Creating a blu-ray

I am looking into purchasing an external blu-ray burner. One thing the company told me whose product I am interested in is If I want
the Blu-ray to play back on a normal Blu-ray player connected to a TV, like a typical commercial film on a Blu-ray disc, special Blu-ray
authoring software is required. (They referenced the Compressor app is able to do this.)
Is there a difference between burning to Blu-ray directly from Final Cut vs. exporting from Final Cut and using Compressor? Just trying to understand the difference, if any.
Thank you.

Parm4u wrote:
Is there a difference between burning to Blu-ray directly from Final Cut vs. exporting from Final Cut and using Compressor? Just trying to understand the difference, if any.
The difference is that in Compressor you have more control over the settings – adjusting bit rates, Frame Controls, fiilters, etc.
They both use Compressor to encode and Create DIsk to make the disk. In the case of FCPX, Compressor and Create Disk are embedded apps.
Russ

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