[Michael Holmes]

Juan,
So, you are saying that Apple has built in the latest CUDA driver in Mountain Lion 10.8, so I never have to worry about updating it?
This is new, right? Man, I don’t know why someone didn’t tell me this at the Apple OSX Mountain Lion Forum. You are on top of the technology, Juan. Thank you!

[Michael Holmes]

This is an old thread, but I’d just like to say how glad I am that I discovered the Precomposed Menu Kits. The menus are great and have saved me months of work (and I’d never create menus this good, regardless of the time I put in).

Also, the tech support from Jon Geddes is outstanding, always ready to help.

[Michael Holmes]

I asked these questions here because Dwaine, Juan and Joseph have been extremely helpful to me before, and most Resolve users also need to know how to burn Blu-ray disks. I try to ask questions of those whom I can trust to give accurate guidance.

I thought the objective was to help people with useful information. I didn’t realize the purists would be offended by any discussions outside of specific Resolve questions.

I’m gone, sorry I offended anyone.

[Michael Holmes]

Thanks Joseph!
Great help, I appreciate it………..I have found it very hard to get good advice on the best way to do this……why, I don’t know.

Please help me understand the m2v stream compression step.

I was planning to go this route:
FCP X–>Export Pro Res 422 files–>Adobe Media Encoder–>H.264 files–>Encore–>burn Blu-ray disks

I believe you are saying instead I should go:
FCP X–>Export Pro Res 422 files–>Adobe Media Encoder–>H.264 files–>Encore–>.img–>Toast Titanium–>burn Blu-ray disks.

Where would “m2v stream compression” occur?

[Michael Holmes]

Alllllll right, Bret. 🙂
The 3rd one got it going.
Thanks!

[Michael Holmes]

OK, I just posted it over there.
Thanks.

[Michael Holmes]

Chris,
The purported problem of overloading Blu-ray players with higher data rates is not really an issue? I was told at the Roxio forum that this is a significant risk at 15 Mbps average, 20 max, particularly with PCM audio. These videos will be played by others on a variety of Blu-ray players, so I am concerned about it. This is just bad information?

[Michael Holmes]

David,
Thank you, I will give Compressor a try.

One possible problem, however. Since these are videos of band performances, audio quality is very important. I looked at Compressor settings last night and it appeared to me that the only option for audio was Dolby……but I could be wrong, since I have not used Compressor. I need PCM for the higher quality.

[Michael Holmes]

I was told at the Roxio forum that:
(1) There is no way to avoid re-encoding if you go to Toast with H.264.
(2) I could alternatively go FCP X –> Compressor and generate MPEG2 –> Toast, and Toast would not re-encode the MPEG2.

Does anybody have a recommended path from FCP X to Blu-ray video that will lead to the best quality Blu-ray video?

Requirements:
– These are a collection of songs from a band performance, so I must be able to export multiple Project files from FCP X and burn all them on one Blu-ray disc
– I must have a menu on the Blu-ray disk, so the user can play different songs
– Audio quality is very important, so I need to be able to use PCM stereo (48kHz, 24-bit).

I can get all these things with Toast…………I just have to go thru the encoding. Best route?

[Michael Holmes]

I have seen posts that claim that higher rates can overload Blu-ray players. Not true?