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Blu-Ray Authoring Question
Finally gonna make the jump to Blu-Ray!
I use a Canon XA 10 and shoot all my footage in 1080p. I then download and use MPEG stream clip to down convert my footage to 720p for output to DVD.
My question is, since I will be outputting to Blu Ray, do I need to do anything else to the footage (convert) once I download it straight from my camera?
What settings should the footage have for blu-ray?
When I download the footage from my camera using FCP the footage has the following settings:
1920×1080
Apple Pro Res 422 (LT), Linear PCM, Timecode
Color Profile: HD (1-1-1)Thanks!
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6 Replies
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Youre asking a very broad question 🙂
Why are you going from 1080 to 720p for DVD?
What authoring app are you using? Have you gone through the tutorials for it?
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Sorry, let me clarify.
I do weddings and I normally deliver on DVD but i want to start offering on Blu-Ray. I can figure out how to burn to Blu-Ray, etc. but I just wanted to know if I need to do anything else to my 1080p footage once downloaded from my camera. My footage is AVCHD 1080p and I download it using the Apple Pro Res 422 (LT) codec. I can probably use the footage right away but I was wondering if it would be choppy or hard to edit.
I use Final Cut Studio. I will probably use Encore to build the menus and burn to Blu-Ray.
Thanks!
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For what it’s worth (and Eric will probably rubbish me), I export my ProRes 1920 X 1080i timeline from my edit as a QT ProRes 422 .mov and just drag that .mov file into Titanium Toast Pro 11. That then does all the encoding (takes a while) and then it burns my BD. For this I connect a stand alone BD burner to my MacPro. I get absolutely brilliant BD’s, the best I’ve seen, no idea how or why but that’s what happens!
Michael Slowe
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not eric, but I do! 😉
seriously – toast is a good alternative to a lot programms (and for very simple BDs).
its using one of the best encoding-algorithms under its surface:
mainconcept encoder.but this is no real BD-authoring-tool. I prefer BD-spec-authoring like scenarist or EasyBD.
chees
danny
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Just encode 1920x1080p in Media Encoder and bring into Encore
I don’t rubbish people anymore….turned over a new leaf. 🙂
Seriously though….your best bet is to follow the 100s of video tutorials on YouTube
I’ve heard of people using the AVC streams straight from the camera but I would advise against that to make sure your streams are compliant
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Daniel, I appreciate that I’m only encoding for straight viewing of a production, no menus or fancy graphics. For me Toast is fine but I do know that there are better, more commercially versatile programmes.
Michael Slowe
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