Comments on: Blu-ray on the Mac

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:29:35 +0000

Has anyone tried to burn short footage, like 20 minutes of HD in BR format on normal DVDs to be played back on a BR player? I have an iso image made from Encore CS3 and will attempt this once I load the new toast 9 and then report back.
I had all the same issues with Encore hanging in the middle of burning. Wasted $20 on two BDR discs before reading the part about using BD-REs. Good thing I only wasted two.
Also does anyone have a better source for blank BDRs, preferrably the White, Ink jet printable type?

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:51:21 +0000

Yes, if the drive has a front plate, it has to be removed in order to fit through the drive door.

By: Rob Lerner

Rob Lerner — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:36:00 +0000

hello
when you installed the sony internal blu-ray, did you have to remove the front plate on disc tray? thanks, having doubt as to whether my new LG super multi will be able to go internal on my macpro.

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:09:27 +0000

Ya, such is life for us early adopters. The pioneers get all the arrows.

By: Rob Collins

Rob Collins — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:05:37 +0000

Update: it looks like it’s the player after all. I took a new disc back to Best Buy and it played in a Samsung BD-P1400. Same disc does not play in my soon-to-be-returned Sharp BD-HP20U, which is rated for BD-R/RE, even with latest firmware. Hopefully that might help somebody. I wasn’t able to test in a PS3, but guessing it would work. The flaw must have been in the first disc I took to Circuit City.

An irony is that now that Blu-ray has won, I can pick up a HD-DVD player for $75 at Costco, which can play DVD-SP-burned HD-DVD’s on regular DVD-R’s. This project is a 10-minute looping kiosk video, so I could have waited on Blu-ray. Oh well.

By: Rob Collins

Rob Collins — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:07:51 +0000

Thanks so much for helping with this. My latest test has just over 10 minutes of video, but still not working. Encore is up to date, and no I didn’t move any files. I was able to update my player’s firmware, but still no luck. On my list is to try different media (using Verbatim now). Also to try a project from Premiere–now I’m taking an edited FCP video and bringing into Encore for transcoding.

My BD drive is from Fastmac–their 4x SATA. They claim support for Encore, but may give them a call. Any other suggestions welcome!

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:12:23 +0000

Having only 5 minutes of video may be an issue, but my original tests were only about 10 minutes. As far as your Encore burn problems are concerned, did you download and apply all of the available updates? Also, did you move any of your project’s files around to different folder/drive locations on your machine? This sometimes causes instability problems with your projects. Even though you tell Encore where your files’ new location is, it can still screw up your project and cause instability.

By: Rob Collins

Rob Collins — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:13:27 +0000

Sorry for the delayed response–I need to remember to check back here. Encore makes no progress on burning, then after moving the mouse I get the beach ball (app. not responding). I’ve let it go for maybe 20 minutes, then had to force quit and shut down.

I got to a store and my discs burned in Toast are not playing on a PS3 or the one set-top they had hooked up. My test projects have had only 5 minutes or so of video–do you think that’s maybe an issue? I’m going to try calling Adobe when I have some time.

By: rcgrabbag

rcgrabbag — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:39:04 +0000

What is the problem you are having with Encore when burning a disk?

By: Rob Collins

Rob Collins — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:58:54 +0000

Thanks so much! I cannot get Encore to burn a disc either from the project or .iso. I followed your instructions in Toast and was successful, but my player will not accept either a -RE or -R. There is a firmware update available, but the player doesn’t see the file on the USB drive (probably because I used a Mac even though I formatted the USB drive “FAT” as instructed). The joys of being an early adopter! I’ll try to get to a Best Buy later to test the discs in other players.