blu-ray authoring workflow for Mac: advise please

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Dennis,
Make a search in the forum.
W. Biscardi explained his workflow just two or three days ago.
I think is the same than yours, but burning with Toast.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dennis Noel Gomez] “Can anyone suggest a better workflow then this one? “

Encore does not work with anything other than “Play Only” buttons. If you want reliable blu-ray discs with custom menus, purchase DoStudio from NetBlender. In fact they just came out with a full blu-ray workflow that includes an encoder.

Yep, it runs on Windows, so we have an HP Workstation in our shop just for BluRay Disc.

Cut in FCP, Export a Self Contained Quicktime Movie, take it to DoStudio for everything else.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Chris Borjis]

for a lower cost option, DVDITPRO HD also produces
Blu-Ray discs with reliable menu buttons, but
you have to prepare all assets in advance like DoStudio.

[Dennis Noel gomez]

Thanks for the feedback

Dennis Noel Gomez
In house video Editor
FourLeafFilms

[Dennis Noel gomez]

Hi Walter,

Thank you for your quick response, i think for now I will give up on attempting to create fully customized blu-ray discs, mainly because I can’t really afford to spend the amount of time on Encore, having read more posts that seem to point to a conclusion that Encore simply is not a good solution for blu-ray authoring.
I’ll stick to Mac because I don’t want to invest on a PC system.

I would like to ask if you would have any suggestions for a reliable external blu-ray firewire burner for Mac systems?
For now I will simply stick with the blu-ray authoring capability of toast 10, at least until a better blu-ray solutions comes out for Mac.

Disappointing that FCS still hasn’t said anything about blu-ray authoring.

Cheers,

Dennis Noel Gomez
In house video Editor
FourLeafFilms

[Dennis Noel gomez]

Thanks for the suggestion, I’m afraid at the moment I can’t switch to a PC workflow.

Dennis Noel Gomez
In house video Editor
FourLeafFilms

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dennis Noel Gomez] “I would like to ask if you would have any suggestions for a reliable external blu-ray firewire burner for Mac systems? “

FastMac.com is where i purchased our internal burner for the Mac Pro, I believe they also sell an external burner.

As for not being able to afford a PC system, sad to say it only cost me $1,500 for a very high end HP Workstation with 4GB RAM, BluRay Burner and a host of other bells and whistles. It’s quite cheap to set up a Windows workstation these days as those latest PC ads are highlighting.

A Mac Pro with everything set up the same would have been a minimum $3,500 investment, probably more.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Dennis Noel gomez]

Great, thanks again for all the helpful info!

Dennis Noel Gomez
In house video Editor
FourLeafFilms