blu-ray authoring?

[digitallive]

anyone have any experience with blu-ray authoring? i'm looking to make the leap and just wanted to know what the options are for menus. right now for DVDs i use DVD Lab Pro and really like the interface, do they make a blu-ray authoring program too?

thanks

[beatkilla]

I believe any current authoring program will do bluray.
I use DVD Architect 5.0b for bluray authoring as im very familiar with that program.

[magmazing]

Adobe Encore is authors both DVD and blu-ray. If you already use other Adobe programs (Premiere, Photoshop, Audition), it would probably be the way to go.

[guitard]

My two cent's worth . . .

For the most part - authoring a blu-ray disk is the same as authoring a standard DVD.  The part that requires additional learning is the encoding.

[spyder9]

www.videohelp.com

They are the best resource.

[shownomarcy]

Tmpgenc authoring works 4 - great for both DVD and BD authoring, I did some.
What is important to me:
- can add 2 audio channels
- can make a note page
- can change the look of the menus, can change buttons to present or not.
- can do popup menu, though I havent tried.
- can add background audio and/or video to the menus
- you can change the audio/video quality

[unidecker]

www.doom9.org   is also a great place for such info

[guitard]

www.doom9.org   is also a great place for such info

That website is geared mostly toward ripping official movies, manipulating sub-titles, breaking encryption, etc.  It's really not much help at all for concert video hobbyists.

[pjvedder]

Hello,

Bluray authoring is as easy as dvd with dvd architect 5.0...the main thing you wanna try to do, is render the files to a file that architect wont try to recompress...such as 1920x1080 29.997 fps for example..the other key is to render it as it is...so whatever sony vegas says your original file info is...This way you dont mess up the quality...its something that is a learning curve..

[willndmb]

Anyone doing bluray on a Mac?
I have fcp/compressor and toast
I use DVD Studio Pro for standard DVDs now but that doesn't do bluray
Tia

[lpmaskman]

multiAVCHD is a freeware authoring application it can make H.264 BD without reencoding but it's interface is a bit complicated and menu editing sux but I recommend to try!

[voltronic]

multiAVCHD is a freeware authoring application it can make H.264 BD without reencoding but it's interface is a bit complicated and menu editing sux but I recommend to try!

+1, this is what I use to make BD compilations and I love it.  I agree that the interface is not amazing, but this guide has been very helpful:
http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/tutorial.php

[lpmaskman]

tsmuxer can make AVCHD disks w/o encoding, just no menu.

[beroti_music]

I only make MKV files these days. Great container!

[taperj]

That website is geared mostly toward ripping official movies, manipulating sub-titles, breaking encryption, etc.  It's really not much help at all for concert video hobbyists.

I would disagree somewhat, while it is definitely geared towards ripping official movies, it's all the same tools, terms, and operations that are needed to do most things with any kind of video. doom9 has been extremely useful to me for finding tools to edit, convert, remux, re-encode all kinds of releases between formats and containers, for example: taking old DVD formats and remuxing to MKV, or other containers that are friendlier to streaming media players or easier for file storage/organization, etc. I would not write off doom9 as an excellent resource for free tools, tutorials, and know-how no matter what kind of video project you have.