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  • BluStreak PreMaster and Sony DADC Project Minor Issue with BDCMF image fileset.   24 weeks 5 days ago

    Thanks for the heads up. Build (004) is now available to download from the Product Page.

    Regards,

    Larry

  • BluStreak and Encore CS4   25 weeks 6 days ago

    Hi Peter,

    As I stated in my email to you:

    Sorry, this was my mistake, since I had the 1.03 spec and nothing significant had changed I "presumed" that declaring the output as version 1.03 would not be a problem.

    I have sent the new build to you, and the previous build has now also been replaced in the product download page. Please let us know if you have any further issues.

    Thanks for posting here, this way everyone can be informed of our progress.

    Regards,

    Larry

  • BluStreak and Encore CS4   25 weeks 6 days ago

    Hi Larry,

    we're a media replication broker and tried our first BD25 with SonyDADC. Our customer uses Encore CS4 and we recommended your BS Tool. Today I got the following message from Sony mastering:

    BDCMF Version not supported, Input is CMF Version 1.03
    Support are 0.9 or between 0.99 and 1.01 and 1.02
    Please provide a correct input.

    :-(( Can you tell me which type of BDCMF you've implemented?

    You can reach me at peter.brickwede[at]software-partner.de

    Thanks
    Peter

  • BluStreak and Encore CS4   26 weeks 6 days ago

    Hi Larry,

    This sounds promising ! I can't wait to see your results. I must admit my purchase strongly depends on that tests, as Encore and BS do look like a great afordable duo for freelance authors.

    Cheers.
    Alex.-

  • BluStreak and Encore CS4   27 weeks 5 hours ago

    Hi Adam,

    DLT is not used for BD replication.

    Regards,

    Larry

  • BluStreak and Encore CS4   27 weeks 7 hours ago

    Hi,

    I'm unclear if BluStreak Premaster outputs to DLT for BD25 replication. I know it formats it for replication but what is the output process? Didn't see that option in the software demo.

    Thanks
    Adam

  • BluStreak and Encore CS4   27 weeks 1 day ago

    Hi Alex,
    the Encore Media Encoder use Mainconcept technologie. As I had some trouble with the first release of Reference Mac ( version 1.5) and with their help I know that they are also using Sonic Stream verifier to check their output.

    But I guess it would be the best to wait and see what larrys test will bring. I guess they will pass.

    cheers

    danny

  • BluStreak and Encore CS4   27 weeks 1 day ago

    Hi Alex,

    It is reported that they pass, but we are preparing our own projects for submission to the Sony stream verifier. We'll post here when we have a result.

    Regards,

    Larry

  • BluStreak Premaster and DoStudio   27 weeks 1 day ago

    Thanks for the clarification, John. I think that people are just looking to find out what will work before committing to a professional product, rather than trying to circumvent the EULA.

    I'm also pleased that DoStudio is out there, and can offer a significant step up from Encore at a reasonable price. We all stand to benefit as more tools for independent authors become available and more non-hollywood titles are produced.

    Regards,

    Larry

  • BluStreak Premaster and DoStudio   27 weeks 1 day ago

    Hello Larry, hello John
    i want to clarify immediately that we do not want to replicate a project using trial version of Dostudio, but we wanted to know if the operation was possible because of further tests we would like to have with replication facilities, including the BDCMF image testing.
    Going back to the topic... Larry your answer is very simple and clear but looks like there are other limitations (test IDs ?) that would make this operation impossible, as John pointed out.
    I apologize for any misunderstanding
    Thank you very much for your support!
    Best regards

    Stefano Tofani

  • BluStreak Premaster and DoStudio   27 weeks 1 day ago

    The DoStudio trial version does not create a replication-ready folder structure. Attempting to replicate discs from the trial version will result in faulty playback because the trial version uses test IDs that Blu-ray players can reject if they are read from replicated discs. And the previous contributor is correct. Replicating discs from the DoStudio trial is a violation of the EULA.

    Stefano, we welcome Larry's product to the market but if you wish to replicate discs from DoStudio we encourage you to contact us. I would like to hear more about your authoring needs and see how we can meet them. Feel free to contact me directly at: jharrington (at) netblender (dot) com.

    Best regards,
    John Harrington
    NetBlender CEO

  • BluStreak Premaster and DoStudio   27 weeks 2 days ago

    The EULA of the Trial version of DoStudio says that you can not use the trial to create a disc that will be used for replication. I'd contact NetBlender to ensure the trial version's image is ok to be replicated. Knowing NetBlender there probably is something else missing beside the BDCMF tab in the trail version. I would be very careful to send the output of a trail version of DoStudio to a replicator.

  • BluStreak Premaster and DoStudio   27 weeks 2 days ago

    Hi Stefano,

    Yes, you can.

    Regards,

    Larry

  • BluStreak Premaster and DoStudio   27 weeks 2 days ago

    Hi Larry
    Thanks for your quick reply. I probably need to clarify my email in some points: we used Dostutio to successfully create n.2 blu-ray titles duplicated at Sonopress (Germany). The problems i was referring is about the Authoring software "generally speaking" : Dostudio is a new software that needs to grow and be refined so the authoring process was not easy or/and "problems free" to get the result we had in mind. I was higlightining this because i wanted to make clear that we still would like to evaluate DoStudio before buying the full licence and we would still like to make so me more test with the replication facilities, including BDCMF testing. So the question is: can we use DoStudio TRIAL VERSION (not full) + BLUSTREAK PREMASTER to get a final , 100% working Blu-ray disk image ?
    Thank you
    Regards
    Stefano Tofani

  • BluStreak Premaster and DoStudio   27 weeks 2 days ago

    Hi Stefano,

    BluStreak Premaster makes perfect BDCMF folders with DoStudio input, which pass Eclipse verification. We have no control over the stream encoding by the authoring program, though of course DoStudio has been successful and there should not be any problems today if you follow their recommendations. But what kind of problems have you encountered?

    We are early in our product cycle and request that the replicators that we work with will thoroughly test the projects before committing to a glass master, including running the video and audio through the Sony stream verifier. If you decide to use us please let us know who you are considering to use for replication, or if you wish us to recommend someone in Europe. We will do all that we can to make sure the process goes smoothly, and we have a representative in Germany who is working with us on these issues.

    Regards,

    Larry Applegate

  • Can I use BluStreak to create Sony CMF masters?   27 weeks 3 days ago

    hi autorista,
    premaster could create BDCMF but no sony CMF from dostudio-output, as far as sony CMF is not supported. do the replicator request sony CMF only?

    cheers

    danny

  • Blu-ray Authoring and Pre-mastering   28 weeks 1 day ago

    The problem is now resolved, and all purchasers have now received the license file for the 1.0 released application, which is available for download here.

    Anyone may test the download under its limited demo functionality.

    Regards,

    Larry

  • Blu-ray Authoring and Pre-mastering   28 weeks 1 day ago

    A visitor posted an inquiry about replicators who have actually produced a commercial BD for second-tier (non-hollywood) authoring studios. We are working with existing customers and three potential replication facilities towards that objective. We will report here as progress is made.

    We are working towards a "cookbook" approach which we will post on this web site once it is useful. Please stay tuned, and reply to this post if you wish to join in this effort.

    Regards,

    Larry Applegate
    President
    Rivergate Software

  • Blu-ray Authoring and Pre-mastering   30 weeks 2 days ago

    Thanks for your patience, we did not intend for new store to charge your card until the download was ready, we apologize for the mistake.

    We have sent the beta application to vansin and will be working with him and the replicator to make sure his project goes smoothly.

  • Blu-ray Authoring and Pre-mastering   30 weeks 2 days ago

    I pait € 299, - where is my download