Have you made a blu-ray on a mac? I need help.

Zak Forsman

Zak Forsman

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Okay, so I want to author a blu-ray of a 90 minute HD feature-length motion picture with 5.1 audio. This is simply for theatrical exhibition purposes. i do not need a polished blu-ray for home video replication. No fancy or complicated menus needed. Can you help?

I'm entirely mac-based. My understanding is that there is a workflow using Final Cut Studio 3, which I can upgrade to. If you are familiar with this, I have some questions for you.

1. Is the running time limit on BD-Rs under 90 minutes?
2. How does the mpeg-2 image quality hold up?
3. what data rate do you recommend?
4. Can I burn right out of Compressor or do I need Toast or even Adobe Encore?
5. Recommendations for an external BD-R drive?

I know some go to Adobe Encore to burn the disc and others do it in Toast 10. Ken Stone has an Encore guide that looks like it's hit or miss. Any lessons you've learn or insights would be very much appreciated.
 
im pretty much in the same boat except i have a short film to put on blu-ray. i await as well to see if anyone posts some advice...:undecided
 
thanks!

i don't know anything about blu-ray burners. i think the one I bought is also LG. it came bundled with Toast X Pro as well which I needed and didn't have.
 
i feel rude now, did i officially hog your thread? did you ever find your answers to the post you started?
 
Anyone get the fastmac burner? I've been having no end of trouble, and wasted about 5 discs that say they have been burned buy won't play in several players.
 
I stopped buying stuff from fastmac. too many problems with their stuff. hard drives that failed after months, two laptop batteries that swelled and exploded.
 
Kellar42 said:
Anyone get the fastmac burner? I've been having no end of trouble, and wasted about 5 discs that say they have been burned buy won't play in several players.
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sorry to hear that kellar42. i came across that one while shopping for a burner but since i did not hear much about it i continued to look elsewhere. the price was attractive i admit on the external one but this is the first time i have seen anyone talk about it after purchase. i hope they offer you some decent support in return!
 
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