Max Kovalsky
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Jeff,
#1 – the license is $3,000 to join the AACS club, so to speak. This is a one-time fee paid by the content owner, not authoring facility. After that they have to pay $1,300 for each title replicated.#2 – you mean compression, not “muxing”. Muxing is short for multiplexing. I think it’s called “build” in DVDSP. But you’re right, compression tools are very expensive. Only 3 that are accepted in the studio world are CinemaCraft, Sony Blu-code and Thompson Nex-code (no longer sold, developed or supported I believe). Sonic’s Cinevision and Inlet are fine, but both show signs of compression. Compressor along with most other cheaper options do not produce legal BD streams.
Max
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Last time I looked into it, there was no good way to shoot video anamorphically. If you’re using a 35mm adapter, anamorphic lenses will make your image much wider than 2.35. Research https://www.cinematography.net/ for info on this.
Also, unless you’re shooting with a pro DP and AC and a heavy lighting package, you will not manage an anamorphic production.
As to the DVD production… film that was shot anamorphically will get transfered to tape as 16×9, letterboxed, resulting in the DVD looking the way you’re describing.
Max
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Standards conversions are not typically done in software, like you’re describing. You will get the best quality with an Alchemist conversion which is a real time tape to tape transfer.
Max
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You’ll need to pass it through FCP. Subtitles do not play during FF/REW on most players — there’s nothing you can do on your end to change that.
Max
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Hi Connie,
What’s the encoder your post house is using? If it’s Sonic’s SD series, I’m sure you’ll be happy with the image. Did you end up making digibeta downconverts? Cinemacraft is pretty good, but produces mpegs that are slightly soft in my opinion. BitVice is sharp, but increases color saturation. It’s also tricky to make “legal” mpeg2 streams with it, so if you use that encoder some DVD players may display black instead of video.
Max
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Correction: none of the Sony companies use proprietary compression systems. Sony Pictures uses Blu-code which is for sale and is used at our studio. Sony DADC uses a range of encoders, all of which are commercially available.
Max
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Duplication and replication are two very different processes. If your discs were duplicated, the compatibility rate of your client’s product will be about 96% (may be a little higher now) on single layer discs. It’s closer to 90% on dual-layer DVDs. Given you made 12, and a bunch of copies of each, chances are some of these will not play on certain players.
Max
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Yes, but the obvious trade-off is resolution. Which means that when viewed on a 40″or bigger monitor, both formats will look identical.
Max
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Also… new SD Scenarist + SD CineVision bundle is pretty affordable.
Max
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Don’t think any replicators are offering that. But even if they did, you’d have to pay for mastering of both BD and DVD and a fee for pressing the DVD side and gluing the two together. Don’t think it’d be any cheaper than pressing two discs. Call Sony DADC, Sonopress or Cinram for a definitive answer.
Max
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