June 20th, 2008, 07:20 PM | #1 |
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Do most BluRay players play AVCHD disks?
I'm wondering how common AVCHD playback is on current BluRay players. I assume it is not a requirement of the BluRay standard, and thus not found on all BluRay players.
My concern is that AVCHD disks which I author now will be unplayable on many if not most players in the future. Not a great way to save important family memories for future viewing..... Anybody know if the AVCHD format support is either required or even commonly found on today's and tomorrow's BluRay players? Thanks for any feedback. Larry |
June 20th, 2008, 08:10 PM | #2 |
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Well yeah, all Blu-ray player can play AVC codec, that is the spec, AVC, MPEG2 and VC-1
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June 21st, 2008, 08:04 AM | #3 |
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This is where my confusion arises. Even though all BluRay players have an AVC codec, the disk structure of an AVCHD is another different format, BDMV rather than BDAV. In addition, my disks are red laser 4.7 GB disks, whereas the normal BluRay players demand blue laser content to play BDAV.
Therefore, the AVCHD disks I am making can only play in some BluRay players but not others, even though all BluRay players know how to play AVC/h.264 encoded files. I am wondering if most BluRay players can do this, or only a few. I know my Playstation 3 plays them properly, but I have no access to other BluRay players to try out my disks. Thanks for any opinions. Larry |
June 24th, 2008, 06:59 PM | #4 |
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I have no personal experience with this topic, but what I've read has given me the impression that BD players with older firmware are the ones that may not play AVCHD on DVD-R, whereas with current firmware, no problem.
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Exactly. By the time you get to level 1.1 you are OK.
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Thanks Bob. Your reply is really very encouraging. Mahalo and Alohaaaaaa!!Larry
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Any updates?
I wondering the same before I buy a DVD player. I have an Sr12E. |
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I have a new Sony BD300 player that will play BR mpeg2 and BR h.264 burned onto DVD-R. The displayed HD video is excellent, but I have had problems with stutter and audio dropout if I encode higher than 18 mbs VBR (with max set at 23mbs).
VBR 18/23 mbs is flawless, VBR 20/25 mbs is where I see the problems. I'm not sure if this is a problem with my workflow, a limitation of the player, or a limitation of DVD-R.
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This raises some doubt, particularly if the newest AVCHD cameras like the Canon HF11 encode at 23 MB/sec. The resulting AVCHD disks may play with all sorts of stutter and other artifacts if the red laser DVD-R can't deliver the neccesary bitrate when used for AVCHD disks.
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I think that 3X thing had to do with HD-DVD players.
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I found the link:
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