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FCP to Blu Ray
Hi there
So I’m still a little confused as to my workflow for being able to make Blu Ray DVD’s. There seems to be different opinions through the forums I have read. I want to be able to offer people Blu Rays instead of DVD’s. It seems that I cannot do this through DVDSP (although a lot of the posts I have read about it seem to be quite old so maybe they have found a way now)
I have a Mac OS X 10.6.8
I use FCP7
I uses the 120min DVD best in Compressor usually
I use DVD Studio Pro to make my menu and burn to DVD
I shoot HDV 1440×1080 using a Sony V1EMy Question: What do I need to buy and set up to make a Blu Ray?
From what I have read it looks like a Blu Ray Burner like ‘Pioneer or LG’ I think I would rather an external one rather than mucking around trying to fit it internally and the it looks like I have to use Encore to make it instead of DVD SP. But if this is the case then what do I export my movie as out of FCP7 and then how do I get it onto the Blu Ray?
Thanks so much for any help out there 🙂
Mich
Michelle Orpe
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I’ve been able to create Blu-rays with a bit of hacking. I have an MCE Tech Blu-ray burner, Compressor 4, and Toast. I submit my HD movies to Compressor 4 using the Blu-ray option. Compressor hangs when trying to burn the actual Blu-ray. I hit cancel on Compressor. I then launch Toast Titanium and drag the H.264 files created by Compressor into a Blu-ray drive. Toast then finishes burning the Blu-ray disk.
I’ve contacted Apple about the problem, but they haven’t done anything to fix it yet. Compressor produces the best H.264 while Toast does the best burning. I would never use Toast to compress the video, as it looks horrible.
Brad Wright is software engineer, so it may be difficult to understand what he is saying. He is always happy to explain his greater detail.
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Michelle
Purchase “Fast Path to Blu Ray” for step by step instructions:
https://www.recipe4dvd.com/Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Hi Michelle
Check this link. It mostly describes how to burn a Blu-Ray like with your internal superdrive, but also how to use FCP7 with an external Blu-Ray burner attached. Lot’s of screen grabs.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/burn_br_mac_superdrive_stone.html
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Hi Steve
I think I will buy this, I am in England and have Toast 9, do you still think it’s worth me getting it?
Mich
Michelle Orpe
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Yes. You will also need the HD/BD plug in for Toast.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Hi Michelle:
I just test a Sony Blu-ray burner (BWU-200S) with compressor yesterday. It works perfectly and doesn’t require Toast. This is an old drive, so the newer models should work just as well.
Brad Wright is software engineer, so it may be difficult to understand what he is saying. He is always happy to explain his greater detail.
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OK thanks Brad, I’m doing some research at the mo to decide which blu ray burner to buy, LG, Pioneer or Sony, I have Sony everything else so maybe I’ll stick to Sony Hmmm decisions 🙂
Michelle Orpe
http://www.michelleorpe.com -
Although if I want to make better menu’s I will have to get and learn encore won’t I?
Michelle Orpe
http://www.michelleorpe.com
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