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Blu-ray authoring support – do we really need it
Many have pointed out that the new DVDSP has no support for Blu-ray authoring yet. But if all one needs is to make a good-looking simple-menu Blu-ray of a client HD production, then we could do it in Toast for a while now. And now Compressor lets you do it.
If you needed to author a title for mass duplication, then other solutions do it too – Encore, DoStudio etc.
But more importantly even if DVDSP supported Blu-ray authoring, how many FCP editors or even post houses out there have clients who would pay the per-title AACS licence fees and per disc duplication royalty.
So, supposing DVDSP supported Blu-ray authoring, and your client wants a title authored for duplication here are the fees to be paid…
AACS Content Provider Agreement Fee: this is the fee that a studio or content holder must pay to become an AACS Content Provider. Its $500 per annum, or $ 3000 one-time.
Content Certificate and Order Fulfilment Fee: this fee is for each glass master produced. It is $500 per title. Client wants a version, $ 500 again. Client makes changes after master, another $ 500
Media fee: this fee is applied for each disc replicated, and its $0.04 per disc.
So, as a Blu-ray author, you pay $ 500 p. annum. You could spread charge this to clients.
Additionally, for the CC, your client pays $500 and if he makes 10000 discs he pays another $400.I’ve run this by many of my clients and unless they are big ticket producers, they back off when they hear of these fees.
Such is the Blu-ray ‘bag of hurt’.
So, Compressor-made simple Blu-ray will do for the moment, thank you.
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Neil Sadwelkar
neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
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[Neil Sadwelkar] “So, Compressor-made simple Blu-ray will do for the moment, thank you. “
Good insights Neil. The implementation in Compressor/FCP for Blu-ray is perfect for me. I’ll even use it now when I’m created DVDs. As I’ve mentioned 95% of the discs I burn are very simple. I believe you can even set up chapter points in it. That’s great for most editors!
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
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Those fees are lower than I thought.
$3k for a “lifetime” license as a Blu Ray author is not such a big investment for anyone who’s serious about working in the US market. It’s certainly a lot less than a lot of other professional certificates could cost. Ask any accountant, lawyer or doctor.
a $900 premium to the client for Blu Ray isn’t that bad, though I can see that a lot of clients (especially the clients I tend to work with!) will not want to pay it. for a studio making tens of thousands of disks, the $500 premium +$0.04 per disk is less than he cost of discussing whether or not it’s worth it.
For our current purposes, we’re only offering Blu Ray (via Toast) as screeners, with no menus or chapters. If our needs change, well, then we’d probably quickly agree to whatever the client wants to pay for! 😉
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
https://www.arniepix.com/
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