Burn Standard Definition to Blu-Ray? -4 archive

[MarkQC]

I've been burning my eyes out for a few weeks now trying to find the answer to this question (clearly, unable to find it in search here or anywhere else).

For a year now I have a sony Sony HDR-XR500V 120GB High Definition Handycam which came with Sony PMB (Picture Motion Browser) Software which is enabled and works fine with my blu-ray burner. I also have Sony DVD Architect Studio 4.5 - but this does not burn blu-ray apparently.

I have oh, probably 300 hours of standard definition video starting back from the late '80's. So sure, some beta, VHS, HI8, miniDV.

Now I DON'T want to burn all this onto regular DVD's as this would be a bunch of them, and I want a better disc for important family archive material like this anyway - even if it is only at regular resolution.

I have already started capturing it all to a hard drive. I used windows movie maker and captured it at 720x480. Now I incorrectly assumed that I could import/convert this into the Sony Picture Motion Browser software to burn to Blu-Ray but noooooo, and as mentioned the Architect 4.5 doesn't do blu either...

So how to take any saved media files (WMV/whatever) convert them to something that can be imported (still as a standard definition, even 4x3) into some kind of blu-ray authoring software so one can save 12 hours or so of standard definition video on a single blu-ray disk?


ANY ideas that are simple for a bone head like me would be deeeeeply appreciated

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by MarkQC

I have already started capturing it all to a hard drive.

That would be the most recommended thing to do. I have an external and I keep all family videos on there. I keep them in .mpeg and .VOB files for DVD burning. At this point, just keep on an external hard drive. You can probably burn Data Blu-rays and just keep them as storage and just keep the disc in a safe place. As far as playback, I'm not sure. I myself am looking into this stuff too since I am shooting a film right now. I need to find a way to make my HD source onto a Blu-ray after I get my rough cut finished.

[aramis109]

If all you're wanting to do is to move the files over (ie no menus, would only play on PC's and some BD players) then any blu-ray burning software would do. If you're wanting to create menus and presentations, then that's going to take more complicated software. I'm not sure offhand what you'd use for that.

BD is no different than DVD in that respect- it just requires software and hardware capable of burning to it.

[Weirded Wonder]

Sony's DVD Architect Pro 5 is capable of burning HD files to Blu or standard files to Blu.