Surround Sound for Blu Ray

Wondering how this is done... I take it using the Media Encoder and Encore? Thanks.

PrPro cannot natively Export to DD 5.1 SS AC3. You must have the Minnetonka Audio SurCode DD 5.1 SS plug-in, or use other methods. If you do purchase the SurCode plug-in, do so from within PrPro, and you will get an Adobe-users' discount.
Good luck,
Hunt

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When I used the Blu-ray player in my home theatre I selected the "HDMI pass through" mode to get surround sound. I came across some new movies that would not play and after the update from HP the player would simply freeze up as soon as there was audio present. I had to go into the task manager to shut it down.
MediaSmart works fine on the laptop, but it only freezes up when I use the "HDMI pass through" setting.
I have tried "HDMI pcm" mode and that doesn't work either. The Denon receiver shows there are five channels working but I only get stereo sound out of the front left and right speakers. This would indicate that the Blu-ray player is not outputting in 5.1 surrond sound and that the laptop and the Denon receiver is working fine.
Hp supports' solution was to reinstall the old driver or try a system restore. I know a system restore isn't going to do anything. The problem is in the new software. The new software did not work on my HDX18 when it was in Vista, it didn't work when I upgraded to Windows 7 and it doesn't on my new dv8.
I tried contacting CyberLink to let them know that the upgrade is giving problems, but I think they are ignoring me.
Personally I think that either HP or Cyberlink just forgot to add the drivers for 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound.
If someone were to find a solution to this one I would be surprised. I am quite certain I covered every possibility, but you never know.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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OK, I found a solution. SORT OF. I use the laptop to watch region "B" Blu-ray movies that I buy out of England. Rather than set Media Smart to region "B" I purchased software from SlySoft.com. When the software is running it removes the region code and all that annoying copy protection. Fox is the worst, followed by Walt Disney. (Pixar Animation and Buena Vista) One specific movie that would not play on the old Media Smart software was "Ice Age 3 Dawn Of The Dinosaurs. When I tried, a red window came up prompting me to go to Cyberlink for an update. Of course after that the movie would play, but I had no surround sound in my home theatre.
So now I use the old Media Smart software and run SlySoft...no more red window...I have surround sound in my theatre through HDMI pass through.
The problem with this solution is that Slysoft costs around 114.00$ U.S. for a life time membership and free updates forever. HMMM.

Built for Blu Ray??

I am looking to buy a new Receiver that will be able to run my HDTVs, PS3, Surround sound system, Netflix Movie rentals, Apple TV, etc. I am considering a unit in the Yamaha Aventage series. But According to Best Buy's information, many of them are not "Built for Blu Ray). If you compare the RX-A1000 to the RX A-3000, the 1000 is not built for Blu Ray and yet it's a unit that costs a grand while the RX A-3000 is built for Blu Ray and it costs $1,800. What is the meaning of "Built for Blu Ray" in layman's terms? Do I need it (if so, why)? What am I missing if I don't have it?

I have found the term: "Built for Blu Ray" to be a general term that really does not denote a specific function. If the AVR you're considering has HDMI ins and outs it will inherently support any device (including Blu Ray) that has this standard connection. You do not need to seek out a unit that has this marketing mumbo jumbo and (in my humble experience) you won't be missing out on any functionality.
You probably DO need to be concerned if it has "HDMI Up-Conversion". This allows you to plug in analogue sources (composite or component... like the Nintendo Wii), and the receiver will convert the signal to a 1080p "like" image AND convert it to a digital signal and output it to HDMI. Without this functionality you will have to use analogue inputs and outputs. Almost all AVRs at the price you quoted are standard with this, but you should still double check.
When selecting a new AVR, you MAY also want to be sure that it is "3D Ready" even if you're not. This means it has the HDMI 1.4 version installed and will support 3D content. You may want to buy a future TV or device that has this functionality (your PS3 is already ready to play 3D Blu Rays if you've done recent firmware updates). 3D support is becoming more standard on AVRs these days though.
I hope this helps!
Best Buy Employee 8 Yrs, I don't profess to know everything... that's what Google's for.

Dolby Surround Missing Right Surround Track on Blu-ray

I author a large number of DVDs in Scenarist for our standard def applications, but recently, tried authoring a strait through Blu-ray disc with Dolby Surround 5/0 audio tracks with some peculiar results.
I've encoded the Dolby track the usual way, with Scenarist's Dolby encoder, and imported it along with the m2v video track in to Encore and burned a Blu-ray disc.
The front channels play normally, but the surround is half missing, or perhaps 3/4 missing, when accounting for the fact that the left surround is about -10dB from where it should be, and there is NO output at all from right surround.
At first, I thought it was because we encoded at 640kbp/s, but I am told this is a legal bitrate for Blu-ray Dolby surround.
So that leaves Encore as the remaining suspect.
SD DVDs encoded in Scenarist with this Dolby encoding method play as they should. The difference here is we're using HD video and encoding to a Blu-ray disc.
Might Encore be doing something to our Dolby tracks? Is it confused because the LFE channel is missing? Or is Encore unable to handle 640kbp/s Dolby surround?
Wanting maxium quality, and because I could find no means of producing 5-channel PCM audio that Encore would accept, I went with Dolby at the highest bitrate. But obviously something's amiss here. What should I change about the encoding, or in Encore?

Hmmm, then I'm puzzled by this... if I encode AC3 and use it on a standard def DVD, it plays with all surround channels. If I use the AC3 file in an Encore project to make a Blu-ray disc, the left surround is barely audible and the right surround is silent.
It's either got to be my Sony BDP-S301 can't handle 640K audio, or there's a possible bug in Scenarist's Dolby encoder when using bitrates higher than 448K.
I'm re encoding at 448K and reburning the BD-R to see if that will play properly. If it does, then there's some incompatibility with the higher AC3 bitrate, somewhere.

Combo blu-ray/receiver and yamaha R467 receiver - no sound using blue ray

I have a 2 year old samsung combo blue-ray/receiver for my home theatere and the receiver side of it has just crapped out. i just bought a new Yamaha R467 receiver at best buy and it sounds great but when I try to play blue ray through it, there is no sound. the blue ray video plays, but no sound. I have HDMI from the output of the blueray-combo into HDMI 1 of the receiver and then HDMI out to the tv (samsung LCD 52"). I hve the receiver set on HDMI 1. Ideas?
thanks for any help
mike

I have a 2 year old samsung combo blue-ray/receiver for my home theatere and the receiver side of it has just crapped out. i just bought a new Yamaha R467 receiver at best buy and it sounds great but when I try to play blue ray through it, there is no sound. the blue ray video plays, but no sound. I have HDMI from the output of the blueray-combo into HDMI 1 of the receiver and then HDMI out to the tv (samsung LCD 52"). I hve the receiver set on HDMI 1. Ideas?
thanks for any help
mike

H.264 for Blu-Ray Encoding Time

Hi All,
I have exported a Pro-Res 1080p 2 hour film from FCPX and just dropped it into compressor. I have then dragged the default H.264 for Blu-Ray settings on my video and it looks like it will take way over three hours. I have a friend running Media Encoder and with the same file on his laptop it does it in 40min and it's a slower spec . I am running Compressor 4.1.3 and the latest MAC OS operating system. I have enabled additional instanced checked and the number 1 in the drop down (there are no other numbers)
Is there anything I am doing wrong, surely it can't be this slow, it's not even set to multipass.
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Sounds about right to me for a rMBP.
Russ

Files or Folders needed for blu-ray disc missing !

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I have Encore CS6. It successfully builds 'blu-ray folder' & 'blu-ray image' without any error. But when I try to create an iso image of the prepared folder using 'Ashampoo Burning Studio' it gives an error message saying that the folder doesn't contain all the files and folders needed for blu-ray. But when tried to do the same for DVD, there is no error. My blu-ray burning drive is broken and I want to check my finished project from my hard drive using Daemon's Tool and VLC or PowerDirector.
Could anybody advise how this can be fixed on Encore CS6. Encore CS5 never had this problem.
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Tried that as well. The player gave an unrecognized format error.

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Which exact model of the AirPort Express do you have?
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Exporting MPEG2 files for Blu-ray from 720p60

I am exporting MPEG2 files for Blu-ray from 720p60 using compressor 3.05. I export straight from Final Cut 6 to compressor. It all looks great except I end up with some frames in the video that pixelate. It is just one frame, and the average viewer may not see it, but if you go frame by frame you see it. I thought it was just a bad export, but I exported the file again and the same thing happens again on the exact same frame. The fact that it happened again on the exact same frame was very odd to me. It is this way on five different video files. It's certainly not like that in the original on my timeline, so I don't know why it is doing that.
I guess I will try exporting a quicktime file first and then putting that file through compressor to see if that makes a difference. Any ideas from anybody?

Exporting a quicktime file first still produced the pixelated frame. I'm not sure what else to try.

Menus for Blu-Ray

Can one build chaptering menus that work in Blu-Ray with Encore? I normally have worked with Final Cut X but there is no way to build menus for the Blu-Ray DVD. Thanks
Don

Sorry to explain so poorly. The timeline is the whole DVD. Within it are multiple chapter points to delineate segments of the information. Than, using the Mpeg2 compression file in Apple's DVD Pro, I build the menus with buttons which relate to the chapter points. However, if I select. The compression protocol for Blu-Ray, it seems as tho I cannot make menus which are functional on the Blu-Ray disc.
Another gentleman has answered saying there are many available menus in Encore which can be used for a Blu-Ray disc. I got Adobe Premier's trial. Am assuming that is different than Encore.
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Don

Mpeg 2 for Blu-ray audio exports with missing frames at beginning and end.

Im using a Matrox Axio LE system and the Matrox Media encoder to export an Mpeg 2 for blue-ray. My footage is shot in 1280x720p 59.94 drop frame. I have found that after exporting the file from the encoder and bringing it into Encore CS3 that the audio that was exported is a little shorter than the video. Frames are missing at the end of the file.
Because of this my video and audio are way out of sync. Has anyone else come across this issue?

Maybe on the Matrox forums.

Encore CS3 hangs on "Come for Blue-ray stay for Flash"! Leopard 10.5.2...

I just got my new MacPro running Leopard. Installed CS3 Master Collection. I opened Premiere ok, Photoshop, etc...but when I tried Encore it just hangs on the part that says "Come for Blue-ray stay for Flash"!
I tried to make a dvd out of premiere going to encore it just had the beach ball spinning.
Thanks in advance anyone who can help.
rb.
ps:not sure if this cause an issue but I installed an LG GGW-H20L blue-ray burner(it showed up fine in system profilier as sata device in the 2nd-lower open drive bay...)

An update.
Encore would not launch with the LG GGW-H20L installed in my brand new MacPro. Once I unplugged it it launched Encore CS3. So I do not recommend this blue-ray burner in OSX Leopard.
I'm wondering if the Pioneer BDR-202 would work with MacPro, Leopard 10.5.2, Encore 3.0.2 update.
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Extended Warranty for Blu Ray Player

Hello,
We purchased a panasonic blu ray player a few years ago and this January it stopped reading blu ray disks. After moving, I was finally able to unpack it and test it out again to no avail. I then got through all of my receipts and found the original receipt but the warranty has recently expired. Is there any way that I can have this device fixed through the store as my warranty has so recently expired and the issue was not resolved before its expiration? It was the 4 year extended warranty.
Thanks,
J

Hello J/haroude,
Thanks for reaching out with this question! Sorry to hear your bluray player has stopped reading disks. The definitely work better when they read the disks you put in them!
All kidding aside, there are a couple things you could try to troubleshoot for this issue:
·         Install any new firmware updates available for your unit (you can do this by connecting the player to the internet or looking on Panasonic’s website, by your specific model)
·         Clean the laser lens inside the player with a CleanDr. Laser Lens Cleaner for Blu-Ray Players
·         Perform a factory reset through the menu on the bluray player
Due to the expiration of your Geek Squad Protection plan, you would pay a non-refundable fee to have the player sent out for service. Then once the issue was identified, you should be contacted by a Geek Squad Agent with the quote for cost of repair before any further work is performed on the unit. Between the fee to have it sent out for service and the cost of the repair, you could probably purchase a brand new player for about the same price; maybe even less.
Please let me know if any of these troubleshooting processes remedy your issue. Also, feel free to reach out with any other questions or concerns.
Thanks,
JD|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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How do I determine correct media encoder settings for Blu-Ray

I am successfully producing Hi Def Blu-Ray disks by using one of the presets available in Premiere media encoder. Actually using the HDTV 1080i 25 High Quality setting. They playback in beautiful high definition but I think I was just lucky. I would really like to know what determines the setting I should use.
1. I live in Australia so I assume PAL.
2. My camera is a Sony HDV. HCR HC9 1440 x 1080i. I assume this is irrelevant to export encoding settings for Blu-Ray.
3. The export encoder preset has field order set to Upper. I would have thought I should either match the project settings which is interlaced to match my camera and project. OR more likely I should match the audience TV which would be a widesceen plama or LCD TV. I dont know if these TVs are interlaced or progressive. OR is it more a question of what field order the Blu-Ray player expects me to send on the disk?
4. I will play on a TV 1920 x 1080 pixel capable and on slightly lower resoultion widescreens. The encoder preset is for 1920 x 1080 so I assume that's ok for all widescreen TVs even lower definition ones.
As you can tell I am a learner. Any suggested links to basic reading on the subject would help me.
Robert
PS Put this item in wrong forum previously.

Since no response I've been searching and found the following.
When encoding to make a Blu-Ray disk from my HDV 1080i footage:
1. Tell encoder the source is 1080i That is interlaced and it's TOP field first for HDV footage.
2. Tell it to encode to 1440 x 1080 resolution. You could tell it 1920 x 1080 but it will take much longer to encode. Will be good but why bother. All BD players will automatically up the 1440 to 1902 full screen.
3. Beware, not all players support BD-R and BD-RE recordable disks.
Seems Panasonic is good. Samsung probably good. Sony and Sharp probably not able to read (yet).
4. All players read MPEG-2 compression and H264 compression. Use a bit rate of 25 Mbps for MPEG-2 encode or 18 Mbps for equivalent result in H264 encode. Can use higher rates. These are minimums for a very good result
5. One pass encode is pretty damn good but use two pass if you have the time to wait for the encode.

PAL Presets for Blu Ray

i have a project shot on the Sony EX1 at 1920 x 1080 p. I want to export using ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER to 1920 x 1080 progressive 25 FPS. Most options are for US standards, when I click PAL it only offers interlaced.
If 1920 x 1080 Progressive 25 fps is not possible for blu ray, what settings do you suggest?

1080p @ 25 fps is not part of the Blu-ray spec. Call Sony and complain.

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