[Daniel Ludwig]

….it´s not a bug, it´s a feature! 😉

[Daniel Ludwig]

even mac os mountain lion (10.8.) wont work on the machine as it has 32bit EFI.

10.8. require 64bit EFI, so you would ge stucked at MAC OS 10.7.x.

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

Michael,
there are to many reasons why this could happen. you might give us a bit more details about your sources fps + i or p), your workflow and where you wanna go (DVD + BD?!)

otherwise all we can do is look into the crystal ball.

[Daniel Ludwig]

Miguel,
you need to export your single streams as MPEG2-files. each one could have 8Mbit, you don´t need to divide the target-bitrate 8MBit by the numbers of your streams.

I do not know DVD Architect, but the best thing for authoring in general is to provide allready encoded assets to the authoring-application.

the most important thing for your multi-angle-feature besides bitrate is to use closed GOP and the same structure for all streams, otherwise you wont be able to create a multi-angle. if you could set sceen-detection within your encoding-programm – turn it OFF.

I don´t know if vegas could create/export valid streams for multi-angle DVDs, because of the special GOP-option which is needed.

otherwise you should export to AVI or MOV and use a 3rd party transcoding-application like Episode or Squeeze.

if your source is 23.98fps it will be transcoded to 29.98NDF NTSC with 3:2 pulldown, so to use 23.98fps is OK.

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

Hey mate,
first of all: there is no 23.98 interlaced anywhere. NTSC interlaced is 29.98i and PAL is 25i.

I´m missing in your description the resolution + codec of the original footage. is it DV, or maybe AVCHD?!

another point: if you would like to do mixed/multi-angle-DVDs all assets needs to have the same (closed) GOP-structure and the same bitrate, no VBR is allowed, only CBR.

here are the max. bitrates for different numbers of angles:

5 angles or fewer: 8 Mbps maximum for the track’s combined bit rate
6–8 angles: 7.5 Mbps maximum for the track’s combined bit rate
9 angles: 7 Mbps maximum for the track’s combined bit rate

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

Robert,
encore could not author DTSHD MA. you need to work with a different software.

the most easy way would be to use DVD Logic EasyBD: https://www.dvd-logic.com/easybd/

you need EasyBD Studio + IG-Editor 1.4.

Note: these tools are PC-only, and has a learning-curve.

all other tools are a lot more expensive like scenarist, dostudio or sony blu-print.

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

Johannes,
encore is a big mess, if you need to have additonal features, also only 5!! subpages would be available within a BD-menu, while spec-limitation is the player-buffer of 16MB for HDMV.

do not believe encores preview-function – it´s more a “could be”-preview.

if you would like to add some more functions to your disc you need to learn (re-)authoring with spec-level-tools.

they are available mostly for PC, but a few also for mac.

you might have a look at the doom9-forum for further information.

happy x-mas

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

Arne,
if you are working on a mac computer it WILL have the power to export the full timeline into ONE single file.

all you need is a big(ger) hard-disc, and a bit of time….

authoring-apps are NO editing-softwares and it´s a very bad idea to bring more parts into encores timeline.

your workflow should be:

1. edit in FCP + export to selfcontained MOV (apple pro res)
2. encode your video + audio to H264 + AC3
3. author the BD with encore using these two files.

happy x-mas

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

Per,
first of all – a compressor-encoded 5.1-AC3-file wont be transcoded to 2.0 stereo, uncompressed Wwav or aif will be.

best/most easy way for encoding for blu-ray would be apple compressor or adobe media encoder.

authoring-apps expecting allready transcoded assets, so it´s up to you to do so. if not -> transcodes again.

by the way, you should carefully look at the project-settings and the transcoding-settings at the beginning of your job.

transcoding a HD-video to blu-ray isn´t a real big deal…..

cheers

danny

[Daniel Ludwig]

Samuel,
quicktime MOV is a wrapper or container-format that could contain different codecs in it, for example H264, apple pro res, motion-jpeg and so on….

a container is the same like bread: there are different breads, grey ones, black ones, with cereals or not…

I guess your application will transcode your AVI to H264-quicktime mov, because there is AAC-audio within the setting, which is a part of the H264-standart.

cu

danny