4K MOV File to Bluray Disc

[techguy817]

Hi video experts! I've got this 23GB hour long homemade MOV file in 4K res that I'd like to burn to Bluray disc for others to watch in standard players. My computer has a Bluray burner and I've purchased some BD-R discs but can't seem to find a good tutorial on how to convert the MOV file and successfully burn it as a native Bluray disc. My first attempt was to just burn the MOV file to a disc and the Bluray player wouldn't recognize it. Assistance greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Al

[usually_quiet]

Standard Blu-ray players won't play 4K resolution video files. They also won't play HEVC video, which is often used for 4K. For best compatibility with Blu-ray players, you need to re-encode the video and audio to match the Blu-ray standard and author a Blu-ray disc.

If you are using Windows, you should post the MediaInfo report for the 4K MOV file that you want to convert. (Open the file with MediaInfo. Click on "View" and "Text". Copy the text from the window and paste into a new post here.) That way perhaps someone can suggest a good method for converting your file for Blu-ray.

If you use a Mac, use the Report function and ask a moderator to move your post to the Mac forum so you can get help from other Mac users.

[techguy817]

Thanks for the reply. Here is the text output from the MediaInfo tool:

General
Complete name : D:\My Media\Wedding\Video\Wedding_Final.mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt 0000.00 (qt )
File size : 23.2 GiB
Duration : 1 h 6 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 49.9 Mb/s
Movie name : sample
Description : This video is about sample
Encoded date : UTC 2021-12-20 23:56:17
Tagged date : UTC 2021-12-21 00:38:30
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
com.apple.quicktime.keywords : Wedding
com.apple.quicktime.author : John Doe
com.apple.quicktime.title : sample

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=2, N=12
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1 h 6 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 49.7 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 768 kb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.250
Stream size : 23.1 GiB (99%)
Title : Core Media Video
Encoded date : UTC 2021-12-20 23:56:17
Tagged date : UTC 2021-12-21 00:38:30
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Codec configuration box : avcC

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 1 h 6 min
Source duration : 1 h 6 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 119 kb/s
Nominal bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 56.4 MiB (0%)
Source stream size : 56.4 MiB (0%)
Title : Core Media Audio
Encoded date : UTC 2021-12-20 23:56:17
Tagged date : UTC 2021-12-21 00:38:30

Other
ID : 3
Type : Time code
Format : QuickTime TC
Duration : 1 h 6 min
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code, striped : Yes
Title : Core Media Time Code
Encoded date : UTC 2021-12-20 23:56:17
Tagged date : UTC 2021-12-21 00:38:30

[usually_quiet]

I found a short demo clip in a MOV file online that I could download to test paid consumer Blu-ray authoring software. The file has characteristics close enough to yours for test purposes.

Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt 0000.00 (qt )
File size : 113 MiB
Duration : 18 s 547 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 51.2 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-30 17:46:24
Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-30 17:46:43
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
com.apple.quicktime.location.ISO6709 : +33.9173-084.0055+294.114/
com.apple.quicktime.make : Apple
com.apple.quicktime.model : iPhone 6s
com.apple.quicktime.software : 9.2.1
com.apple.quicktime.creationdate : 2016-01-30T12:46:24-0500

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings : CABAC / 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=30
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 18 s 547 ms
Bit rate : 51.1 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Minimum frame rate : 28.571 FPS
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.206
Stream size : 113 MiB (100%)
Title : Core Media Video
Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-30 17:46:24
Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-30 17:46:43
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Metas : 3,4
Codec configuration box : avcC

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 18 s 547 ms
Source duration : 18 s 599 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 86.9 kb/s
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Channel layout : C
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 197 KiB (0%)
Source stream size : 197 KiB (0%)
Title : Core Media Audio
Encoded date : UTC 2016-01-30 17:46:24
Tagged date : UTC 2016-01-30 17:46:43

I downloaded the trial of TMPGEnc Authoring Works 6 to see if it could handle authoring a 1080p Blu-ray from a UHD source. It produced a decent result and was reasonably easy to use. ...but if you need to buy the full version for your project it's about $100.

I have no doubt that there is freeware that could be used to do the job. Unfortunately, I don't have enough experience to write a script to re-encode your MOV file with the right specs for 1080p Blu-ray. tsmuxer can produce a menu-less Blu-ray from Blu-ray-compliant audio and video input. Blu-Disc Studio Lite can also create Blu-ray files and folders from compliant sources but requires a fair amount of knowledge to use.

[techguy817]

Thanks @usually_quiet! I tried TMPGEnc Authoring Works and it worked quite well for my needs. Easy to use and did the conversion and burning. I guess we'll have to live with 1080P discs vs 4K but I'm willing to do that.