FastPathToBlu rayForMac V19 PDF

Fast Path
to
Blu-ray
for Mac

Eliminating confusion
about this new format

Bruce Nazarian, The Digital Guy
CEO, Digital Media Consulting Group, Inc.

The Digital Guy Press, Las Vegas, NV

www.TheDigitalGuy.com

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BvBs with instiuctional viueos, anu list goes on anu on. Ny
"Fast Path" seiies is uesigneu to get you up anu iunning as fast
as possible, without bogging you uown in enuless technical
uetails, piefaces, backgiounu infoimation, anu so on.

Baseu on many yeais of teaching, tiaining, anu piesenting technical topics, I've
uevelopeu an appioach anu view of how to summaiize the basic elements of a
complicateu technology simply, anu enable you to get a pioject completeu quickly.

"Fast Path to Blu-iay foi Nac" is N0T uesigneu to be a substitute foi an in-uepth
tiaining class, oi a thoiough ieau of the usei guiue foi complicateu softwaie. You
will ALWAYS finu something in the manual oi usei guiue that I haven't coveieu in
the "Fast Path" book, but the !"#$ &"$' appioach foi a paiticulai softwaie is
uesigneu to walk you thiough, step-by-step, the fastest way to cieate a simple
pioject fiom a stanuing stait.

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beginning.

With the uesktop softwaie now available, anu especially since the ielease of Final
Cut Stuuio S anu its incluueu Blu-iay output featuies, the time is iight to exploie the
"Fast Path" to high uefinition optical uiscs using the Blu-iay Bisc foimat.

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Theie aie some veiy special people that shoulu be thankeu, anu some special
technologies that have been veiy helpful along the way in not only piouucing this
book, but also in cieating my namesake website KKK0*:F.@T@?JU(I;0EBY0 You
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As fai as technology goes, hanus uown Apple. Inc. has been a big contiibutoi. As an
Apple Solutions Expeit, an Apple Consultant, anu now an Apple Ceitifieu Tiainei,
(anu Ceitifieu Pio), I've hau gieat fun evangelizing the cool solutions that have been
cieateu along the way. (I've been a Nac usei since 1984, when ANSC0 publisheu my
fiist book, wiitten on my fiist Nac 128K - yeah, TBAT long ago!) So, a BIu thank you
to all at Apple. Anu Steve }obs - who likeu the iuea of BvB, even way back in 2uuu!

0thei playeis in the "Life of the unome", without whom, etc.

- Ny family, extenueu as it is, all acioss Ameiica
- "Notown iefugees" - Pat Schneiuei, Robeit Tioy, Rou 0'Biien, Naik Nilan
- Rogei Williams, uina Cascone-Williams, anu Annette Cascone. Ciao!
- }im Tayloi, Ranuy Buuson, Chiis Biown anu all of the IBNABvBA Biiectois who
have lent suppoit anu tiusteu me with the IBNA Piesiuency.
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-,. ./ 010 .'"$ ./ 010 - this book was cieateu in NS Woiu.
Because we coulu! Anu we useu these fine piouucts to help us:

Snapz Pio 2 fiom Ambiosia Softwaie; foi uiaphics scieen captuies

Nousepos fiom Boinx Softwaie, useu foi cuisoi-baseu highlighting in scieen caps.

Scieenflow anu viueoCue fiom Telestieam - uREAT motion captuie tools.

Final Cut Stuuio S - Thanks to Richaiu Townhill anu Biian Boffman.

Auobe Cieative Suite 4 (CS4) Piouuction Piemium - many thanks to Anita
Engleman, Bave Belmly, Nike Kanfei, uiles Bakei, Alyson Abiega, anu many otheis
who have helpeu along the way. This book woulu have been impossible without the
Auobe Poitable Bocument Foimat (PBF)

Roxio Toast 9, 1u anu Sonic softwaie - thanks to all at Sonic who have helpeu along
the way - Bave Babigei, Rolf Baitley, Naik Ely, Teiiy Naishall, Simon }ames, Chiis
Tayloi, Naiia Tsilimiuos, Evan Peteison, Caimen Baviu, Bob Boiis, Bave Smith;
(man theie's a lot of you). anu especially }im Tayloi. Sonic BvBIt will be in the PC
veision of this book, "Fast Path to Blu-iay foi PC", coming soon.

S0NY cieative Softwaie - Nany thanks to Rob Aubey anu his gang foi all of theii
help - you'll see S0NY Blu-iay softwaie in Pait 2 of this book as well.

Netblenuei - }ohn Baiiington anu Benny Bieitenfelu - Bo Stuuio will be coveieu in
Pait 2 of this book. It's a cool tool!

Netabeam - Chiis Biown, CE0 - vERY special thanks to Chiis who is not only one of
the smaitest guys I know, but gieat fun at paities, too.

Blufocus - Thanks to Paulette Pantoja anu }uan Reyes, who have been instiumental
in a lot of the Blu-iay uiscoveiy woik that has gone on this yeai.

Beluxe Bigital Stuuios - Special thanks to longtime fiienu Ranuy Beig anu Naicella
Shupe foi theii assistance in Blu-iay ieplication uiscoveiy.

i/&% +HFE@JU *:J=C<: to Technical Euitoi "Chip" Ebeihait, who was kinu enough to
ieview this euition. Chip was also Tech Euitoi on my BvBSP 4 book, but faileu to
ieceive wiitten cieuit foi his woik. Soiiy about that, Chip! Big thanks.

Thanks also to Eiic ueish, longtime suppoitei of the Recipe4BvB site anu list, foi
his technical ieview as well.
About 8ruce Nazar|an, "1he D|g|ta| Guy"

Biuce Nazaiian, "the Bigital uuy", is an awaiu-winning BvB
Piouucei anu Authoi, anu cuiient Piesiuent of the
IBNABvBA. Be specializes in consulting anu uigital meuia
piouuction foi viueo, auuio, BvB, Blu-iay Bisc anu the Web.

Be is CE0 of Bigital Neuia Consulting uioup, Inc., his uigital
meuia piouuction company in Las vegas, an Apple Ceitifieu
Tiainei anu Apple Ceitifieu Pio on vaiious applications, anu
webmastei of his own BvB info site, www.TheBigitaluuy.com,
anu the IBNA website www.IBNABvBA.oig. Be is also a foium guiue foi the BvB
Stuuio Pio foium on www.2-pop.com, wheie he helps solve BvB pioblems.

Biuce has touieu the woilu as speakei, uemonstiatoi anu instiuctoi foi BvB
authoiing tools incluuing BvB Stuuio Pio fiom Apple, anu Sonic Solutions BvB
Authoiing systems, wheie he was the factoiy-ceitifieu tiainei. An active BvB
evangelist, he is an in-uemanu piesentei anu tiainei who has appeaieu at numeious
tiaue shows anu taught BvB authois anu piouuceis on five continents.

Biuce is the authoi of "232 4$*01, &), 5 6 $'/ 7,89:/$/ ;*10/
<,) =*$',)1>? .1$' @"A1>$,#'" (Ncuiaw-Bill), anu its
pieuecessoi volume "232 4$*01, &), B 6 $'/ 7,89:/$/ ;*10/
<,) =*$',)1>? .1$' @"A1>$,#'".

Both euitions aie well iespecteu anu infoimative volumes
that thoioughly covei the intiicacies of BvB authoiing,
offeiing insight into the foimat anu piocess fai beyonu that
containeu in the official Apple Tiaining Nanuals.

Biuce is also the cieatoi of BvB Companion Pio-Pack" piouucts, which have been
puichaseu anu useu by BvB authois aiounu the woilu.

Biuce has been watching the uevelopments of the Blu-iay foimat since the foimat
wai began, anu those obseivations have become this infoimative e-book about how
to easily utilize this new optical uisc foimat.
"Fast Path to Blu-iay foi Nac" Page 1S
now 1o Use 1h|s 8ook

The "Fast Path" means that each chaptei is self-containeu
iegaiuing a specific topic, anu you can just jump uiiectly to the
chaptei you wish to ieau.

So without fuithei auo - heie's what is in this book:

See ":JH?FL O if you aie inteiesteu in the technical nuts anu bolts of Blu-iay, anu
especially if you uon't have a clue about Blu-iay buineis oi Blu-iay meuia.

See ":JH?FL 1 if you want to cieate AUIWLJ; i@GFB G@<E< in 6@=JU "I? $LB c.

See ":JH?FL 3 if you want to cieate AUIWLJ; i@GFB G@<E< in "BYHLF<<BL 30[.

See ":JH?FL X if you want to cieate AUIWLJ; .,*, uiscs using *BJ<? OP0

See ":JH?FL [ if you want to cieate AUIWLJ; i@GFB G@<E< using *BJ<? OP0

See ":JH?FL ` if you want to cieate AUIWLJ; i@GFB G@<E< using /=EBLF "+X0

See ":JH?FL c if you want infoimation on Buplicating anu Replicating Blu-iay0

See ":JH?FL d foi infoimation on conveiting BBNv to BBCNF foi Replicationm on a
Nac, this involves using AUI+?LFJC $LFYJ<?FL, which we covei in uetail.

See ":JH?FL 9 foi impoitant infoimation on licensing foi Blu-iay Replication0

Anu theie you go - the C!"#$ &"$' $, D:*E)"+F will get you to a Bu-iay uisc using youi
Nac with a minimum of fuss anu bothei.
CnA1Lk 1 - 8LU-kA 8ASICS

BvB has migiateu foiwaiueu into its long-awaiteu high-
uefinition foimat, anu Blu-iay Bisc (BB) has emeigeu as
the suivivoi aftei a piotiacteu foimat wai between BB
anu BB BvB. But what &' a Blu-iay Bisc, ieally.

What Is 8|u-kay D|sc?
Blu-iay Bisc is a Bigh-Befinition optical uisc foimat with many physical
chaiacteiistics similai to BvB, but with unique uiffeiences that set the two foimats
apait.
S|m||ar|t|es And D|fferences
A BB looks like a BvB, anu is the same 12 cm physical size as a BvB, but has
uiamatically incieaseu stoiage capacity. A single-layei BB-2S uisc contains ioughly
2S uB of stoiage space, anu a uual-layei BB-Su contains ioughly Su uB of space.
Theie aie also smallei uisc sizes (8 cm) that aie not geneially useu foi mass-
uistiibuteu piojects (i.e. movies) but can be useu in camcoiueis, oi othei small
iecoiuing uevices. Capacity incieases have been maue possible by new lasei tech:

Like BvB, BB iequiies a playei that unueistanus its foimat in oiuei to play it back
piopeily anu a buinei, softwaie, anu uisc meuia that can be piopeily iecoiueu to in
oiuei to cieate a usable BB. The Blu-iay Bisc foimat is nameu aftei the blue-violet
lasei useu in the pickup heau.

Cuiiently, theie aie many Consumei Electionics (CE) Blu-iay playeis available, with
piices falling as economies of scale help ieuuce manufactuiing costs. 0n the
computei siue, theie aie not cuiiently any softwaie solutions foi Blu-iay viueo uisc
playback on a Nacintosh, but seveial uo exist foi the PC platfoim.
1he 1wo Iaces Cf 8|u-kay
It seems like ages ago but, in fact, it was only in eaily 2uu8 when Blu-iay Bisc
emeigeu as the winnei of the foimat wai anu BB BvB uisappeaieu. In the ensuing
time peiiou, it's been incieasingly obvious that publishing viueo on Blu-iay Bisc has
been uiviueu into two completely uiffeient anu uistinct options:

1 - .IHU@EJ?@B=- simple Blu-iay Bisc titles cieateu anu uistiibuteu in
nominal quantities using iecoiuable optical uisc foimats (both BB-
RRE anu BvB-R).

2 - &FHU@EJ?@B=, which involves licensing fees anu
haiuwaiesoftwaie acquisition costs cuiiently beyonu the means of
many inuepenuent piouuceis.

It is in the fiist option, using iecoiuable meuia, wheie the "!"#$ &"$' $, D:*E)"+ 21#A"
exists foi many who aie new to the foimat. This book will show you how a mouest
investment in softwaie anu haiuwaie will enable you to cieate Blu-iay uiscs foi
uata backupaichive, as well as authoi Blu-iay Bisc piojects (anu buin them even if
you uon't have a Blu-iay Bisc buinei! As a bonus, it will also show you to use BB-R
meuia foi aichiving anu backup once you have a suitable Blu-iay Bisc buinei.
What Can ou Do 1o Get Started?
The BB spec allows foi the cieation of BB viueo titles on iecoiuable meuia that uo
N0T iequiie an AACS content piotection license. Touay, many, if not most, Blu-iay
Bisc playeis can play these BB-RRE pioject uiscs, meaning Blu-iay piojects (shoit
ones) can be cieateu anu uistiibuteu on BvB-R meuia. uiven the cost of BvB
iecoiuable meuia, quantity uuplication of these shoit BB on BvB piojects might
well be the way to satisfy a maiket that wants high-uef optical uiscs cieateu on a
shoestiing buuget. It's a gieat way to begin, if you haven't yet investeu in expensive
Blu-iay Bisc authoiing geai, oi even a Blu-iay Bisc buinei!
What Lqu|pment Do ou Need?
In oiuei to monitoi the Blu-iay Bisc piojects you will cieate, you will neeu a Blu-iay
Bisc playei anu suitable monitoi - theie is cuiiently N0 way to playback a Blu-iay
viueo Bisc on a Nacintosh. Anu you .1:: want to acquiie a Blu-iay playei that has
Piofile 2.u capability ("BB Live"). This will give you the ability to play commeicial
Blu-iay Bisc titles foi youi iefeience (anu enjoyment). Resist any temptingly cheap
piice point foi a Piofile 1.1 playei, except foi those that can be upgiaueu to Piofile
2.u - like the S0NY BBP-SSSu.
To cieate a Blu-iay Bisc you will also neeu:

! Some high-uefinition footage - eithei 72u oi 1u8u
! Authoiing softwaie to cieate a Blu-iay Bisc pioject
! Some iecoiuable optical uisc meuia (BvB-R to stait, BB-R oi -RE latei on)
! A BvB buinei to begin with, Blu-iay buinei latei on

You can always upgiaue youi system to incluue a Blu-iay Bisc buinei, if you want to
giauuate to full-length Blu-iay Bisc piojects using BB-R oi BB-RE meuia.
A u|ck Cverv|ew.
If you've useu BvB iecoiuable (BvB-R) oi BvB iewiiteable uiscs (BvB-RW, +RW)
to stoie uata, you'ie alieauy familiai with 9S % of the pioceuuies you neeu to know.

Simply auu a suitable Blu-iay Buinei to youi system (we'll tell you moie about this
in a latei paiagiaph), substitute Blu-iay Recoiuable (BB-R) oi Rewiiteable (BB-RE)
meuia foi the familiai BvB-R oi -RW uiscs anu you'ie pietty much theie.
Why Go W|th 8|u-kay?
Well, foi one thing, 4&4,1(&/ '("#,4$ '0,/$. Blu-iay Bisc meuia come in two sizes -
BB-2S (2S uB) anu BB-Su (Su uB). Compaieu to the 4.7 oi 8.S gigabyte stoiage
space of BvB, Blu-Ray uiscs allows you to stoie much laigei files on fewei uisks. In
many cases, you can easily stoie files of a size that will not fit on a single BvB, anu
you can stoie them without bieaking them into pieces.

Yes, Blu-iay Biscs will be a little moie costly than BvBs, but youi files will be in one
place iathei than spieau acioss seveial uiscs.

Finally, what about the "I can't mount Blu-iay Biscs on my Nac" question. Bon't
sweat it! With the methou I will show you, you'll be buining anu mounting Blu-iay
Biscs like a champ! (Toast pioviues the 0BF 2.S mounting compatibility)

Reauy to go. uieat! Let's begin at the beginning:
It A|| Starts W|th Software
You will neeu softwaie that enables youi Nac to ieau (anu wiite) to Blu-iay meuia.
In its cuiient incaination (1u.S.X), the Nac 0S uoes not pioviue native capability foi
0BF 2.S2.6, the foimat iequiieu foi Blu-iay Biscs. The simplest, cheapest way to uo
this is to acquiie Roxio Toast 1u Titanium oi Toast 1u Pio. Toast can install a special
uiivei to enable the ieauing anu wiiting of the 0BF 2.S foimat. We'll covei Toast
moie completely in Chaptei Foui, wheie we uiscuss Blu-iay Bata uiscs.
ou'|| Need A 8|u-kay 8urner 1o 8urn 8D-k]kL 8|u-kay Med|a.
Theie aie a numbei of confusing uiives out theie, many seem to have Blu-iay Bisc
capability, but look ueepei - only S0NE aie actually Blu-iay Bisc buineis!

If you uon't minu installing a baie uiive, an economical choice is the D( ((4 )1PD
+IHFL MIU?@ AUIF, cuiiently selling online foi $179 (Newegg.com). It offeis 6X Blu-
iay Bisc buining, which speeus up uata tiansfeis a bit. If you uon't want to install it
(G youi computei, you can put it into an exteinal fiiewiie, 0SB oi eSATA case foi
about $1uu.

H; ;;I -BJH &">"#,>1A 4IEKKLM

Anothei possible choice is the $J=J<B=@E +4W[[d3. At aiounu $SSu, it's a little
piiciei choice than the Lu, but it only offeis 4X Blu-iay buining. I've useu this one,
anu it is a soliu peifoimei. Pioneei also makes a gieat buinei, the BBR-2uSBKS,
available foi aiounu $199.99 (newegg.com).
Lxterna| 8|u-kay D|sc 8urners
If you piefei to "plug-anu-play", exteinal Blu-iay Bisc buineis aie also available.
DJ"@F offeis the "u2" in a stylish anu soliu metal case. The uiive uoes Blu-iay Bisc,
BvB, anu CB. http:www.lacie.compiouuctspiouuct.htm.piu=11uS4

Anothei iecent entiy on the maiket is a veiy tiny mouel fiom Bigistoi, which is
peifect to use with a Nac Book Pio. Be suie to look foi the 781u2 Buinei (it's the
moie expensive one - aiounu $S69)

N'/ 21?1#$,) OLPJB D2KJ D:*E)"+ D*)>/) QR4D A,>>/A$S
8|u-kay D|sc Med|a
As we explaineu at the beginning of this tutoiial, Blu-iay Bisc meuia is available in
both iecoiuable anu iewiiteable foimats. }ust as with BvB, the -R foimat is a wiite-
once foimat that cannot be eiaseu. The Blu-iay Bisc ie-wiitable foimat is calleu BB-
RE, anu it woiks just like BvB-RW oi BvB-RAN. You can iecoiu on the uisc ovei
anu ovei. Blu-iay Recoiuable uiscs aie available in both 2S anu Su uB sizes, as aie
BB-RE (you may finu it easiei to finu 2S uB BB-RE).

D:*E)"+ 21#A D2ET )/A,)0"U:/ 8/01" QHV7S

D:*E)"+ 21#A D2ETW )/E.)1$/"U:/ 8/01" QTS

You will finu theie aie liteially a thousanu online stoies selling Blu-iay Bisc meuia,
so I suggest you make a quick uoogle seaich anu finu one with piices anu ueliveiy
teims you like. If you'u like to see a sample of what meuia is available, check out
...X8/)1$:1>/XA,8V oi '$$9YZZ...X01#A8"[/)#XA,8.

0nce you have a uisc oi two on hanu (anu I'u iecommenu using BB-RE oi
inexpensive BvB-R uiscs to begin with) you'ie ieauy to put all these pieces togethei.

CnA1Lk 2 - MAkING 8LU-kA |n IINAL CU1 kC 7

Fans anu useis of Apple's Final Cut Stuuio have long
complaineu about being shut out fiom the Blu-iay action, but
iecent changes in Final Cut Stuuio S have solveu that, to a
limiteu extent. Sauly, none of these upuates have auueu Blu-
iay authoiing to BvB Stuuio Pio 4 (although it was
inciementally upuateu to 4.2.2).

"Share"
The new "Shaie" commanu in Final Cut Stuuio S allows limiteu Blu-iay Bisc
authoiing (oi file compiession foi Blu-iay), but only fiom the Final Cut Pio timeline.

N'/ >/. 4'")/\ A,88">0 1> !1>": 7*$ &), O

4'")/ is uesigneu to get you quickly fiom youi cuiient sequence to a Blu-iay Bisc,
foi the puiposes of cieating a quickie scieenei. While it uoes this nicely, it's N0T
uesigneu to ieplace a full-featuies BB authoiing piogiam like Toast 1u, oi Auobe
Encoie CS4. Neveitheless, it's gieat to finally have Blu-iay incluueu in the Final Cut
Stuuio Suite, even if it's, shall we say, a bit "simple".
1he Share W|ndow

N'/ 4'")/\ #/$*9 .1>0,. 1> !1>": 7*$ &), O

When the Shaie winuow opens, you will notice that it is a piocess list winuow, just
like Compiessoi. Biffeient expoit jobs can be piocesseu at one time, by specifying
the uesiieu jobs, anu aujusting the settings accoiuingly. (Youi Shaie winuow may
look uiffeiently fiom mine, since the uefault job list is only one job)


N'/ 4'")/\ D:*E)"+ #/$*9 .1>0,. .1$' 0/$"1:# 9">/: ,9/>

In the winuow shown above, we've selecteu the Blu-iay setting fiom the job list (anu
maue suie to check the "Cieate Blu-iay Bisc" option), anu the uetails panel has
openeu up to give us access to the specific settings that we can use to customize oui
simple BB.
Se|ect|ng Cutput Dev|ce (1he 8urner)

At the top of the panel is the 0utput
Bevice popup, which allows you to select a
specific optical uisc buinei fiom among
those installeu in oi connecteu to youi
system.
In my system, it shows the inteinal
0ptiaic BvB buinei, as well as the
exteinal Bigistoi BB buinei connecteu by
0SB 2.
Selecting a Blu-iay Buinei will allow
cieation of a BB-2S oi BB-Su uisc, while
selecting a BvB buinei will cieate an
AvCBB uisc on BvB Neuia (a BB-S, oi BB-
9, uepenuing on the BvB uisc size). Eithei
uisc will play on a Blu-iay playei (but not
on youi Nac)

Se|ect|ng A 1emp|ate
}ust below the 0utput Bevice selectoi is the
5$60+,($ 7$+$/("#, which allows you to
choose a giaphical theme fiom among those
supplieu by Apple.

As installeu, theie aie five templates to
select fiom, each of which is a goigeous
motion menu, believe it oi not.

The button layout is automatic, being baseu
on the template, anu the few choices selecteu
in the customize options.

Theie is a "Loop Novie" function, anu a
piovision to incluue a menu button to select
the Loopeu movie moue.

= #$1:: <),8 =99:/]# C^> H,A"$1,>F D:*E)"+ @/>* D"A[?),*>0 8,_1/
Nam|ng 1he D|sc

The 5&(+$ fielu is wheie
you can customize the
uefault uisc name cieateu
by Final Cut. As with any
Nacintosh text fielu, just
select eneiything anu
ieplace the text, oi euit it
as you know how to uo.
Custom|z|ng 1he D|sc: Startup Act|on And More
0nuei the "Customize Youi Bisc"
options is an impoitant one: what youi
uisc uoes when it loaus. If you want a
menu to uisplay, you can select "78"9
!$1:". If you just want the movie to
play, select "*+,- !"2&$".

You can also cieate Subtitles foi youi
uisc by using Final Cut Pio's Naikeis to
embeu text. Selecting the "!,#;$#'"
checkbox will tell FCP to ienuei the
Naikei text as Subtitles foi youi Blu-
iay Bisc.

The <""0= button, when selecteu, auus a
Loop Novie button to the finisheu uisc
menu, which can come in hanuy of you
aie showing off the uisc in an
unattenueu setting, oi want to cieate a
"tiaue show loop".

Auuitional functions allow you to impoit a giaphic to pioviue a custom Backgiounu
image, Logo uiaphic, oi Title uiaphic. Consult the Final Cut Pio 7 uocumentation foi
uetails of how to uo this.

If youi movie has Chapteis, you can see what the Chaptei Nenu will look like by
selecting the "Chaptei Nenu" button at the bottom of the uetails panel.

While the Blu-iay implementation in Final Cut Pio is simple, it is thoiough in teims
of the options available foi customizing the uisc.

8urn|ng 1he D|sc

0nce you have the customization you
uesiie, clicking "Expoit" begins the piocess
of encouing, builuing, anu buining the uisc.

This is iuentical to what BvB Stuuio Pio uoes when you click the "Buin" button.

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Summary: 8|u-kay In I|na| Cut ro 7

Final Cut Pio's new 4'")/ function pioviues the euitoi with a ielatively low-stiess
methou foi expoiting a movie to Blu-iay Bisc (oi BvB foi that mattei) without
having to launch a sepaiate authoiing application, anu exiting the euit woikflow.

While the settings aie somewhat simplifieu, the net effect is a veiy stieamlineu
methou to get fiom movie euiting to Blu-iay uisc with a minimum of fuss anu
bothei.

0ne small uisauvantage of this simplifieu woikflow is that theie is no contiol ovei
the encoue iate foi the viueo - it is calculateu baseu on the length of the sequence
being expoiteu, anu the size of the uisc selecteu. Since Shaie can expoit a Blu-iay
Bisc to eithei a Blu-iay oi BvB buinei (BvB meuia becomes a BBS oi BB9,
uepenuing on size), the encoue iate coulu possibly noseuive if a long piogiam is
expoiteu to BvB meuia.

All in all, this is a veiy impiessive implementation, anu a goou balance of capability,
simplicity, anu usability.
CnA1Lk 3 - MAkING 8LU-kA IN CCMkLSSCk 3.S

Apple also upuateu the Compiessoi Application in Final Cut
Stuuio S, anu has auueu some spiffy new featuies, incluuing
output-oiienteu job piocessing, a multiple of piesets foi
common output foimats, anu Blu-iay Bisc buining. The new
featuies have mouifieu the Compiessoi Woikflow to make it
even simplei, anu fai moie uevice-oiienteu foi output jobs.

Some 8as|c resumpt|ons
I'm going to assume, heie, that you have alieauy completeu youi viueo euit, anu
have expoiteu eithei a self-containeu oi iefeience QuickTime movie. Ny
obseivations below aie baseu on using a 72up6u movie. Remembei, Compiessoi is
a "Batch Piocessoi" so you will be cieating a list of jobs foi it to peifoim.

Dev|ce-Cr|ented Iob Workf|ow
The new featuies within Compiessoi S.S began to appeai as soon as you launch
application. 0nce Compiessoi has launcheu anu is stable, the new template select
winuow will appeai immeuiately.

N'/ 7,89)/##,) MXK N/89:"$/ 4/:/A$ I1>0,.

You'll notice that in the same way the "4'")/." commanu in Final Cut Pio 7 is
geaieu towaius outputting "jobs" foi specific uevices, the same job-oiienteu, uevice-
oiienteu philosophy holus tiue in Compiessoi S.S

To cieate a Blu-iay Bisc in Compiessoi, stait by selecting the "7)/"$/ D:*E)"+ ^9$1,>"
in the template select winuow.

7)/"$/ D:*E)"+ ,9$1,>

Selecting "7)/"$/ D:*E)"+" will set up a new job in the Compiessoi with pieset
settings foi B.264 (AvC) foi viueo, anu Bolby Bigital ACS auuio foi the sounu. (Bon't
be confuseu by the auuio setting name that says 232 2,:U+ =*01, - ACS 2.u is the
same foi Blu-iay as it is foi BvB, so the same pieset woiks foi both.
Add|ng A Source I||e
Now that the job specifications have been establisheu, Compiessoi neeus to know
what file to use as the souice foi youi Blu-iay Bisc. Theie aie two ways to uo this -
you can Contiol-Click on the Neuia "uiop zone" in the cuiient job, anu select a file
fiom the uialog box, oi uiag a movie uiiectly into the uiop aiea. Both aie shown
below


4/:/A$1>? " #,*)A/ <1:/ <),8 $'/ 8/01" C0),9 a,>/F

=001>? " #,*)A/ 8,_1/ U+ 0)"??1>? 01)/A$:+ 1>$, 7,89)/##,)

Inspect|ng 1he Aud|o Sett|ngs
To inspect the auuio settings foi the Blu-iay Bisc job, click on the Auuio settings
aiea in the job (note the cuisoi placement below), anu then view the Inspectoi.

(>#9/A$1>? $'/ =*01, 4/$$1>?# <,) $'/ D:*E)"+ b,U
Auuio settings aie the easiest to uiscuss fiist, because they aie the same as foi BvB,
anu iequiie no mouification to use as-is. 0f couise, if you have customizeu settings
that you piefei to the pieset, you may substitute youi settings. Bowevei, if you 2^
make a substitution, be suie youi settings uo not exceeu the legal settings foi Bolby
Bigital auuio in Blu-iay Bisc. Stay unuei 448K encoue iate to be safe.

=*01, 4/$$1>?# #*88")+ Q:/<$S ">0 0/$"1:# Q)1?'$S
Inspect|ng 1he V|deo Sett|ngs
The viueo settings aie a little moie complex, anu this is wheie the magic of Blu-iay
Bisc buining has been inseiteu into the Compiessoi woikflow.

4/:/A$1>? $'/ 310/, 4/$$1>?#

310/, 4/$$1>?# #*88")+ Q:/<$S ">0 0/$"1:# Q)1?'$S

Page Su "Fast Path to Blu-iay foi Nac"
If you want to oveiiiue the pieset
settings (which aie lockeu), anu uo
manual aujustments on any of the
viueo settings, click the geai icon
next to the uesiieu setting, anu that
fielu will unlock anu become
available foi euiting

If you contemplate making
aujustments to the automatic encoue
iate settings foim the pieset (which
aie ueteimineu baseu on the iun
time of the souice movie anu the size
of the uisc meuia being buineu to)
be veiy caieful to uo so with an
unueistanuing of the consequences
of too little encoue iate useu foi
viueo. As in BvB, too little an encoue
iate will cause image pioblems.

Inspect|ng 1he Iob Sett|ngs - Sett|ng 1he D|sc ropert|es
Baving veiifieu the auuio anu viueo settings, inspect the job settings. Beie is wheie
the ieal magic of Compiessoi's new job-oiienteu Bisc buining featuies takes place.

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"Fast Path to Blu-iay foi Nac" Page S1
1he Iob Sett|ngs 1abs
Theie aie thiee infoimation tabs available in the job inspectoi. The Av Attiibutes
inspectoi shows the cuiient settings, anu offeis little in the way of options (except
Fielu Bominance). The Auuitional Infoimation tab is useu to select a Closeu Caption
file (if neeueu) oi to auu attiibutes to the encoueu file.

Page S2 "Fast Path to Blu-iay foi Nac"
The }ob Action tab is wheie the uisc
buining action is, anu it is heie you will
finu the same output options we
uiscusseu in Final Cut Pio 7's Shaie
commanu.

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^*$9*$ 2/_1A/ 4/:/A$ Q:/<$S ">0 N/89:"$/ 4/:/A$ Q)1?'$S
"Fast Path to Blu-iay foi Nac" Page SS
Cutput Dev|ce Se|ect
The 0utput Bevice select is wheie you can choose the specific buinei you woulu like
this job to use foi buining the uisc. Bepenuing on the numbei of uiives installeu in,
oi attacheu to, youi system the numbei of entiies in the popup will change. In
auuition, selecting a Blu-iay Biive will enable full Blu-iay foimat buining, while
selecting a BvB buinei will enable the cieation anu buining of an AvC BB Bisc on
BvB iecoiuable meuia. This will also have an effect on the encoue iate chosen by
the pieset, so it may be possible foi youi viueo quality to take a hit in the piocess.
1emp|ate Se|ect
}ust below the 0utput Bevice selectoi is the 5$60+,($ 7$+$/("#, which allows you to
choose a giaphical theme fiom among the ones supplieu by Apple. As installeu,
theie aie five templates to select fiom, each of which is a goigeous motion menu,
believe it oi not. The button layout is automatic, baseu on the template, anu the few
choices selecteu in the customize options. Chaptei Nenu button titles aie
automatically cieateu by the Chaptei names embeuueu in the movie, if any.
Custom|ze our D|sc
As with Final Cut Pio's shaie commanu, you can make some selections to customize
the uisc behavioi. Theie is the "When Bisc Loaus" selection, wheie you can choose
to uisplay the menu, oi stait the movie playback iight away. (Remembei, Blu-iay in
Final Cut Stuuio is uesigneu to buin 0NE movie (oi sequence timeline) onto a Blu-
iay Bisc oi BvB Neuia foi use as a simple, but beautiful, scieenei. The "Loop Novie"
function is also available, anu a piovision to incluue a menu button to select the
Loopeu movie moue. As in The Shaie commanu, you can customize the Backgiounu,
Logo, anu Title uiaphics.
Subm|t 1he Iob
When all the settings have been aujusteu piopeily, click 4*U81$ to begin the job.

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8ackground rocess|ng
0nce submitteu, the job will take place in the backgiounu allowing youi system to
still be useu foi othei applications. You can monitoi the piogiess of the job using the
-1#$,)+ winuow in Compiessoi, which keeps tiack of the encouing piogiess.

N'/ -1#$,)+ I1>0,. 8,>1$,)# $'/ 9),?)/## ,< $'/ #*U81$$/0 d,U
1rack|ng our I||es
A hanuy tool in the Bistoiy winuow makes it convenient foi you to tiack wheie
Compiessoi has uepositeu youi encoueu files. The T/_/": (> !1>0/) tool appeais foi
each file in the encouing job. Clicking will ieveal the file in a Finuei winuow.

CT/_/": 1> <1>0/)F [//9# $)"A[ ,< $'/ />A,0/0 <1:/#

= <1>1#'/0 b,UV "# 1$ 1# #',.> 1> $'/ -1#$,)+ .1>0,.X

Sav|ng our 8atch 1emp|ate
If you plan on uoing this encoue job moie than once, it's easy enough to save the job
setup as pait of a Batch Template. Simply select "!1:/ e 4"_/ =#" anu name the
template you wish to pieseive, anu specify the location at which to save it.

If you have set up any encouing clusteis, you may select them in this uialog, as well
as setting the piioiity foi the encoue job.
Nam|ng 1he 8atch 1emp|ate
Euiting the name fielu is the same as euiting any othei Nac text fielu - you may
select it all anu ieplace it, oi change what you like. When finisheu, click 4*U81$X

N'/ 4"_/ 01":,?

The enu iesult of the save is a Compiessoi batch file (youi job template is containeu
within). You can iestait Compiessoi using this template, easily ieplace the souice
file anu buin a new Blu-iay Bisc in a tiice.

7,89)/##,) D"$A' (A,>
8urn|ng 1he D|sc
So, once it's uone encouing anu builuing, how uoes Compiessoi buin the uisc.
Simple - it launcheu a hiuuen application calleu "Cieate Bisc" anu hanus off the
buining tasks to it.

7)/"$/ 21#A "99:1A"$1,> 1# '100/>V ">0 )*># 1> $'/ U"A[?),*>0

Insert Med|a, If Not A|ready Inserted
If Cieate Bisc uoesn't finu meuia in the specifieu uiive, it will piompt foi you to
inseit it.

(>#/)$ $'/ "99),9)1"$/ 8/01"V 1< 9),89$/0
Need Another D|sc?
When finisheu, Cieate Bisc will eject the iecoiueu meuia, anu piompt you that it has
finisheu. If you neeu anothei copy, click CD*)> =?"1>F, oi close the uialog with ^f.
Auuitional uisc buins uo not iequiie any encouing oi builuing, so they aie fast.

21#A D*)> 1# A,89:/$/ E .">$ ">,$'/)g
u|t Compressor
When you'ie all finisheu, you can quit Compiessoi - if you have any outstanuing
changes to the cuiient Batch Template, you will be piompteu to save those changes
when you tiy to quit.

H"#$ A'">A/ $, #"_/ +,*) A'">?/#V U/<,)/ h*1$$1>?
"1hat's A||, Io|ks"
Well, not quite - you .1:: want to take the uisc you have just cieateu, anu play it
somewheie. 0nlike the woikflow you may be useu to on youi Nac, you WILL neeu
an exteinal Blu-iay playei in oiuei to enjoy viewing youi new Blu-iay Biscs. Why.
1here's No Software 8|u-kay |ayer Ior Mac
That's iight - theie's N0 softwaie Blu-iay playei cuiiently foi the Nac, noi is one
envisioneu in the neai futuie. Foi now, though, you can light up youi Playstation S
oi consumei Blu-iay playei anu quickly enjoy youi hanuiwoik!
Summary of 8|u-ray |n Compressor 3.S
As with Final Cut Pio, the Blu-iay options in Compiessoi aie pait of the "job-
oiienteu" ieuesign of the application. Simple templates anu settings make Blu-iay
Bisc cieation veiy stieamlineu, whethei you aie buining on Blu-iay meuia, oi using
BvB-R meuia to cieate an AvCBB uisc foi playback on Blu-iay playeis.

CnA1Lk 4 - 8LU-kA DA1A DISCS

Not suie if Blu-iay viueo uisc piouuction is in youi futuie.
Well, have no feai! You can stait using Blu-iay Bisc technology
#&48( 1"9, inexpensively, foi GJ?J stoiage. All you neeu is youi
Nac, an exteinal BB buinei, some Blu meuia, anu the iight
softwaie.

Acqu|r|ng 1oast - S|mp|e Software Ior 8D Data D|sc Creat|on
Even if you '"_/ a Blu-iay Bisc uiive, it won't function piopeily without the iight
softwaie (anu cuiiently, the Nac 0S is N0T Blu-iay fiienuly softwaie). In this case, a
goou choice of softwaie to begin with is &Bb@B *BJ<?, anu it will set you back $99*
(*it's usually available online at $79.99 aftei a $2u mail-in iebate).

Toast 1u, the cuiient veision, is available in two uiffeient configuiations - Titanium,
anu Pio - the Pio veision incluues the BBBB plug-in, which you WILL neeu, anu a
numbei of othei gieat softwaie applications that aie _/)+ useful.

N,"#$ PJ N1$">1*8 Q:/<$S N,"#$ PJ &), Q)1?'$S

If you puichase Toast Titanium, you will ":#, want to acquiie the Toast
BBBB plug-in, which extenus the piogiam's capabilities. That's
anothei $19.99, anu the $2u iebate you get by puichasing online at the
Roxio Stoie (www.ioxio.com) will offset the cost of the plug-in.

Alteinatively, the Toast Pio veision ($149 list, $129 online aftei mail-
in iebate) incluues the BB plug-in, as well as the extia applications. Both veisions
aie available foi immeuiate uownloau fiom the Roxio stoie online, so you can be up
anu iunning within a few minutes of the puichase.

If you alieauy own Toast 9, you can upgiaue to Toast 1u online foi only $S9.99
($99.99 foi Toast Pio). If you own Toast 8 oi a pievious veision, the upgiaue piice
is the same as the puichase piice - cuiiently $79.99 $129.99 aftei iebates.

If you'ie in a huiiy, theie's a uownloauable veision; you can pay online with a cieuit
caiu anu within a few minutes you can be uownloaueu anu ieauy to go. If you have
time, you can choose to puichase the CB-R0N veision.

Bon't foiget to puichase the BBBB plug-in as well, since you will neeu that to use
Blue iay. Anu once you have puichaseu the basic veision, U/ #*)/ $, 0,.>:,"0 ">0
1>#$":: ">+ "_"1:"U:/ N,"#$ *90"$/). You will finu the upuateis in the Roxio.com
suppoit aiea, unuei +IHHBL? n +BZ?KJLF 2HGJ?F< n *BJ<?0
Insta|||ng 1oast 10 Software
If you haven't alieauy installeu Toast on youi haiu uiive, take a moment now anu uo
so. If you oiiginally installeu the basic Toast 1u.u application, upuate the application
by uownloauing the cuiient veision fiom the Roxio suppoit website, anu installing
that new veision (Toast 1u.u.X) ovei 1u.u. To upuate, locate the Toast upuatei you
uownloaueu, uouble click it to open, then uiag the Toast 1u Titanium foluei onto the
applications foluei alias conveniently placeu in the installei winuow.

N0TE: the Toast 1u.u2 installei will also say "Toast 1u Titanium", but the foluei will
contain the upuateu application.

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To confiim the veision you have, select the
Toast Titanium application icon then piess
"uet Info" (Cmu-I).

" The Info Pane shoulu confiim
the softwaie veision (1u.u.2 in this case)

Finally, be suie to install the BBBB plug-in befoie you attempt to cieate any BB
uiscs.

(>#$":: $'1# &:*?E1> $, *#/ D:*E)"+i
0nce you've got eveiything set, launch Toast anu uouble-check foi the piopei
veision numbei in the "About Toast 1u Titanium" splash scieen. If the veision
numbei is coiiect, you'ie all set!

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Us|ng 1oast 10 1o Make 8|u-kay Data D|scs
Now that you have all the impoitant pieces togethei, softwaie, uiive anu meuia, it's
time to leain the piocess, anu you will finu it's 1>A)/01U:+ simple. As I mentioneu
eailiei, if you have buineu a CB oi BvB, you know 9u peicent of what you neeu to
know.

N0TE _ unueistanu that BATA uiscs aie just that - they aie, foi all intents anu
puiposes, like giant CBs oi BvBs - they holu uata bits, but N0T foimatteu as viueo!
With that in minu, using Blu-iay Bisc foi backup is pietty stiaightfoiwaiu.

To begin with, let's examine the functions shown in the Toast main winuow:

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Se|ect An Cperat|ng Mode
In the uppei left coinei of the main winuow, you will see Toast 1u's moue selectois.
These selectois contiol the kinu of uisc that Toast will cieate. To make a Blu-iay
3,(, uisc you will select 0"$" 8,0/, anu specifically R2! 8,0/ (calleu BvB-R0N) as
shown below:

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Se|ect A 1arget Dr|ve 1o 8urn 1o
In the lowei left coinei of the Toast Nain Winuow, you will see the Biive Selectoi
contiol (the little geai), which allow selection of the vaiious uiives attacheu to oi
installeu in youi Nac. In this case, it shows the 0ptiaic inteinal BvB buinei in my
Nac Pio, anu the exteinal Panasonic BB-NLT-0}22SS Blu-iay Bisc buinei attacheu
via 0SB. This uiive is pait of a neat little poitable fiom Bigistoi. Theii 781u2 buinei
iequiies no exteinal powei, anu can buin both BB2S anu BBSu, as well as BvB
meuia. If you have an exteinal iobotic station, like the Piimeia Biavo SE Blu, it can
also be accesseu by Toast, as well as by using softwaie supplieu by Piimeia.

Select youi Blu-iay buinei, as shown, anu then confiim it is shown as the taiget
uiive, next to the tiny Roxio logo. Select T/A,)0/) 4/$$1>?# to check the specific
settings foi that uiive.

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Se|ect A Data S|ze, 1o keep 1rack Cf our ay|oad
In the lowei iight coinei is the Neuia Size Selectoi, which allows you to see how
much ioom is available foi a paiticulai type of meuia. N0TE that this uoes N0T
change foimatting! This is uone by choosing a uisc type in the Bata Noue selectoi.

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Make A New D|sc
0nce you have selecteu the BvB-R0N (R2!S <,)8"$ in the 2"$" 8,0/ #/:/A$,), you'ie
ieauy to loau up the Toast winuow with the files you have selecteu foi backup. Foi
this expeiiment, I've selecteu about 2u uB of vaiious viueo files to use as a test.

To make a new uisc:
1 - Click the "New Bisc" tool in Toast

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2 - entei a name in the Bisc Name fielu that appeais afteiwaius:

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You can also just uiag files uiiectly into the empty Bisc Winuow, anu a new uisc will
be cieateu automatically, with a uefault "Ny Bisc" name.

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Add|ng I||es 1o our D|sc
0nce you've cieateu a new uisc, auu the uesiieu files into the new uisc by uiagging
into the uisc winuow.

= >/. C@+ 21#AF 1# A)/"$/0 .'/> <1:/# ")/ 0),99/0 1>$, "> /89$+ N,"#$ .1>0,.

kenam|ng our D|sc
You can iename the uisc at any time; just click the "Ny Bisc" name fielu, anu entei a
new uisc name, then click away oi piess "Entei".

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W01$ ,) )/9:"A/ $'/ /`1#$1>? 01#A >"8/

&)/## CW>$/)F ,) A:1A[ "."+ $, A:,#/ $'/ 01#A >"8/ <1/:0

Crgan|z|ng our I||es In Io|ders
If you neeu to auu folueis to oiganize youi uata, click the "New Foluei" tool, to
cieate a new empty foluei 1>#10/ ,< N,"#$X

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0nce you have cieateu one oi moie new folueis, you can uiag files aiounu insiue of
Toast to place them into the uesiieu foluei(s).

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T/>"8/ $'/ <,:0/) b*#$ "# +,* 010 <,) $'/ 01#A >"8/
8urn|ng A 8|u-kay Data D|sc Us|ng 8D-k Med|a
Next step is to buin the files to youi Blu-iay Bisc meuia. You can use BB-R oi BB-RE
meuia, anu the pioceuuie is almost the same foi both. If youi -RE meuia contains
uata, you shoulu use Toast to eiase the meuia fiist. We'll show you that in the next
paiagiaph.

EA -": ,#$ :'&14 FGHIJ -": 9&++ 9,1( (" 4$( &( #&48( (8$ %EI75 (&6$J '&1/$ FGBI
6$3&, &' 9#&(($1 *@I!K>@>5<CJ ,13 1"( $#,',L+$ "1/$ 9#&(($1M

Click the D*)> D*$$,>, lowei iight coinei, anu the 21#A D*)> 01":,? foi the selecteu
uiive will uiop uown ovei the uisc winuow. If you neeu to change taiget uiive, you
can uo so fiom the T/A,)0/) pop-up.

N,"#$]# D*)> U*$$,> 6 1$]# U1? ">0 )/0 #, +,* 0,>]$ 81## 1$i

N,"#$ T/A,)0 01":,?

If theie's no meuia in the uiive, place a blank BB-R uisc into the uiive at this time,
then click the "Close Tiay" anu "Recoiu" buttons, in that oiuei. The uiive tiay will
close, the uiive will "sniff" the uisc, anu if acceptable, will mount it. Youi uisc will
begin to be buineu shoitly aftei that.
8urn|ng A 8|u-kay Data D|sc W|th 8D-kL Med|a
BB-RE (ie-wiiteable) meuia that's bianu new will iecoiu immeuiately, like BB-R.
You can follow the steps in the paiagiaph above foi BB-R. If you've alieauy useu it,
though, theie's one auuitional step neeueu fiist - /)"#*)/!

D2ETW 8/01" >,$ U:">[ .1:: >//0 /)"#*)/ <1)#$i
If Toast iepoits the BB-RE meuia is "not blank", you can iemeuy this quickly using
Toast's k*1A[ W)"#/ function. Select &FEBLGFL n /LJ<F_

N'/ CW)"#/F <*>A$1,> 1# 1> $'/ T/A,)0/) 8/>*
Select "Quick Eiase" in the Eiase uialog to quickly wipe the BB-RE uisc clean.

4/:/A$1>? k*1A[ W)"#/ .1:: .19/ $'/ D2ETW 01#A 01)/A$,)+
0nce successfully eiaseu, the success uialog will appeai:

W)"#*)/ #*AA/##i D2ETW 1# >,. )/"0+ $, U/ .)1$$/>i
Dur|ng 1he 8urn
0nce you begin the uisc buin, Toast will go thiough a few uistinct steps in oiuei to
cieate the uisc. Fiist up is mounting the meuia. Toast will uisplay "waiting" while the
uisc is being spun up, anu is being ieau to veiify the type anu if it is empty.
Wa|t|ng

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Iormatt|ng
0nce the uisc has been veiifieu as suitable, Toast will iepoit "foimatting", the veiy
fiist thing it uoes to the meuia.

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Page Su "Fast Path to Blu-iay foi Nac"
Wr|t|ng
0nce foimatting is finisheu, Wiiting of the uata will begin. Toast will iepoit
"Wiiting", anu will give an inuication of the time iemaining in the buin.

I)1$1>? +,*) 01#A
Ver|f|cat|on (If Des|red)
When the wiiting phase is finisheu, a uialog will appeai offeiing to veiify youi uisc
buin. B0 IT! Toast will iepoit "veiifying".

3/)1<+1>? +,*) >/.:+EA)/"$/0 21#A

Stopp|ng Ver|f|cat|on (If ou Dare)
IF you aie vERY biave (oi aie in a BIu huiiy) you may elect to ST0P veiifying youi
uisc buin. I uon't iecommenu this, since theie's no way to tell Toast to veiify the
uisc "aftei the fact". If you feel you have to, you can click "cancel" in the Wiiting
uialog, anu you'll get the following uialog:


4$,9 3/)1<+1>?g D/ A")/<*: 1< +,* 0,X

If you click 4$,9, veiifying is cancelleu, anu Toast will confiim that:

21#A )/"0+V U*$ _/)1<1A"$1,> G^N A,89:/$/0X

You can choose to eject the new uisc, 0R you can mount it on youi Nac's uesktop in
oiuei to check it out! Toast gives youi Nac the ability to mount Blu-iay Bata Biscs ,
even though you will not be able to play Blu-iay viueo Biscs.
1he D|sc Is I|n|shed - Now What?
0nce the uisc is ieauy, time to exploie anu enjoy a youi new cieation!
If you selecteu "Nount" the uisc, check youi uesktop anu you shoulu finu youi new
uisc mounteu theie, waiting to be investigateu!

c,*) >/. 01#AV 8,*>$/0 ,> $'/ @"A 0/#[$,9

Bouble-click the BB Bisc icon on youi uesktop, anu youi uisc shoulu now open up,
wheie you can veiify it's a faithful clone of the oiiginal file layout:

!1>1#'/0 01#AV .1$' <1:/# _1#1U:/
You will also finu the folueis just as you cieateu them, if you view by folueis:

!1>1#'/0 21#AV #//> 1> !,:0/) _1/.

Checking the Bisc Info foi the new Blu-iay Bisc, you
can cleaily see it's 0BF, anu the meuia is iecognizeu
as BB-RE.

If you useu BB-RE, you can eiase anu ie-use this uisc
many times. Bowevei, foi moie peimanent aichives,
you might finu BB-R to be a bettei solution, as that
meuia cannot be acciuentally eiaseu.

So, Can I |ay 8|u-kay V|deo D|scs on my Mac Now?
Soiiy, no - not yet anyway - theie's a L0T moie than a Blu-iay uiive iequiieu in
oiuei to actually play back a Blu-iay viueo Bisc on a Nac - peihaps this will be
iemeuieu soon - but you ARE one step closei - you CAN mount them on youi
Besktop, anu L00K INSIBE!

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Mak|ng A 8|u-kay V|deo D|sc!
The ieally goou news is, now that you have Toast anu the BB-BB plug-in, you ")/ set
to make simple Blu-iay Bisc viueo titles, which WILL play back on most, if not all,
Blu-iay Bisc playeis! 0nlike the featuies in Final Cut Pio 7 oi Compiessoi S.S, you
aie not limiteu to a single movie oi sequence timeline - you can builu a faiily
tiauitional multi-movie uisc, incluuing menus!

Toast can even make small BBNv piojects anu iecoiu them to BvB-R uiscs (AvCBB
on BvB-R, as in Final Cut Stuuio), to inexpensively exploie the woikings of Blu-iay
viueo Biscs. We'll covei that in the next chaptei, as well.

Reauy to uig ueepei.

0K! Let's go!

CnA1Lk S - 8LU-kA VIDLC w|th 1CAS1 10
Without a uoubt, the simplest way to begin cieating
multiple movie Blu-iay viueo Biscs on a Nacintosh is
with Roxio Toast 1u softwaie. Foi an investment of
about $1uu, you get neaily all the basics iequiieu to
authoi a simple Blu-iay Bisc title, encoue the viueo into a
BB- compatible couec (NPEu-2 oi AvC), anu buin a uisc.
(You will also neeu the $2u Blu-iay Bisc plug-in that
enables the functions we aie uiscussing in this tutoiial).

You might consiuei puichasing Toast 1u Pio, since it not only incluues the optional
BB Plug-in. but a gang of auuitional useful applications as well, anu it's a gieat
baigain.
IMCk1AN1 1CAS1 10 UDA1L NC1L!
Toast 1u.u.u, 1u.u.1, anu 1u.u.2 have hau an annoying bug that pieventeu Toast's
menus fiom being seen on all Blu-iay Bisc playeis. Theie is now a fix, veision
1u.u.S, uownloauable fiom www.Roxio.com.
S|mp|e Insta||at|on
0nce you've uownloaueu the Toast 1u installei, oi mounteu anu openeu the installei
uisc incluueu in the boxeu veision, a simple uiag-install will place the Toast
application on youi Nac's Application foluei.

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Upgrad|ng 1oast W|th 1he 8|u-kay D|sc |ug-In
0nce Toast has been installeu, use the BBBlu-iay Bisc plug-in installei to upgiaue
Toast 1u to auu the Blu-iay Bisc functions. TBIS IS INP0RTANT! If you uo not
upgiaue, Toast will not function as shown in this tutoiial.

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Launch|ng 1oast 10, And Sett|ng It Up
0nce Toast 1u has been launcheu, take a moment anu go thiough the moue
selections locateu in the uppei left coinei of the main winuow. As you can see,
Toast 1u can uo many things, but the Blu-iay functions we want aie listeu in the
viueo moue.


N,"#$ PJ]# 310/, @,0/ Q#',.1>? D:*E)"+ 310/, ,9$1,>#S
Ver|fy|ng And Chang|ng 1oast 10's references
Toast 1u's piefeiences contiol seveial ieally impoitant options, notably .'/)/ it
will place youi encoueu files, anu .'/> it will eiase them. You will want to make
suie that youi 7,>_/)$/0 ($/8# !,:0/) H,A"$1,> has been set to a foluei on a uiive
wheie theie is sufficient space to holu the encoues ("Conveiteu Items"). By uefault,
this is pieset to a foluei it cieates within youi usei space Bocuments foluei. You can
change this location by clicking the "Change" button, anu selecting a new location.

7'">?1>? $'/ 7,>_/)$/0 ($/8# <,:0/) :,A"$1,>
0thei piefeiences available incluue the N/89,)")+ 4$,)"?/ :,A"$1,> setting, which is
noimally set to youi uefault haiu uiive. If you have auuitional uiives on youi
system, you can select one of them to use, to avoiu clutteiing up youi uefault uiive
with Toast's woik files.
8eg|nn|ng A 8|u-kay D|sc
Notice that theie $., Blu-iay selections in Toast's 310/, Noue. In oiuei to cieate a
BBNv foluei (a finisheu Blu-iay viueo pioject), QF <ILF ?B <FUFE? F+:H#,- N&3$"
YBGF, anu not D2@3 !,:0/) moue. D:*E)"+ 310/, moue will cieate a simple Blu-iay
viueo uisc fiom movies, using the authoiing instiuctions you pioviue to Toast.
D2@3 !,:0/) moue is only useu to copy an existing BBNv foluei that has alieauy
been cieateu by Toast oi anothei Blu-iay authoiing tool.

4/:/A$1>? N,"#$]# D:*E)"+ 310/, <*>A$1,>

If you cannot finu the Blu-iay viueo oi BBNv foluei options in the viueo Noue,
check to be suie the piefeiences aie set to uisplay Blu-iay options.

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8|u-kay Author|ng Cpt|ons:
To open the ^9$1,># panel in the main Toast authoiing winuow, click the uownwaiu
tiiangle at its iight coinei.

7:1A[ $'/ $)1">?:/ $, ,9/> $'/ ^&N(^G4 9">/:

In the open 0PTI0NS panel, you can
choose settings foi this uisc:

! @/>* 4$+:/ #/:/A$,)

! =*$,E&:"+ !1)#$ @,_1/
! &:"+ =:: ($/8# H,,9

! W>A,01>? 4/$*9

! C@,)/F ^9/># 4/$$1>?# 9">/:

N,"#$ ^9$1,># &">/: Q#',.> ,9/>O
Nam|ng our D|sc
To name the uisc, click into the name fielu just to the iight of the "Blu-iay viueo"
title at the top of the main winuow, anu type a new name to ieplace the uefault "Ny
Novie".

G"81>? $'/ 21#A
Access|ng !"#$ Cpt|ons
Clicking @,)/ in the options panel opens an auuitional settings winuow with thiee
panes of auvanceu options.
1he D|sc ane
The 21#A pane offeis the same options as the checkboxes in the 0ptions panel, as
well as two auuitional options to auu BvB-R0N uata oi oiiginal sliueshow photos in
the uata poition of the uisc. You may also name youi uisc pioject in this panel.

N'/ 21#A 9">/


1he Menus ane
The @/>*# pane offeis options ovei anu above the Nenu Style selection.

N'/ @/>* 9">/

The W>A,01>? pane offeis gieatei contiol of the encouing paiameteis than the
simple selections available in the 0ptions Pane. Noie on this a little fuithei on.
Se|ect|ng A Menu Sty|e

@/>* 4$+:/ #/:/A$ 9,9E*9 =*$,8"$1A QH/<$S 4',. =:: QT1?'$S

Nenu templates aie incluueu in both 4xS anu 16x9 aspect iatios. The tiny thumbnail
uisplayeu in the 0ptions panel (oi in Noie > Nenus) shows a miniatuie view of the
selecteu Nenu style. Clicking the Nenu Style pop-up (wheievei it is shown) to
change Nenu styles. The selections maue available aie ueteimineu by the "Aspect
Ratio" setting in the @,)/ options panel.

If the Nenu Aspect Ratio piefeience is left on =*$,8"$1A, the appiopiiate aspect
iatio Nenu template will be selecteu automatically once a movie has been auueu to
the pioject, anu the othei aspect iatio templates will be excluueu fiom selection.

"4',. =::", will uisplay both 4xS anu 16x9 menu templates.
1oast Menu art ga||ery
It woulu take up too much space to show all of the menu templates heie, but they
aie all on uisplay in laige scale at www.TheBigitaluuy.com. Check the Leain menu
foi H/")> N,"#$ PJ > N,"#$ @/>* =)$
Menu 1humbna|| And C|ose-Up
Clicking the Nagnifying glass next to the Nenu thumbnail will enlaige the menu
uisplay, showing the cuiient numbei of buttons foi the pioject, as cuiiently
authoieu. Shoulu the numbei of movies exceeu the numbei of buttons available on
one Nenu (6), auuitional Nenus will be geneiateu automatically, with pievious anu
next buttons linking them togethei.

@/>* <,) M 8,_1/# @/>* <,) l ,) 8,)/ 8,_1/#
1he Lncod|ng ane
In the main winuow's ^9$1,># panel, you can select between =*$,8"$1A anu 7*#$,8
encouing settings. =*$,8"$1A is a veiy simplifieu setting, with limiteu contiol. I
iecommenu you use the 7*#$,8 setting, anu access the auvanceu encouing settings
available in the @,)/ e W>A,01>? paneX

N'/ W>A,01>? 9">/
Foi Blu-iay, you can use NPEu-2 oi NPEu-4 AvC at the appiopiiate encoue iates.
Foi NPEu-2, tiy 1S-19 mbps, oi slightly highei if the pioject length is shoit (< 2u
minutes). AvC is uesigneu to pioviue goou pictuie quality at lowei encoue iates (1u-
1S Nbps). A siue benefit of this is longei iun time.

You can leave the Reencouing, Fielu Bominance, anu Aspect Ratio settings on
Automatic. In all cases, selecting Bolby Bigital will ieuuce the banuwiuth
iequiiement foi auuio, making highei encoue iates available foi the viueo.

uoing into gieat uepth about encouing foi Blu-iay Bisc is beyonu the scope of this
simple tutoiial, but the encoue iates suggesteu above shoulu give you a place to
begin. Remembei that as in BvB, a highei encoue iate will piouuce a laigei final
file, which may be an issue if you aie planning on using BvB-R meuia to buin youi
Blu-iay Bisc.

Always keep an eye on the uisc size ieauout, which you will finu at the veiy bottom
of the main winuow.
Sett|ng 1he 1arget Dr|ve (8urner)
In the lowei left coinei of the Toast Nain Winuow, you will see the Biive Selectoi
contiols (the geai), which allow selection of the vaiious uiives attacheu to oi
installeu in youi Nac. Select the uesiieu buinei fiom the pop-up, anu confiim it is
shown as the taiget uiive, next to the tiny Roxio logo. (You can select a BvB buinei
anu meuia foi youi Blu-iay Bisc, but youi piogiam length will be limiteu)

Select T/A,)0/) 4/$$1>?# to check the specific settings foi that uiive.

4/:/A$1>? $'/ N")?/$ 2)1_/ Q$'/ D*)>/)S
Sett|ng 1he D|sc S|ze keadout
In the lowei iight coinei is the Neuia Size Selectoi, which allows you to see how
much ioom is available foi a paiticulai type of meuia. G^NW $'"$ $'1# 0,/# G^N
A'">?/ <,)8"$$1>?i N'"$ 1# 0,>/ U+ A',,#1>? " 01#A $+9/ 1> $'/ @,0/ #/:/A$,)X

4/:/A$1>? $'/ @/01" 41a/ QBK;D D:*E)"+ 21#A #/:/A$/0S
G,$/ 1> N,"#$ PJV $'/)/ ")/ >, :,>?/) ">+ -2 232 #/:/A$1,>#
N'1# 18"?/ 1# <),8 N,"#$ jXJ5V #',.1>? $'/ ,:0 -2 232 ,9$1,>#

Add|ng Mov|es 1o our D|sc
To auu content to youi Blu-iay Bisc, uiagging one oi moie suitable movie files onto
the Bisc winuow, anu ielease the cuisoi.

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0nce auueu to the uisc, the movie will uisplay a thumbnail image in the uisc winuow
along with the movie uata (viueo anu Auuio foimats, anu sizes)

= 8,_1/ QA:1A[/0V $, #/:/A$ 1$S
The image uisplayeu is that of the Button Pictuie, which can be changeu easily using
the Euit button.
Ld|t|ng 1he Mov|e L|ements
0nce a movie has been placeu into Toast, the Text info anu viueo uata (Chapteis,
Button Pictuie, etc.) can be easily changeu. To quickly aujust the image uisplayeu in
that movie's Nenu Button Pictuie, click the movie, anu a sliuei will appeai beneath.
Biag the sliuei to quickly change the Button Pictuie.

k*1A[:+ 4/$$1>? $'/ D*$$,> &1A$*)/
You can also click the "Euit" button, anu aujust the settings in the Text anu viueo
tabs. Euitable Novie Bata incluues the Novie Text, Button Pictuie, Chaptei points,
anu playback selection In anu 0ut points.
Ad[ust|ng 1he Mov|e Name D|sp|ayed
*Fb? GJ?J is pietty self-explanatoiy. Click '0se Befaults" to iestoie the oiiginal
filename, uate anu length fielu contents, if changeu.

W01$1>? $'/ 8,_1/ N/`$ 0"$"

i@GFB GJ?J incluues the Button Pictuie image (the Postei Fiame) shown in the
thumbnail (as well as in a Nenu Button).

You can set the Button Pictuie (the Postei Fiame) by clicking on the play heau (the
inveiteu tiiangle ovei the play timeline) anu sciubbing thiough the movie, oi by
playing the movie anu giabbing the cuiient fiame while playing, oi while pauseu.

4/$$1>? $'/ D*$$,> &1A$*)/ 1> $'/ W01$ 9">/
Sett|ng Cr Us|ng Chapter o|nts
You can also set the Chaptei Naikei locations by making a selection fiom the
Chaptei Naikeis: pop-up menu. You can set them to specific 1>$/)_":#, but not
specific :,A"$1,>#, unless you have cieateu Chaptei Naikeis in an euiting
application, like iNovie, oi Final Cut Pio.

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If youi movie was, in fact, cieateu using Final Cut, oi iNovie, any BvBSP Chaptei
maikeis embeuueu into the .N0v file (anu expoiteu) will be pickeu up by Toast anu
useu to uefine Naikeis when set to "Automatic".

An Important Note About Chapters In 1oast
F$ ,9,#$ (8,( (8$ /8,0($# 6,#;$#' ,/(:,++- /#$,($3 L- 5",'( PQDQDR ,#$ +"/,($3
, A$9 '$/"13' $,#+&$# &1 (8$ A&1,+ F+:H#,- G&'/ (8,1 (8$ +"/,(&"1' ,( 98&/8 (8$-
9$#$ ,/(:,++- /#$,($3D S58&' ,L$##,1( L$8,2&"# 9,' A&#'( 1"($3 &1 5",'( TJ ,13 &(
'(&++ /#"0' :0 &1 5",'( PQDQDRJ L:( 8,' L$$1 A&U$3 &1 N$#'&"1 PQDQDVDO

Selecting "None" will uisable Chaptei cieation on the uisc.
Add|ng More Mov|es
Repeat the above steps foi each movie you auu to youi Blu-iay viueo pioject. 0nce
they aie all auueu, nameu piopeily, anu Button Pictuies set to the piopei locations,
you'ie ieauy to D*1:0 the uisc, (which will incluue Encouing), anu D*)> it.
Lncod|ng, 8u||d|ng And 8urn|ng 1he D|sc
Next step is to finish youi Blu-iay viueo Bisc. Befoie you stait a buin, make ceitain
you have enough fiee space on youi Nacintosh BB (the boot volume) to holu the
auuitional files that will be cieateu uuiing encouing anu muxing, the two phases
coming up next.

You can use A.W& oi A.W&/ meuia, anu the pioceuuie is almost the same foi both. If
youi -RE meuia alieauy contains uata, you shoulu use Toast to eiase the meuia.
We'll show you that in the next section.

You can also buin shoit (2u-Su minute) Blu-iay piogiams onto .i.W& iecoiuable
meuia, which A"> play back on Blu-iay playeis! That can ceitainly cut the cost of
cieating shoit uemo oi tiailei ieels. E #$/"66$13 -": :'$ /8$,0 GNGHI 3&'/' "#
#$H#$/"#3,L+$ FGHI@ 6$3&, (" $U0$#&6$1(J (" ,2"&3 6,;&14 $U0$1'&2$ /",'($#'D
Start|ng 1he 8urn rocess
Click the D*)> D*$$,>, lowei iight coinei, anu the 21#A D*)> 01":,? foi the selecteu
uiive will uiop uown ovei the uisc winuow. If you neeu to change taiget uiive, you
can uo so fiom the T/A,)0/) pop-up.

N,"#$]# D*)> U*$$,>


N,"#$ T/A,)0/) #/:/A$ .1>0,.
Us|ng 8D-k or DVD-k Med|a
(< +,* ")/ *#1>? D2ET ,) 232ET +,* .1:: .">$ $, ?/$ +,*) 9),?)"8 A)/"$/0 )1?'$ $'/
!(T4N $18/V #1>A/ 6T 8/01" 1# .)1$$/> &WT@=GWGNHcV ">0 >,$ /)"#"U:/ ,>A/ .)1$$/>i

Place a blank BvB-R oi BB-R uisc into the uiive at this time, then click the "Close
Tiay" anu "Recoiu" buttons, in that oiuei. The uiive tiay will close, the uiive will
examine the uisc meuia, anu if acceptable, will mount it.

D,$$,8 ,< N,"#$ T/A,)01>? 01":,? .1>0,.V #',.1>? <*>A$1,> U*$$,>#
>?5@= W1+&;$ /#$,(&14 , F+:H#,- G,(, 3&'/J (8$#$ ,#$ , A$9 '($0' #$X:&#$3 L$A"#$
-":# 3&'/ 9&++ L$4&1 (" L$ L:#1$3D S7$$ @1/"3$ ,13 !:UJ 1$U( '$/(&"1O
If ou Are Us|ng 8D-kL Med|a
BB-RE (ie-wiiteable) meuia that's bianu new will iecoiu immeuiately, like BB-R.
You can follow the steps in the paiagiaph above foi BB-R. If you've alieauy useu it,
though, theie's one auuitional step neeueu fiist - /)"#*)/!

D2ETW 8/01" $'"$ 1# >,$ U:">[ .1:: >//0 /)"#*)/ <1)#$i

If Toast iepoits the BB-RE meuia is "not blank", you can iemeuy this quickly using
Toast's k*1A[ W)"#/ function. Select &FEBLGFL n /LJ<F_

N'/ CW)"#/F <*>A$1,> 1# 1> $'/ T/A,)0/) 8/>*

Select "Quick Eiase" in the Eiase uialog to quickly wipe the BB-RE uisc clean.

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0nce successfully eiaseu, the success uialog will appeai:

W)"#*)/ #*AA/##i D2ETW 1# )/"0+ $, U/ .)1$$/>i
8efore 8urn|ng nappens: Lncod|ng And Mux|ng
0nce you initiate the uisc buin, Toast will go thiough a few auuitional steps in oiuei
to cieate a Blu-iay viueo Bisc. But fiist up, as with buining a uata uisc, is 8,*>$1>?
the iecoiuing meuia. Toast will uisplay "waiting" while the uisc is being spun up,
anu is being ieau to veiify the type anu if it is empty.

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Lncod|ng Ior 8|u-kay
Toast allows you to use oiuinaiy QuickTime .N0v files as the viueo souice foi youi
Blu-iay viueo Bisc, but the viueo 8*#$ be encoueu into the piopei foimat foi use in
a finisheu Blu-iay Bisc. 0nce you initiate the buin, Toast will encoue each viueo clip
you authoieu, using the settings you pioviueu eailiei in the ^9$1,># panel anu
4/$$1>?# winuow. (If you aie using viueo stieams alieauy encoueu to the piopei Blu-
iay specs, this step shoulu be skippeu).

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The encoueu files will be placeu into the Roxio Conveiteu Items foluei in youi usei
uiiectoiy: oa.BEIYF=?<a&Bb@B "B=^FL?FG '?FY<S unless you have selecteu an
alteinative location in the piefeiences.


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Creat|ng 1he 8DMV Io|der
In oiuei foi the Blu-iay viueo Bisc to play, the files must be oiganizeu into the
piopei stiuctuie within the uisc. Buiing the buin phase, Toast will cieate a temp
foluei within youi Conveiteu Items foluei to holu the BBNv foluei while the buin
takes place. Then, like with BvBSP, Toast will U*1:0 oi 8*:$19:/` ("mux") the piopei
files anu folueis in the Blu-iay viueo Bisc foimat that makes up the finisheu Blu-iay
viueo Bisc. This foluei will uisappeai once the uisc has been buineu.

@*`1>? Q@*:$19:/`1>?S $'/ 01#A


@*`1>? A)/"$/# $'/ D2@3 <,:0/) ">0 $'/#/ #*UE<,:0/)# 1>#10/ 1$
Iormatt|ng
Toast may iepoit "Foimatting", if this is iequiieu foi the meuia you have chosen.

!,)8"$$1>? #$")$# $'/ 9),A/##

Cache Load
0nce Toast is ieauy to buin, it will pie-loau its RAN cache.

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Lead-In
Piioi to actually wiiting the finisheu uata, a Leau-in must be wiitten to allow the
playei to piopeily synchionize the playback uata.

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Wr|t|ng
0nce the Leau-in is finisheu, .)1$1>? of the actual Blu-iay Bisc uata will begin. Toast
will iepoit "Wiiting 'uiscname' ", anu will give an inuication of the time iemaining in
the buin, anu the speeu of the buin.

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Wr|t|ng 1he Lead-Cut
0nce the wiiting phase is finisheu, a uialog will appeai inuicating the "leau-out" is
being wiitten to pau the uata to the size iequiieu by the spec. }ust hang tight - .#
-#* JQBL? J? ?:@< HB@=? - you'ie liteially almost uone!

I)1$1>? $'/ H/"0E^*$
1he D|sc Is I|n|shed - Now What?
0nce the uisc is ieauy, enjoy youi new viueo cieation in youi Blu-iay playei!

T/8/8U/)Y .'1:/ N,"#$ ?1_/# +,*) @"A $'/ "U1:1$+ $, 8,*>$ D:*E)"+ 310/, 21#A# ,> $'/
0/#[$,9V +,* .1:: >,$ U/ "U:/ $, 9:"+ $'/8 U"A[X !,) $'"$V *#/ +,*) D:*E)"+ 21#A 9:"+/)X

21#A )/"0+ 6 /b/A$ 1$ $, 9:"+ 1$ 1> +,*) D:*E)"+ 9:"+/)X
You can choose to eject the new uisc to play it on youi Blu-iay Bisc playei, ,) you
can mount it on youi Nac's uesktop in oiuei to check out its inteinal stiuctuie!

|ay|ng our New 8|u-kay V|deo D|sc!
All that's left now is to place the new Blu-iay Bisc in youi Blu-iay playei anu spin it
up! Bepenuing on the specific playei you own, you shoulu be able to play Blu-iay
Bisc pioject iecoiueu on BvB, anu most if not all Blu-iay playeis shoulu accept BB-R
anu BB-RE equally well. (You may finu the occasional playei that uoesn't like BB-RE,
oi Blu-iay on BvB-R but that's hopefully only a tempoiaiy thing. Nost playeis
shoulu allow foi a fiimwaie upuate by uisc, oi via the inteinet (if youi playei has
Etheinet connectivity).

I've uone all of my testing foi this book using a S0NY BBP-SSSu Blu-iay playei,
which was oiiginally a Piofile 1.1 playei, anu has since been upuateu (online) to full
Piofile 2.u (BB-Live) capability.

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Ny Blu-iay playei (the SSSu) has successfully playeu uiscs buineu on BB-R anu BB-
RE meuia, as well as Blu-iay piojects buineu on BvB-R meuia, something pieviously
unique to Toast, but which Final Cut Stuuio S can now cieate!

Summary: 8|u-kay V|deo D|sc Author|ng In 1oast 10
Toast 1u allows cieation of Blu-iay Biscs with multiple movies, chaptei menus much
like simple commeicial uiscs. It offeis gieatei flexibility than Final Cut Pio oi
Compiessoi. While you might not cieate a Blu-iay Bisc foi ieplication using Toast
1u, theie's no technical ieason you coulu not uo so, if the finisheu uisc is esthetically
pleasing, anu gets the job uone.

CnA1Lk 6 - 8LU-kA |n ADC8L LNCCkL CS4
About Adobe Lncore CS4
Auobe Encoie CS4 (I'll just call it "Encoie" fiom heie on
out) is the latest veision of Auobe's Encoie BvB
authoiing piogiam. Since the CSS veision it has
incluueu the ability to cieate Blu-iay piojects (as well as
publishing the pioject to the web, which I'll covei in
Pait S of this book seiies, "Fast Path to 0nline viueo").
Encoie offeis Blu-iay authoiing featuies beyonu those
in Final Cut Pio Compiessoi anu Toast. It also
incluues encouing to both NPEu-2 anu B264 (AvC)

S|mp|e 8D Author|ng |n Lncore CS4
To begin a Blu-iay pioject, launch Encoie. The Splash scieen will appeai, offeiing
you seveial options, incluuing a biief list of iecent piojects. As you can see fiom the
tooltip, you can easily locate wheie a pievious pioject iesiues on youi system.

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The Icon options at the bottom of the splash scieen give you quick access to 0pening
othei oluei pioject, info on what's new, anu the New Pioject icon. Click "New
Pioject" to begin a new pioject fiom sciatch.

N, A)/"$/ " >/. 9),b/A$V A:1A[ CG/. &),b/A$F
Def|n|ng the new pro[ect
Selecting New Pioject will open the New Pioject uialog, wheie you can uefine the
scope anu natuie of the new pioject. Naming the new pioject shoulu be fiist.

G"8/ +,*) >/. 9),b/A$ 1> $'/ G"8/Y <1/:0
In auuition to naming youi pioject, theie aie seveial pioject settings you must
customize to piopeily uefine the pioject. In Pioject Settings, select "Blu-iay".

4/:/A$ CD:*E)"+F
You can also select the Bimensions of youi high-uef movie (I'll be using a
128ux72up movie) anu the couec choice.

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0nce the settings aie complete, click "0K" anu Encoie will builu the pioject
infiastiuctuie.

7)/"$1>? $'/ 9),b/A$ U"#/0 ,> #9/A1<1/0 #/$$1>?#
0nce the pioject infiastiuctuie is set, you can begin cieating the Timelines - the
basic builuing blocks of all BvB anu Blu-iay piojects in Encoie
1he Workspace

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The Auobe Woikspace consists of multiple panes, each uockeu at a location within
the oveiall woikspace fiame. Each pane can be ielocateu to uiffeient locations by
uiagging the tabs. The uefault layout, shown above, gives you a goou woiking
aiiangement fiom which to begin. To cieate pioject elements, like timelines, begin
in the Pioject Tab, uppei left. To save space foi the book, I've unuockeu it, anu
shiunk it uown a bit. To unuock a panel, click the Icon in the uppei iight coinei of
the selecteu Panel, anu select "R>0,A[ &">/:". The new Winuow will pop out.

R>0,A[1>? " &">/: 1>$, " <)//#$">01>? .1>0,.

N'/ &),b/A$ &">/:V 1> 1$# <)//#$">01>? C*>0,A[/0F <,)8

If you aie at all familiai with BvB Stuuio Pio, you will finu moving the tabs aiounu
the woikspace to be iuentical to the same piocess in BvB Stuuio Pio. It's incieuibly
intuitive.
Creat|ng 1|me||nes
Encoie's Timelines aie the containeis that oiganize the viueo anu auuio content foi
each movie. Theie aie seveial ways to cieate a new timeline:
- Type Commanu-T
- 0se the G/. ($/8 tool locateu at the bottom of the Pioject Tab

N'/ G/. 1$/8 $,,:
- Contiol-Click in the Pioject Panel anu select "G/. N18/:1>/F

(89,)$ "# N18/:1>/ A,88">0

But A)/"$1>? a timeline uoesn't 9,9*:"$/ it with a movie, anu uiagging a movie into
the Pioject Panel uoesn't automatically cieate a timeline - inteiesting isn't it.

By fai the fastest way is to Contiol-Click (oi Right-click) in the Pioject Panel, select
"(89,)$ "# N18/:1>/F then select a movie fiom the selection winuow.

(89,)$ "# N18/:1>/ #$)/"8:1>/# ,9/)"$1,>#

0nce the "(89,)$ "# N18/:1>/" is completeu, both the asset movie, anu the new
timeline will show up in the Pioject Panel:

G/. =##/$ ">0 N18/:1>/ 1> &),b/A$ &">/:

The new Timeline will be viewable in the Timelines Tab at the bottom of the
woikspace.

G/. N18/:1>/
Ver|fy|ng the 1|me||ne by |ayback
While you can be confiuent that youi movie will iemain in sync aftei impoit, you
may wish to check it, foi confiuence. Click the cuisoi into the Timeline Panel (you
will see the thin oiange highlight aiounu it) then piess the Spacebai. Youi timeline
will begin to play, anu the oiange play heau will begin to tiavel acioss the timeline
iulei fiom left to iight. You can uiag the play heau with the cuisoi, to sciub.

N18/:1>/ 1> 9:"+U"A[ 6 A*)#,) '">0 9,1>$# $, 9:"+ '/"0 1>01A"$,)
Add|ng Chapters to a 1|me||ne
In a movie of moie than a few seconus in length, Chaptei Naikeis will help uiviue
the content to enable moie piecise navigation. Cieating Chapteis is simple:

- Locate the play heau to the piecise location foi the Chaptei.

N18/:1>/ U/<,)/ 7'"9$/) @")[/) M "00/0

- Type * (Shift-8) oi select *@YFU@=F n ,GG ":JH?FL $B@=? in the Nenubai


N18/:1>/ "<$/) 7'"9$/) @")[/) M "00/0

Chapteis may be placeu in the movie without being connecteu to Nenu Buttons. In
this case, they can be useu uuiing playback with the BB playei's Chaptei Skip
Foiwaiu (>/`$) anu Chaptei Skip Back (9)/_1,*#).
Nam|ng and mod|fy|ng Chapters
Chapteis will take on a uefault name ("Chaptei 1", anu so on) when cieateu, but you
can oveiiiue this using the Chaptei Piopeities. Click a chaptei to select it (it will
tuin ieu) then use the Chaptei Piopeities Panel to change the name, set the in time,
uefine a postei fiame (to uisplay some fiame othei than the one exactly at the
Chaptei point), anu establish enu actions anu oveiiiues.

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(" 0+,- '$,6+$''+- (8#":48 (8,( /8,0($# 0"&1( 9&(8":( , 4+&(/8i
Sett|ng the %&#'( *+,- 1arget
Befoie you go fuithei, make suie the !1)#$ &:"+ setting in the &),9/)$1/# &">/: has
coiiectly been set. Without a Fiist Play, the uisc will not automatically play when
inseiteu in the BB playei. Foi oui uemo pioject, just point Fiist Play to the Novie
Timeline. Click the Fiist Play list, anu fiom the popup, select the Item you wish to
play fiist. In this case, Fiist Play will be Chaptei 1 of oui movie, =8f": 7'"9$/)# 3B.
If you auu a menu latei, you can change the Fiist Play action to play the Nenu
insteau (anu we will uo this latei).

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7,><1?*)1>? $'/ !1)#$ &:"+ $")?/$ 1> 21#A &),9/)$1/#
rev|ew|ng your 8|u-ray D|sc
A simple playback fiom the timeline may be all you neeu at the beginning, but you
can pieview the Blu-iay pioject at any time using Encoie's &),b/A$ &)/_1/. function
To begin the pieview, you can

- Piess Shift-Spacebai
- Select 6@UF n $LF^@FK
- oi click the Pieview Tool locateu just above the Pioject Panel

N'/ &)/_1/. N,,:
The Pieview winuow will appeai, anu the Blu-iay pioject will begin to playback
accoiuing to the settings you have authoieu.

N'/ W>A,)/ &)/_1/. I1>0,.

At the lowei left coinei of the Pieview Winuow is the 21#9:"+ =)/" m,,8 contiol
wheie you can select 1uu% oi Su% size foi the uisplay.

21#9:"+ =)/" m,,8 E &)/_1/. 4$"$*# =)/"

While in Pieview moue, you can contiol the behavioi of the pioject using the
pieview navigation contiols

&)/_1/. G"_1?"$1,> 7,>$),:# W`1$ &)/_1/. D*$$,>#

When you have completeu Pieviewing, click eithei W`1$ button in the lowei iight
coinei of the Pieview winuow to exit Pieview moue.
S|mp|e DVD-sty|e Menus |n Lncore
If all you neeu is a simple auto-play movie, you've just cieateu it - you can skip
aheau to the infoimation on how to output youi Blu-iay Bisc.

If you have Chapteis in youi
movie, oi moie than one
timeline, you aie a canuiuate foi
a simple menu. Encoie incluues
ooules of menu templates anu
button shapes, anu they'ie listeu
in the Libiaiy panel.

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9),b/A$V 0)"? $'1# 81>1 18"?/ $,
$'/ &),b/A$ &">/:S

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You will finu a selection of both 4xS anu 16x9 (nameu WIBE) menus in the libiaiy.
Let's use the Rauiant Nenu Wiue to cieate a simple Nenu foi oui movie. (I've auueu
the iemaining Chaptei Naikeis I wanteu, using the pioceuuie we outlineu eailiei).
Add|ng a Menu to the ro[ect
The fastest methou I have founu to auu a menu is to just uiag anu uiop the selecteu
menu template fiom the Libiaiy Panel to the Pioject Panel. Click on the miniatuie
menu image in the Libiaiy Panel, anu uiag it uiiectly to the Pioject Panel (you will
see the gieen plus sign cuisoi.)

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If you piefei you can uiag youi own image into the Pioject Panel, oi impoit one as
the Nenu Backgiounu. The Encoie R#/) ;*10/ anu -/:9 <1:/ has extensive
infoimation on Nenu Cieation, but we'll concentiate heie on getting a quickie menu
cieateu anu linkeu.
De|et|ng a 8utton
Fiist off, theie aie only five Chapteis in oui uemo movie, so let's uelete the extia
button, since we won't neeu it. Fiist, make suie you cuiiently have the Selection
Cuisoi active (type "v" to be suie; you can use uppei oi lowei case, but uon't piess
Shift -v - that uoesn't woik). To uelete the button:

- Select the Chaptei 6 button (click on it)
- Piess "G$+$($[
- That's all theie is to it!

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L|nk|ng 8uttons
Linking buttons to chapteis is simple. Again using the Selection cuisoi, To link a
button:

- Click the Button to select it (check the Piopeities Panel to be suie)
- Biag the "Pick Whip" tool uown anu onto the uesiieu Chaptei in the
timeline:

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2)"? $'/ &1A[ I'19 $,,: Q?)//> ")),.S $, $'/ 0/#1)/0 7'"9$/) Q)/0 ")),.S

I'/> $'/ :1>[ 1# A,>>/A$/0V $'/ A*)_/0 U"A[ ")),. 1A,> .1:: "99/")

- Release the cuisoi once the back aiiow appeais, anu the link will be maue.

Alteinatively, you can click the H1>[Y name fielu in the Piopeities Panel anu select
the uesiieu link uestination fiom the popup menu. Eithei way woiks fine.

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Nam|ng the 8utton from the Chapter Name
If you have spent time cieating a useful chaptei name, it's easy to place that name
into the button once the link is in place. To set the button name fiom the chaptei
name:

- Select the button you wish to link
- In the D*$$,> &),9/)$1/# panel, check the setting C4/$ G"8/ <),8 H1>[F

4/$ G"8/ !),8 H1>[ .1:: 9:"A/ $'/ 7'"9$/) G"8/ 1>$, $'/ D*$$,> N/`$

As soon as the setting is selecteu, the button text in the menu will upuate.

D*$$,> N/`$ U/<,)/ 4/$ G"8/ !),8 H1>[ QHS ">0 "<$/) QTS

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?:F GFZJIU? QI??B= =JYFS ;BI EJ= @=<?J=?U; <FF K:@E: QI??B=< JLF U@=CFGS J=G
K:@E: JLF =B?0

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Set the Menu as the %&#'( *+,-
Eailiei, we set the Novie as the Fiist Play, but auuing a menu means we shoulu
change that. To set the Nenu as the Fiist Play:

- Click in the Pioject Panel to uisplay the Bisc Piopeities Panel
- Select the Nenu fiom the pop-up menu in the !1)#$ &:"+ fielu.

4/$$1>? $'/ @/>* 0/<"*:$ U*$$,> "# $'/ !1)#$ &:"+

N'/ !1)#$ &:"+Y #/$$1>? A,><1)8# @/>* #/:/A$/0
rev|ew your pro[ect to ver|fy author|ng accuracy
Eveiy time you make a significant change in the pioject, use Pieview to veiify it's
woiking piopeily. Click Shift-Space to stait Pieview, to confiim the Nenu is now the
Fiist Play action.

!1)#$ &:"+ @/>* 1> &)/_1/.V U*$$,> P #/:/A$/0
Now that you have Pieview iunning again, navigate the menu to be ceitain all
buttons can be accesseu. 0se the Pieview navigation aiiows, oi youi keyboaiu
aiiows to navigate aiounu the menu.

Next, check each button to be ceitain it links to the piopei chaptei when activateu.
Click each Nenu Button to veiify function, then click Pieview's Nenu Button to
ietuin to the menu.

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When finisheu checking all the navigation, click Exit to ietuin to the pioject.
Chang|ng the Menu 1|t|e 1ext
0sing the Nenu template saveu us a lot of time in builuing oui pioject, but theie aie
still a few uefault thing we neeu to customize.
The Title Text in the iauiant Nenu template isn't ieally ielevant to oui pioject, so
let's upuate the text to ieflect oui pioject. To upuate the Nenu Title Text:

- Select the @/>* &">/: if it isn't alieauy selecteu

- Switch to the 21)/A$ 4/:/A$ 7*)#,) (type "A")
- Select the entiie "stanuaiu alliance" text line
- Type in the ieplacement text ("Ameiican Kaleiuoscope")
- Click away fiom the text fielu to close the euit.

@/>* N1$:/ N/`$ U/<,)/ A'">?/ QHS @/>* N1$:/ $/`$ "<$/) A'">?/ QTS
Similaily, change the "vIBE0 PR0B0CTI0NS" text to something ielevant - we useu
"A Bigh-Befinition Tiavelog".

N1$:/ N/`$ ":: A'">?/0
Creat|ng S||deshows
In auuition to timelines, Encoie can cieate sliueshows consisting of timeu still
images (with oi without sounu oi music). To cieate a Sliueshow:

- Contiol Click in the Pioject Panel, anu select (89,)$ "# 4:10/#',.

C(89,)$ "# 4:10/#',.F A,88">0
- Navigate to the foluei of sliue images (shoulu be same image iesolution as
the movie, in this case 128u x 72u), anu select them.

4/:/A$1>? $'/ 4:10/ 18"?/# <,) (89,)$

- Click "^9/>" to begin the impoit

4:10/#',. 4:10/# U/1>? 189,)$/0

0nce the impoit has completeu, the new Sliueshow will exist in a Sliueshow Panel in
the bottom of the winuow

N'/ >/. 4:10/#',. &">/:
Nam|ng]kenam|ng the S||deshow
Encoie will by uefault take the name of the fiist sliue in the impoit as the name of
the sliueshow, but this is easily changeu. To iename the sliueshow:
- Select the sliueshow to put it into the Piopeities Panel - eithei click in the
Sliueshow Panel, oi select the sliueshow name in the Pioject Panel.
- Select the text you wish to ieplace oi euit, anu type in the coiiection.
- Piess Entei to confiim the euit.

W01$1>? ,) )/>"81>? " 4:10/#',. 1> $'/ &),9/)$1/# &">/:

- The name will be upuateu in all the locations wheie it appeais

^:0 4:10/#',. >"8/ QHS G/. 4:10/#',. >"8/ QTS
Ad[ust|ng S||deshow references
The Sliueshow 0ptions Panel, locateu to the iight of the Sliueshow timeline, is wheie
the global sliueshow options can be contiolleu. Theie aie a numbei of uiffeient
options that a Sliueshow can have. Foi example:

- Sliue uuiations can be aujusteu globally oi inuiviuually
- An Auuio sounutiack
- Sliueshow uuiation aujusteu to length of auuio
- Tiansitions (inuiviuual oi global)
- Nanual Auvance (pause until usei clicks Next)
- Ranuom Pan anu Zoom ("the Ken Buins effect"

All of these can be set in the Sliueshow 0ptions panel, oi in the SliueSliueshow
Piopeities Panel. Foi this quick uemo, let's leave the Sliueshow silent foi now, but
auu a cool giauient uissolve effect to all sliues.

1o Add An Lffect 1o 1he Lnt|re S||deshow:
- Select any effect (like ";)"01/>$ I19/") in the Befault Tiansition popup in
the Sliueshow 0ptions Panel

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- When an effect is auueu to a sliue (oi all sliues) the effect icon will be
visible in the sliueshow thumbnails in the Sliueshow Panel

4:10/ .1$' /<</A$ 1A,> QHS 4:10/ .Z, /<</A$ 1A,> QTS

- Play the Sliueshow to veiify the effect
(click on the fiist sliue, piess spacebai)
- If the effect is theie, but plays jeikily, you can #$13$# the tiansition
- Click the ienuei tool at the lowei iight coinei of the Sliueshow Panel

T/>0/) $,,: <1>":1a/# /<</A$# ">0 $)">#1$1,>#

- The ienuei piogiess uisplay tiacks the peicentage of completion

T/>0/) 9),?)/## 01#9:"+
- Pieview the sliueshow aftei ienueiing to check its peifoimance

;)"01/>$ 21##,:_/ 1> 9),?)/## 1> 0/8, 4:10/#',.

1o Add An Lffect 1o A Spec|f|c S||de (Not G|oba|)
Any sliue can have its own specific effect, oi no effect, even if a global effect is
assigneu to the Sliueshow . To set a specific sliue effect:
- Right click (oi contiol click) the specific sliue, then select the uesiieu
tiansition fiom the pop-up uialog.

=001>? " #9/A1<1A /<</A$ $, " #1>?:/ #:10/

'Z ;BI E:J=TF ?:F FZZFE?< BL ?LJ=<@?@B=<S ;BI <:BIUG LF=GFL ?:F +U@GF<:BK JTJ@=.

Crgan|z|ng f||es |n the ro[ect ane|
Auuing a lot of files will eventually cluttei up the Pioject Panel, making it uifficult to
fine things theie. To cieate folueis in the Pioject Panel to gioup assets:

- Right click oi Contiol Click in the Pioject Panel anu select -FK_ 6BUGFL

7)/"$1>? " >/. !,:0/)
- Name the foluei in the uialog winuow that appeais

G"81>? $'/ >/. !,:0/)
0nce the new Foluei has been cieateu, uiag the piopei files into the new foluei.

2)"??1>? <1:/# QHS !1:/# 1>#10/ <,:0/) QTS
Add|ng Aud|o to a S||deshow
Auuing auuio (music anuoi naiiation) unuei the entiie sliueshow is easiei than
you may think. Simple locate a suitable piece of music, at the uesiieu uuiation, anu
impoit it into the Pioject Panel. To auu auuio to a Sliueshow, fiist impoit a suitable
piece of auuio into the Pioject Panel:

- Contiol (Right) click on the foluei "Sliueshow" anu select "Impoit as
asset.".

7:1A[ ,> 4:10/#',. <,:0/)n #/:/A$ C(89,)$ "# =##/$\F

- Selecting the foluei while impoiting causes the impoiteu file to be placeu
in that foluei immeuiately.

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- Biag the chosen auuio file to the Sliueshow 0ptions Panel, into the Auuio
bin.

2)"? $'/ "*01, <1:/ 1>$, $'/ 4:10/#',. ^9$1,># =*01, D1>

-#*/ V @Z ;BI :J^F ,HHUF $LB JHH< @=<?JUUFGS J=G JLF ?FYH?FG ?B FbHFL@YF=?
K@?: J= ,HHUF <BI=G Z@UF @= 0",6 ZBLYJ?S GB=>? V "BLF ,IG@B 6BLYJ? Z@UF< e0",6f
JLF=>? JEEFH?FG @= /=EBLF V?LJ=<EBGF ?:FY @=?B ,'66 I<@=T ]I@EC*@YF $LB0
I|t S||deshow to Aud|o Durat|on
}ust auuing auuio to the Sliueshow 0ptions Auuio bin uoesn't mean the sliues anu
auuio will sync pleasingly - the !1$ 4:10/#',. $, =*01, 2*)"$1,> function will!

- Select the "Fit Sliueshow to Auuio Buiation" (the checkmaik will appeai)

!1$ 4:10/#',. 0*)"$1,> $, =*01,
The sliue uuiations will be aujusteu so as to space the uuiations evenly ovei the
entiie auuio file uuiation, anu othei than #1, each sliue's stait times will vaiy
because of this (the sliue thumbnail show the staiting time acioss the bottom).

^)1?1>": 4$")$ $18/ QHS !1$ $, 2*)"$1,> 6>/. #$")$ QTS

That's it - give the Sliueshow a spin in Pieview

D/ A/)$"1> $, )/>0/) ">+$18/ +,* 8"[/ A'">?/# 1> $'/ /<</A$# ,) $)">#1$1,>#X =001>?
"*01, 0,/# >,$ )/h*1)/ " )/>0/)V U*$ &)/_1/. .1:: 9),_10/ " 8,)/ #"$1#<+1>? ."+ $,
_1/. $'/ #:10/#',. $'"> b*#$ 9:"+1>? 1$ 1> $'/ @,>1$,)X
Add|ng a S||deshow 8utton to the Menu
Removing the 6
th
button fiom the menu now uoesn't seem to be a goou iuea, as we
neeu a button to link to oui sliueshow. To uuplicate an existing button:

- Be suie the Selection cuisoi is active (piess "v")
- In the menu panel, select the Chaptei S button; the highlight will appeai

^>/ D*$$,> #/:/A$/0
- Piess Commanu-B ( the shoitcut foi /G@? n .IHU@EJ?Ff

">0 >,. $'/)/ ")/ $.,i

The uuplicate button will appeai. Reu highlights meiely inuicate the buttons aie
oveilapping, so uon't be alaimeu. uiab the new button with the cuisoi, anu align it
unueineath Button S.
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@/>* .1$' $'/ >/. D*$$,> l
0nce aligneu, all that's left it to connect the button to the sliueshow, anu test the
pioject to be suie it woiks. To link the button, uo what you uiu befoie:

- In the Button Piopeities Panel, use the link popup, oi the picwhip to link
Button 6 to the Sliueshow item in the Pioject Panel (not a sliue, oi asset). The
images below show the picwhip methou:

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N'/ 4:10/#',. />$)+ 1> $'/ &),b/A$ &">/:

When the sliueshow is linkeu to the button, the button name will change
automatically.

N'/ <1>1#'/0 8/>*V .1$' $'/ >/. 4:10/#',. U*$$,>

As usual, Pieview the pioject eveiy time you make a majoi auuition, 0h - save it,
too!
n|d|ng Unneeded Co|umns In 1he ro[ect ane|
This is a goou time to hiue some columns in the Pioject Panel uisplay that we uon't
ieally neeu. Notice the iightmost two columns in the figuie below, labeleu 232
N)">#A,0/ Q#/$$1>?#S. These uon't neeu to be shown while cieating Blu-iay uisc. To
"Fast Path to Blu-iay foi Nac" Page 1u1
hiue them, Contiol (Right) click on each BvB column, anu select "-10/ N'1#F. voila!
Noie ioom!

N'/ &),b/A$ &">/: #',.1>? 232 $)">#A,0/ #/$$1>?#
Sett|ng the Lncod|ng arameters for V|deo
Now we'ie getting to the impoitant pait. the viueo we aie using foi this pioject is a
QuickTime movie, which contains both uigital viueo anu uigital auuio - but the viueo
is not yet encoueu into the piopei uigital foim iequiieu foi a Blu-iay uisc.

Encoie pioviues two encouing options NPEu-2 oi B.264 (AvC). When the pioject
was set up eailiei, the B.264 pioject setting was chosen. Now it's time to put the
encouing iates (Encoie calls them "$)">#A,0/ #/$$1>?#") in place in oiuei to cieate
the final pioject.

These settings can be selecteu in the Piopeities Panel aftei the inuiviuual asset file
has been selecteu. But theie is a much fastei way to access the settings.
Sett|ng 8|u-ray 1ranscode Sett|ngs |n the ro[ect ane|
In the Pioject Panel, Contiol (oi Right) click on the viueo File asset, then select the
N)">#A,0/ 4/$$1>?#. commanu.

4/:/A$1>? $'/ $)">#A,0/ #/$$1>?#
In the N)">#A,0/ 4/$$1>?# winuow that appeais, theie aie selection pop-ups foi
7,0/A, (8"?/ 218/>#1,>#, !)"8/ T"$/, anu finally, k*":1$+ &)/#/$, wheie the encoue
iate setting is peifoimeu.

D:*E)"+ N)">#A,0/ 4/$$1>?# <,) OBJ9

The fastest way to select Tianscoue Settings is to let Encoie uo it! With "Automatic
0sing Pioject Settings", the encoue iate will be selecteu baseu on iunning time of the
total of the viueo meuia, anu the uisc size that is selecteu in the Builu Panel Bisc Info
section.

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N0TE - the A0BI0 tianscoue settings aie pait of the package, anu set automatically.

Ld|t|ng the 1ranscode sett|ngs
Euiting the tianscoue settings takes place in the W`9,)$ 4/$$1>?# winuow, anu heie's
how to get theie:

- In the 6@UF menu select W01$ k*":1$+ &)/#/$#.

!1:/ e W01$ k*":1$+ &)/#/$#\
- oi Contiol (oi Right) click any viueo file in the Pioject Panel anu select
N)">#A,0/ 4/$$1>?#\

- Fiom the Tianscoue Settings winuow, click the W01$ k*":1$+ &)/#/$#\
button. The W`9,)$ 4/$$1>?# winuow will open (much laigei than this!):

W01$ k*":1$+ 4/$$1>?# .1>0,.
Because the winuow is so laige, only the iight half is shown heie. Theie aie thiee
tabs; viueo, Auuio, 0theis

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W`9,)$ 4/$$1>?# 310/, &">/: QHS W`9,)$ 4/$$1>?# =*01, &">/: QTS
Ad[ust|ng V|deo Lxport Sett|ngs
ueneially, a selecteu N)">#A,0/ 4/$$1>? will have all of the aujustments set coiiectly
foi that specific foimat. Changes to the couec can be maue, in the pane at the top of
the panel. Specific changes to fiame size, fiame iate, encouing style (CBR, vBR, 1-
pass, 2-pass)) anu othei settings aie maue in the bottom of the pane.

.# -#* E:J=TF J=; <F??@=T< I=UF<< ;BI I=GFL<?J=G ?:F@L @YHJE? B= F=EBG@=Tj

0f couise, you aie fiee to expeiiment, but 0, unueistanu that encouing is much
moie than just a "pieset selection". These piesets weie cieateu baseu on expeiience
with encouing. Expeiiment as you like, but be awaie that not all changes make youi
viueo look bettei!
Ad[ust|ng Aud|o Lxport Sett|ngs
All of the Expoit Settings I checkeu use Bolby Bigital ACS, anu theie's a goou ieason
foi this - />A,0/ )"$/! The low encoue iate of Bolby Bigital 2.u (192Kbps) compaieu
to AIFF's 1.6 Nbps means at least an extia 1 Nbps in viueo encoue iate! This means
moie iunning time on the uisc, anuoi highei viueo quality
Sav|ng an ed|ted reset
If you uo euit a pieset, saving it is painless. If 0K is clickeu to close the Expoit
Settings euit winuow, Encoie will check to see if settings have been changeu. If so, it
will piompt you to save the mouifieu pieset:

G"81>? " >/. ,) 8,01<1/0 9)/#/$
0nce saveu, the new pieset can be selecteu foi any Encoie pioject on this machine.

4/:/A$1>? " >/. 9)/#/$
Check|ng 1he ro[ect Ior Lrrors
0ne of the last steps to peifoim befoie builuing the pioject is to make suie theie
aien't any hiuuen "gotcha" pioblems iemaining. In the heat of the moment, stupiu
authoiing eiiois uo get maue, uespite best intentions! Encoie incluues a Check
Pioject featuie to help you uiscovei them befoie they uo any haim, waste any
meuia, oi piss off a client!
To check the pioject foi eiiois:
- Select the D*1:0 &">/:;
- Click the 7'/A[ &),b/A$ button;

- The Check Pioject panel will open
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7'/A[ &),b/A$ &">/:
- To begin the check, select the vaiious pioject functions you wish to check
(they'ie all checkeu by uefault), then click the 4$")$ button; if any eiioi is locateu, it
will be listeu in the bottom of the panel. Foi example heie's a timeline with a
missing enu action:

Clicking on the eiioi will set the eiioi action into the Pioject Panel, so it can easily
be coiiecteu. Coiiect the eiioi, ie-iun the pioject check, anu when no eiiois
iemain, you'ie ieauy to builu!
8u||d|ng 1he ro[ect
Builuing is the penultimate step to buining a uisc. Encoie can builu thiee uiffeient
types of final Blu-iay output, so fiist check to be suie the setting is coiiect.
Se|ect|ng the 8u||d output
In the Builu Panel, use the ^*$9*$Y popup to select what to builu.

- AUIWLJ; .@<E will builu anu buin a Blu-iay Bisc immeuiately aftei
- AUIWLJ; 'YJTF will builu, then cieate a Blu-iay Bisc Image on a haiu uiive
- AUIWLJ; 6BUGFL will builu a BBNv foluei on a specifieu haiu uiive.

4/:/A$1>? $'/ D:*E)"+ !,:0/) <,)8"$
Se|ect|ng the Source
The Souice setting will uefault to the "7*))/>$ &),b/A$", which is coiiect.
Se|ect|ng the Dest|nat|on
The Bestination H,A"$1,>Y will iecall the last place a Blu-iay output was built. To
change this location:
- Click "Biowse", to open a selection winuow;

D),.#1>? <,) " >/. 0/#$1>"$1,>
In the selection winuow that opens, choose the location to builu the output.
Regaiuless of the foimat you select, you will neeu uisc space equivalent to the size of
the Blu-iay Bisc you have cieateu - S, 9, 2S oi Su uB, oi anywheie in between!
Se|ect|ng the D|sc S|ze
The Blu-iay spec pioviues foi Blu-iay Biscs in 2S oi Su uB sizes. It also pioviues foi
S uB BBS, oi 9 uB BB9 uiscs buineu oi ieplicateu on BvBS oi BvB9 meuia. Encoie
can builu BB2S oi BBSu, so a selection shoulu be maue befoie you builu.

D2BK ,) D2KJg ($]# +,*) A',1A/ 6 W>A,)/ U*)># $'/8 U,$'
Add|ng kCM data on the 8|u-ray D|sc
As with BvB, Blu-iay Biscs can caiiy R0N uata in the ioot level of the uisc. To auu
this uata, the D2ET^@ 7,>$/>$Y aiea offeis a D),.#/Y button allowing selection of a
foluei containing computei-ieauable uata to be auueu to the Blu-iay Bisc. What
coulu this uata be. Well, peihaps it's a lowei-ies veision of the main viueo content
on the uisc, piepaieu foi loauing to a mobile viueo uevice. Peihaps it is a
piesentation, oi a PBF uocument suppoiting some aspect of the uisc's piogiam. As
with selecting the Bestination, above, once the Choose a Foluei winuow opens,
choose the foluei that contains the uata you wish to be auueu to the uisc.

4/:/A$1>? " D2ET^@ #,*)A/ <,:0/)

0nce selecteu, the souice foluei will be shown in the D2ET,8 7,>$/>$Y fielu

D2ET^@ #,*)A/ <,:0/) #/:/A$/0
8u||d|ng the 8|u-ray pro[ect
- In the Builu Panel, Click "D*1:0" to begin the piocess;

7:1A[1>? D*1:0 U/?1># $'/ U*1:0
- If cieating a Blu-iay Bisc pioject fiom movies insteau of encoueu NPEu oi
AvC Stieams, Encoie fiist N)">#A,0/# the viueo anu auuio into the specifieu couecs:

N)">#A,0/ 1> 9),?)/## 6 '"_/ 9"$1/>A/
While the tianscouing is in piogiess, you may notice youi piocessoi loau skyiocket.

L (>$/: A,)/# 6 ":: A)">[1>]
Encoie uoes not backgiounu encoue, so that may make it haiu to uo anything else in
the foiegiounu while tianscouing oi builuing.

- 0nce the meuia is tianscoueu, Encoie can pioceeu to uo the D*1:0


D*1:01>? #$)/"8#V ">0 ,$'/) $'1>?#
- Aftei all tianscouing anu builu steps aie completeu, success is iepoiteu!

2,>/i QG,. .'"$gS
After the 8u||d
0nce the BBNv foluei is cieateu, you must buin it to a uisc to play it on a Blu-iay
playei, oi piocess it using BluStieak Piemastei if the pioject you cieateu is heauing
foi ieplication.

Cuiiently, theie is no Blu-iay softwaie playback solution foi the Nacintosh
0peiating System. Bon't email me asking when - I uon't fGÎ when, oi even (! -
Apple may, peihaps some uay, auu Blu-iay playback to the Nac. oi maybe not. ;-)
If you want it, senu Apple some feeuback anu say you want it!
8urn|ng a D|sc on 8|u-ray Med|a
You can buin a BB2S oi BBSu uisc fiom Encoie, if you have a Blu-iay buinei, anu
Blu-iay meuia. In the D*1:0 Panel, switch the ^*$9*$Y foimat to D:*E)"+ 21#A, anu the
2/#$1>"$1,> pane T/A,)0/)Y selection popup will change to ieflect the available Blu-
iay Recoiueis in the. If theie is a uiive attacheu to the system that uoes not show up
in the popup, click T/<)/#' (yellow aiiow) to scan the peiipheial busses again.

4/:/A$1>? " D:*E)"+ 21#A U*)>/) 6 C)/<)/#'F $, )/#A"> <,) 0)1_/#
Selecting the uisc size is uone in the 21#A (><, pane, below the 2/#$1>"$1,> pane. Note
this uoesn't change anything except the uisc size that is useu to calculate the
"peicentage full" uisplay in the 21#A (><, pane.

4/:/A$1>? $'/ 21#A 41a/
Cieating a BBS oi BB9 uisc cannot be uone uiiectly in Encoie, howevei, a BB<C
foluei cieateu with Encoie may be buineu using Roxio Toast 1u with the BB plug-in.
theie is a special setting in Toast 1u wheie a BBNv foluei can be useu as the souice
foi a BB-on-BvB-R uisc (also calleu an AvCBB uisc - see my AvCBB vs BBS FAQ at
http:www.theuigitalguy.com).
Creat|ng a 8DCMI for kep||cat|on
See Chaptei 8 foi infoimation on using BluStieak Piemastei to conveit BBNv to
BBCNF.
Important! If Us|ng Lncore CS4 for kep||cat|on
viueo anu auuio stieams encoueu foi Blu-iay piojects uestineu foi ieplication aie
helu to a highei stanuaiu than those useu in Blu-iay iecoiuable piojects. In auuition,
encoueu viueo anu auuio stieam settings anu iuentifieis must be of the coiiect value
foi Blu-iay Bisc, oi the BBCNF mastei will be iejecteu by the ieplication facility. You
neeu to use an encouei that cieates ieplication-compliant stieams, especially if you
aie using the AvC couec. Encoie cuiiently cieates compliant viueo, but N0T
compliant Bolby Bigital ACS stieams.

EA #$0+&/,(&14 A#"6 ,1 @1/"#$ 0#"\$/(J :'$ *Y! ,:3&" &1'($,3!
Summary of 8|u-ray w|th Lncore CS4
Auobe Encoie CS4 is the newest ievision of the innovative piouuct begun in Encoie
CSS - an authoiing application that pioviues a cieate-once, publish-many
enviionment that can publish the same pioject to BvB, Blu-iay Bisc, oi the Web
with Flash viueo.

As to its Blu-iay capabilities, Encoie offeis BvB-ish functionality, but is beginning to
auu moie auvanceu functions to its authoiing capabilities.

Not coveieu in this book aie featuies like "pop-up menus", which aie becoming the
stanuaiu featuies on many commeicial Blu-iay Bisc titles fiom Bollywoou.

With built-in encouing, the ability to builu a BBNv that can be buineu to BB-RRW,
oi conveiteu to BBCNF foi ieplication (with caution), Encoie offeis a veiy
affoiuable Blu-iay Bisc authoiing solution.

Auu BluStieak Piemastei into the mix, anu you have a complete solution foi
authoiing ieplicatable Blu-iay Biscs.

Affordab|e 8|u-ray D|sc kep||cat|on So|ut|ons
All that's missing foi a completeu Encoie pioject is affoiuable Blu-iay ieplication,
anu luckily, the IBNABvBA has cieateu exactly that solution! Betails on the Blu-iay
Replication Initiative can be founu at www.IBNABvBA.oig. Look unuei Nembei
Benefits foi the uetails, if not iight on the home page.

CnA1Lk 7 - 8LU-kA DULICA1ICN, kLLICA1ICN
Dup||cat|on vs. kep||cat|on
In Blu-iay, as in BvB, theie aie two pathways to making quantities of youi final uisc
output: .IHU@EJ?@B=, anu &FHU@EJ?@B=.

.IHU@EJ?@B= is simple - just take youi oiiginal Blu-iay Bisc, anu
buin anothei iuentical copy. This technique woiks fine foi many
small piouuceis, especially if youi taiget goal is unuei a few hunuieu
uiscs.

&FHU@EJ?@B= is haiuei - in fact, we've uevoteu an entiie section to
ieplication, a little latei on.
Dup||cat|on
Bespite longei pei-uisc piouuction time (it takes many minutes to buin a complete
Blu-iay Bisc), the auvantages aie a minimal investment in masteiing costs (you can
use youi oiiginal BB-R oi BB on BvB-R), anu the ability to have youi finisheu
piouuct almost immeuiately.

When you neeu to uuplicate uozens oi hunuieus of uiscs with piofessional quality,
theie aie many uesktop Blu-iay Bisc uuplication systems available. Some aie
multiple-buinei uuplicatois, capable of cieating many copies at the same time, anu
some aie iobotic enhanceu piouuction systems that buin them automatically one
aftei anothei.

Some of these systems, like those fiom Piimeia, Nicioboaius, anu Rimage, can even
piouuce <*::EA,:,) 9)1>$/0 Blu-iay Biscs by the uozens oi hunuieus, with little oi no
human inteivention. Foi an investment of a few hunuieu oi a few thousanu uollais,
you can be youi ,.> Blu-iay Bisc publishei.
1he S|mp|est Dup||cat|on system
The simplest uuplication systems may be youi own Nac, if you have both an inteinal
oi exteinal buinei. As long as you can ieau fiom one uiive, anu buin to anothei, this
simple configuiation allows you to uuplicate uiscs in the backgiounu while you aie
still using youi computei foi othei tasks.

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Mu|t|p|e-burner Dup||cators
Buplicatois exist that contain a ieau uiive (oi an inteinal haiu uiive to copy the
mastei to) anu multiple buineis. 0ne big auvantage of these is that they aie
geneially "stanu-alone", anu uon't iequiie connection to a computei contiollei.
D|scmakers - www.d|scmakers.com
veneiable Biscmakeis, who have been aiounu foi uecaues making CBs anu BvBs
aie also uoing Blu-iay Bisc! They have a selection of theii own Reflex bianu
uuplicatois in a vaiiety of uiive configuiations, anu piice points.

Ver|ty - www.ver|ty.com
veiity Systems Inc also make some multiple buinei Blu-iay uuplication systems.
You can view theii complete catalog of items online at
http:www.veiitysystems.com

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Automated Dup||cat|on Systems
Automateu systems exist that can buin one (oi moie) uiscs at once, with uisc
inseition, extiaction, anu piinting hanuleu in an entiiely automateu mannei. These
solutions iun the gamut fiom $1,uuu to $4S,uuu oi moie.
r|mera - www.pr|mera.com
Piimeia offeis automateu system mouels that incluue full-coloi piinting, anu
automateu uisc pick systems. Nouels incluue the entiy-level Biavo SE Blu, anu the
upscale Biavo XR-Blu:

&)18/)"]# D)"_, 4W D:*V ">0 $'/ *9#A":/ D)"_, oTED:*Y
I have ievieweu the Biavo SE Blu, anu can veiify it is a fine little piece of woik,
which can cieate spectaculai looking full-coloi iecoiueu uiscs when using Taiyo
Yuuen meuia with Wateishielu CB oi BvB meuia.
We need 8|u-ray D|sc "Watersh|e|d" med|a
0nfoitunately, Taiyo Yuuen BB-RRE meuia with Wateishielu uon't exist yet, but
you can auu youi voice to the clamoi, using this online feeuback foim:
:??H<gaaKKK0;IGF=0EB0kHaEB=?JE?a;pEJ?JUBTpF[aJHHUaZBLY0H:H
k|mage - www.r|mage.com
Seiiously heavy-uuty machines, foi seiious heavy-uuty woikflow neeus, Rimage
makes systems founu in many coipoiate oi inuustiial installations, especially those
wheie woikflows can benefit fiom senuing a uuplication jobs to a seivei-contiolleu
piocess that hanules the uisc image automatically. Rimage offeis systems that have
multiple buineis, as well as onboaiu uisc piinting. Systems iun fiom aiounu
$1u,uuu foi the Piofessional S1uuN seiies with theimal piintei to ovei $4u,uuu foi
the seiious multi-buinei netwoikable Piouucei 81uu seiies with Blu-iay buineis
anu onboaiu theimal piintei.

QHS T18"?/ KPJJGV P D2 U*)>/)V 9)1>$/) QQTS T18"?/ LPJJGV 5 D2 D*)>/)#V &)1>$/)
M|croboards - www.m|croboards.com
Nicioboaius offeis systems beginning aiounu $2,Suu (the single buinei Su-uisc
uXBB-2), anu up to aiounu $4,Suu foi the uual buinei 1uu-uisc NXBB-2.

@1A),U,")0# ;oD2EB QHS ">0 @oD2EB QTS
Nicioboaius also offeis softwaie specific foi the Nac, "PiintWiite" which automates
the piocess of buining anu piinting.
D|scmakers - www.d|scmakers.com
In auuition to selling systems by Piimeia, Biscmakeis also sell theii own Foite
bianu Blu-iay Bisc piouuction systems. They have a selection spanning single
buinei to five buineis.

21#A8"[/)# !,)$/ D:*E)"+ &),0*A$1,> #+#$/8#
Med|a Costs compared
Blu-iay Recoiuable Neuia staiteu out incieuibly expensive, but as we saw befoie, in
the uiamatic uecline of BvB-R meuia, the mass maiket has an inteiesting way of
putting uownwaiu piessuie on piices.

0nly a few yeais ago, BB2S meuia was close to $2u pei uisc, anu BBSu meuia close
to $Su! Touay, you can finu BB2S meuia piices staiting as low as $2.Su pei uisc, in
packs of 1u oi moie, anu BBSu meuia piices have come uown significantly as well.
Fiom neaily $Su each a few yeais ago, they aie now typically half that - aiounu $2S
oi so. BB-RE meuia has also come uown in piice -touay you can finu BB-RE 2S uiscs
fiom as low as $1u.99 to as much as $S9.99 anu moie, uepenuing on who is the
manufactuiei. 0f couise, shoulu you choose to buy in bulk, you will save even moie.

8D on DVD (8DS 8D9)
0ne of the least expensive ways to get into Blu-iay Bisc cieation is to cieate a Blu-
iay Bisc foi high-uefinition viueo, but buin the finisheu pioject onto tiauitional ieu-
lasei BvB iecoiuable meuia. We coveieu this in the eailiei Chapteis on cieating
Blu-iay viueo with Final Cut Stuuio, anu Toast 1u, but it beais iepeating heie. All of
the Buplication anu Piouuction systems heie shoulu easily be able to hanule the
ielatively simple job of buining the Blu-iay 0BF foimat on ieu-lasei BvB-R meuia.
kep||cat|on requ|rements
Taking a pioject to ieplication manuates a veiy uiffeient set of iequiiements, anu
possible limitation on how things aie uone, anu in what oiuei. Fiist off, most Blu-
iay ieplicatois will iequiie ueliveiy of a BBCNF mastei, geneially on a Winuows
NTFS foimatteu haiu uiive. See Chaptei 8 on BBCNF cieation with BluStieak
Piemastei foi answeis to these questions.

In auuition, Blu-iay Bisc ieplication iequiies AACS licensing, anu possibly Blu-iay
Bisc Association logo licenses as well. See Chaptei 9 foi infoimation about those
licenses.
IMCk1AN1 NC1L: Lncoded Stream Comp||ance
viueo stieams encoueu foi Blu-iay piojects uestineu foi ieplication aie helu to a
highei stanuaiu than those useu in Blu-iay iecoiuable piojects. In auuition, encoueu
auuio stieam iuentifieis must be of the coiiect value foi Blu-iay Bisc, oi the BBCNF
mastei will be iejecteu by the ieplication facility. You neeu to use an encouei that
cieates ieplication-compliant stieams, especially if you aie using the AvC couec.
CnA1Lk 8 - 1nL A1n 1C 8DCMI (Cutt|ng Master
Iormat)
0nce you've cieateu a suitable mastei, Blu-iay Bisc
ieplication isn't too fai away. But that wasn't always the case
foi Nacintosh Blu-iay authois. Bespite the existence of Toast
anu Auobe Encoie CSS4, no path existeu to get to BBCNF
piioi to the intiouuction of BluStieak Piemastei at NAB 2uu9.
In this chaptei we will show the steps neeueu to piocess a
suitable BBNv foluei into a BBCNF ueliveiable foi ieplication

I|rst, Some |mportant caveats!
While BluStieak Piemastei .1:: conveit a BBNv foluei into BBCNF foimat, it
/,11"( coiiect flaws inheient in the oiiginal BBNv oi stieams. Specifically, viueo
stieams encoueu foi Blu-iay piojects uestineu foi ieplication aie helu to a highei
stanuaiu than those useu in Blu-iay iecoiuable piojects. In auuition, encoueu auuio
stieam iuentifieis must be of the coiiect value foi Blu-iay Bisc, oi the BBCNF
mastei will be iejecteu by the ieplication facility. While Auobe's Encoie CS4 uoes
cieate NPEu-2 oi AvC viueo stieams that aie usable foi ieplication, the onboaiu AC-
S encouei uoes not. Any pioject cieateu in Encoie CS4 must use PCN auuio, oi
ieplication will be impossible.
8|ustreak remaster - the key to rep||cat|on
BluStieak Piemastei is the biainchilu of Laiiy Applegate, the uevelopei of BvB
Aftei Euit, a well-iespecteu BvB utility foi post-mastei analysis anu euiting. Aftei
ieseaiching the Blu-iay Bisc situation foi Nac, anu being awaie that no path existeu
to cieate Replication masteis fiom Nac Blu-iay authoiing, Laiiy ueteimineu it was
possible to cieate a Nacintosh utility to conveit BBNv masteis into ieplicatable
BBCNF masteis. voila! BluStieak Piemastei was boin.
8DMV to 8DCMI Convers|on
The fiist step in the piocess is to cieate a legal, usable BBNv mastei foluei. That's
the job of any of the authoiing tools we have uiscusseu eailiei. 0nce that BBNv
exists, BluStieak Piemastei can be calleu upon to uo the conveision to BBCNF.
An |mportant d|sc|a|mer
Blu-stieak Piemastei wiites its finisheu files in the stanuaiu A."M6 veision
iequesteu by ieplicatois touay - FW5 F@ YKW5E?W7 .Z@> ?IG@IE>]
I@*<EYK5E?>! As an example, S0NY's ieplication facilities utilizeu, foi a time, theii
own S0NY CNF, but now accept BBCNF. If you plan on ieplicating at S0NY, be
ceitain to veiify they will accept A."M6. , A."M6 YJ<?FL HLFHJLFG Q; AUI+?LFJC
$LFYJ<?FL <:BIUG QF JEEFH?JQUF J? +#-%S @Z ?:F; JEEFH? A."M60
ou .&++ Need Some nard Dr|ve Space
}ust as builuing a BvB pioject iequiies auuitional haiu uiive space equivalent to the
oiiginal pioject size, cieating a BBCNF will iequiie auuitional haiu uiive space
equal to that of the oiiginal BBNv. These uays, haiu uiives aie cheap, anu plentiful,
so be suie you have enough befoie you begin. A spaie 1u-2u uB is always hanuy.
Launch|ng 8|uStreak remaster
We will begin with the piesumption that you have acquiieu BluStieak Piemastei
anu have licenseu it foi use, not as a uemo. As with eveiy Nac application, uouble-
click the Application Icon to launch. When you uo, uon't blink, because the app loaus
veiy fast, anu (cuiiently) no splash scieen appeais - only the piesence of BluStieak
Piemastei menu lets you know it's iunning.

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Creat|ng a new Iob
The piocess of conveiting a BBNv mastei to BBCNF is calleu a "job", anu to begin,
cieate a G/. d,U in the File Nenu. Commanu-N woiks as a shoitcut foi this.

Locat|ng the source
Foi the job to take place,
theie must be a souice
volume (the BBNv you
authoieu) anu a taiget
uestination haiu uiive.
Aftei selecting "G/. d,U", a
piompt will appeai with a
file selection uialog
winuow, wheie the souice
BBNv can be locateu, anu
selecteu.


Se|ect the 8DMV source fo|der
You can select the BBNv foluei as the souice, oi the foluei enclosing it, but uo N0T
select the 7WTN(!(7=NW foluei aujacent to the BBNv. Selecting an invaliu souice
foluei won't ciash the piogiam, but you will get a uialog telling you to tiy again.

4/:/A$ $'/ D2@3 ,) 1$# />A:,#1>? <,:0/)
kev|ew|ng the 8DMV contents
0nce selecteu, a job info winuow will uisplay, uetailing the innei contents of the
selecteu BBNv. The file listing may look uaunting, but iest assuieu that Piemastei
knows what eveiything is, anu wheie it is supposeu to go. If you uo a compaiison
between youi BBNv souice foluei, anu the job infoimation winuow in &)/8"#$/),
you will see that both ieflect the same files, they'ie just listeu uiffeiently.

N'/ D2@3 #,*)A/ QHS ">0 $'/ &)/8"#$/) d,U T/"0,*$ QTS
Lxport|ng the 8DCMI
To begin the conveision job, select "%&+$ ^ @U0"#( ,' FGY!%" oi type Commanu-F.

W`9,)$ "# D27@!
0nce again, a navigation winuow will appeai, wheie you can select the uestination
foluei oi uiive to wiite the new BBCNF.

4/:/A$1>? $'/ 0/#$1>"$1,>

The conveision will begin, anu a piogiess uialog will tiack the, well, 9),?)/##.

&),?)/## 01":,?
Within a few minutes, BluStieak Piemastei will have completeu the conveision to
BBCNF. The contents of the BBCNF foluei look uiamatically uiffeient fiom the
oiiginal BBvN souice, anu yet the same infoimation is containeu within. In the
BBCNF foluei, the uata has been ieaiiangeu to piepaie it foi ieplication.
Lxport|ng to a D|sc Image
BluStieak Piemastei also incluues a featuie to wiite a Blu-iay Bisc Image. Simply
use the "Expoit to Bisc Image" commanu, anu BluStieak Piemastei will wiite the
uata in Bisc Image foimat insteau of a BBNv foluei. This may be helpful to use with
Toast, if you neeu to buin multiple copies.

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N'/ <1>1#'/0 D27@! <,:0/)
De||very to the kep||cator
Beliveiing the completeu BBCNF to the ieplicatoi can be
accomplisheu in a few uiffeient ways, but most ieplicatois can accept
a haiu uiive foimatteu with Winuows NTFS. This poses an inteiesting
conunuium foi Nac useis, because while Nac 0S X can ieau NTFS, it
cannot wiite it without a S
iu
paity softwaie helpei.
N1IS on Mac - aragon
Theie aie two solutions foi wiiting NTFS on Nac 0S X. Paiagon Systems
(http:www.paiagon-softwaie.com) offeis NTFS foi Nac foi $79. Ny expeiience in
using this piouuct to foimat a ueliveieu NTFS BBB was N0T successful, so bewaie!
N1IS on Mac - N1IS-3G Cpen Source
An open-souice NTFS foimatting solution foi Nac 0S X is also available at the NTFS-
Su website: http:www.ntfs-Sg.oig . Ny expeiience using this piouuct to foimat a
ueliveieu NTFS BBB was ALS0 N0T successful, so bewaie!

Both -*6+ ZBL MJE anu -*6+W3( auu in the ability to wiite NTFS foimatteu uisc
volumes that's missing in the Nac 0S. Regaiuless of which solution is chosen, I
iecommenu you foimat a small test uiive, anu have youi ieplicatoi check to be suie
they can ieau it.

Woist case, have a fiienu with a PC stanuing by, so you can use that to make NTFS.
CnA1Lk 9 - AACS and 8DA LICLNSING AND ILLS

The BB foimat has some othei uiffeiences fiom the BvB
foimat as well - A,>$/>$ 9),$/A$1,> :1A/>#1>?i These
licenses anu the fees they iequiie, have been the souice
of much contention among Blu-iay authois.

8|u-ray |s not ||ke DVD
If you aie only cieating Blu-iay Biscs using BB oi BvB iecoiuable meuia, this
chaptei is N0T foi you! Bieathe easy, too, since you just uougeu a potentially
expensive bullet. If you woulu like to know moie about licensing, just ieau on.
L|cense requ|rements for 8D kecordab|e (8D-k]kL)
Theie aie none - >?>@M BB iecoiuable meuia fiom BBA licenseu manufactuieis
has alieauy hau the BBA license fee paiu, anu you aie fiee to use the uiscs as-is, with
no fuithei payment (othei than the piice you paiu to puichase them).
L|cense kequ|rements for 8D-kCM (V|deo) kep||cat|on
Naking a BvB was a faiily simple pioposition - you authoieu the pioject, cieateu a
ieplication mastei (BLT oi BBP uata on BvB-R) anu ueliveieu to the ieplicatoi.
While CSS (Content Sciamble System) was an option foi the BvB foimat, the cost of
it was geneially buiieu in the cost of youi ieplication iun. Naciovision APC (analog
Piotection) was also an option, but it cost money, anu you hau to be licenseu to
apply the Naciovision flags uuiing authoiing

Blu-iay has taken the ieplication licensing issue to an entiiely new level of
complexity anu absuiuity (in my opinion). Not only is content piotection licensing
NANBAT0RY, (as we will uiscuss shoitly), but the licensing iequiiements manuate
that not only must the 7,>$/>$ &),_10/) be licenseu (as an entity), but /"A' D:*E)"+
N1$:/ (uisc) must be licenseu as well. This is a majoi paiauigm shift foi most BvB
authois, who giew up with the ielatively low-cost of BvB.

Theie aie also licenses that may be neeueu to use the Blu-iay logo, but these can be
veiy simply hau, anu may even be fiee. Since content piotection license fees aie the
fiist hiccup on the way to becoming a new BB publishei, let's look at those fiist.
1ypes of L|censes:
Theie aie two uiffeient sets of license iequiiements:
,,"+ licenses foi content piotection foi Replicateu uiscs (BB-R0N) anu
A., licenses foi manufactuieis of BB uiives, playeis, iecoiueis, meuia anu yes,
even 7^GNWGN piouuceis (that's Y00)!
AACS L|cens|ng
If you aie going to ieplicate BB-R0N uiscs of ANY size (BB 2S, BBSu, oi even BBS oi
BB9 which use ieu-lasei BvB meuia) #,8/,>/ will be REQ0IREB to sign
a licensing agieement with the AACS licensing authoiity (AACS-LA), anu also to
obtain a pei-title (actually, pei-glass-mastei) Title Key Ceitificate anu pay a pei-uisc
ioyalty.

While theie aie othei content piotection licensing schemes available foi Blu-iay
(like BB+), the Blu-iay "poweis that be" ueciueu eaily on that the AACS (Auvanceu
Access Content System) enciyption woulu be NANBAT0RY on the Blu-iay foimat,
not optional as it was on BB BvB.

This seiiously changeu eveiything (in my opinion). Licensing fees paiu by
Bollywoou stuuios can ieach many hunuieus of thousanus of uollais, but the
Stuuios' ietuin on a million-uisc ieplication iun is exponentially gieatei than that of
inuepenuent piouuceis, who typically ieplicate piouuction iuns in the thousanus.
Content *,#(&/&0,1( L|cense - 540,000]yr
0nless you aie a Bollywoou Film Stuuio, the ouus aie you won't neeu this license.
Staiting with a license fee of $4u,uuu, (plus the ubiquitous 4 cents pei uisc ioyalty,
anu some oiuei fees) this license is well above the neeus (oi buuget) of most
inuepenuent piouuceis.
Content *#"2&3$# L|cense - 5S00]yr
This license has moie mouest aims, anu auuiesses the neeus of the non-Bollywoou
content community. It is the typical AACS licensing agieement useu by inuepenuent
piouuceis. The cost of this license was oiiginally $S,uuu, uue anu payable entiiely in
auvance, befoie ieplication was peimitteu.

In }une2uu9, aftei much feeuback fiom the inuustiy, an option was auueu to allow
foi an annual payment of $Suu, up to a cap of $S,uuu ovei ten yeais. The net iesult
of this is to effectively lowei the cost of licensing a new BB publishei to $Suu,
allowing many moie to potentially publish on BB-R0N.
er-1|t|e Iees (1|t|e key Cert|f|cate) 5S00 per t|t|e key
Anothei fee new to Blu-iay involves the geneiation of a Title Key Ceitificate (a
uigital file), useu to iuentify anu secuie each unique BB title. 0iiginally costing
$1,Suu 9/) $1$:/ [/+ 1##*/0V this fee was also loweieu in }une 2uu9, to $Suu. This fee
is geneially hanuleu by the ieplication facility, who will puichase it fiom AACS-LA
on behalf of you, the client. The cost will be auueu to youi ieplication bill, anu
sometimes a hanuling fee is auueu by the facility.

.KI>E>]Y 4',*:0 +,*) D2 9),b/A$ )/h*1)/ )/E8"#$/)1>? <,) ">+ )/"#,>V $'/ ,00# ")/
$'"$ .1:: 1>_":10"$/ $'/ $1$:/ [/+ A/)$1<1A"$/V )/h*1)1>? $'/ 1##*">A/ ,< " >/. ,>/X W"A'
N1$:/ f/+ 7/)$1<1A"$/ .1:: 7^4N pKJJV /_/> 1< 1$]# <,) $'/ #"8/ $1$:/ U/1>? )/8"#$/)/0X
N'/ )/"#,> <,) $'1# 1# $'"$ $'/ 9),b/A$ 0"$" A'/A[#*8 .1:: 1>/_1$"U:+ A'">?/ 0*)1>?
)/8"#$/)1>?V )/>0/)1>? $'/ ,:0 [/+ 1>_":10X
er-D|sc koya|t|es - 540]thousand d|scs
Theie is a stanuaiu $u.u4 pei uisc ioyalty payable foi use of the AACS foimat. This
fee iemaineu the same uuiing the }une 2uu9 AACS ievisions. This fee is also
geneially hanuleu by the ieplication facility, anu they will iemit it to AACS-LA on
behalf of you, the client! The cost will be auueu to youi ieplication bill.
8DA L|censes: ILLA and CA
Sepaiate fiom the AACS fees listeu above, the BBA's 6DD, (Foimat Logo Licensing
Agieement) anu "$, (Content Pioviuei Agieement) licenses aie anothei thing
entiiely, anu the neeu foi them may not be obvious to many who aie fiist getting
into BB.
ILLA L|censes
FLLA licenses have to uo with the use of the BB foimat Logo (the Blu-iay Bisc maik
you have no uoubt seen). Authoiing companies who plan to cieate commeicial titles
foi ieplication shoulu investigate if the FLLA foi BB-R0N is iequiieu foi theii
expecteu woikloau (iequiiements aie somewhat unceitain).

Authoiing facilities planning on cieating titles using BB-} oi BB Live aie encouiageu
to become FLLA licensees, to facilitate theii inteiactions with licenseu ieplicatois.
An FLLA agieement foi BB-R0N is cuiiently $4uuu foi S yeais, anu must be paiu at
the time of licensing. @,#$ :1[/:+V $'1# 1# G^N #,8/$'1>? +,* >//0 $, 0, 1< +,* ")/ "
>/. D2 9*U:1#'/)Z"*$',)X

Anothei benefit foi BB-FLLA licenseu authoiing facilities: the licensing piovisions
subsciibeu to will pass thiough to benefit the clients who engage that licenseu
facility foi BB-R0N authoiing, eliminating the neeu foi the client company (usually
the content ownei) to obtain a license themselves (usually a CPA oi CPA-light
license foi laige oi small content publisheis, iespectively).
CA L|censes
If a content ownei is expecting to publish many commeicial BB titles uuiing a
yeai, it may be in theii best inteiest to become a uiiect CPA licensee, oi a CPA-Light
licensee. The costs aie uiffeient:

A full CPA license is $Suuuyi foi S yis; CPA-light is $Suuyi foi S yis.
Noie info is at the BBA website: http:www.blu-iayuisc.infocontent_piov.php
Theies also moie info available on BB R0N content piotection:
:??HgaaKKK0QUIWLJ;G@<E0@=ZBaEB=?F=?pHLBâLBY1EB=?F=?pHLB?0H:H

I iealize this many not be a complete listing of all BBA license possibilities, so I
iecommenu you visit the BBA website (www.Blu-iayBisc.info) anu ieview theii
licensing options. If you have specific license inquiiies, they can be auuiesseu to the
BBA licensing agent at: JTF=?qQUIWLJ;G@<E0@=ZB
8|u-ray L|cense Summary
You shoulu G^N neeu a BBA CPA license if you aie only cieating small quantities on
BB iecoiuable, anu you shoulu G^N neeu an FLLA license as long as you aie not
attempting to use the BB Logo oi Logotype in any auveitising, oi on the uisc itself
(othei than a pie-piinteu BB logo on a BB-RRE uisc, which has alieauy been
licenseu). If you neeu to use the Blu-iay Bisc logo foi maiketing oi auveitising, I
suggest you contact the BBA licensing agent via email, oi call the BBA.

You A"> label youi own uiscs as being a Blu-iay Bisc in plain text - this is alloweu.
What you cannot uo is just utilize the BB Logo on its own in youi auveitising
without S0NE kinu of BBA license.

BB logo examples anu guiuance can be founu heie:
:??HgaaKKK0QUIWLJ;G@<E0@=ZBaQUILJ;pUBTBaEB=?F=?pHLB^pUBTB0H:H

Anu heie's that magic logo:

N'/ D:*E)"+ 21#A :,?,V ">0 D:*E)"+ 21#A :,?,$+9/ Q$'/ $/`$ *>0/)>/"$'S
^$'/) $'"> ,> D2 )/A,)0"U:/ 8/01"V " :1A/>#/ 8"+ U/ )/h*1)/0 $, *#/ $'/#/X

AI1LkWCkD
I sinceiely hope this book has pioviueu solutions foi you, anu openeu the uooi to
incieaseu Blu-iay Bisc piouuctivity.

I cieateu this book because I senseu a neeu foi a way to stieamline the piouuction of
uigital meuia, anu especially Blu-iay Bisc, wheie the sheei amount of conflicting oi
incoiiect uata available online was simply staggeiing.

In the same spiiit of shaiing, I have iun an infoimative website,
www.Recipe4BvB.com foi many yeais. With the explosion of Blu-iay, BB BvB, anu
mobile anu online viueo, it's become cleai that these new topics ueseiveu the same
in-uepth coveiage as BvB. Auuing moie stuff to a website nameu foi BvB was just
not going to be the iight solution. So, it's time to upgiaue anu expanu!

I'u like to coiuially invite you to visit my new website, www.TheBigitaluuy.com,
wheie you will finu eveiything that was on www.Recipe4BvB.com, anu then some.
Cuiiently, this 0RL lanus at Recipe4BvB.com, but in the neai futuie, the 0RL will
uelivei you to the >/. www.TheBigitaluuy.com.

While the site will still in its foimative stages, I hope to be auuing a lot of new
tutoiial anu tiaining content as we go foiwaiu. This content will not just be about
BvB, but will also covei Blu-iay Bisc, online viueo, mobile viueo, anu uigital home
viueo (like Apple Tv). Theie's also new stuff like uownloau to buin BvB seivices
(like QFlix, which uses inuustiy stanuaiu SCC enciyption, anu Film Fiesh, who offei
BIvX encoueu movies with its own piopiietaiy secuiity enciyption.) All of these
uigital meuia foims aie faii game foi us to exploie anu infoim you about, anu we
will.

Ny goal is to pioviue infoimative anu enteitaining infoimation foi you, to make
youi uigital meuia cieative effoits easiei, anu moie piouuctive.

I sinceiely hope you will uiop by www.TheBigitaluuy.com anu consiuei becoming a
membei of the website.

Thanks foi puichasing this book. I welcome youi comments anu feeuback.

Bruce Nazarian

Biuce Nazaiian, "The Bigital uuy"
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0ne of my gieat pleasuies the last few yeais has been guiuing the
tiansition of the BvB Association (BvBA) into the Inteinational
Bigital Neuia Alliance (IBNA).

It's a testament to the speeu with which uigital meuia has been
piolifeiating that a iefeience to BvB is now consiueieu "olu hat"!

The IBNA has maue its new mission statement simple:

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Foi neaily 2u yeais, the association that is now calleu the IBNA has iecognizeu anu
iewaiueu excellence in the piouuction of, fiist, CB-inteiactive, then BvB, anu now
BvB, Blu-iay Bisc anu now, onlinemobile meuia

The IBNA has woikeu tiielessly to pioviue timely anu ielevant infoimation as the
face of uigital meuia has continueu to shift. 0ui annual Excellence event has become
not only a showplace wheie excellence in meuia cieation is awaiueu, but also a
chance to gathei the community anu shaie ielevant technology infoimation.

The IBNA website, www.IBNABvBA.oig. aichives viueo, auuio, anu uigital meuia
piesentations fiom as many of oui events as we can, anu all this infoimation is maue
available to out membeis.

Nembeisip benefits incluue access to some of the best minus in the uigital meuia
business as well as an oppoitunity to shaie pioblems anu achieve solutions thiough
oui online foiuam, iecent ie-launcheu.

Nembeiship benefits also incluue uiscount on inuustiy anu tieau events, books,
online- anu BvB-baseu tiaining, acciuent anu health insuiance, anu even uiscounteu
BvB uuplication anu Blu-iay ieplication.

Please accept my peisonal invitation to join the IBNA, as an inuiviuual, a Small
Business, oi a Coipoiation. You will be joining many of the moveis anu shakeis in
the uigital meuia business by helping us accomplish oui aims, anu suppoiting oui
effoits to help shape anu uemystify the futuie of uigital meuia.

You can join us online, at www.IBNABvBA.oigjoin. Please uo!!

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