MXF OP1a Master file converted to Blu Ray in AME to .m4v showa up in Encore as Untranscoded

Just started creating Blu Ray DVDs from MXF OP1a AVC-I 100 Master files.
I use AME to convert to BR matching the settings of the master. It converts successfully creating video .m4v and PCM files.
When I import them into Encore 6.02, the Project window info displays the video file as " Remix. m4v Video file Untranscoded". And " Remix.wav WAV audio "Untranscoded"
Whats up with that? If they have been trancoded by AME why does Encore say they are Untranscoded?

The project panel shows both the DVD and the Bluray transcode status/settings. Make sure you are looking at the Bluray column.
What is the audio format for your disk settings? If set to dolby, Encore will show your pcm as untranscoded. Also, try changing the setting for the pcm asset to "do not transcode."
Are you using 5.1?
I use AME to convert to BR matching the settings of the master.
Are the settings of the master BD compliant?

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I am one of many with troubles creating a blu-ray DVD using Mac software. Sounds like the best way to do this is to do all of the editing in Final cut and create the DVD in Adobe Encore. Is there a way to export to Adobe Encore or should I just create a .mov file and import that to Encore. That way I think I lose the HD quality. I read that I could compress to Blu-ray format in Compressor, but I can only find HD DVD which is different. When I select create a Blu-Ray disc, Compressor won't simply create the file on my computer...it wants the disc to create.
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I have just completed my first blu-ray disc using FCP7 and Adobe encore. My workflow, once the timeline was complete, was to go to File>share>choose blu-ray as destination >export. The default encoding is H.264 along with an ac3 file for audio. It took 3 hours and 35 minutes to encode the 1hr 26 minute file.
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I generated a .mov file last night (about 7Gb) for my video and burned it (via Toast 10) to a blu ray disk. No problems. went smooth.
except i watched it this am... and after 1.5 minutes, the audio is out of sync with the video (audio is ahead by at least 6 seconds). I haven't yet gone back to the .mov file i made to verify that it's in there too, but i'm guessing that it is.
the ONLY thing i did that i don't normally do (shame on me) is that i turned on "turn on de-interlacing". I don't normally do that but i figured what the heck... would this cause that?
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Well, much to my surprise, the export file is fine. in perfect sync. the ONLY other thing i can think of is when i was burning the blu ray disk, i did do some printing off of the same machine.. i wonder if that stole some cycles and threw off the sync.. .does that make any sense?
at this point, i guess i'll try it again and make sure that nothing else is going on when i burn the disk.
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Changing file extension for Blu-Ray H264 export

The output is written as .m4v, and my authoring tool will not accept this.
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Any containering around the raw .264 video stream will screw up the embedded information.
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my 2c,
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Follow up question:
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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.

FCPX -- ProRessHQ -- Compressor 4 -- Blu-ray .264 of 1.69GB

Hi,
When I export a 2 hour and 16min movie from FCPX to Compressor 4 and convert it to a Blu-ray .264 file I'll end up with a file of 1.69GB. This is not normal. I used the default settings to create a Blu-ray file.
When I export a 2 hour and 16min movie from FCPX to Compressor 4 and convert it to a ProRess HQ file I'll end up with a file of 191GB. This is normal.
But when I convert this ProRess HQ file to a Blu-ray file .264 I'll end up again with a file of 1.69GB. This is not normal.
What am I doing wrong?
Is the movie to long for a Blu-ray and is Compressor confused because it's more than 2 hours?
When I convert the same ProRess HQ file to m2v (dvd) I'll end up with a file of 3,79GB. Tat's ok. No problem with that one.
For the Blu-ray file .264 I use the default setting from Compressor 4.
Thanks for helping me out...

SOLVED
Ok, this is my workflow. I hope it works also for you...
PS : It also solve my other problem : FCPX --> ProRessHQ --> Compressor 4 --> Blu-ray .264 of 1.69GB
Step 1 : Export to ProRes422HQ
Export your project to a ProRes422HQ .mov file. You can do this also via Compressor. This still works.
Step 2 : Download x264
Download the x264 program via this link : http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/binaries/macosx-x86-64/
This program is free but not that easy to use. Took me some time to find (via 'The Internet') the correct syntax so that Adobe Encore CS5.5 and Toast 11 accepted the file without transcoding or re-encoding the generated .264 file.
Step 3 : Encoding the .mov file to a.264 file using x264
Use these commands to generate the .264 file. This is for a 25p file. But you can also use x264 for 24p/30p/... movies. You only have to change the --fps and --keyint options. You can also play with the bitrates.
Pass 1 :
x264-r2453-ea0ca51 --bitrate 22000 --fake-interlaced --tune film --bluray-compat --fps 25 --force-cfr --bframes 3 --ref 4 --muxer raw --no-weightb --weightp 0 --b-pyramid none --vbv-maxrate 22000 --vbv-bufsize 22000 --level 4.1 --profile high --keyint 25 --min-keyint 1 --slices 4 --colorprim "bt709" --transfer "bt709" --colormatrix "bt709" --sar 1:1 --pass 1 -oOutPutFile.264 --input-res 1920x1080 InputFile_ProRes422HQ.mov
Pass 2 :
x264-r2453-ea0ca51 --bitrate 22000 --fake-interlaced --tune film --bluray-compat --fps 25 --force-cfr --bframes 3 --ref 4 --muxer raw --no-weightb --weightp 0 --b-pyramid none --vbv-maxrate 22000 --vbv-bufsize 22000 --level 4.1 --profile high --keyint 25 --min-keyint 1 --slices 4 --colorprim "bt709" --transfer "bt709" --colormatrix "bt709" --sar 1:1 --pass 2 -oOutPutFile.264 --input-res 1920x1080 InputFile_ProRes422HQ.mov
PS: There is also another option, for beter results, I'm testing for the moment and that is this one : --preset very slow.
Step 4 : Create the .ac3 audio file via Compressor
Import the ProRes422HQ file into Compressor and create only the ac3 audio file.
Step 5 : Import the .264 and .ac3 file into Toast or Adobe Encore.
If al goes well, Adobe Encore doesn't need to transcode the .264 file.
And in Toast you set via the custom option that no re-encoding is needed.
Step 6 : Burn and enjoy...
I hope this workflow works for all of you...
If not, we need to find out what's wrong...

Best blu-ray authoring program?

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What is the best program (mac or pc) to author a blu-ray disc with menus, multiple audio tracks, subtitles, 5.1 and stereo audio, the whole shebang?
Can the same program output it as a cmf file structure?
How exactly does AACS encryption work? (not the whole licensing fees thing, what I mean is - is it a program you run the final master through? Or is it a special file within the blu-ray master? I have no idea)

Just take a look at all the horror stories:
http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showforum=120
I played with it for a day and was disgusted. I really feel bad for the chap who delivered an image for replcation without knowing what "encyrption keys" were. Now the guy looks like a jerk. Thats why I urge you to do some research and know about the technology and the tools indepth before you go out selling this kind of work. Since People beleive they have years of HD video and DVD experience, that they are immediately ready to offer BD authoring.
Not that its hard! Things like glass blowing, puppetry and brain surgery are HARD and take years to master! It just take a little time to get yourself familar with the technology, its caveats and the tools involved. Verification is also very important. Just because a disc passes an Eclipse test doesn't mean its a spec legal disc and you will have returns if enough discs are sent out.
Start with the free trial of Do Studio (no! Im begging you)...read their Wikis and the books I told you about. Thier support is the best and you will learn alot...i assure you!
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Encore CS5 and 5.1 audio to Blu Ray not working

I have a premiere project that, with the exception of a welcome title card, is one video track of *.m2v and one audio track of AC3 5.1. The master volume track is 5.1 as is the audio 1 track. When I use dynamic link to sent this to encore, it always produces a blu-ray that is dolby stereo and not dolby 5.1
Any ideas?

I was going to give up but then I succeeded in creating a 5.1 audio mix on the blu ray by:
1 Not using Premiere at all
2. Creating a new blu ray project in Encore
3. Importing the AC3 audio file as an asset first
4. Right clicking on the AC3 and using it to create the timeline
5. Importing the quicktime video only file as an asset and adding that to the timeline
6. Building the blu-ray
7. I imported the/stream file on the Blu-ray itself into Premiere so that I could see the wave forms and it was a 5.1 track.
Works.

Anyone doing Blu-ray yet?

I was thinking about getting an internal Blu-ray drive for my new Mac Pro and I was wondering if anyone is doing it here.
I'm guessing the only way to do it right now is to export out of Motion as a QT movie and then use Adobe Encore, which supports Blu-ray.
Does anyone have experience with Adobe Encore or doing Blu-ray?
Do you use the same HD-DVD preset for Blue-ray in Compressor?
Thanks!
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Yes, after you select "HD DVD", the Disc/Volume tab has "Disc media: Red Laser, Blue Laser". However, this is HD-DVD and not Blu-ray. Both HD-DVD and Blu-ray use the blue laser.
When you click on Blue Laser, the size information goes to 15 gigs, which is HD-DVD. If you select dual layer, it goes up to 30 gigs. Blu-ray is 25 gigs and 50 gigs.
The red laser is the standard DVD, 4.7 gigs. Blue laser is used by HD-DVD and Blu-ray. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm a novice when it comes to HD-DVD and Blu-ray, but I'm guessing that there is more to formatting a disc than the color of the laser. There is the format of the files and directory names, format of the disc itself, I'm guessing.
In any case, from what I've read, the only way to do it is with Adobe Encore and Encore isn't for mass duplication since there's this whole Sony system involved with that and it costs a huge amount of money. Encore is for BD-R only, which is fine for me since this is for a tradeshow and I only need 2 copies and not 10,000.
For commercial production of Blu-ray, it's at the point DVD was at the beginning stages where you have to put up a ton of dough to create the master to someone who has the really expensive gear.
Thanks

Adobe Encore Blu-Ray audio out of sync

Hey,
So I'm trying to make a compiliation Blu-ray disc that has 3 seperate movies on it. Each method I've tried as resulted in the audio being out of sync with the video.
I used dvd shrink to rip a dvd to include just the movie by itself. I played that. No out of sync audio issues.
I then used pgcdemux to demux the dvd files into seperate .m2v and .wav streams. I played those, and again no audio sync issues.
I tried importing the seperate .m2v and .wav streams directly into Encore and it seemed to work until I created a timeline and when previewing the disc, the audio was out of sync. So I went ahead and burned a copy to my blu-ray disc and sure enough the audio sync issues were on there too.
Then I went through adobe media encoder and tried to re-encode the .m2v file thinking it just wasn't done correctly the first time. Still the audio is out of sync after importing to Encore.
I even demuxed the streams, then remuxed them together into an mpg file. I played that without Encore and no audio issues. But as soon as I import it and attach it to a timeline, and then preview it, audio is out of sync.
So I am completely lost here. I don't quite know what else to do to get rid of the delay in audio.
Suggestions? Fixes?

Well it certainly has been a while!
So I finally got this to work. It would seem that I spent so much time trying to rip and convert the dvd to their elementary source files: .m2v and .wav and since I was working with dvds, the files were quite large.
I actually loaded up a program called DVDFab and ripped each dvd into m2ts fomat. Those files were, still, quite a few gigabytes a piece, as they are essentially rips of the dvds in a special blu-ray container format.
They loaded directly into Encore and I didnt even have to use Adobe Media Encoder before loading them. And this time when I actually built my blu-ray, I received no errors. So everything output fine.
thanks for the help!

1080p 29.97 to Blu-ray

I have a project shot at 1080p 29.97 and this is my first attempt to export it for Blu-ray. When I select the H.264 Blu-ray Format in Export Settings, there is no Preset matching the source format. It looks like the best options are:
1. 1080i 29.97 - Would I lose resolution this way? Is 29.97i actually 59.94 fields/sec with even fields on one pass and odd fields on the next (which would be parts of the same frame because it was shot progressive) or am I only going to get 540 lines of resolution?
2. 1080p 23.976 - How bad would artifacting be if I change the frame rate? Would Twixtor do this perfectly or at least much better than Premiere?
3. 720p 59.94 - This would preserve the original frames (doubling them) but I would have less than half the resolution.
I notice the MPEG2 Blu-ray also does not have a format that matches the source but if I select Match Source Attributes (High Quality) the Summary lists the Output as 1920x1080, 29.97 fps, but doesn't indicate whether it's progressive or interlaced. I just checked Wikipedia and it appears 1080p 29.97 is not a valid Blu-ray format. So is the MPEG2 converting to interlaced without expliciting telling me in the Summary Output? Is H.264 going to look better than MPEG2 (that would be my guess)?
Bottom line, what is the best option for highest quality output given the source material I'm using?

I just went through my workflow and found another answer for you...
If you want to use a newer blu-ray standard encoding, you have to create it yourself. Not sure how well it will work across all machines, but I'm testing it myself, right now. First, you need to open media encoder, then, create a new preset. Use h.264 for the main setting designer, and "based on" should be blu-ray set. Now... ...for 1920 sized video, you'll need the following:
profile-high
version-4.2 or higher (careful--this will change the compatibility with older players; check with clients about their equipment; older than 3 years, use the standard blu-ray settings provided or offer a flash drive with a formatted disc image that they can resize to their own liking).
and 35-50mb\s for video bare minimum.
This will be an UNCOMPRESSED style format if you want a progressive video... ...set progressive, set frame rate.
set audio to taste.
Make sure you do this: check the MUXER tab. Set to none. Now you will have an M4V file.
Save the preset with a decent name, forget about the "Keyframe" setting. It no longer matters.
Close media encoder, go to encore. You can now use the Transcode now (make sure you set it to transcode in media encoder in prefs), and when media encoder opens the sequence or video, you'll be able to drag\drop your settings onto it, and watch it go. You could also just click the setting in the main area and edit the settings from the operation directly, which will give you a better idea of your data-size. I don't care, personally. I can buy a disc to fit the data, and if I have to, image right to a flash drive or other fast drive for client product. Once you've encoded the project by dynamically linking it through encore, and media encoder, the project sees the file as transcoded, and *should* drag it in on it's own.
I'll be testing another theory later as well.
Encore and adobe media encoder use the same preset library (this is the theory), and when editing the presets for media encoder, you can have those show up in encore (again, in theory). If encore picks up the blu-ray presets from media encoder's library of system presets, then, in theory, you could ADD a preset to the system preset folder, and have it appear in encore. I will try this if my previous option fails. By doing this, the option for the transcode settings to use Progressive video with my standards should show up as an encore project quality preset. This way, all the video will be encoded the same (menus and all). The downside of this approach: menus will be Progressive video and will require more space on the disc. If you have motion, it will take up enormous resources. With separate menu and movie transcodes, you should see smaller menu video, with high quality movie video.
I've seen that several vbr2pass encodes have failed when done outside of encore in previous versions to CS6 (haven't faced such a project in CS6 yet). This means that the file was built\compressed\encoded OUTSIDE of the program, so it doesn't KNOW that it is compatible with a disc format, and will AUTOMATICALLY force it to be transcoded. By transcoding INSIDE encore, you then build the LINKAGE encore uses, FLAGGING it as transcoded, and pointing it to the proper file. You can also Point to the proper file in CS6 by right clicking on an asset and choosing to Locate Transcoded File. This will mark it as transcoded (obviously a workaround for the whole vbr2pass high profile setting problem evident since cs3). However, if you do find yourself in this predicament (a client simply wants a blu-ray built from existing video that is supposedly compatible with blu-ray already), you have a choice. I don't recall how earlier versions of encore checked the transcode flag, but I believe it was based on a settings listing check. If it used the quality preset to check the settings, you might be able to use my theory above to fix the problem. If you can add the quality preset that fits your video (even with newer quality standards), you should be able to get encore to recognize and mark the video. If you can "Locate Transcoded File", this too might flag it for you. In Short Terms: The ASSET must MATCH the QUALITY PRESET FOR THE PROJECT. Check the Transcode Preset. IF you can match your video, you can *possibly* get away with skipping the transcode and going directly to link\build and burn.
Remember that a STREAM file-system is used for any movie file-type that has a greater than 2gb max file-size. Blu-ray utilizes this structure as well. It splits the file into sections of similar size and setting, which means, in theory, you can have videos with different transcodes and settings mixing into the same disc. By that same theory, you can have menus with separate settings from the video, and even several of the same video with different settings. If you know your programming, you can use a flag to set a single menu set for multiple codes of the same video, audio, etc, and then use those flags to set up advanced playback. For multiple types of audio, you'll want to have the audio and video as separate assets, placed on separate timelines. This paradigm can be used for archives.

Playing blu-ray folder or ISO from Encore

I am trying to stop burning blu-ray disc and use the folder from Encore to be my final output. ALternatively, I may convert the folder into ISO for easy management. My questions:
1. what software player can play Encore generated blu-ray folder in PC? I tried some but none of them play the menu. Some can only play the first two chapters and totally missing the rest, though my project works fine in Encore preview.
2. what PC software to be used to convert the folder to ISO? Some media players declared that they can play DVD/BD ISO. Anybody can name a few that are good at BD?

We always build an image with Encore, then use Virtual CloneDrive to mount the image, and TotalMedia Theatre to play back the image. For Blu-ray replication, we build to a folder in Encore, then use Blustreak Tracer CMF to prepare the BDCMF files.
I highly recommend Total Media Theatre over the other software players, such as Power DVD, as it is designed to be spec compliance, meaning that what you see and interact with on the screen is exactly how it should on a hardware player. Often times Power DVD has problems with certain titles or it doesn't navigate the same way a hardware player does... making it difficult to troubleshoot problems. If you go to the doom9 forums and read some posts from spec level authoring experts, they just about all use Total Media Theater as their software Blu-ray/DVD player. And yes, it can play directly from a folder, menus and all.

MXF OP1a Master file converted to Blu Ray in AME to .m4v showa up in Encore as Untranscoded

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