Roxio Releases DVDit Pro HD Comprehensive Blu-ray Disc Authoring Software! - Blu-ray Forum

Dave · 12-07-2006, 06:40 AM

http://www.sonic.com/about/press/new...vditprohd.aspx

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Roxio Releases DVDit Pro HD Comprehensive Blu-ray Disc Authoring Software for Video Professionals and Enthusiasts

NOVATO, California (December 06, 2006) - Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today released DVDit® Pro HD, the latest version of the company’s pioneering DVD authoring solution, which now makes it possible for video professionals and enthusiasts to create high-definition Blu-ray Disc (BD) movies on their PC for the first time. Based on the same technology used in the development of Hollywood titles, DVDit Pro HD enables users to produce rich Blu-ray Disc titles with stunning HD menus that truly showcase and complement the breathtaking realism of high-definition video content and burn them to Blu-ray recordable discs for playback in Blu-ray players. Roxio DVDit Pro HD is available today at www.roxio.com for $599.99.

phloyd · 12-07-2006, 05:40 PM

Yay!

cubsfan45 · 12-07-2006, 07:10 PM

Wow so unexpected so soon! Awesome!!!

Dave · 12-08-2006, 03:14 PM

Roxio releases DVDit Pro HD software for burning Blu-ray discs
For serious videographers with HD camcorders

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7 December 2006 - Roxio has brought out a piece of software, DVDit Pro HD, that is capable of creating high-quality Blu-ray disc movies on a PC.

Designed primarily for video professionals and enthusiasts who have been recording video in high-definition since the first HD camcorders were released, the software gives them the chance to make HD menus for their movies.

Available for a hefty £470, the software offers an intuitive user interface and straightforward workflow to achieve professional results with minimal effort. It supports both DVD and Blu-ray formats.

For professionals, DVDit Pro HD includes a 32-track subtitles editor, support for DLT and CMF, and content copy protection.

The application can deliver 1080p, 1080i, or 720p output on Blu-ray discs, and transcodes MPEG2, AVI, QuickTime, and Windows Media Video into Blu-ray compatible video.

Users can either build still and motion menus from the application's HD Menu Compositor, or import HD menus from Photoshop.

DV92Camaro · 12-08-2006, 10:13 PM

This is sooner than I thought. This software is really neat. I might be looking forward to this.

EKIM · 12-18-2006, 05:22 PM

Purchased the software first thing, oh it burns a blu ray movie alright, but the menus are soft and low rez looking, I pulled in some high rez files for the still menu and it encodes them with a soft look (yes I chose the 1080p setting for menu encoding), defeats the whole purpose of HD, also, get this, if you do a motion menu, the menu video is low rez, the bitrate is around 8mbps, while the encoded video is 24 to 40 mbps, lame software, before someone from Roxio asks the question, yes I used the template menus from the software that are HD, and I am viewing this on a 1080p TV hooked up directly from my PC whichs plays commercial Blu Ray disks beautifully with my Sony drive, the still menus on the commercial Blu Ray movies look fantastic, Oh and another thing, I would have posted this on the Roxio site, but everyone and his brother have been having logon problems for at least 2 months, I'll never complain about having problems with ADOBE software again, Roxio......you can't even log onto the site, unless of course you are purchasing software to download, works great then. I would be happy with the software if I could just get High quality still menus out of it, I hate when software companies promise there software can do things it can't, well like I said, could not post this on Roxio site, so I hope I can help at least educate people here before they purchase.

Cheers
Mike

SS Scott · 12-18-2006, 10:07 PM

Hi Mike. Sorry to hear about your logon issues over on the Roxio Forums. Glad that is now addressed so we can see your posting there.

Reposting this post from the DVDit Pro HD forum:

Where are you seeing problems, with text and graphics? I am having a bit of a problem with the information you are stating about the application creating 8mbs menus when outputting to Blu-ray when it is creating 24-40mbs timelines. I don't know if that was a guess or where you got that information, but if you would, I would like you to check again.

Do this experiment. Drag an HD template onto the menu compositor. Drag 5 second HD video onto the background of the template. Set the project settings to 1080p, 1080i or 720p. save your project. write a volume. Then, go to media section of the palette, click on the import folder and navigate to the project you just created which by default would be in the My DVDs area of My Documents. Inside of your project folder is a "sources" folder and inside of that is a "menus" folder. Import the video from the menus folder into the palette. Right click on the menu and click on "properties". You will see that the menu is HD and that it's bit rate is the same as that which is in your HD transcoding settings. I just tried this with 1080p, 1080i and 720p project settings for menus and each time, it created the proper sized menu with the proper frame rate.

Have you viewed the disc on a BD player or just with your computer and it's BD software. Could be the software doesn't handle 1080p menus off of BD-R? So that even though it plays back BD-ROM discs well it doesn't do BD-Rs well. Don't know. Did you try other sizes for the menus?

EKIM · 12-18-2006, 10:36 PM

When I open each of the files in Power DVD I can click on "show info" and see the bit rate, that is how I know, also one looks good, the other very soft, I am viewing this on a 50" tv, a 720x480 image will look good on most monitors, 50" is not forgiving, also, the encoded main video file is fine, just any menus, still or motion look extremely soft, how are you viewing your projects? did you do a still menu to see, the resolution may be 1920x1080, but it encodes to look really soft if that is the case, I watched still menus from bluray movies and that look realy sharp, no reason these should not. Also I viewed from a disk and a file from the harddrive

Mike

12-18-2006, 05:22 PM	#6
EKIM Junior Member Member since:Dec 2006	Software is garbage Purchased the software first thing, oh it burns a blu ray movie alright, but the menus are soft and low rez looking, I pulled in some high rez files for the still menu and it encodes them with a soft look (yes I chose the 1080p setting for menu encoding), defeats the whole purpose of HD, also, get this, if you do a motion menu, the menu video is low rez, the bitrate is around 8mbps, while the encoded video is 24 to 40 mbps, lame software, before someone from Roxio asks the question, yes I used the template menus from the software that are HD, and I am viewing this on a 1080p TV hooked up directly from my PC whichs plays commercial Blu Ray disks beautifully with my Sony drive, the still menus on the commercial Blu Ray movies look fantastic, Oh and another thing, I would have posted this on the Roxio site, but everyone and his brother have been having logon problems for at least 2 months, I'll never complain about having problems with ADOBE software again, Roxio......you can't even log onto the site, unless of course you are purchasing software to download, works great then. I would be happy with the software if I could just get High quality still menus out of it, I hate when software companies promise there software can do things it can't, well like I said, could not post this on Roxio site, so I hope I can help at least educate people here before they purchase. Cheers Mike Last edited by EKIM; 12-18-2006 at 05:25 PM.

12-18-2006, 10:36 PM	#8
EKIM Junior Member Member since:Dec 2006	When I open each of the files in Power DVD I can click on "show info" and see the bit rate, that is how I know, also one looks good, the other very soft, I am viewing this on a 50" tv, a 720x480 image will look good on most monitors, 50" is not forgiving, also, the encoded main video file is fine, just any menus, still or motion look extremely soft, how are you viewing your projects? did you do a still menu to see, the resolution may be 1920x1080, but it encodes to look really soft if that is the case, I watched still menus from bluray movies and that look realy sharp, no reason these should not. Also I viewed from a disk and a file from the harddrive Mike Last edited by EKIM; 12-18-2006 at 10:42 PM.

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12-07-2006, 05:40 PM	#2
phloyd Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2003 Location:California Trading Score:5	Yay!

12-07-2006, 07:10 PM	#3
cubsfan45 New Member Member since:Dec 2006	Wow so unexpected so soon! Awesome!!!

12-08-2006, 10:13 PM	#5
DV92Camaro Active Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:San Jose, CA	This is sooner than I thought. This software is really neat. I might be looking forward to this.

12-18-2006, 10:07 PM	#7
SS Scott Junior Member Member since:Dec 2006	Hi Mike. Sorry to hear about your logon issues over on the Roxio Forums. Glad that is now addressed so we can see your posting there. Reposting this post from the DVDit Pro HD forum: Where are you seeing problems, with text and graphics? I am having a bit of a problem with the information you are stating about the application creating 8mbs menus when outputting to Blu-ray when it is creating 24-40mbs timelines. I don't know if that was a guess or where you got that information, but if you would, I would like you to check again. Do this experiment. Drag an HD template onto the menu compositor. Drag 5 second HD video onto the background of the template. Set the project settings to 1080p, 1080i or 720p. save your project. write a volume. Then, go to media section of the palette, click on the import folder and navigate to the project you just created which by default would be in the My DVDs area of My Documents. Inside of your project folder is a "sources" folder and inside of that is a "menus" folder. Import the video from the menus folder into the palette. Right click on the menu and click on "properties". You will see that the menu is HD and that it's bit rate is the same as that which is in your HD transcoding settings. I just tried this with 1080p, 1080i and 720p project settings for menus and each time, it created the proper sized menu with the proper frame rate. Have you viewed the disc on a BD player or just with your computer and it's BD software. Could be the software doesn't handle 1080p menus off of BD-R? So that even though it plays back BD-ROM discs well it doesn't do BD-Rs well. Don't know. Did you try other sizes for the menus?

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