DTS-HD Master Audio Suite and then?

nkf · 17th December 2011

I have no clue about Blu Ray authoring and would like to ask some questions here concerning this. What I try to find out is what would be the most simple and maybe cost effective way to author Blu Ray discs for high quality audio only, preferable on Mac. Right now I have SureCode for DTS- HD for encoding. It goes just to 48 Khz.
What I understood so far is that DTS-HD Master Audio Suite can encode all DTS audio streams but it's no authoring program. When I look at e.g. Scenarist I see a lot of features that for the purpose of a HD Audio Bu Ray seems not necessary. Is there a simpler, less expensive way to author Blu Ray HD audio disks? Necessary would be some menus of course and maybe an intro video and still frames/photos etc. The focus is on high end audio in surround and stereo.

listentoit · 19th December 2011

I think Toast is able of "burning" BDs and I think they even have some kind of simple authoring. If you want to get it done professionally take a look at www.pureaudio-bluray.com. It's a studio in munich and they have a special way of authoring so that you're able to nvigate the disc without a attached monitor which is actually not as trivial as it might sound.

tom_lowe · 19th December 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by listentoit

I think Toast is able of "burning" BDs and I think they even have some kind of simple authoring. If you want to get it done professionally take a look at www.pureaudio-bluray.com. It's a studio in munich and they have a special way of authoring so that you're able to nvigate the disc without a attached monitor which is actually not as trivial as it might sound.

Toast will burn a BD, but no support for DTS-HD

acm · 21st December 2011

AFAIK, Netblender Dostudio is the cheapest authoring software for .dtshd files. $3000.

neilwilkes · 1st January 2012

There is literally nothing on a Mac.
there are 3 apps that will do this to replication standard, Scenarist BD, Sony's Blu-Print & DoStudio and they are all Windows 7 applcations.

Please check your PM - this is something we may be able to help you with.

nkf · 24th January 2012

Just as a follow up. Not meant as an application for replication standard but I found this quite handy: Cirlinca | High-Definition audio software | FLAC, DVD, Blu-ray
It allows you easily to burn Blu Ray Audio disks up to 96/24 surround as uncompressed audio. I found it quite astonishing for $68,-. Very handy to give some demo Blu Rays or previews to clients and for testing purposes. Simple menus are also possible with JPEG import. It's not elegant to operate but I don't complain for this price.
All the other questions were thankfully answered by Neil Wilkes.

vudoo · 25th January 2012

Hi NKF,

At this time, the only 3 commercially available professional authoring apps which follow the strict Blu-ray specs are: Scenarist, Blu print and Do Studio. I use Scenarist and Do Studio myself. You can run DoStudio on a Mac via Boot Camp with Win XP or 7. It can author anything, from a simple to the most complex interactive Blu ray, all within the blu ray specs.

If you don't need a pro authoring app and not going to replications then anything from Toast to adobe Encore will sort of get you there.

As for encoding, the latest version of Compressor (3.5) and Adobe's Encode can do proper AVC(H.264) and various audio format for Blu ray.

17th December 2011	#1
nkf Gear addict Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 459 Thread Starter	DTS-HD Master Audio Suite and then? I have no clue about Blu Ray authoring and would like to ask some questions here concerning this. What I try to find out is what would be the most simple and maybe cost effective way to author Blu Ray discs for high quality audio only, preferable on Mac. Right now I have SureCode for DTS- HD for encoding. It goes just to 48 Khz. What I understood so far is that DTS-HD Master Audio Suite can encode all DTS audio streams but it's no authoring program. When I look at e.g. Scenarist I see a lot of features that for the purpose of a HD Audio Bu Ray seems not necessary. Is there a simpler, less expensive way to author Blu Ray HD audio disks? Necessary would be some menus of course and maybe an intro video and still frames/photos etc. The focus is on high end audio in surround and stereo.

1st January 2012	#5
neilwilkes Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 931	There is literally nothing on a Mac. there are 3 apps that will do this to replication standard, Scenarist BD, Sony's Blu-Print & DoStudio and they are all Windows 7 applcations. Please check your PM - this is something we may be able to help you with. __________________ Mixing,Mastering & Post Production Surround Specialists (all formats) Blu-Ray (Pure Audio Blu Ray & HDMV authoring) DVD-Audio/DVD-Video Authoring (Music, Film & TV)

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19th December 2011	#2
listentoit Lives for Gear Joined: Nov 2010 Location: London Posts: 11	I think Toast is able of "burning" BDs and I think they even have some kind of simple authoring. If you want to get it done professionally take a look at www.pureaudio-bluray.com. It's a studio in munich and they have a special way of authoring so that you're able to nvigate the disc without a attached monitor which is actually not as trivial as it might sound.

21st December 2011	#4
acm Gear interested Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 4	AFAIK, Netblender Dostudio is the cheapest authoring software for .dtshd files. $3000.

24th January 2012	#6
nkf Gear addict Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 459 Thread Starter	Just as a follow up. Not meant as an application for replication standard but I found this quite handy: Cirlinca \| High-Definition audio software \| FLAC, DVD, Blu-ray It allows you easily to burn Blu Ray Audio disks up to 96/24 surround as uncompressed audio. I found it quite astonishing for $68,-. Very handy to give some demo Blu Rays or previews to clients and for testing purposes. Simple menus are also possible with JPEG import. It's not elegant to operate but I don't complain for this price. All the other questions were thankfully answered by Neil Wilkes.

25th January 2012	#7
vudoo Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 749	Hi NKF, At this time, the only 3 commercially available professional authoring apps which follow the strict Blu-ray specs are: Scenarist, Blu print and Do Studio. I use Scenarist and Do Studio myself. You can run DoStudio on a Mac via Boot Camp with Win XP or 7. It can author anything, from a simple to the most complex interactive Blu ray, all within the blu ray specs. If you don't need a pro authoring app and not going to replications then anything from Toast to adobe Encore will sort of get you there. As for encoding, the latest version of Compressor (3.5) and Adobe's Encode can do proper AVC(H.264) and various audio format for Blu ray.