Is anyone here using DVD Architect 5.0b to make Blu-ray discs?
I had been playing around a bit making "Blu-ray" format discs on standard DVD+R media using a standard DVD burner, and everything seemed to be going pretty well with that process.
A couple of days ago, I installed a new Pioneer Blu-ray burner. I was
all excited to start making real Blu-ray discs! Unfortunately, things are not going as well as expected.
First, I have found that I can not add more than 11 titles to a Blu-ray disc in DVD Architect. All the videos I am working with were rendered in Sony AVC Blu-ray 1440x1080x60i format at 15 Mbps from Vegas 9.0. When I was making simulated Blu-rays on standard DVDs, I could only fit maybe 4 or 5 videos per disc. Now I can (in theory) fit many more videos, but it seems that as soon as I try to add video number 12 to the menu, DVD Architect hangs. I've tried adding different videos, in different orders, etc., so I know it is not one particular video that is bad. It just seems like 11 videos is the limit, even though I'm nowhere near filling up the 25 GB Blu-ray disc.
Another interesting thing I've found is that DVD Architect won't erase a BD-RE disc that has already been used. It says it is going to erase the disc, but it doesn't. The options to erase are all grayed out. When you try to burn the BD-RE disc, it says it is going to erase it, then it just ejects the disc and says "Burn processing completed, would you like to burn another?" I finally had to use Nero to actually erase the disc before I could re-use it in DVD Architect.
Has anyone else encountered similar issues?
Rick
http://www.Hogans-Systems.com
I had been playing around a bit making "Blu-ray" format discs on standard DVD+R media using a standard DVD burner, and everything seemed to be going pretty well with that process.
A couple of days ago, I installed a new Pioneer Blu-ray burner. I was
all excited to start making real Blu-ray discs! Unfortunately, things are not going as well as expected.
First, I have found that I can not add more than 11 titles to a Blu-ray disc in DVD Architect. All the videos I am working with were rendered in Sony AVC Blu-ray 1440x1080x60i format at 15 Mbps from Vegas 9.0. When I was making simulated Blu-rays on standard DVDs, I could only fit maybe 4 or 5 videos per disc. Now I can (in theory) fit many more videos, but it seems that as soon as I try to add video number 12 to the menu, DVD Architect hangs. I've tried adding different videos, in different orders, etc., so I know it is not one particular video that is bad. It just seems like 11 videos is the limit, even though I'm nowhere near filling up the 25 GB Blu-ray disc.
Another interesting thing I've found is that DVD Architect won't erase a BD-RE disc that has already been used. It says it is going to erase the disc, but it doesn't. The options to erase are all grayed out. When you try to burn the BD-RE disc, it says it is going to erase it, then it just ejects the disc and says "Burn processing completed, would you like to burn another?" I finally had to use Nero to actually erase the disc before I could re-use it in DVD Architect.
Has anyone else encountered similar issues?
Rick
http://www.Hogans-Systems.com