AuthorScript^® Video BD

AuthorScript Video BD, a component of the AuthorScript Video SDK, is a comprehensive authoring and burning solution that transforms high definition video content into advanced interactive Blu-ray Discs in the BDMV format, including both HDMV movies and BD-J applications. The SDK is also available with integrated support for output to the AVCHD format.

Key Capabilities

• Authoring:
  - build a project structure (i.e. Streams, Clips, PlayLists, Movie Objects, etc.), including movies and both timed and browsable slideshows;
  - populate the structure with references to media (video, audio, and stills);
  - add Presentation Graphics (PG), Interactive Graphics (IG), and Subtitle (TextST) streams;
  - define Button and Movie Object navigation;
  - define BD-J objects and integrate JAR applications.
• Multiplexing:
  - combine referenced source asset streams into the HDMV MPEG-2 transport stream format required for BDMV playback.
• Formatting:
  - arrange presentation content and navigation information into a file and directory structure (disc image) readable by hardware and software BDMV or AVCHD players.
• Writing:
  - record a BDMV or AVCHD disc image to BD-R or BD-RE media, to a folder, or to and ISO file;
  - BDMV may also be output to a BDCMF file set;
  - AVCHD may also be recorded to DVD media (DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW).

Input Format Support

• Video:
  - motion video and still frames from BDMV-legal elementary, program, or transport stream files in MPEG-2, AVC, or VC-1;
  - still pictures from JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, or TIF.
• Audio:
  - soundtracks for video and slideshows: LPCM, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, and DTS-HD;
  - sounds for menu buttons: 16-bit, 48 kHz, mono or stereo WAV.
• Graphics (IG and PG streams):
  - 8-bit indexed PNG, TIFF, GIF, and BMP.

Output Options

• Recordable/rewritable media — build directly to media in a device:
  - BDMV project to BD-R or BD-RE disc;
  - AVCHD project to BD-R, BD-RE, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, or DVD+RW disc.
• Folder — build project to hard drive as a BDMV-compliant or AVCHD-compliant directory structure.
• ISO image file — build a BDMV-compliant or AVCHD-compliant disc image encapsulated in a single ISO file, which may subsequently be written to disc.
• BDCMF files — for BDMV projects only, build to a folder containing a set of files compliant with the Blu-ray Disc ROM Cutting Master Format, including support for AACS.

Platforms and Requirements