Switch on Apple TV without blue ray

Hi there,
On frustration alley....
My boyfriend is trying to switch on Apple TV WITHOUT blue ray player . They are plugged into separate html connectors....
Can anyone please help....
Thanks

Hi Andrew ,
Thanks for your reply
He's talking to 'Winston Churchill' via email who I found on here.
Thank you...
Donna

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I work with CS3 Production Suite (Ae, Pr, En etc), have Blu-ray display equipment (deck and TV), but do not (yet) have a Blu-ray burner. I've created a 1080p30 project in After Effects and would like to view it in best possible resolution via a normal DVD. The AVCHD entry in Wikipedia implies this is the way to go for this and my DVD deck supports AVCHD, but neither CS3 documentation or other entries in these Adobe forums are helpful on this. What is the best work flow for getting my project on the TV screen via a DVD with best kluge approximation to 1080p30 BD?

Imagex: A DVD-Video disc is a very specific standard that defines what a DVD disc should be in order to be compatible with DVD players.
AVCHD is not part of the specification in any way. In fact, the DVD spec was brought together in the mid-90s, and being also a hardware standard, it's not going to change (unless, of course, it's no longer DVD but something else, like Blu-Ray).
A DVD-video disc is strictly SD (Standard Defintion) video, encoded with MPEG-2 compression at certain bit tates (AVHCD uses the H.264 codec with HD frame sizes).
So far, the bad news.
The good news: A properly made SD MPEG-2 can look very, very good on a large TV.
Depending on your experise with DVD authoring, you could encode the MPEG-2 file yourself (I would not recommend it... because we're discussing this in the first place!) or you could export a Quicktime or AVI file with the best posssible compression (or better yet, lossless) and let the DVD authoring app handle it.
I would export a Quicktime or AVI lossless file and give that to Adobe Encore CS4. Make sure you set Encore to SD-DVD NTSC and just use your Quicktime or AVI file in a timeline in Encore. It will take care of encoding it to MPEG-2 and all. Just make sure it handles/encodes your file as 16:9, keeping the original aspect. Fortunately, DVD-Video totally supports widescreen/anamporhic video, even if it's SD.
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How to burn 10.5gb disc without blu-ray?

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Is blu ray defunct.

If I output HD footage burned to blu ray disc...is this format soon to be defunct?? what is a more universal DVD HD burn format?? can't get this last piece of the picture sorted out.
Please help!!!
Cath

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If you want more authoring, Adobe Encore (included only with a full suite of video stuff) can do some authoring, but I've read many complaints and haven't used it myself.
What is lacking from Apple is a blu-ray writer or reader built into any of their machines, and there is no blu-ray player for OS X anywhere. Whether this is due to licensing issues, HDCP problem with Apple monitors, iTunes protection, or something else is only speculation.
But BluRay will be around for awhile. For most folks with DSL or slow Cable (not to mention dial up), downloading 1080p is not yet practical. And for many of us, I dislike time-restricted down loads (like from my DirecTV on Demand service). I have to watch things on their schedule, not mine, and I might not be able to view it in the future without paying again. For around $20 per movie, buying them is not bad, or renting via outfits like NetFlix.
Certainly for event videography (weddings, corporate, etc), BluRay will be valuable since the client doesn't want a download, but a duplicated set of physical media that can be distributed.
Just my 2cents.
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2nd, and 3rd disc I let Encore burn directly from the project.
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Once and for all: Can DVD SP build Blu-Ray disc content or not?

Maybe I’m crazy, but…
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Wait a minute,
Maybe I don’t need to buy PC to run DVDit Pro HD. I have a Mac Pro! With Boot camp I have a PC! Any reason I shouldn’t try running DVDit on my Mac via the Boot Camp beta? That way I'd also be using my Lacie D2 Bu-Ray drive. And with Roxio's 30 day return policy I haven’t much to loose...
I'm calling Roxio tech support. Let you know how it goes
Sark
Message was edited by: sarkmachine
A LITTLE LATER:
Just got back from digging into Roxio's discussion forum and here's what I found:
I have travelled down the same frustrating path my friend!
But I did succeed doing it all on my new mac Pro, finally...
Install BOOTCAMP (free beta). Install WINDOWS XP ($269 from AMAZON). Install ULEAD BD RECORDER, which comes with DVD MOVIEFACTORY 6 (free trial, $80 to buy).
BDAV worked well from SONY V1-U burning to MATSHITA BD-MLT SW-5582 and played perfectly in new SAMSUNG 1200 palyer on my 57" DLP.
TIP - install BOOTCAMP et al on its own HD, and use NTFS... This will come in handy when doing a BDAV from a file such as HDV1080 that is larger than 4GB.
To do BDMV, you'll need SONIC DVD-IT PRO HD ($499) which I have yet to try...
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So there you go - must be possible
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So I'm looking at buying the MCE internal Blu ray drive to play 3D/blu rays. What i want to do is play 3D movies though my projector and here come the question
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As for your Blu-Ray player damaging the disc, that's unlikely since Blu-Rays and DVDs are read using lasers and the disc isn't touched.
What makes you think the Blu-Ray player is doing any damage to the disc? If you hear a lot of grinding and things like that, there's no impact on the disc. That's all inside the player. It's really more the case that the disc is doing damage to the player than the other way around.
What Toshiba model is your Blu-Ray player?
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http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/22/blu-ray-support-destined-for-mac-os-x-10-5- 6
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=566359
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mac-OS-X-10-5-6-Expected-to-Pack-Blu-Ray-Support- 93826.shtml
Just ask Kevin Rose.
Yes yes yes, only rumors, but we're hoping.
Actually, we've been creating Blu-ray discs on the MAC for almost a year now using Encore CS3 and a Sony BWU-200s in our MacPro. Buggy at times but we've had much success. To date, we've created over 50 BD-Rs. I've read that CS4 is the answer to the bugs (I hope) so, NO, I haven't waited for Apple to get off the pot. It would just be nice to have it built in. Now SONY is releasing the BWU-300s. Half the price and twice the speed!
The BIGGEST pain of all is the lack of software player support on the MAC. Each disc we create FIRST gets burned (using Toast) on a BD-RE and after passing QA, then goes to a BD-R. A software player would help cut this work-flow down.
I simply think Apple could not release hardware because they didn't have the player ready in 10.5.5. If Kevin Rose is correct, and he was 100% dead on the when the new iPods were released with all his other pre-release info, we should hopefully see what we've been waiting for.
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Our "one-off" clients have all moved to Blu-ray players for their Hollywood Titles because of the programs we're creating for them. If 50 of our clients have purchased a Blu-ray player and are now buying Hollywood Movies in Blu-ray... (you can fill in the rest).
Should Apple wait for Blu-ray to take off???
Sounds very much like the Chicken and the egg...

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When I import my Sony video, which is in m2ts format, the file size is a few times larger. This affects the volume of clips for creating the blu-ray or DVD discs. How can I squeeze the file size without sacrificing the quality of output? Is there any other ways of achieving this?

wongrayd wrote:
Thanks. I do not have the experience on burning discs from iMovie for the movie after editing (ie for video discs players). It seems that i cannot find the relevant command in the tool bar for this purpsoe. Would you please show me the way?
The command is gone because iDVD has been discontinued by Apple. After Apple discontinued iDVD they removed the iDVD burning link from iMovie. I still use iDVD sometimes, only because I have an old copy.
wongrayd wrote:
You have mentioned about Handbrake as a converter. What is the RF no. (under Constant Quality) meant? It seems that the smaller the no. is, the better quality will be. What is the optimal no.? or should we use the Average Bitrate? Again, what is the best rate? Furthermore, which format is more suitable or the best: H264 or mpeg 2/4?
I don't know what RF means. When I have used HandBrake, I've used presets that apply to what I want to do, so I don't know the meaning of each individual setting. However, it appears that many of them are listed in the HandBrake User's Guide that is linked from the Help menu in the program:
https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/HandBrakeGuide
wongrayd wrote:
For iMac, except iMovie, what other software is the best for the amateur? I have read Photoshop. Can this support m2ts files and user friendly?
Photoshop is not amateur-level software, and although it can edit a video, it cannot burn a DVD. Unfortunately, because I still use iMovie, I haven't tried anything else. You might want to read the reviews of various DVD-burning applications in the Mac App Store.
And maybe another forum member will jump in and help us here!

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I'll post this here too since its such a hot topic.
Interesting comment today from Jobs regarding Blu Ray and Apple:
http://live.gizmodo.com/
“Blu-ray is a bag of hurt. I don’t mean from the consumer point of view. It’s great to watch movies, but the licensing is so complex. We’re waiting until things settle down, and waiting until Blu-ray takes off before we burden our customers with the cost of licensing.” - Steve Jobs 10/14/08

I think the truth is in-between a bit. There are some FCS users today who need to deliver BR and it's too bad the suite doesn't support it. And maybe this Christmas, with all the financial turmoil, BR gets discounted down to the "takeoff" point level (maybe not).
But few folks have enough bandwidth to the home today to do without physical media. Nevertheless, I agree that regular DVDs with most folks new TVs and new DVD players, look good enough to forestall an expensive change. Maybe 2009 is "the year of blu-ray," like the "year of the LAN" or other mythical sightings of change....

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When Apple Blu-Ray will support Mac OS X and and why there are no available? Otherwise I think apple cool even the concept, design and Operating System. Because of that i have to use Windows, BootCamp Parallels. Why thaht? Give us a Blu-Ray Player and supports in Mac Os without those other three thinks. Microsoft an Windows ***** ;-)

Apple uses a variety of sources for RAM and HD's, even though two machines can have identical specifications they can use different vendors for common products such as RAM and HD's.
Apple currently does not support Blue-ray and has not announced any plans to do so. Per the terms of use we all agreed to by joining this forum we cannot speculate on future products or speculate on Apple decisions. The terms of use say:
Stay on topic. Apple Support Communities is here to help people use Apple products and technologies more effectively. Unless otherwise noted, do not add Submissions about nontechnical topics, including:
Speculations or rumors about unannounced products.
Discussions of Apple policies or procedures or speculation on Apple decisions.
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Doing Blu-Ray (WITHOUT DVD Studio Pro!)

I'm frequently finding myself in a fix because of DVD Studio's ongoing lack of Blu-Ray support (clients wanting Blu-Ray - 5. Clients wanting HD-DVD - ZERO!) Anyway... my gripes aside, for the current project I am required to supply an auto-looping video graphics project being displayed on 60" plasmas running from a Blu-Ray player. So there's no proper 'authoring' to do as such, I just need to get the video file onto the disc, auto-start and seamlessly loop. Now in the early days of DVD I used to be able to do just this without using a heavyweight authoring program - as I recall it was a simple utility that came with the burner that allowed me to assemble a basic playable disc from pre-encoded assets.
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Much appreciation everyone,
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Panasonic now makes an internal ATA-connected BR burner for the Mac Pro:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Panasonic/SW5582BK/
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Using BootCamp you can purchase Roxio's DVDitPro HD which also has BR capabilities - this has a little more functionality than iDVD, but it's still not anywhere close to what DVDSP and lightyears away from Scenarist or Sony Blu-Print.
Full BR authoring on a Mac, i.e. DVDSP-5 is not even on the horizon yet as no formal announcement has come from Apple, and since Apple is not attending NAB this year it's a total crap-shoot as to when they plan on taking things to the next level.

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I was just referring to the visual graphics (you know, the fireworks, stars and other stuff that reminds me of the 70's....) that you can play on the screen when iTunes is playing music?
I noticed that these effects are not just randomly chosen, they are in fact synchronized to the beat and intensity
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