Ziatron
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Q: Making Blu-rays from .mov files

I want to burn Blu-rays from some of my QuickTime .mov files.  I don't need to do any editing, just burn the Blu-ray, with chapters.

 

I have Toast 12, and it does a good job of making HD Blu-ray discs.  However, its ability to make a menu system with chapters is lacking.

 

Looking for any other ideas or alternatives.

Posted on Apr 21, 2015 7:22 PM

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Q: Making Blu-rays from .mov files

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  • by Russ H,Helpful

    Russ H Russ H Apr 22, 2015 12:19 PM in response to Ziatron
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    Apr 22, 2015 12:19 PM in response to Ziatron

    Well you can certainly add chapters to a video  file that you import into Compressor (or FCP X) and encode/burn a Blu Ray disk with very basic menus. Other options are limited for Macs. As you probably know, Adobe Encore should be able to do what you want but you'd need to subscribe to Premiere.

     

    Russ

  • by Ziatron,

    Ziatron Ziatron Apr 22, 2015 12:19 PM in response to Russ H
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    Apr 22, 2015 12:19 PM in response to Russ H

    I was hoping for something similar to iDVD, but for Blu-rays.   Can I create chapters with Compressor or QuickTime ?

     

    As you probably know, Adobe Encore should be able to do what you want but you'd need to subscribe to Premiere.

     

    Subscribing to software is something I plan to avoid for as long as possible. Friends keep pointing me to various excellent solutions in the Windows environment.   As a Mac user from the very beginning it is sad to see Apple walking away from its dominance in video editing.

     

    Right now I am able to burn Blu-rays using Toast 12.   I can set chapters using a couple of time options.  Every 5 minutes, 10 minutes etc.  My real frustration is that there is no way to test the Blu-ray disc prior to burning.   As you may know, with iDVD and Apple's DVD Player you can do a full check out on the final disc prior to burning to disc.

  • by Edward A. Oates,

    Edward A. Oates Edward A. Oates Apr 26, 2015 11:25 AM in response to Ziatron
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    Apr 26, 2015 11:25 AM in response to Ziatron

    You can create chapters in Compressor or in the Quicktime file itself using QTEdit - you need to buy that program from Digital Rebellion with a bunch of other stuff for $99, or you can get a 15 day trial for free if you only need it for one project.

     

    Compressor, like Toast, can only create basic menus, and the only reasonable option for creating menus similar to what you used to be able to do with DVD Studio Pro (keep you old version for DVD's: you can't get it from Apple anymore!) is Encore, which is part of a bigger Adobe package. You cannot get Encore by itself

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Apr 27, 2015 6:28 AM in response to Edward A. Oates
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    Apr 27, 2015 6:28 AM in response to Edward A. Oates

    Edward,

     

    If you create chapter markers in DR's QTEdit (or some other software, like Metadata Hootenany) will Toast recognize the markers when it creates a Blu Ray disk? (I don't us Toast so I can't test.)

     

    Thanks.

     

    Russ

  • by Edward A. Oates,

    Edward A. Oates Edward A. Oates Apr 27, 2015 12:49 PM in response to Russ H
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    Apr 27, 2015 12:49 PM in response to Russ H

    Yes: I just did that, and the chapters show up correctly. You need to check the "manual" chapter option, and you should see the list of chapter markers Toast knows about (I'm using Toast 11).