How To Burn A Blu-ray Disk Using Apple Compressor, Mpeg Streamclip, And Toast 10 That Does Not Re-encode Or Demux The 5.1 Audio

[Vasik Greif]

Hi, I tried your method now, I end up with correct blueray structure on the disc, but the Samsung blueray player is not able to play it. Any ideas what else should I try? Thanks

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[Craig Seeman]

If it’s a BD-R it should play. There are some older Blu-ray players that don’t play BD-R.
This article is old. The current version of Compressor 3.5 burns H.264 directly to Blu-ray. No need for Toast or MPEGStreamclip.

[Vasik Greif]

I bought the player last week, it’s the highest home cinema line from Samsung, so I don’t think the problem is there (it plays discs encoded by Toast correctly, but stereo only). I know it’s possible to use new Compressor, but I don’t have it now and have I do have Toast 10, so I’m lookinf for temporal solution before I upgrade… Thanks

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[Doug Weiner]

OK, I have been reading posts here and searching, and reading some more but am left with some questions about how to encode for files for BluRay DVD so that the disc will work in both the US and Europe.

First, this method worked brilliantly and I can play this BluRay Disc on a Sony Desktop player and HD TV 1080i in the US. (I used Toast 10 and Compressor 3.5)

However, will this disc play on a BluRay player in Europe?

Questions and or misunderstandings:

1) Source Material was a 29.97 AVI file but had a proper 3:2 put into it. I re-encoded it first using Compressor to ProResHQ so FCP could handle it- keeping it at 29.97. Then using the Mpeg2 method for Toast/BluRay prep, kept it at 29.97. Is this going to be a problem in Europe? Do I need to be at 23.98? I can reverse telecine it with Cinema Tools to either 24 or 23.98. (I assume for compatibility, I want 23.98) OR is this just a waste of time and European BluRay setups (the player and or TV in HD) don’t care. If so, I am done.

2) In the future, when I am mastering a real BluRay disc for replication, should my encodes be at 29.97 or 23.98? One disc will be available in the US and Europe.

3) Am I missing the boat here and there is something I need to do or stop doing?

Thanks
Doug

[Vanessa Ruane]

Hi

Thanks so much for posting – I’m following your steps – My QT ref file also made an aiff file but I only brought the .mov into Compressor. I use the program stream and could hear sync audio in the preview window – However it only exported out a m2v file and when I play it in mpeg stream clip there is no audio.

Can you advise or point me to how I get the dolby 5.1 ac3 file.

Thanks,
Vanessa Ruane

[Evelyn Floret]

Hello Danny,

I followed your formula for burning the blu ray dvd, but I ended up with zero audio in the mpeg streamclip audio file. Could I have done something wrong in compressor. I suppose I have not given you enough information. I have been struggling for weeks to make a blu ray dvd and you know how to succeed. The video looks great in mpeg stream clip.Maybe you have heard of this problem where there is no audio. I would appreciate any feedback from you. Thanks for your generosity.
Evelyn

[Michael Knowles]

Hey Danny, I’m wondering if you have figured out how to burn a bluray disk with both 5.1 audio and stereo tracks so that a user could choose when they view it. I figured out how to do it on DVD’s with dvd studio pro but haven’t figured it out with blurays and toast. Help? – Michael

[Stanya Kahn]

HI. I know this post is old. I appreciate it. One question: Anyone have any issues with leaving filed dominance “automatic” for 1080 24p footage? or should i select “progressive” (using toast 11).
thanks!

[Michael Knowles]

hey Danny, thnaks for your post. have you learned how to create a bluray disk with two audi tracks ( 5.1 & stereo mix) so that a user would have the choice when playing the disk?

[Tim Pearce]

I followed your instructions and they worked perfectly for the first BD that I burnt.

I am using a Lacie burner.

However, when I made a 2nd BD I followed the instructions again but now when I either burn the BD or create an image it reduces the size of the file which means it must be rencoding for some reason. I have now tested the TS file I used for the first BD and it is now doing the same for this one!

Originally it created a 24gb file from a 23.67gb TS file now it creates a 19gb image file! what is more when the process has finished or you abort the burn it has reduced the size of the data to burn in Toast from 24gb to 18gb! (before the burn it shows the correct burn size of 24gb). Why is Toast resizing the TS file? Any ideas?

This has really got me baffled as I changed nothing between the first BD and the 2nd one, in fact toast had even saved all the settings.