How long does it take to Burn HD using Roxio?

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How long does it take to Burn HD using Roxio?

I just installed Roxio and began burning an HD DVD at the 'Best' setting. The video is 27 minutes long. After 3+ hours it had only encoded 4% of the file, so I quit it and now currently running a disc image on the file. I'm somewhere over 6 hours in and 23% complete. Any suggestions?
When I finally burn it, will it go faster from the disc image?
If I burn more than 1, will the second burn quicker (like iDVD) since everything is encoded?

Thanks,
Rod

Dual 1.8Ghz PowerPC G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Oct 27, 2010 9:54 AM

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F Shippey

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Oct 27, 2010 9:59 AM in response to Rodneyls

Creating a disk image file is the way to go. It sounds like you need to let your computer encode overnight.

Use the disk image file to actually burn a disc.

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Oct 27, 2010 10:48 AM in response to F Shippey

Thanks F Shippey. I thought that might be the case. I'll just let it run.

Would it have been better to have made a disc image with the Mac rather than Roxio? Are they equivalent? I'm sure the Mac would only take minutes instead of hours. Abort and shift to Mac Disk Utility?

Thanks again,
Rod

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F Shippey

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Oct 27, 2010 10:56 AM in response to Rodneyls

Since (I assume) you are going for a Blu-ray compatible HD disc, you CAN'T use iDVD for the encoding.

iDVD only produces SD discs.

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Oct 27, 2010 11:06 AM in response to F Shippey

Correct, HD compatible. Can I put the QT file in the Mac Disk Utility and make it a disc image, then use it in Roxio for HD DVD burn? Otherwise, I'll just let it keep running in Roxio to create a disc image and burn it tomorrow when complete.

Thanks for all your help,
Rod

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F Shippey

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Oct 27, 2010 11:31 AM in response to Rodneyls

HD DVD burn?

You keep talking about 'HD DVD'. The only HD DVDs are Blu-ray discs; are you trying to produce a Blu-ray compatible disc (Toast sometimes calls them High definition DVDs)?

iDVD will let you produce 'widescreen' DVDs (16:9 content anamorphically squeezed to the SD format and then unsqueezed on playback).

I assume you mean the first: Blu-ray playable video discs on standard DVD media. In this case, you will need to do all the disc production work (encoding and burning) using Toast.

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Oct 27, 2010 11:29 AM in response to F Shippey

Sorry for the confusion. I'm trying to produce a Blu-ray compatible disc, using Roxio's High-Def/Blu-ray disc plugin. I'll burn on a standard DVD which can only be played on a Blu-ray compatible player.

iDVD is out because I'm loosing too much quality with SD since the video was shot with 720p.

Once this disc image is complete (now 30% complete and 7.5 hours in), I'll try the Mac Disk Utility to see how that works.

Thanks,
Rod

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F Shippey

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Oct 27, 2010 11:32 AM in response to Rodneyls

I'll try the Mac Disk Utility to see how that works.

I'd use Toast to burn that disk image.

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Oct 27, 2010 11:52 AM in response to F Shippey

I'd use Toast to burn that disk image.

I feel better using the Roxio utility for this particular application too.

Many thanks F Shippey.

Rod

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warnergt

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Oct 31, 2010 8:45 PM in response to Rodneyls

Writing HD video to DVDs doesn't work for all Blu-ray players -- most notably the Playstation 3. From what I've read, it can't handle the HD bit rate coming off of DVD media.

Also, regarding the original post, I encode HD video using Adobe Encore. If I remember correctly, it takes about 5 hours to encode 1 hour of video on my 8-core Mac Pro. Encoding HD is very computationally intensive.

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Nov 2, 2010 1:46 PM in response to warnergt

Thanks for the info. warnergt. I was able to burn a blu ray compatible HD DVD with a lower bit rate setting (6-10 Mbps). However, it took nearly 30 hours to encode. (I have an old G5.) I made 18 copies. And after the first burn, it only took about 15 minutes to burn from that point on.

Rod

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F Shippey

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Nov 2, 2010 1:53 PM in response to Rodneyls

Rod,

So how long was your content on the disc and how was the quality when played with a Blu-ray player?

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Nov 2, 2010 3:44 PM in response to F Shippey

The video is 27 minutes of my daughter in a soccer tournament. She is a teenager, so the action was fast. (I use a monopod to keep the camera steady.) The quality was good and much better than with iDVD of course. I had to set the encoding at a slower bitrate of 6-10 Mbps to get it to run. A lot of trial and error. (I kept getting the Roxio code error 18771 that says there is a problem with the source material.) The only drawbacks so far was that their green jerseys look a bit turquoise. (The other colors are fine.) Also the menu interface is terrible. Not a lot I can do with it that I'm aware of. I'll need to experiment with the menus at a later time.

Thanks,
Rod

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