Blu-Ray Burner - High Quality Production of HD Discs with editing software

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  _Bruce_ on 05/05/2013 - 18:51

  There are two ways to put video on a blu ray disc. In both cases the Burner and discs used will not affect quality.

  1: Just burn the files. You can use any formats you like. Any software will do.

  2: Burn as blu ray video. Will need to be encoded in the right codecs. Standard blue ray quality is estimated to fit 3 hours and if you squeeze in 4 hours you probably won't see a difference.

  Note that only option 1 can provide 'raw' footage.

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    Givemethemoney on 05/05/2013 - 19:09

    Would this work if the video is over 128GB, or would I need to somehow split the video into segments?

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      _Bruce_ on 05/05/2013 - 19:45

      Which? Dual layer discs can store 50GB so you will need to put it across 3 discs to burn it as-is.

      If you want to burn as a video blu-ray then you have to re-encode it, at which point it is all about what quality you choose. No matter what you pick it will be less than currently (re-encoding to a lossy format always means loss).

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        Givemethemoney on 05/05/2013 - 20:57

        So given that my file is over 128GB, how would I split the file to fit onto the discs (in either method).

        We would like the ability to be able to play some discs on MacBook Laptops (which are not the same region as Australian) and other on blu-ray players.

        So how would I go about doing this, and what kind of software would I need to achieve this?

        Cheers for the help so far

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        _Bruce_ on 05/05/2013 - 22:00

        Region doesn't matter if you are burning your own. If you want to play on blu-ray players (rather than PCs with a blu-ray drive) then the only option is option 2.

        To do this you will need to re-encode the video, so there will be some loss of quality. You still have the option of fitting on one disc or spreading it over two (to be honest there will not be much difference).

        There is heaps of software that can do this, presumably you want mac software which I am less familiar with. You might even be able to do it in iTunes, but I am not a mac user.

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        Givemethemoney on 05/05/2013 - 23:10

        My wife's computer is a Mac, mine is an older windows based laptop, but the raw footage was edited using a MacBook Pro.

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        _Bruce_ on 06/05/2013 - 22:51

        Various version of Windows have difference video editing softwares. Really anything that can export to blu ray should work much the same.

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  WD TV andSOUND on 06/05/2013 - 21:51

  -1

  One other option.

  All Blue ray-players have a SD Memory card slot.

  If you use 8GB SD memory cards, then lock them.
  The SD cards a very cheap now at about $6 to $8 each.
  Choose a format (raw etc.)then drag and drop!!

  Though in fat32 the file size is limited to 4GB.

  A SD Memory card is more compact, cheaper to mail, updatable, you don't have to buy a burner. The user can use any SD slot, PC/Laptop, Mac, Camera, Tablets e.g. Telstra T-Hub, TVs (mostly Panasonic TVs), DVD players, PVRs, In Car DVD players, Media players…….etc.

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    Givemethemoney on 06/05/2013 - 22:24

    Given the file size is over 128GB, how would I segment the one file, so that this could be done? Also we don't want the quality to be less than commercial DVD quality

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    _Bruce_ on 06/05/2013 - 22:50

    Your own post explains why this doesn't work.

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      Givemethemoney on 07/05/2013 - 23:42

      I don't understand what you mean

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        _Bruce_ on 08/05/2013 - 07:17

        I was replying to WD TV andSOUND.

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  WD TV andSOUND on 08/05/2013 - 22:29

  File compression might be possible?
  How much can you compress 128GB in to?
  Is it possible to compress it down to 8GB on to a SD card or Memory stick.
  Though it would have to be unzipped each time on a PC.

  (128GB)16 hours of HD Video on to at least 9 blue-ray discs is a lot of work. One blank would cost at least $6 to $10, that's $6x9=$64.
  If you figure a disc @ $10 each including the cost of the burner on a limited run, that would equate to $90 a set of discs.
  An OEM brand of SD memory card can be had on eBay from $89 free postage or even as low as $56 currently!!!!
  No compression needed!!!
  No burner needed!!!!

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    _Bruce_ on 09/05/2013 - 07:16

    You clearly have no understanding of this issue.

    File compression might be possible?

    The files ARE compressed, almost all video is. Compressing further using lossless techniques achieves little, and using lossy techniques drops quality which is the entire point of this thread.

    How much can you compress 128GB in to?

    Depends entirely on the content. As this content is already compressed you have to use lossy compression but you can take it down to any size you like.

    Though it would have to be unzipped each time on a PC.

    Zip is lossless compression NOT designed for media, and works terribly for this type of data.

    (128GB)16 hours of HD Video

    Who said 16 hours?

    on to at least 9 blue-ray discs

    Who said 9 discs? Even if it was 16 hours, nominal blu-ray length is 3 Hours, so that is 6 discs. If it is raw data each disc is 50G so that is 3 discs (or 6 for single layer). Where are you pulling there random numbers from?