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.264 file from Final Cut Pro
I’ve been searching for an answer to this question for a while – perhaps one of you brainiacs can help me.
After burning a Blu-ray disc from FCP 7’s “Send To” function, it creates a .264 movie file and a .ac3 audio file. How can I create another blu-ray disc using the .264 and .ac3 files? Is there a way to do it withing FCP or do I need to use toast or another burning program?
Thanks!
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6 Replies
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The only ways I know how to create a playable BluRay disc involve using Adobe Encore or Toast.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Thanks, David. I’m only a little bit familiar with burning through Encore. Can you import the .264 and .ac3 files and burn the blu-ray in Encore that way?
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Next time you can select to save it to your HD as a Disc Image instead of burning it. That makes making multiple copies easier.
If you only have the H264 and AC3 files, you need a program that can author a disc like Encore or Toast (very basic discs)
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Yes! Though some have found that Encore likes Adobe Media Encoder files better. And, do keep in mind, these are one off BluRays, they won’t work for mass replication.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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This is all great info, thanks. I’m a wedding videographer and we’re delivering Blu-ray now. I just want to be able to archive their blu-ray files in case they want to buy more in the future. John, I like your idea of exporting the disc image and burning from there. I know Encore can handle burning disc images well.
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If you have the single burned disc from this job, you can use Toast to make a disc image of it.
I have no idea whether you will run into compatibility issues with any BluRay players with copies made from such an image, however.
I have done it and the resulting discs seemed to work fine, but I have not done a wide sampling of players.
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