DVD Architect Pro: Blu-ray Menu Freeze

[Steven Reid]

Jim, Dale: thanks for the replies. My BR player was bleeding edge when I bought it about 2 years ago and I regularly update the firmware. Still, other factors such as (1) BR media and (2) BR burner could contribute. It is enough for me to rule out Sony software as the problem.

And yes, Dale, I agree that motion "still" backgrounds are easy. I would not have noticed this problem unless I had tried my hand at using PhotoShop to make menus. Gadzooks -- in practice, that was very time-intensive. No thanks.

Case closed, I believe.

-Steve

[Jose Estrada]

Why it has to be 30mbps? If, I am building a DVD always is 8mbps, if MPG2 BR,25mbps. And I have not have problems. I think your data may be to high, to be played in certain players. Just my opinion.

[Steven Reid]

Originally Posted by Jose Estrada

Why it has to be 30mbps? If, I am building a DVD always is 8mbps, if MPG2 BR,25mbps. And I have not have problems. I think your data may be to high, to be played in certain players. Just my opinion.

I thought of that possibility, but it does not account for the fact that all other media on my Blu-ray disc plays flawlessly. Also, menus that have MPEG2 background media encoded at 30mbps also play flawlessly. So, I don't think high bit rate is the culprit. Having said that, I haven't allowed DVD Architect to recompress my menus having still background media at bitrates lower than 30mbps, so my problem could relate to the very narrow circumstance of DVDA recompression of ONLY the menu media.

I've wasted enough time on this, so I don't feel like troubleshooting any more. Thanks just the same for the suggestion.