April 12th, 2008, 08:21 AM | #1 |
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EX1 -> Blu-Ray Discs
I'm hoping this is the right place to ask this. Unfortunately it's a question that involves aspects of the PMW-EX1, Sony Vegas Pro and Windows Vista.
Can anybody recommend a good external Blu-Ray writer for use with a Windows Vista PC. Longer term I intend to go Mac and Final Cut Pro but that's way too expensive at the moment and I'm looking for a drive that will work with Vegas Pro 8 and Vista to produce disks that can be played back on a Sony PS3. There seem to be a couple out there from LG and LaCie but nearly always displaying "Out of stock" in the stores and not sure which is "better". One concern I have, after watching the VASST training video (volume 8) is how little information about Blu-Ray there is. The VASST training shows the new Blu-Ray options added under the AVC option but this talks only of 1440x1080 PAL and there's no template for 1920x1080 PAL. Surely I can't be the only one wanting to make Blu-Ray discs from his EX1 footage (even if its without any menu or titles) rather than plain old DVDs? Any thoughts/advice welcome. Thanks! |
April 12th, 2008, 08:36 AM | #2 |
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All I can say is that I use a Lacie Blue Ray drive with Toast 8 to burn the discs and have no problems.
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April 12th, 2008, 11:56 AM | #3 |
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I am using the (LG GGW-H20L) BD burner with bundled Cyberlink software because i only have sony vegas movie studio.Something people might already know but when i am capturing from tape to vegas the average rate is 4Mbps,whereas when capturing to BD using Cyberlink it captures at the full 25 mbps to disc,& the result is the best image & sound you can get from a tape for archiving.But there is no way to edit in this manner
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April 12th, 2008, 04:37 PM | #5 |
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Hi there,
Are there any Blu-Ray recorders out yet that connect via e-SATA? Would such a thing speed up the process of burning Blu-Ray discs (or is it some other part of the process, or the computer's CPU perhaps, that accounts for the time it takes to burn a disc)? Malcolm |
April 12th, 2008, 05:06 PM | #6 | |
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There is currently not advantage of SATA over IDE that I am aware of when burning Blu-ray discs. The primary factor is the drive and media. This drive with Blu-ray disc reads and write up to 4x. The media is either 2x or 4x for either write-once discs or re-writable discs and for either 25Gb or 50Gb discs. Burning at 2x speeds is a lengthy process and its amazing how much faster burning at 4x is. |
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April 12th, 2008, 11:55 PM | #7 |
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How easy or difficult is it to get a case and power supply and what do you call them so when I walk into my local computer supplier to ask for them I'm not going to look like an idiot!?
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April 13th, 2008, 08:00 AM | #8 | |
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I can confirm that Sony drive works in a Mac with Leopard, Adobe Encore 8.02 as well as Toast 9.02. Remember that Mac G5 PPC computers cannot run Encore because it requires an Intel CPU. However, Toast 9 does work fine in PPC and Intel machines. So lots of possibilities here. I't also prudent to mention that Pioneer has a 2nd generation BDR-202 Blu-ray 4X burner. I didn't choose Pioneer because it does not burn dual layer 50Gb Blu-ray discs. Hope this helps. Last edited by Barry J. Anwender; April 13th, 2008 at 07:42 PM. |
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