Blu-Ray authoring - why all the complaints?

[lordsmurf]

Adobe Encore CS3 does authoring for Blu-Ray.

Am I missing something or is all this "there's nothing cheap to author Blu-Ray" a myth?
By "cheap" I mean under $5,000. Encore isn't even close to that.

[racer-x]

Nero Vision does Blu-Ray authoring and is much cheaper than Encore.....what's your point? You can also do it with free S/W as in my guide.

[videopoo]

Nero Vision does Blu-Ray authoring and is much cheaper than Encore.....what's your point?

I think you missed Smurf's point.

Although basic...BD authoring very cheap. Replication is another story because of the AACS fees ONLY.

However, I found a replicator that will do 2500 units for $1.30/each with a mastering fee of $1500. If you want to get your own AACS license, that will be $3000 up to 100,000 units. If not you can go with a per title AACS which is $1400.00. + .04 cents a unit

Total for 2500 units = $6500 (give or take) Not cheap but not that much more expensive than HD DVD.

[guns1inger]

As also pointed out, this is the most basic of authoring, and does not exploit (or even begin to exploit) the possibilities of the format as far as interaction goes.

[SCDVD]

As also pointed out, this is the most basic of authoring, and does not exploit (or even begin to exploit) the possibilities of the format as far as interaction goes.

Good point. I hope that over the next year or two the knowledge base and editing / authoring tools will develop substantially. The format war is quickly winding down so hopefully things will stabilize. The price of media and hardware is still way too high but hopefully it will start to come down. The ray of hope for near term DIY BlueRay by the hobbyist and small enterprise businesses such as videographers is rewritable BlueRay media. Rewritable media allows for trial and error learning because the media can be reused. This means that it won't cost a small fortune in media to "go to school" and become proficient with BlueRay. The only way to really learn and become proficient is to wade in and try things out. At least rewritable BlueRay media makes this possible without going broke in the process.

[ron spencer]

who cares about interaction....I mean really, is that all people want to do is sit on front of the TV for hours looking at HD interactive? How boring is that? Most people these days barely have enough time to see a movie, let alone monkey about with all the extra crap on the disc. Such a red herring these extra features....BLAH....give me a quick to load movie any day and be done with it!!!!

[Ollie6431]

... The price of media and hardware is still way too high but hopefully it will start to come down. The ray of hope for near term DIY BlueRay by the hobbyist and small enterprise businesses such as videographers is rewritable BlueRay media...

Eventually the price of media and hardware would come down but that may take a long time. In the time being, authoring AVCHD disk is a viable option for hobbyists. One can use the same burner (red laser DVD burner), DVD-R for media, and get around 40 minutes of high-def video in compressed format (AVC h.264). This is not bad compared to 60 mins of std-def video on DVD.