hmm... must have been an issue with the source image.

EDIT: It is an issue with the source: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zftBnRjT6sc/T9ngPCBjEiI/AAAAAAAAF30/9K6dXnlHz8o/s1600/Star-wars-wallpaper-34.jpg

I'll fix that.

You know I was holding out for the finalized BD...but sense myself caving in... ;)

Harmy you are a machine. A v2.5? Wow.

Just curious, were you able to retain some of the audio tracks in lossless and still fit on the BD?

A very good program to use if you somehow manage to get a licensed version is DoStudio Authoring. Unfortunately I've only been able to use the 30-day trial which seemed to have authored projects not function properly if there's more than 3 video streams but I found it efficient to use.

You can create pop-up menus for both main menu where it just overlays on top of a video like commerical products, and within what titles you choose it for.

There's others like Sony Blu-print which I've never used as well as being way too expensive and Sonic Scenarist BD which I found too complicated.

But if you're wanting something more simple, Sony DVD Architect is a good one to use, though that's payware too.

How is DVD-Lab for authoring BluRays?  I've been using it for the puggo projects (just DVDs), and I'm not nearly exercising all it can do.  But it has seemed quite easy to use.  Cheap, too.

*facepalm* - yeah, I just took a look and it doesn't seem to support blu ray authoring at all.  Too bad.

Waiting for the Blu Ray version is fucking difficult with the AVCHD out there in the wild.

I calm myself down and think of Frink.

Well, I have a whole free week before Easter, so I should hopefully be able to do a lot of work on the BD.

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Waiting for the Blu Ray version is fucking difficult with the AVCHD out there in the wild.

 

I calm myself down and think of Frink.

I'm out in the wild too.

I have to say, watching the AVCHD, it's hard imagine the blu ray being discernably better.  I've got a 58" plasma, and aside from the occasional spots from lesser sources, I don't see anything that isn't razor sharp and sparklingly brilliant.

Yeah, well, you can see some compression artifacts when you're looking for them but a lot of them are already in the source and the BD really won't be that different. I was actually thinking about lowering the bitrate of the BD encode a bit - not much, it would still be quite a bit higher than the AVCHD but enough to be able to put in more lossless audio tracks and not to have to compromise too much on the bitrate of the extras.

Currently the AVCHD is set to average bitrate of 6500 and max. of 15000 and the settings I used for the v2.0 MKV (and I was going to use for the BD) were avg.15000 and max. 40000, and considering how little difference there is between the v2.0 AVCHD and MKV, I guess going with something like 12000 average and 30000 max could make the encode smaller with very little loss of quality.

I'd much rather see a bitrate compromise on the extras than the main feature.. :) 

Is the BD going to feature the more recent digital capture of the '77 stereo instead of the older analogue one?  

Well, that's just the thing, with the main feature, lowering the bitrate shouldn't really compromise the quality, whereas with some of the bonus material it really could.

Oh, I see. Well I'm sure you will make everything work out in the best possible way :) 

I'm getting the same feelings of anticipation waiting for this BD as I got around 20 years ago when I waited for the movie to air on swedish television (first time I ever saw it)