Blue Ray not properly supported

LionelS wrote on 1/7/2011, 11:02 PM

I have DVD Architect Studio 5.0. I was very suprised to see it does not support 5.1 surround sound. Why is there always reference to DVD when it is clear you are burning to Blue Ray. Should not steps like Make DVD be called Make Disc instead?

More importantly however t seems a major omission to leave out 5.1 surround sound in Architect Studio when burning to high end product such as Blue Ray. I would understand if it was left off DVD and only included in the high end Blue Ray, but not the other way around. Are we likely to see this addressed in a update?

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 1/8/2011, 7:21 AM

DVD Architect Studio does indeed save 5.1 audio to DVDs. It only saves stereo to BluRays though.

It sounds as though your project is set up for BluRay disc -- which is why it shows "Make BluRay" on the make movie button.

If you change the project properties to DVD, it will show "Make DVD" instead.

ianarm wrote on 2/22/2011, 12:54 AM

Hi,
After recently buying a Blu-ray burner to get the most out of my HD videos, I too was more than a little surprised (disappointed) to find that when I switch the project properties to Blu-ray, the audio changes to stereo. I thought I must have overlooked some setting somewhere, but this thread appears to provide confirmation of the audio settings for Blu-ray discs.
Is there any way of retaining the 5.1 audio from the source material when I burn a Blu-ray disc? Or do you all put up with stereo on your Blu-ray discs?

Wovian wrote on 2/22/2011, 1:32 AM

Ian, I too upgraded my PC to enable HD editing and added a BD burner to get the most out of the HD camcorder. Very frustrating.

Does the pro version of DVDA provide support for 5.1 sound?

Its crazy having 5.1 support for DVD's when you can only make a 25 min disc in HD and have all the hassle and uncertainty of burning an AVCHD disc.

I guess you could always burn form the VMS timeline but that's not the point is it?

BlackMax wrote on 2/22/2011, 7:43 AM

>Does the pro version of DVDA provide support for 5.1 sound?

Yes, it is mentioned numerous (countless?) times here. I think sonycreative needs to do a MUCH better job of clarifying the differences between these programs. I in fact had to do a detailed paragraph-by-paragraph comparison of the user guides to find all the diffs between them.

It would be good too of Sony separated the forums here so that it is clear when some are working with DVD Studio (or whatever it's called) and DVDAP (Architect Pro). I have the cheapo Studio at home, but Pro at work (can't rationalize the added $500 for home use!).

EDIT: Yeah it's DVD Architect Studio and DVD Architect Pro. We would probably do each other a favor around here if we made sure to reference DVDAS or DVDAP when we mention issues/opptys.

Wovian wrote on 2/23/2011, 1:25 AM

Max, thanks for the update.

I don't have any need for 99.9% of the increased functionality of Vegas Pro.

However, I do have Windows x 64 bit and I would like a Blu Ray that plays 5.1 sound.

I wonder if Sony have been a bit clever here in keeping this just for Pro users as I'm sure many like me will now have to consider upgrading.

Its ridiculous that DVDAS can only burn stereo to a Blu ray.

BlackMax wrote on 2/23/2011, 8:46 AM

I can't speak for sonycreativesoftware, but I'm not surprised that they would hold-back a couple of key features to separate their $500 software from their $50 software (including 5.1 sound and subtitles, what else...).

I'd expect part of their rationale too for stereo vs. 5.1 is that their consumer DVDAS product is I believe intended for home recording (camcorder) enthusiasts. I guess there are now some 5.1 consumer camcorders but most are still stereo.