Creating a Blue Ray Disc

Tompkins wrote on 11/7/2011, 5:36 PM
I am a novice at creating blue ray discs. The only discs i have ever created are dvd's for playing back on DVD players. I have been looking quite a bit on the internet to try and find help with this but have been unsuccessful so far. I have some specs and questions that hopefully someone can help me with:

I shoot on a Canon 7d at 1920 x 1080 x 25fps in the field.
I shoot on a Sony 700 in the theatre where I work that shoots at 1080 x 720 at 29fps

With those two different types of digital media coming in, what template would I use to start a new project in Sony Vegas 10(e)?

Also, how would I render the file(s) to prepare to burn a blue ray in DVD Architect 5.2 when I was finished editing?

Once I open DVD Architect what do I do? I have only ever used the single movie function to create the DVD's previously.

I appreciate any information that anyone may be able to lend.

Sincerely,
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PeterDuke wrote on 11/7/2011, 6:18 PM
You are making things difficult by shooting at two different frame rates. Use whichever is the standard for your country (or rather, standard for the final viewers). The nonstandard one will need to be changed and will involve some loss of quality. You might find this thread helpful:
Perfectionists' PAL<=>NTSC Conversion


Choose a frame size that is supported by the Blu-ray standard. I would use 1920x1080 for best quality.

If you want to use a menu rather than a single auto-play DVD then select that by first selecting "New Project" from the File menu in DVDA. Drag your movie file onto the menu page to insert it. Note that the video and audio should be rendered to separate files in Vegas, and the files should have the same filename stem.
Tompkins wrote on 11/8/2011, 12:38 PM
Thanks Peter. If i use the 1920 x 1080, what would I render the file as in SV 10 to produce the best looking blue ray disc?

PeterDuke wrote on 11/8/2011, 5:18 PM
Save As Type: Sony AVC
Template: Blu-ray 1920x1080 with appropriate frame rate and bit rate. The higher the bit rate the better the quality, but the more disc space you will use.