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Time-saving tips for burning test discs
You will generally need to test your menu authoring and navigation frequently, but you will not necessarily
change your video assets every time. DoStudio Authoring includes a time-saving feature that allows you to
turn video/audio multiplexing off when you compile. This setting is found in the Disc Settings control panel.
You must compile your disc with video and a first play image at least once before you can turn off
multiplexing. Then, if you are making authoring changes to your menus but not altering your video, you
may compile your disc quickly with multiplexing off, and DoStudio Authoring will keep your previous mux
but recompile your menu.
A second time-saving trick relates to burning test discs for playback on a set-top player. Again, you will
likely be authoring and testing your menu navigation more than your video stream. Author your menus first
with short placeholder video clips in the titles. This way, your compiled image will be much smaller – maybe
under a few hundred megabytes – and you will be able to burn a disc that much faster. When you are
satisfied with your menus, drop your real video into each title and recompile.
Testing your projects during the authoring process
In general, you will view and test your project on your PC throughout the authoring process using WinDVD
or ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre. This is fast and convenient. It is important, however, to burn your projects
to BD-R/RE and test your discs on set-top players as well.
PC softplayers offer full-spec playback; however, they do not necessarily perform the same way a set-top
player will in terms of loading times, animation playback, and speed of jumping titles. There are also
performance differences among the various players currently on the market.
The DoStudio Authoring engine includes benchmarking capabilities that test each player's capabilities and
adjust the animation accordingly; however, you will still encounter performance issues if you attempt to
have multiple animations on screen simultaneously, etc.
The Sony PlayStation®3 is the gold standard for performance. It is useful to have one in your studio for
testing. It is also good to have a mid-range profile 1.1 player on hand such as the Sony BDP-S300 or
similar. Finally, you may want to have a first-generation player on hand to test the worst-case playback
scenario.
Formatting your Blu-ray Disc for replication
The final step in the Blu-ray Disc authoring process prior to replication is formatting. This section describes
how to format your final Blu-ray Disc image.
You should only proceed with formatting when you have performed a full quality-assurance test on your
project by burning your compiled disc to BD-R/RE and testing the playback in a set-top player. You will not
be able to play your formatted BD image until you receive your check discs from the replicator.
BDCMF and Managed Copy setup
Before formatting your final disc image, you must define the BDCMF settings in the BDCMF tab of the Disc
Information settings. For more information, see "BDCMF tab" on page 35.
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