Premiere Pro to Bluray Player

[BrettRachford]

Hello,

I'm hoping that someone on this forum will be willing to share some knowledge with me.  I need to produce a handful of bluray disks that will play in a home bluray player. My goal is to utilize some sort of markers that will enable the viewer to jump from point to point by pressing the next/previous buttons on the remote. I've performed some research but have come up nearly empty.  I've placed some 'chapter markers' on the timeline and chose to include metadata when exporting.  I have exported the footage from Premiere Pro 2020 with the 'H.264 Blue-ray' format settings, resulting in the following five files: (#1) template_test.m4v (#2) template_test.m4v.xmp (#3) template_test.m4v.xmpses (#4) template_test.m4v.xmpses.xmp (#5) template_test.wav

I need help from this point.  I installed an LG 16x bluray writer today, but have not invested in any burning software at this point.  I would like the burning process to be as simply as possible, since I have a bunch of disks to burn.  Will one of you kind people recommend an effective software and share how I can produce a bluray disk that will play in a bluray player?

Thank you in advance for you help.

Brett

[bucksommerkamp]

Are you using Windows or Mac? If Mac, I have used Toast in the past and although it's not spectacular, it does work. On the Windows side, check out Magix DVD Architect. It's become incredibly hard to find anything for Blu-Ray authoring the past few years, but there are definitely tools out there if you're willing to bite the bullet. Good luck!

[BrettRachford]

I'm on a Windows 10 system. I will check into that software. I had considered contacting several of these companies like Toast, Nero, DVDFab, etc. and explain what I need to achieve and see what they offer that would work for me. The last thing I want to do is invest that kind of money and it not work. It's difficult enough investing as much as these cost, if it does work.  Thanks for your help!

[Media Editor]

I use Cyberlink Power 2Go 13.  For Blu-ray I create a H.264 video file.  Power 2Go 13 does not  transcode the video.  If you use the AVCHD output you can put about 25 minutes on a DVD disc.  The quality is as good as Blu-ray.  Cyberlink offers a trial version.

[Ann Bens]

Imo you made a data disk and not a video disk. Does it play in your bd player?

AVCHD diks are made from BD iso's.

[Media Editor]

I did not create a Data Disc.  I did not create an iso file.  I created an H.264 video file in Premiere.  The Cyberlink Power2Go 13 video that I burned to a DVD played on my DVD/Blu-ray players without any problem.  Power2Go will burn an H.264 video file to Blu-ray video disc.

[Ann Bens]

Power 2Go 13 does not transcode the video.

How do you know this.

[BrettRachford]

Hi Michael.
Thank you again for responding. I didn't state that you created a data disk, it was another user.

I will look into Power2Go.  I've exported H.264 Blu-Ray and MPEG Blu-ray files and attempted to burn them with trial versions of DVDfab Blu-ray Creator and Vegas DVD Architect. Unfortunately, my Blu-ray player wouldn't recognize either disk.  This is very frustrating.

[BrettRachford]

Thank you for the response, Michael, but I'm not interested in DVDs. I need to burn to Blu-ray and for it to play successfully in a Blu-ray player.

[Ann Bens]

In order to make bd disks you need authoring software.

VEGAS DVD Architect – DVD en Blu-ray Disc authoring

TMPGEnc Authoring Works 6 - The Ultimate DVD / Blu-ray / AVCHD Authoring Tool - Pegasys Inc. 

Not sure is Vegas will re-encode. Last time I check (few years ago it did not like Premiere H.264 BD files)

[BrettRachford]

Thank you for responding, Ann. I found Vegas DVD Architect online for $15. Are you aware if it enables viewers to use the next/previous buttons to skip around the timeline?

[Ann Bens]

Cannot say. You will have to download the trial. I cannot anymore

[Media Editor]

What are the supported file formats for CyberLink Power2Go 13?

Applied to: Power2Go 13.0

CyberLink Power2Go 13 supports the following file formats:

VideoPhotoAudioOnline*

Import	▪ ASF ▪ AVI ▪ DAT ▪ DVR-MS ▪ FLV (H.264) ▪ M2T (H.264) ▪ M2TS (H.264) ▪ MKV (H.264) ▪ MOD ▪ MOV (H.264) ▪ MP4 (H.264/H.265*) ▪ MPEG, ▪ MPEG-2 ▪ MPG ▪ MTS (H.264) ▪ TOD ▪ TS (H.264) ▪ VOB ▪ VRO ▪ WMV ▪ WTV* (single channel)
Export	▪ MP4* (H.264/H.265*) ▪ WMV
Import	▪ BMP ▪ JPE ▪ JPEG ▪ JPG ▪ GIF ▪ HEIC** NEW ▪ PNG ▪ TIF ▪ TIFF
Import	▪ APE ▪ DSD Audio* (DSF, DFF) ▪ FLAC ▪ M4A (AAC / ALAC) ▪ MP3 ▪ OGG▪ Videos with Dolby Digital* / Dolby Digital Plus* 5.1 audio soundtracks ▪ WAV ▪ WMA
Export	▪ APE* ▪ Dolby Digital* (2ch stereo, 5.1ch) ▪ FLAC* ▪ M4A (AAC) ▪ MP3 ▪ OGG▪ WAV ▪ WMA
	When I have burned Blu-ray Discs, the program does not appear to reincode the videos.  I will attempt to contact Cyberlink to verify that Power 2Go 13 does not reincode videos when creating Blu-ray discs.

[Ann Bens]

That does not mean much same codec can differ. Mp4 is but a wrapper.

Check the filesize before and after.

[Media Editor]

Cyberlink Technical Support

When you import H.264 video files created in Adobe Premiere, you can burn the files directly to a Blu-ray disc in Cyberlink Power2GO 13.  There is no reincoding.  Do not use H.264 Blu-ray, only H.264.

[Ann Bens]

Good to know 

Downloaded the trial: its not the program for me. Not being able to make iso's.

[Ann Bens]

On a sidenote, you cannot use BD H.264 as you cannot mux the files.

[BrettRachford]

Hi Ann,

I really appreciate all of your valuable feedback. I have exported in several formats (H.264 Blu-ray, MPEG Blu-ray, H.264 without Blu-ray, and .MP4), pulled the files into trial versions o both DVD Architect and DVDfab Blu-ray Creator - successfull burning to Blu-ray each time, but not a single disk is recognized by my Blu-ray player. This is very aggravating.

I'm praying that someone can help me.

[Ann Bens]

That is why I make iso's first.

I check them in Power DVD.

If they are ok I burn them to disk.

BTW get yourself some re-writables; saves you on coasters.

[Ann Bens]

What brand of disks are you using?

[Media Editor]

What program do you use to make an iso file?

[Ann Bens]

I still use Encore.

[BrettRachford]

Verbatim BD-R

[Ann Bens]

Good brand, so its not the disks.

[Media Editor]

I no longer have Encore.