Eric Pautsch
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Yes. You would need to send them a sample and get approval first.
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Here’s a fairly complete list of compliant and non-compliant encoders:
https://dostudio.netblender.com/wikipapers/Encoders1.asp
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First off, the ONLY 2 advantages BD has/had over HD DVD was the extra 10mb/s bandwidth for video and the extra 10g per layer. At these bitrates, the eye will not see a difference! As someone mentioned, multi-layered discs were easily being manufactured as they pulled the plug.
HD DVD had a 15G single capacity and 30G DL capacity. Blu Ray is 25/50. Both support the same copy protection but HD DVD was not mandatory like it is on BD. BD+ is another copy protection offered by BD but as also been cracked as well.
HD DVD had 2 flavors – Advanced Content – pop-up menus using a language called HDi and Standard Content – exactly like DVD but with HD content. Video Bitrates were limted to 30mb/s
Blu Ray also has 2 flavors – HDMV with pop up menus and BD-J. Basically BD-J is Java so you’re only limited to your imagination and the power of the playback device 🙂 Video Bitrates were limted to 40mb/s.
HD DVD was far superior to Blu Ray in so many ways – don’t anyone tell you different. It was cheap, no licensing involved, replication used current manufacturing lines. So sad really…if HD DVD survived no one here would be complaining about delivery HD on disc to clients – which leaves my wondering why anyone in this forum would have been rooting for BD. Basically, you were screwed last year beyond belief – the Man wins again!
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Bitrate is even more critical! What was your settings? Did you use AC3 audio?
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Yes….you can take an image or TS folder and create DDP files. They can be complex depending on how much yo know about the dvd specification. like I said, you might be happier finding someone who knows how to do this.
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Depends on the replicator and there abilities. You shouldn’t give out a DL disc for replication, no matter who the replicator is, for various reasons – no control over the layer break is one of them.
You need to deliver DDP files. Get a copy of Gear or DVD After Edit
https://blustreak.dvdafteredit.com/software
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What the replicator is asking for are DDP images on 2 separate folders. Encore does not do this. You’ll need to use an app called Gear to create these folders. Personally, I would find farm out this work unless you know what you’re doing. Le me know if you need help.
Eric
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The most I ever got onto a dual layer disc with reasonable quality was 5 hours – and this was with an encoder which cost thousands of dollars and a extremely clean source. This will have to be a 2 disc set for sure.
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You already posted it. It says no Blu Ray hardware or software until Apple can afford to effectively pass the licensing fees onto you or me. This is not going to happen this year or next year. Furthermore, you can bet Apple is not going to design a BD authoring tool from scratch. Way too much money there to be worth it. They’ll need to purchase something from someone else…of which there are few available.
Nope…no BD from Apple! No way…no how…nope! Which is fine for me. I already have my tools and workflows and wouldn’t use an Apple tool even if it were available anyway.
All My own opinion though. Also this Apple BD discussion has been going on for almost 2 years now….
Sure it could happen someday – but I doubt it.