Workflow for Blu Ray

[Nathan Byrne]

Walter,

Thanks for sharing this workflow, it’s really appreciated.

Nathan
Post Millennium

[Jason Crawford]

I’m not sure when there will be a mac solution that can be replicated. Right now the format for the replicators BDCMF is complex and requires a lot of effort to approved. Adobe seems to be waiting for this feature from Sonic, and Sonic DVDit has had some problems with replicators. So not sure when it’ll come to the mac.

Also just read that NetBlender did announce their Blu-Ray tool
https://dostudio.netblender.com/dostudio.asp They seem to be calling it DoStudio Author Edition, again that doesn’t work for the Mac but it is cheaper then Sony’s and Sonics. They charge $249 per month with no contract. I am not sure if it works with Bootcamp though.

Does anyone know that?

“Imagination is more important than knowledge” -Albert Einstein

[James Dow]

Will Toast 9 work for this? I see Blu-Ray video in the list of Video options for Toast9…any reason why you have to be using Toast 8? (or is it Toast 8 or later?)

Thanks,
James

JPD

[Matth Jenks]

A lot has changed since the original post in this thread. Thankfully, much of it is no longer accurate. Encore is not needed to author blu ray.

In Final Cut Pro, hold down shift-command-E and choose Blu-ray from the drop down. Check “Create Blu-ray disc” for menu authoring options.

To answer your specific question James, you could do Blu-ray in Toast 9, but it requires the Toast 9 HD Blu-ray add on, which I believe is an extra $20.

[John Willman]

Still working in Final Cut Pro 7 – After you have rendered your 1920 x 1080 sequence go to FILE / SHARE and select Blu-ray as your export, but make sure to check the box for “Create Blu-ray disc”. An option window will open where you can select your DVD or Blu-ray burner. Here you can burn a Blu-ray compatible DVD (be it that it will be limited by the space on the DVD) It took less than 8 minutes to burn a 3 min music video.

Note: This Blu-ray compatible DVD will NOT play in your DVD player, it will ONLY play in a Blu-ray player. The advantage here is that Blu-ray media is still quite expensive and it doesn’t make sense to burn a 25GB disc with a Gig or two of material.

Good luck!

John Willman
Videographer / Editor
Enterprise Videos
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