Professional Blu-ray Authoring

Posted on December 12, 2010

If you’re a videographer or cinematographer currently shooting and editing in HD and are looking to outsource your Blu-ray Disc Authoring, send me an emil using the contact form here on the site and I’ll be happy to get back with you asap.

I use a hardware encoder to encode HD content to H.264 for Blu-ray disc authoring. The major benefit of encoding H.264 files verses MPEG files is the fact that I can put about twice the amount of content on a Blu-ray disc with the same or better quality then MPEG.

Generally, I encode the H.264 files at 20 MBps which will allow me to put approximately 3.5 hours of video on a single 25 GB Blu-ray Disc. When a lessor amount of video is required to be authored to Blu-ray I can increase the bit-rate all the way up to 40 MBps however I recommend to keep the bit-rate at or below 30 MBps to insure compatibility with older Blu-ray players.

I can design the menus using both static button menus with music in the background and pop-up translucent menus. The Content is authored to Verbatim White Hub Printable discs with your label design in full color.

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  • Videographer says:
    December 20, 2010 at 8:25 pm -

    I’m new to the blu-ray authoring world. What software are you using for the authoring? And which hardware for the burning? Has this setup for you been ideal? I’m using Apple’s Compressor and then Toast 10. Just curious to know other companies’ workflows. Thanks.

  • ron says:
    December 20, 2010 at 8:36 pm -

    Hi Chris
    I’m using the Matrox Compress HD card to encode my H.264 files in close to real time via Compressor, (Matrox provides plug-ins for compressor) and am authoring my Blu-ray in Adobe Encore. I have an external Blu-ray Burner connected to my Mac Pro via Fire Wire to burn the Blu-ray discs. Yes, I find this setup to be ideal. I’ve use Encore every since it first came out for the PC years ago, and it just made sense to continue using it on the Mac.