Daniel Ludwig
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patrick,
what would you expect?Encore can create BDs or DVDs which are made in 16:9 or 4:3 – so you´re lost with your aspec-ratio. you should prepare your assets in 1920×1080, 720×576 (PAL) or 720×480 (NTSC) anamorph.
take it or leave it…. 😉
danny
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best advice would be to install a bootcamp and then EasyBD…
https://www.dvd-logic.com/easybd/
so you would have all options to create professional working BDs, but there´s also a learning-curve.
danny
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I guess your problem is the bad testing-surface, you use!
1.) VLC is well-known to skip menus (DVD+BD)
2.) GOM-player and VLC both are not certified BD-players
3.) same with the patriot box (as far as I could see)you should use a CERTIFIED bd-player-software like arcsoft total media.
other point: a single BD-RE (rewriteable) and a standalone-BD-player is worth the price and necessary in any case you would like to author BDs.
danny
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peter,
first of all – there is no other way besides the usual suspects for BD3D.I would advice to do it with BD Author 3D, best price compared the the other authoring-apps, and scenarist 3D is no longer been sold, as rovi set it to EOL.
then according to your workflow + specs:
720p25 is worst case scenario! BD-spec for 3D is 720p60, 720p50 or 1080p23.98 for MVC-files, so your out on that point.
for BD3D-authoring you also need a dedicated MVC-encoder, that generates a base-view and a depended-view-file.
as you´re talking about 720p25 I guess you´re based in UK or down under. if you are in the UK, you could send it over to me (germany) and I could create a BD3D for you (for a working-fee), or in any other case you might look for someone who can create a BD3D for you with your material.
necessary are 2! single files (1 x left eye + 1 x right eye) for MVC-encoding.
these files will be multiplexed to a stereoscopic video, that could be seen on 3D-player + 3D-screen-combinations. some older screens ( HDMI1.3) could not playback in full 2×1080-streams (so called dual link HDMI), they could show it half res at side/side. all newer ones (HDMI1.4) could show dual link, meaning both eyes at full 1080-res.
any more questions?
danny
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one more thing:
encore is transcoding ALL menus to MPEG2 – so best workflow for menus would be to use uncompressed video and NOT to encode to H264, otherwise it your H264 will be re-transcoded to MPEG2HD.
cheers
danny
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using 720p60 for DVD doesn´t make sence – every 2nd frame will be deleted (be not visible).
so 1080i30 or 1080p30 will be the best way you can go.
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Keith,
1080i60 will fit perfect with SD DVD – but the only thing you need to be aware of is that 1080i60 is upper field first, SD NTSC is (normally) lower field first, so your SD-MPEG2-setting needs to be upper field first in this case.I´m living in PAL-land where upper field is “normal” so I don´t think about that.
allways be awared that your transcoding-setting should fit to the input-source.
danny
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Keith,
to shot in 720p60 is the worst thing for DVD you can do!!60fames progressive would never fit to the 30frames interlaced that are needed for DVD. of course it would be OK on the blu-ray, as 720p60 is a part of the BD-spec.
but p60 on DVD – sorry, never ever!! every 2nd frame will be deleted through the encoding-process.
IF you need to give your customer a DVD as well, the best advice would be to shot in 1080i60 which will fit perfect with DVD & BD.
cheers
danny
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Keith,
is it recorded in HD? downscaling could result in line-effects, especially if it has been shot as 1440×1080.what cam did you use and what codec?
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Elias,
forget about the mac-bluray-player and menu-graphics. they wont be shown, as it wont support the entire bd-specs.and: apple refused to implement BD-player-software and encryption into MAC-OS, so your only way to check your disc is to use stand-alone-BD-player.
cheers
danny