Blu-ray authoring help

[lylez]

Originally Posted by TenEighty

Hi Lylez:

Cyberlink's PowerDirector now supports .m2ts files. Cyberlink's workflow is much smoother than Ulead's. You don't have to pull the files from the camera. You just open the .m2ts video files just like any other video file. Their software converts the .m2ts files to hd-mpeg2 for editing. You even can batch process a whole directory.

Check it out!

Thanks, but don't you need PowerProducer to produce a blu-ray disk? The tech support woman at Cyberlink told me that PowerProducer 5 would perform this task, but it still isn't available yet.

[lylez]

Roxio's sales department told me that Easy Media Creator 10 would work with my .m2ts files from the Sony Handycam HDR-SR1, but it didn't. They now tell me:

".m2ts is not a file format. It is a transport stream that contain different file formats. If it contains an mpeg transport stream than it is supported. In your case you are using an AVCHD file, which is not supported."

[dogger114]

I use Pinnacle Studio 11 and it works with these files. I am able to edit and burn to Blu-ray.

[lylez]

Originally Posted by TenEighty

Hey Lylez,

Where did you get this information:

"Cyberlink claims (on September 26, 2007):
"The PowerProducer5 will support .m2ts files.
But the product will be released in one month.""

I have been anxiously awaiting Cyberlink's support of AVCHD. They make great editing and authoring packages.

I tried Ulead's approach. The importing from a DVD function is not that bad, you just copy the raw files from your camera to your hard drive (be sure to keep the /BDMV directory structure). I just don't much care for their editing package.

Thanks for the info.

They now tell me that PowerProducer 5 will be released in February.

[lylez]

Originally Posted by dogger114

I use Pinnacle Studio 11 and it works with these files. I am able to edit and burn to Blu-ray.

Thanks - I'll give it a try.

[mariopuas666]

Hi, I´m from México, and i just bought My Brand New
Vaio VGN-AR690FG with Blu-ray etc...
I can edit and play high definition with no problems at all, as well as burn it. But I have a problem. When I try to connect my Vaio with My High Definition TV (I'ts a SONY one) with the HDMI Interface I can see the movies on my TV making some adjustments, but I can´t see it on My LCD from my PC. And when i try to put both i can´t. my LCD It´s totally on Black and if i disonnect the HDMI My computer stay´s black untill i turn it off. What can i do?

[lylez]

Originally Posted by lylez

Thanks - I'll give it a try.

I tried Pinnacle, but it doesn't work either. Here's what their tech-support person says,

"For now, Studio 11 cannot burn with Blu-ray burners. We do plan on adding support for Blu-ray burners in a future release."

[lylez]

Originally Posted by lylez

That's an excerpt from an email I got back from them. I have ftp'd a sample .m2ts file to them, which the woman said (on September 28, 2007) that she would forward on to the RD team. If any break throughs are made, I will post news of them here.

Mean while, I have downloaded Cineform's AspectHD software. It too generates an error message. I have notified their tech support people, and sent them a sample file as well.

Cyberlink finally released PowerProducer 5, and it works!!