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Dustin27630886m8a5
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December 19, 2022
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Encore CS5 Blu-ray problem (it's burning a data blu-ray instead of a standard movie blu-ray)

  • December 19, 2022
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I've tried twice now to burn a dual layer Philips BD-R as a standard movie Blu-ray that will play in a Blu-ray player, but it has burned as a data Blu-ray both times. This is the first time this has happened. I film weddings and have made Blu-ray movies for the couples, and I've also made some stunt Blu-ray movies. For this project, I've made a motion menu in After Effects and used Dynamic Link to import it into Encore as with the Premiere Pro sequence which I usuallly do as with the wedding and stunt Blu-rays I've made in the past. I just don't know why Encore is burning a data Blu-ray instead of a standard movie Blu-ray now? Don't know if it's my burner, the brand of BD-R, the way I'm importing into Encore, or what? My player still plays the stunt Blu-rays, and they were burnt on a dual layer Verbatim BD-R. Any incite would be helpful. Thanks. - Dustin

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YANNA26705213grl5
YANNA26705213grl5
Inspiring
December 19, 2022

DVD's used to be DVD-R ( recordable )

or DVD-RW ( re-recordable ) so you can erase and record NEW stuff on it.

NOT ALL PLAYERS CAN READ DVD-R AND DVD-RW....but most computer disc drives can.

 

FOR BD the same holds true but with different designation....

BD-R is recordable

BD-RE is re-recordable....same thing but different letters.

Difference is that DVD is basically old TV broadcast standard definition and BD is high definition.

 

Anyway, what I do is test a 'movie' burn on the re-recordable discs so I don't waste them if something goes wrong. You can't re-use a disc that failed to record correctly...it's trash.

 

Secondly, Encore was never good at burning actual discs but would work fine by exporting an ISO (image file ) and using something like IMAGEBURN to burn the actual disc into a movie.

 

Third, Verbatim always had the best reputation for having good disc surfaces that burned well and kept a long life afterwards ( due to oxidation etc. some discs become non functional over time ).

 

Use something like file explorer to see if there is really anything on your disc....anything at all...you can figure out how to do that by searching for help on HOW TO READ FILES ON DRIVES.

 

good luck

 

    neil wilkes
    neil wilkes
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    December 21, 2022

    Sorry I am so late to the party on this one - been away on other stuff and only noticed this thanks to a message from Stan (thanks, chap).

    For the OP - how exactly - step by step, if it do ya - did you burn the disc that turned out to be a data disc?

     

     

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    Dustin27630886m8a5Author
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    December 21, 2022

    Hi Neil. I'm the one that tried to burn a Blu-ray movie, and it came out to be a data BD. Pretty much after testing and messing around with things in Encore. The problem I'm having is the main menu as a motion menu. When you click on the "Chapters" button in that menu, a 4 second transition video is supposed to play which slides the entire main menu from left to right into the first chapters page. When I have the motion video and audio linked to the main menu, render it, and try to click "Chapters" in the preview window, it doesn't work right. It just starts the motion video in the menu over to the beginning and plays without audio for the duration of the 4 second transition video that's supposed to be playing, and then just jumps to the first chapters page. It works fine when the motion menu isn't rendered, when it's just a still image with the audio. Here's a link to another post that I posted yesterday. It's more current of where I'm at with the project.

     

    Re: Encore CS5 motion menu and transition problems... - Adobe Support Community - 13434720

    You kind of have to scroll down a ways. The top is this thread that I put in it so that I didn't have to retype it all.

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    Richard M KnightCommunity Expert
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    December 19, 2022

    Have you tried exporting a bluray folder and using Imgburn to make the disc?

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      Dustin27630886m8a5Author
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      December 19, 2022

      No, I haven't tried to export a folder. I did try to export an image file, but it said it was too large for the destination. But I have 400GB of free space on my computer. Don't know how large Blu-ray image files are though. And I don't know what Imgburn is?

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        Richard M KnightCommunity Expert
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        December 19, 2022

        https://www.imgburn.com/

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