Basic Blu-ray Questions

NickHope wrote on 3/23/2009, 12:16 PM

Just starting out on the Blu-ray authoring road...

So I've got my brand new LG BE06LU10 Blu-ray writer, I've got a bunch of 55-62 minute 1080-60i HDV files (.m2t), a load of Verbatim printable BD-R, and some customers lined up.

I've got DVDA 5 but I'm thinking of getting TMPGenc Authoring Works 4 just to get the job done as straightforwardly as possible. TMPGenc DVD Author has served me well over years. Also got the Cyberlink software that came with the burner. I know I can burn Blu-ray straight from Vegas but I want a scene menu.

Can I use my HDV files direct on a Blu-ray? Or do I need to remux as something other than an MPEG-2 transport stream? Or do I need to re-encode in H.264/AVC/MPEG-4?

Also I seem to recall people complaining of DVDA re-encoding files even if they're in theory already compliant with Blu-ray. Is this still the case?

For burning I quite fancy using ImgBurn as it's served me well for DVDs so far.

What software are you guys using to author and burn Blu-rays?

Any Blu-ray tips or gotchas before I start authoring and burning?

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NickHope wrote on 4/22/2009, 5:31 AM

>> I'm not sure where you got this Nick but it's untrue. <<

Sorry Blink, I misunderstood http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=22&MessageID=606199this old thread on the DVDA forum[/link]. I now understand that the video stream needs remuxing with AC3 (or whatever audio) audio before dropping into Ulead MF. Too bad their trial doesn't have Blu-ray functionality so I can test it.

Nice tip about TSmuxer. That'll also do the demuxing I described above (for free) to get smart-rendered HDV video back into DVDA.