DVD and BLURAY

For greater storage, is it possible to burn with Enclore regular dvd material to blueray dvd? And, can you mix sd and hd on that blueray media?
Thanks
Patrick

Patrick,
The success in the mixing of SD into an HD, BD Project, will depend on the look that you want. If you want the black bars (Letterboxing if you have Widescreen), then you can probably get by fine.
If you wish to up-rez your SD to HD, you might have more success with a plug-in, like Red Giant's Magic Bullet Instant HD. Check the compatibility with your NLE program. There are other such programs/plug-ins.
Good luck,
Hunt

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