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Bruceh96 wrote on 5/24/2009, 11:29 AM
You'll need a Blu-Ray Disc.

I have Architect 4.5 as well and I just found out that it does not do Blu-Ray. You will need DVD Architect 5.0.
FlashGordon wrote on 5/26/2009, 6:33 PM
Turns out I do have 5.0b. Anyone out there with simple instructions as to how I can make Blue-Rays?
Steve Grisetti wrote on 5/27/2009, 5:40 AM
Well, first you'll need a BluRay disc (they can be very expensive). And you'll need a BluRay burner. From there on out, it's pretty much like burning a regular DVD.

And, of course, if you want BluRay hi-def quality, you'll need footage from a hi-def video camera.

LJA wrote on 5/27/2009, 7:31 AM
Blu-ray high definition formats can be written to either Blu-ray disks, with a Blu-ray burner, or to regular (red-ray) DVDs with a regular DVD burner. You need DVDA 5 and high definition material for a disk with menus, or you can burn directly from the Vegas (8 or 9) time line. See the Vegas or DVDA 5 manual.
wjsd wrote on 5/27/2009, 11:37 PM
You may be able to burn HD material to a regular DVD but there's not many Blu-ray (and no DVD) players that would be able to read it. Blu-ray and DVD formats are just different animals and not compatible with each other. So the safest rule is to either burn regular video to DVD, or HD video to Blu-ray.

Think of if, if you could put HD video on DVDs then there would be no need for Blu-ray players. Everybody would just watch HD movies on their DVD players. But that's not the case because DVDs can't support the high bandwidth required for HD.
LJA wrote on 5/31/2009, 1:53 PM
Blu-ray format on a standard (red ray) DVD can only be read with a computer (with a UDF 2.5 driver) or on a Blu-ray player. Most, but not all (especially early models), will play the disc OK. You will probably have to limit the bit rate to 18 Mbps however. This capability is quite well described in the DVDA 5.0 manual.
wjsd wrote on 5/31/2009, 9:00 PM
Blu-ray format on a standard (red ray) DVD can only be read with a computer (with a UDF 2.5 driver) or on a Blu-ray player. Most, but not all (especially early models), will play the disc OK.

In theory most Blu-ray players should play HD material burned onto a DVD. But in reality, it doesn't work that way. LJA, have you gotten it to work on your Blu-ray player? I've tried it and It doesn't work in mine or on my computer with a Blu-ray drive. Found out you have to jump through several hoops to get the disc right. And then hope it's compatible with your player. In fact, some recent players are moving away from this capability altogether. DVDA might have the capability, but that's only half the battle.

If you got it to work on your system, then hats off to you.
LJA wrote on 6/1/2009, 4:51 AM
All of the Blu-ray red laser disks that I make play fine on my Sony BDP-S300. I have read many reports others having little or no problem with other players. There are some problems with menus on PS3, but I believe these have been solved with recent firmware upgrades. I do not have a PS3, so I know nothing about that myself. Search the Vegas Video forum for much information on Blu-ray format on standard DVDs.
Melachrino wrote on 7/10/2009, 12:21 PM
Are you making Bluray formatted red laser discs ( same as conventional DVD's) with or without menus ?

The conventional DVD's with Bluray format which I have tried in DA5 work fine on all Sony players I checked at Best Buy. But, I have used the single movie play only setup, that is, no menus.

If menus work for you with DA5, I may wish to try that added feature.

Notwithstanding, it may be good for me but, if there is no compatibility with other Bluray player brands, it puts a big wrinkle on sharing ...
Melachrino wrote on 8/3/2009, 3:29 PM
Not really.

Long home movies are deadly on viewers.

Therefore, to put 10 to 20 minutes of video, at most, on a $10 Blueray disc is unwarranted. But it does make a lot of sense to put the same amount, even 30 minutes (gasp) on a $.30 conventional DVD at full High Def in Blueray format, which I have been doing with Vegas 8, Vegas 9 and DA5.

The limitation is, as stated already, that these BD5 play very well, in their full glory, in all Sony Blueray players I have checked. But these same discs play in very few, if any, other branded Blueray players.

Does anyone know the actual, factual technical reason for this limitation ?