What is recommended compression format for Blu Ray??

What is the best format to use for making Blu Ray DVD. I watched the tutorial on YouTube for Compressor 3.5 and they are using BluRay setting M2V
The default is H264. So which one?
1. H264
2. Mpeg2
3. Mpeg 4
I have Toast Titanium, which uses MPEG4
Thanks,

Tom, if you think that Mpeg-2 is not a good one, so why there are tutorials showing to use Mpeg-2 for Encore?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbPty1t2I-g

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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.
Appreciate your help
Don

When Will There Be Updated Support For Blu Ray Authoring????? Good Question

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What is the Hold up for Blu Ray Technology? Why is Apple dragging their feet for our great Macs to produce Blu Ray Hd authored DVDs when the windows is already ahead? I dont dont understand it, does anybody have a clue? , Ha!Ha! your secret agent news would be welcomed! Happy Editing!
Tim C.

Some rumors have been saying it will be available in the next release of Studio (FCP 6). Rumors say they are debuting this during NAB (April 16 ish). There are also rumors of FCP Extreme for about $10K per license, but I'll let you have fun thinking about that one

Which DVD Burn Software for Blu-ray from Folder

Per the recommendation in Steve Grisetti's PrE11 book, I would like to burn to a folder and then to DVD and/or BD-R. However, based upon the Adware problems with downloading ImgBurn, it does not appear to be the way to go at this time. I understand using Custom install on their "options", but it appears that even the most knowledgeable people sometimes get caught.
Therefore, what is the recommended software for burning DVDs and Blu-ray DVDs from a folder (for those that don't have old versions of ImgBurn). I will purchase software if that is the best route.

Ed
I do not endorse any particular program (up for purchase) for the task of taking video files to DVD-VIDEO, AVCHD format, or Blu-ray disc format on disc. Note that I wrote Nero or program like Nero. One of the app of the Nero program is the "Nero Burning Rom". Use that in your google search. That is the app in a Nero version that you should need for your task. If interested in Nero for this feature, please check out the Nero web page for the versions that have the Burning Rom and the associated price after you have looked at the tryout. The following is a how to for Burning Rom feature
http://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero2015/burningrom/NeroBurningRom_en-US.pdf
There are other programs on the market that can accomplish the task. Nero products have a long history of often competing with other programs for the burner, but I have not run into that issue using an OEM version that came with one of my computer burners. All the Burning Rom should be doing is taking your files already in the DVD-VIDEO or BDMV structure to disc, not creating those structures.
In spite of what you have read, I do not consider Premiere Elements burn to folder to be a "native" approach/route to DVD-VIDEO on DVD disc. I see that only as a troubleshooting alternative when the user experiences unsolved Premiere Elements burn to disc issues. Have you run into problems with the Premiere Elements burn to disc - burner not recognized and/or media not present/other?
Looking forward to learning of further developments.
ATR

More errors for blu-ray in cs5

ok. so i keep taking you guys' advice for this project, and i keep advancing a little bit further along in my workflow, but now i have A NEW error. lol. i think i know what the first half of it is, but not sure about the other.... i did a search on this error and found some helpful things... but it still persists.... but this is the error:
"Blu-Ray error: file already exists, code: 6, Note: Video buffer underflows.
Total bitrate is too high near item = 2.869533 seconds - Recommended IG PTS
is 54009000 (in 90 khz)."
after reading on here i found 2 things. first thig i found was that Bill said he had the same problem with a project, and basically what he was saying sounded ALOT like what i was doing. so per his advice i scrapped the whole project, and started over again (imported assets, imported raw menu data from PS files, and went again) error still persists. i also followed some advice Jeff gave on another thread (i can't remember what, now), but that didnt seem to solve the problem either. i think he ALSO mentioned something about the bit-rate spiking during transcode, but i just kept that on back burner... not wanting to transcode it all again, JUST yet.i think Jeff also noted on how Encore only allows up to 6 pages in multi-page (which i did not know) and mine goes up to 8 for main menu, and 16 for pop-up menu. (so i'm guessing i need to break them apart by 5 page menus, each and have the "next" button on the last, link to the first button on the next multi-page menu, would that fix that? defeats the purpose of multi-menu, but for the pop-up its not as important i guess, and teh main menu its only motion with audio, not video so i can choose otehr audio for the subsequent multi-page menus. i'm about to attempt it, anyway)
my question is... what the heck does the second part of the error mean? like, could someone translate that to english? i encoded the thing with AME as a blu-ray compliant mpeg2 (to preserv PrePro chapter stops), high quality variable 1 pass, at 4,5,and 6, mps (its standard definition, from analogue tape, so i don't see the point in going to 35 mbps, lol), with the audio on Dolby ac3. if anyone needs me to give more details on my entire workflow on this project i can, i'm just being general here in case someone already knows exactly what this is, and how to fix it. should i change it to 2 pass? would that maybe catch something and fix it the second time over?
as i said in another thread, i've done MANY dvd's with encore, and never really had any problems at all (but all videos were straight from digital sources, in adobe recognizeable formats), but this blu-ray project (the first i've ever attempted) is KICKING MY BUTT!

Both multi-page normal and popup menus can work quite well in Encore, but it takes a bit of effort to work around the limitations and anomalies. One excellent source for canned menus, tutorials, and advice is John Geddes of www.precomposed.com.
One of the biggest issues with Encore is that much of what it implements is limited by compatibility with the DVD spec, thus limiting what would normally be possible with Blu-ray. Two of the worst of these is the 2-bit depth limitation on button highlights and the limitation of 18 buttons per menu.
Blu-ray has two modes for menus, HDMV or Movie Mode, and BD-J. BD-J menus have a full 32 bit depth, but require at least NetBlender DoStudio to create them.
Movie mode menus (IG streams) are 8-bits deep. In most cases, you won't notice the difference unless you have a lot of different colors on the screen at the same time, and this applies only to the menus themselves, since the underlying video is a completely separate layer. For normal menus, the video layer can contain the normal state of the buttons with full color, but you are still restricted by the 2-bit depth highlight limitation of Encore.
For popup menus, all of the button image must be contained in the popup itself, and Encore supports the full 8 bits for the normal state. This is because, unlike normal menus where the normal-state buttons are "built-in" to the motion menu, the popup can appear over any part of the underlying video. Actually you can make very nice menus with only 8 bits, because you also have a full 8-bit alpha channel to work with in Photoshop, and the integration with designing in PS & En is very good.
We have a vested interest in helping Encore users because we make BluStreak Premaster, the solution for Encore users to replicate for mass distribution.
http://blustreak.dvdafteredit.com/
We are working on some tutorials to illustrate how to create some very nice results, and hope to begin posting them on our web site in a few weeks.
Regards,
Larry Applegate
Rivergate Software, Inc.

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.

Render settings for Blu-Ray in the UK

Hi all,
Bit of a newbie question regarding render settings for Blu-Ray. If I understand correctly, the uk frame rate is 25fps???? And we generally have 1080p TV's etc??? The Blu-ray presets in Media encoder don't offer this and the fact they don't makes me question if I'm not understanding the required settings correctly. ME does offer a 25fps preset but only in 1080i. So, my question is, what should I be rendering to, to then take the rendered file and author it to play on UK blu-ray players. Incidentaly, does anyone have any recommendations on authoring software. I just need to break it down into several seperate categories as well as being able to play the entire movie so the budget is minimal.
Many thanks for your help.
SJ

Hi, I'm using Mac Blu-rayRipper Pro and iMedia converter as well as Handbrake to get the highest quality transfer from my Blu-ray disks to iTunes and AppleTV. Each disk is a bit of a project as no two are the same in terms of the best method of conversion.
I've put a few details in my blog post on getting Blu-ray to work on my Mac Pro in the UK. Was a bit of an epic journey in the UK as we don't have all the options available in the USA:
http://www.theapplechap.com/TheAppleChap/Blog/Entries/2010/6/20Getting_the_most_out_of_Blu-ray_on_aMac.html
I also posted a short series of articles about getting the best possible movie conversion in iTunes covering subtitles, metadata and SD-HD tagging. May help so here's the link (to the first one, there are 3 in my blog):
http://www.theapplechap.com/TheAppleChap/Blog/Entries/2010/4/23Perfect_video_in_iTunes_-_Part_1Getting_great_rippedcontent.html
Best of luck
Alan

Which H.264 settings for Blu ray with mixed assets

Hi,
I am still learning with the different options that I can chose in Encore for transcoding an asset but I am not sure what to chose.
I created a project in PP which uses the following formats 1080i/25,1080i/50, 720p/23,976 and 1080p/25.
the main scenes in PP is in 1080i/25. Most clips are documenting sports or moving objects.
If I use the automatic transcoding setting in Encore, it will be transcoded in 1080i/25 but is this really good? Although I am in a PAL region I think, for Blu Ray, I could also use NTSC settings like 1080p/25.
What shall I do?
Thanks

Hi,
I am still learning with the different options that I can chose in Encore for transcoding an asset but I am not sure what to chose.
I created a project in PP which uses the following formats 1080i/25,1080i/50, 720p/23,976 and 1080p/25.
the main scenes in PP is in 1080i/25. Most clips are documenting sports or moving objects.
If I use the automatic transcoding setting in Encore, it will be transcoded in 1080i/25 but is this really good? Although I am in a PAL region I think, for Blu Ray, I could also use NTSC settings like 1080p/25.
What shall I do?
Thanks

Files or Folders needed for blu-ray disc missing !

Hi,
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.
Thanks

Tried that as well. The player gave an unrecognized format error.

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.

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.
If anyone has any info please share!

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.

Batch transcoding for Blu-ray

Hello,
We have many short ~2 minute files with long filenames (so they can cleanly be used to form the chapter descriptions for the disc) organized into folders and, as mentioned in another thread, we are having difficulties preparing these files in advance for Blu-ray processing for Encore so they do not need to be transcoded when we select 4-5 to author a Blu-ray with. I tried to get around this by creating a massive project with all 500 of our files, using Encore CS6 to transcode all of them, then hoped Encore would know it transcoded that same asset in another project when we went to use 5 of those same files in another project. Unfortunately, not only did Encore not automatically detect that it had already transcoded the file for Blu-ray in another project, but when we went to manually locate the file, we saw that Encore truncated all our filenames to 20 characters in the Transcoded folder, followed by "_sessionA_blahbalhablh.m4v". Our filenames are not unique to 20 characters, so many filenames with A, B, C, D, etc suffixes were created and we have no way of telling what file is what. We can't even play the file to check, and we also can't compare the running length as Encore transcodes to elementary streams that can't be played back. Is there anyway to copy the transcoded asset knowledge from one project to the other so we can make use of the 3 days of compute time we appear to have wasted?
I've also looked into using Adobe Media Encoder to do this, but I think I'd need to take our files one folder at a time and run the transcode on them so they didn't get jumbled with the other files. I can't see a way to setup AME so that it handles recursive folders, and I also can't see a way of working with AME through command-line automation so that it can whir away and process one folder of 5-10 files at a time. All I can see is a way for it to turn out a similar output to our failure with getting Encore to transcode the files.
Any ideas on how we can batch-transcode for Blu-ray ahead of time instead of wait for Encore to transcode for every disc we build?

Encore is not long filename friendly, and will cause problems if you exceed an 80 character filename (Including spaces). Odd characters and in some cases excessive path depth can also be issues. The Encore authorcore (sonic based) is old, and just not modern filename friendly.
So I'd rethink the long filenames generally.
Ask your AME question in the AME forum. I do not know whether there is a good option for you or not.
hoped Encore would know it transcoded that same asset in another project when we went to use 5 of those same files in another project.
Encore creates a folder structure for the project, and under the sources/transcodes/ folders, a folder for each asset that is transcoded. As soon as you create a new project, all that is gone, and with it encore's memory for it. You can import those files as assets, but I assume your point is that you can't tell what is what.
We can't even play the file to check, and we also can't compare the running length as Encore transcodes to elementary streams that can't be played back.
The elementary stream is an m2v. You can play these (e.g. with vlc player). But all that would be cumbersome.
Still thinking about this...

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.

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.
Thanks

Sounds about right to me for a rMBP.
Russ

What is recommended compression format for Blu Ray??

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