[MacDV] Blu Ray

[carlian at chariot.net.au]

Hi Guys,

Thankyou for your help.

Further to Alan's( Cambridge Video) reply I advise having gone to the suggested site which 
brought up MCE products.  Of note on this site was a highlighted Product Update viz. "The latest 
version of Final Cut Studio has the ability to burn Blu-ray discs directly from Final Cut Pro 7 and 
Compressor 3.5 using MCE Technologies' internal and external Blu-ray recordable drives! "

Best wishes,
Ian Tucker


On Sun, Oct 3rd, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Alan <ma501guy at aol.com> wrote:

> It remains a surprise and disappointment that for licensing reasons ALONE,
> Apple has not provided direct support
> for blu-ray burning....I have a Mac Pro and use an amazing Sony EX1
> digital 3 chip camcorder, and to have to dumb 
> down a project just to fit onto a regular dvd is tragic!  BUT there are
> solutions, and although Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio
> Pro both support to some degree blu-ray burning, you can always get a 3rd
> party blu-ray burner that WILL work on your mac!
> I have an LG internal burner that was designed for use in a PC, but it
> works perfectly fine using Toast Titanium 10 for the Mac.
> The software is specifically designed to burn DVD's in blu-ray on a Mac. 
> I've had great success doing so on projects that I want' to
> preserve in the highest format, and few times I have clients willing to
> pay the premium price for that option.
> IF you do a google search for dv pro, blu-ray, user group, you'll find
> even more info.
> There is a company that provides 3rd party support for such products,
> www.powerbook1.com, and they feature on their home page this exact
> capability, or you can use an external via firewire or usb 2.0, but they
> are expensive compared to what I purchased at a local Best Buy store, 
> the LG blu-ray internal burner, for $200 US.
> good luck
> Alan
> Cambridge Video
> 
> On Oct 3, 2010, at 1:38 AM, carlian at chariot.net.au wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I have an Intel Mac with 2x2.66 Duo Core and 7Gb of RAM.   I use the
> latest version of FCP and 
> > save my projects to SD DVD discs.   I take my videos on a Sony HDV
> Handycam and preset FCP 
> > to Apple Pro Res 422 LT.   I save my PAL projects in QT using current
> settings, prior to processing 
> > in a SD format in Compressor.  I use either DVD Studio Pro or Toast 10
> to produce a DVD.
> > 
> > It seems a pity to start with an HD prroject, but end up with a SD
> product.   Although FCP studio 
> > allows for Blu Ray editing, Apple does not have available a Blu Ray
> Burner/Reader.   I assume that 
> > if I had an external Blu Ray Burner I would be able to produce Blu Ray
> discs on my Mac.
> > 
> > Could fellow Listers please advise me the best way to go about producing
> a Blu Ray product ie. the 
> > name/s of good Blu Ray burners, brands of Blu Ray media used as well as
> codecs used etc.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Ian Tucker.
> > Adelaide,
> > South Australia
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