Ask questions to BD authoring and compression insider "2themax"

[FrontierDK]

Hi there "2thyemax", and thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and work with us :-)

I'm new in this blu-ray arena, so pardon me if I'm asking a silly question.

Before I buy something new, I always check the net for info about the product and the technology. And, if possible, I check out the support options and people available before purchase - saves me a lot of time and money from time to time.

When looking into blu-ray authoring, I'm stumbled over the small amount of information available. I've checked user manuals for Scenarist, Sony's DVD DoStudio and DVD architect etc., and all of them have a simple walk-through a simple authoring - and the amount of information is not that much different than the amount we give our secretary - "click there, click there and then it should work" - while she has no idea why something happens and when.

Books
There's only been written 2 books about bluray, and one of them doesn't even cover HDMV - and the other is very sparse. The publicly available documents from the blu-ray association is no better than the manual you'll find in the glove compartment of an old car - it will tell you that there's a radio and the max. tire pressure...and then it stops there.

My question...
Where does one go for in-depth knowledge about blu-ray? From reading the forums, it seems that some people are very sharp about authoring, but a source of their knowledge is never revealed...