Burning 1080P with X5

[nick2903]

Hi guys I currently have X5 and am wanting to burn my 1080P footage to a blu ray disc. However the settings when I select 'create disc' only allow upper or lower field, and not frame based. Does X6 have the capability to create a disc at 1080P, is it worth purchasing? Or does it even matter if I output to upper field first (quality-wise)?
Thanks

[Ken Berry]

The problem is not Video Studio but the international Blu-Ray standard which does not yet include 1920 x 1080 full progressive video. The only fully progressive video which can be burnt to Blu-Ray is 1280 x 720p -- though that would of course mean that you would be sacrificing some quality. There is no indication yet when the international standard might be changed.

FWIW, you probably won't notice much change in quality if you do use Upper Field First (which is, of course, the field order that goes with high def video). You can also burn a Blu-Ray folder instead of an actual disc, and then play it to see on a software Blu-Ray player such as the freeware VLC Player.

[nick2903]

Thanks for your help! I'll give it a go at upper field first