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Blu-ray fail with Architect
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Yes, what a mess. I had no idea. Crazy me when I promised a blu-ray to a client I didn’t think it would be a big deal. Now I wish I hadn’t. Waiting to hear back from him on what player he has.
It seems to me that the mess with blu-ray takes away something from being able to shoot in HD.
Still hunting another player to try it on. I think I need more friends!
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Will do! Thanks.
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[Paul Doss] “It seems to me that the mess with blu-ray takes away something from being able to shoot in HD.”
In general HD has been handled very poorly. When HDV first came out you couldn’t shoot a tape with one brand of camera and play it back with another. Now with tapeless, the AVCHD from one camera plays in Vegas but the AVCHD from another doesn’t. Then you have HD cameras that don’t even shoot AVCHD so there are absolutely no standards begin adhered to. I only buy Sony cameras and so I really haven’t had any problems, but HD in general is a guessing game of what will work and what won’t.
[Paul Doss] “Still hunting another player to try it on. I think I need more friends!”
I think you need another player. They’re only $89. Get another one to test discs. You can also go down to your local TV store with your disc and tell them you want to test compatibility of players and see for yourself how many players can play the disc.
~jr
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I bought two of this one for a client a few days ago here:
It plays almost everything:
Playback Formats: BD-ROM, DVD+/-R/RW, DVD-Video, CD DA, CD-R/RW, MPEG-2/-4, AVCHD, MKV, WMV, LPCM, AAC, MP3, WMA, JPEG.
I have not had any problems so far. You just have to check if the client’s player compatibility includes BD-ROM or BD-R.
If it doesn’t just tell the client its time to upgrade and get one for just $80.
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[Frank Stevn] “Playback Formats: BD-ROM, DVD+/-R/RW, DVD-Video, CD DA, CD-R/RW, MPEG-2/-4, AVCHD, MKV, WMV, LPCM, AAC, MP3, WMA, JPEG.”
I don’t see BD-R or BD-RE in that list. Does it play these formats?
~jr
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I was wondering the same thing. Does the ability to read BD-ROM mean that it will read BD-R?
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Ups! It is true, it doesn’t say BD-R or BD-RE.
I thought that BD-ROM was the same as BD-R. But it seems that BD-ROM means “read only”.
I can tell you that I recorded a video in a BD-R disc, using DVD Architect Pro 5.2 and it works in this player.
I used this disc: https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-97457-Blu-ray-Recordable-25-Disc/dp/B00471HK0Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359326653&sr=8-1&keywords=verbatim+bd+r
Should we assume that BD-ROM means BD-R compatible?????
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[Frank Stevn] “Should we assume that BD-ROM means BD-R compatible?????”
Nope. We can only assume that you got lucky. BD-ROM means discs that were pressed from the factory and not “burned” in a Blu-ray burner.
~jr
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Well I finally caught a neighbor with a blu-ray player. It was a Samsung C6500C. They have quite a few C6500 models with prices from under $100 to several hundred. I didn’t find much on the C6500C.
I had burned 2 discs one with AVC and one with MPEG-2. One played and the other didn’t. Not sure which was which. The menu worked. The only difference I noticed was that you couldn’t hit the play button after making your selection but had to use the center button between the arrow keys. All my DVDs will play using either. But that is no big deal.
In my looking around online very few players list BD-R. Some do have BD-R/RE which a assume means both -R and -RE. Would that be right?
The client is traveling so I haven’t heard back on what player he has.
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The client said they mainly used a PS3. They are supposed to be able to play a BD-R version 1.2 (LTH* BD-R). I can’t find anything on the disc about the version. Anyway we are going to try what I have and go from there.
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