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Blu-Ray
What is the best codec to export for a blu-ray? The project file is Apple Pro Res 4:2:2. We are trying to test some blu-ray disc and see how they work.
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We have been doing MPEG-2’s for BluRay discs for three or four years now. They look pretty much identical to the ProRes originals when played back.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media“Foul Water, Fiery Serpent” featuring Sigourney Weaver coming soon.
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another vote for mpeg2.
faster to encode than h.264 and looks great.
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I’ll take the other side and say that I encode using h.264 with the Matrox Compress HD Card. Encode times are lighting fast and the quality is excellent.
The Compress HD card is a great investment.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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However the Matrox does not output a compliant H.264 stream for replication. Fine for one offs but that’s it.
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Would you mind elaborting on why it’s not compliant? I am considering the MX02 with the Max option and would be interested in the answer.
Lee
SAMDOG Digital Post -
It fails Sony BD verifiers. Im not engineer so I cant elaborate on the technical details.
https://www.netblender.com/main/resources/wikipapers/blu-ray-encoding/
This wiki is getting old so maybe things have changed
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