Blu-Ray System Requirements

[MgM Company]

Does anybody knows what the System Requirements are to begin a
Blu-Ray dvd project?

[skier-hughes]

Any computer











If you mean computer specs for handling and finishing a blue ray HD material project?
Do you have full HD material 1920x1080, not compressed hdv that gets interpolated out?
Blue ray burner is a must for output.

[MgM Company]

my computer has the following:

Intel Pentium 4 (3.40ghz)
Memory 4gb
Harddisk 250 gb
Video Geforce 256mb

[skier-hughes]

and your project files are?

[MgM Company]

My plan is to make a Blu-Ray output with Ulead Dvd MovieFactory 5 plus

[skier-hughes]

and your project files are?

[MgM Company]

Mpeg-2 & Wmv

[skier-hughes]

In which case I'd say that Uleads reccommended specs would do the job, as you aren't dealing with full hd video files for editing.

Does MF5+ have an HD encoder to convert the files to HD?

You'd also need to buy a blue ray burner, being as you don't have one and check whether the blue ray burning pack has been released.

But why do you want to upscale mpeg2 and wmv to HD, I'd have thought when watched a proper HD tv the quality would be poor.

[MgM Company]

I already have an Philips blu-ray recorder for my computer
And have an Hd Ready tv in my living room..

[sjj1805]

Whilst you can probably convert standard definition to High Definition to watch on a Blue Ray, why would you want to do so?

Blue ray discs will be more expensive than traditional standard definition disc.
The quality will not be any better because you cannot put in what wasn't there in the first place.

It would be like taking an 800x600 pixel JPG image and enlarging it to
4000 x 3000 but expecting everything to remain sharp and clear.

[htchien]

Hi,

In which case I'd say that Uleads reccommended specs would do the job, as you aren't dealing with full hd video files for editing.

For suggested system spec for HD video editing in DVD MovieFactory, check the Optional Requirements section in http://www.ulead.com/dmf/sysreq.htm

Does MF5+ have an HD encoder to convert the files to HD?

Yes, the Ulead MPEG.Now engine in DVDMF 5 is been tuned to support HD encoding.

But why do you want to upscale mpeg2 and wmv to HD, I'd have thought when watched a proper HD tv the quality would be poor.

Graham, MPEG-2 and WMV can support HD quality. Check the following links for more information.

MPEG-2:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2

WMV:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Video

WMV HD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMV_HD

Some WMV HD showcase videos on Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... wcase.aspx

So if the MPEG-2 / WMV video is already in HD quality, you do not need to upscale it to view on HDTV.

Hope this helps.

H.T.

[skier-hughes]

HT,
Yes as I still work in SD I forgot you could in fact get hd mpeg2, and wmv-hd.

[sjj1805]

Mpeg-2 & Wmv

But he hasn't said he is using the HD versions so back to what I said originally.

[MgM Company]

You can call me She not he!!

[skier-hughes]

She hasn't said what versions she's using, so are they HD and if so what format and please don't just say mpeg2 and wmv as you can get great differences in both.