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Blu-Ray Video Burning on the Mac with Toast 9?
I have been holding off on investing in any third-party Blu Ray drives, hoping there will be greater support for Blu Ray forthcoming.
Roxio has just released Toast 9, which they say has greater support for the Blu Ray format.
As far as I know, Apple itself has still not made any moves to directly support Blu Ray, even though the format war between Sony and Toshiba is officially over.
Some are suggesting that Apple is going to pretend Blu Ray discs do not exist, in favor of online delivery of content.
Long term, it may be the industry will shift toward online delivery, but right now, consumers are still buying discs and so, professionals need to be able to meet that demand.
What do you guys think about Toast 9, and does anyone want to hazard a guess as to when Apple will finally bite the bullet?
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Toast 9 works here for burning Blu-Ray disc images.
Warren
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Warren,
Are those images made by DVD Studio Pro?
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Jeff,
No. DVDSP doesn’t support Blu-Ray. I use Encore DVD on the Mac.
Warren
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Thanks. Don’t have the hardware so I never explored the software.
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[Chris Mechling] “Roxio has just released Toast 9, which they say has greater support for the Blu Ray format.”
It’s limited support with consumer grade menus at best. We’ve been authoring on Blu-Ray since about November / December with Adobe Encore and Toast 8. Works brilliantly with a FastMac BluRay burner.
No clue if Apple will support BluRay in the near future, but if you need the support now, it’s all there and it works extremely well.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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What do Encore dvd menus look like?
I’m used to DVDSP4 and my job wants to deliver HDV on BluRay by June.
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[lucas cheadle] “What do Encore dvd menus look like?
I’m used to DVDSP4 and my job wants to deliver HDV on BluRay by June.
Anyone else in the same boat?”They’re not as intuitive as DVD Studio Pro but you can actually do a LOT more in Encore than Studio Pro. In some ways, Encore make DVDSP look like iDVD. In others, the simplicity of DVD Studio Pro beats out Encore.
It’s a different animal and you have to spend some time learning it and especially testing the compression schemes. We must have done about 12 to 20 tests with our first BluRay title before we committed to disc. The best advice I can give you is get a BluRay player and get a BD-RW (Re-Writeable) disc because you’re going to make a lot of mistakes. At $17 a disc, those mistakes add up quickly, but the Re-Writeable disc just means you don’t have to keep purchasing a new disc.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
Read my Blog!
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The only real problem I have with Encore is it is buggy as hell. If you make a menu and have a play button, when you choose a color for an active state– say yellow for selected and red for activated, the preview looks great. When you burn the disc and play it back on a player, the color highlight is off by about the point size of the font. Every time. I’ve resorted to making my menus in PhotoShop including the highlight masks and this seems to work.
So much easier in DVDSP. Buy BD-REs for testing.
Warren
Warren Eig
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[Warren Eig] “The only real problem I have with Encore is it is buggy as hell.”
yeah unfortunately all the apps out there are buggy right now.
DVDITPRO HD (the pc app that does what encore does for blu-ray) has its fair share of issues as well.
still though, I’m surprised at what you can do right now with these apps at such a low price point compared to where dvd was just 2 years into its life.
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They’re not as intuitive as DVD Studio Pro but you can actually do a LOT more in Encore than Studio Pro. In some ways, Encore make DVDSP look like iDVD. In others, the simplicity of DVD Studio Pro beats out Encore.
I’m surprised. I’ve never used Encore but was curious what it can do that DVDSP cannot?
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