easiest way to burn BD with DVDA-VegMStudio9

[John Rofrano]

[alain charlebois] “Which method is best ( directly from VMS or via DVDA)?”

It depends if you want nice menus or not. VMS will simply burn the movie with no menus. Sort of like a VHS tape. You just put it in and it plays. DVD Architect will allow you to author a Blu-ray disc with menus.

[alain charlebois] “If I create a menu driven BD with DVDA 5.0, is there a specific format to use which will avoid re-rendering (hence saving lots of time) ? “

Yes, there should be templates under MainConcept MPEG2 and Sony AVC that begin with the word “Blu-ray”. These are the templates that you should use to make a Blu-ray compatible stream. Note: You will also have to render your audio separately as either PCM or Dolby Digital AC3.

[alain charlebois] “Idealy I’d like a format that keeps the highest HD quality (my source files are from a sony HD 1080P camcorder) can’t figure if AVCHD or MPG will burn directly from DVDa. “

Both will work. I usually use the one that matches by source. So if I shot HDV I’ll use MPEG2 but if I shot AVCHD I’ll use AVC.

[alain charlebois] “Will I have to render a second audio file (Ac3) like I used to for DVDs or is this now thing of thepast with bluray formats.”

Yes you will. This will keep your audio as high a quality as possible because you will be rendering directly from the original source.

~jr

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[Alain Charlebois]

thanks John
Will try it out and get back if I experience issues.