Rory Mells

Q: Best bit rate for blu rays with Toast 11

I'm burning a ProRes422 (uncompressed @ 18GB) movie to blu-ray using Toast 11 Titanium. The maximum bit rate is 9.0 Mbps. Is this sufficient? It seems very low...

 

Compressor has never worked properly with burning a blu-ray (I know there are more custom settings). I would use this but have had no luck, the blu-ray never burns properly only had luck with Toast.

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Posted on Apr 23, 2015 7:56 PM

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  • by Meg The Dog,Helpful

    Meg The Dog Meg The Dog Apr 25, 2015 3:14 AM in response to Rory Mells
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:14 AM in response to Rory Mells

    I get good looking discs using the default Toast BluRay settings (Best). When you start cranking up the bit rate, it puts more stress on the Blu-Ray player to keep up, which can lead to disc stuttering and player compatibility problems.

     

     

     

    MtD

  • by thesurreyfriends,Solvedanswer

    thesurreyfriends thesurreyfriends Apr 25, 2015 3:10 AM in response to Rory Mells
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:10 AM in response to Rory Mells

    You may be looking at the maximum bit rate for DVD.

    I have Toast 10 and the max bit rate for DVD is 9.0 Mbps.

    The max bit rate for Blu-ray is 26 Mbps.

    For what it is worth, I set it to automatic and best and set to Video Format MPEG-4 AVC and not MPEG-2.

    I set the MPEG-4 AVC in Custom and then select Automatic.

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    Rory Mells Rory Mells Apr 25, 2015 3:18 AM in response to thesurreyfriends
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:18 AM in response to thesurreyfriends

    Thanks for the info, somehow I've had to pay extra for the blu-ray plug in to burn a blu-ray at 26Mbps.

     

    Now I need to figure out why the audio now is 'cracking' on the deeper parts of the soundtrack. The audio is set to PCM 96kHz 24 bit just like the original Pro Res file. In the original it does not 'peak' or 'distort' on the deeper parts of the soundtrack when playing in Quicktime, not sure what is happening to the audio after being burned to blu-ray. I might have to post in Soundtrack to get some feedback, any suggestions?

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    thesurreyfriends thesurreyfriends Apr 25, 2015 12:09 PM in response to Rory Mells
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    Apr 25, 2015 12:09 PM in response to Rory Mells

    I'm not confident that I can help with your audio problem, except to suggest  setting audio to Dolby Digital in the custom settings.

    Dolby Digital  is set by default if  Automatic is selected in place of Custom.

    Might be worth a try.