DVD that is high definition. So, in other words, can I do Blu-Ray also.

DVD Studio Pro 4.2 (in Final Cut Studio 2) has not yet had an update that allows creating and burning a blu-ray project.
You can create a basic HD DVD (yes it is a format) project and burn to a normal Standard Definition (red laser) DVD.
This plays on Mac computers only and certain Toshiba HD DVD set top players.
(see here for the "how to" )
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4436223&#4436223
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How to burn Blu-ray disk from Encore?

My project was shot and edited in HD. The camera was a Sony AX2000 1920 X 1080 60i the highest resolution for the camera. The project has been exported to Encore (CS5.5 Production Premium)and is on the timeline there. How do I get in touch with "Chat" to get phone help to go from where I am to burning a Blu-ray disk? When I try to email Adobe Help I am routed round and round back to same place and I can never find anyplace to send an email to Adobe to ask a support question. When I click on "Help" from Premiere Pro or Encore the explanations use frequent links to videos elsewhere for explanations and none of the links are functional! Why is that? I can't find an explanation online or in Adobe's Classroom in a book or anywhere. I would appreciate some links to videos explaining the process or some basic instructions. Thank you.

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Can I burn a Blu-ray disk on my Apple desktop without buying a special burner? I can burn regular DVDs, and view them on my laptop but not my Blu-ray player. I only want a couple DVDs from our son's wedding.

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Given that there's no way to burn a "real" HD DVD, is anyone exporting their FCP movies to Adobe Encore and burning to Blu Ray? If so, have you had any success?

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Burning blu-ray disks with Archgon

I have a HD camcorder and create home movies of my daugher with FCP X. I have an iMac (late 2012 model I think). I recently purchased the Sea Tech Archgon blu-ray writer super drive with the intent of buring blu-ray disks for the grandparents. The instruction manual for the blu-ray player states "Please purchase and download appropriate blu-ray playback software for Mac OS". My questions are:
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4) Is FCP X an appropriate software, which I already have on my computer? It allows me to create DVD directly from FCP X, but when I tried to do it from FCP X, this drive does not come up as an option.
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2. No.
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5. Again, the drive should show up at the bottom - see screenshot (mine is only showing my internal Superdrive; once I attach my external burner, both will show up):

How to read Blu-Ray disk from Encore

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Can anybody tell me how I can resolve this problem?

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V4.5). The earlier version could not read BD-R(E).
Regards,
redmondo

I want to burn a blu ray disc from PP CC 2014 and do not have the Encore application. Is there a way to do that?

I want to burn a blu ray disc from PP CC 2014 and do not have the Encore application. Is there a way to do that?

Here's a free non-Adobe solution as well. It's definitely got a steep learning curve compared to Encore, but from my understanding so far, it may also be more capable. (And it's still being developed, unlike Encore which is dead software.)
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Can not burn a Blu-ray disc

The problem: Can not burn a Blu-ray disc.
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Attached is a screenshot of the dialog box that opens up when I place a regular DVD or Blu-ray in my desktop computer.
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I´m worried cause I don´t know how burn a Bluy ray
But before, how can I do the menus?
nickeditor

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