Blu-ray Disc Authoring Specifications

Video Support

• AVC (H.264) Main/High Profiles, Levels 3, 3.1, 3.2, 4, and 4.1
• VC-1 Advanced Profile, Levels 2 and 3
• MPEG-2

Primary Audio Support

• DTS^®
• DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
• DTS-HD Master Audio
• Dolby^® Digital
• Dolby Digital Plus
• Dolby TrueHD
• Linear PCM
  • 48kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz (optional)
  • 16 bits, 20 bits, 24 bits per sample
  • 2, 4, 6 or 8 channels

Secondary Audio Support (Picture-in-Picture)

• Dolby Digital Plus

Interactive Audio Support (Button Sounds and BD-J applications)

• Linear PCM (48kHz, 16-bits, mono or stereo)

Still Image Support

• PNG (256-color, .png)
• TIFF (.tif)
• JPG (.jpg)
• BMP (.bmp)

Font Support

• Open Type Fonts (.otf)

Subtitle Support

• Presentation Graphics
• Text subtitles
• Sony BDN subtitle format

Menu Support (HDMV Movie Mode)

• Page In and Out Effects
• 'Pop-up' interactive menu graphics
• 'Always-on' interactive menu graphics
• Out-of-mux interactive graphics
• Animated buttons
• Button effects
• Button sounds

Graphics Preparation

• Scenarist Designer PS (Photoshop^® Plug-in)
• Photoshop CS support
• Automated 8-bit graphics optimization
• Automated PNG creation (from layered PSD files)
• XML export from Scenarist Designer PS to Scenarist BD

Specification Support (HDMV Movie Mode)

• BD Specification 1.0 Support
• Profile Support
  • Standard Profile Support 1.0
  • Bonus View Profile Support 1.1
  • BD-Live Profile Support 2.0
• 999 Supported Movie Objects
• 9 video angles
• 999 Playitems per Playlist
• 32 Buttons per Button Overlap Group
• 256 Button Overlap Groups per page
• 1001 Titles
• 2000 Playlists
• 4096 General Purpose Registers
• Graphics stream support
• Slideshow support (MPEG-2, AVC and VC-1 still encoder included)

Specification Support (BD-J)

• BD-J API libraries for compiling BD-J code
• BD-J Object Creation
• Easily drag and drop BDJO and JAR files into Scenarist HDMV Authoring
• Scenarist HDMV xml support ¹
• BD-J title multiplexing and playback
• Tutorials including BD-J sample code ¹
• BD-J debug cycle (disc image) ¹
• Third-party Java IDE support ¹

Content Protection

• AACS Support

Output Options

• Sony CMF (Cutting Master Format)
• Distributed network optimized multiplexing

¹ Scenarist BD-J option required

SD DVD Authoring

Video Support

• MPEG-1: NTSC, 29.97 fps, 352 x 240, 4:3, GOP: 18 Max, Bit rate: 1.856 Max.
• MPEG-1: PAL, 25 fps, 352 x 288, 4:3, GOP: 15 Max, Bit rate: 1.856 Max.
• MPEG-2: NTSC, 29.97 fps, 720 x 480, 4:3/16:9, GOP: 18 Max, Bit rate: 9.800 Max.
• MPEG-2:PAL, 25 fps, 720 x 576, 4:3/16:9, GOP: 15 Max, Bit rate: 9.800 Max.

Audio Support

• Dolby^® Digital (up to 5.1 channels)
• WAVE/AIFF (PCM) 16/20/24-bit, 48 kHz (up to 5.1 channels)
• MPEG-1 Layer 2 (up to 8 channels
• DTS (up to 6.1 channels)
• DVD-compliant bit streams

Still Image Support

• Layered Photoshop^® files
• BMP
• GIF
• PICT
• PCD (Photo CD)
• SGI
• TGA (Targa)
• TIFF
• YUV

User Interface Features

• Graphical storyboard layout with zoom view controls
• Graphical drag-and-drop DVD-Video authoring
• Graphical menu editor for menu compilation
• Customizable interface for workflow optimization
• Integrated movie timeline for chapter point editing and audio/subtitle placement
• Movie/Menu Property Inspector
• Information window for detailed feedback on all processes - importing, exporting, simulating, and building

Specification Support

• 99 Video Title Sets
• 99 Titles per Video Title Set
• 128 commands per movie
• 16 General Parameter registers (GPRMs)
• Full access to all System Parameters (SPRMs)
• Unlimited scripting access to all available commands
• Complete user operation control (enable/disable remote control buttons)
• Mix 4:3 and 16:9 menus and movies
• Slideshow and Stillshow support

Advanced Authoring Support

• Advanced Copy-and-Paste - Copy-and-Paste anything in your project
• Template Manager - Create new projects in the Template Manager or Project Wizard
• Import and export Video Title Sets
• Text Data support
• Video Angles with audio/subtitle switching
• Full Karaoke support
• Audio application mode - Surround/Karaoke
• Scenarist SGI script import

Subtitle Support

• Built-in subtitle generator with full control over position, font, size etc.
• Import multiple .SST subtitle files with still image files
• Subpicture effects - add Fade, Wipe, or Scroll effects to subtitles
• Line 21 support for Closed Captioning (NTSC)
• Include up to 288 Subtitle streams (32 streams per video angle)
• Drag-and-edit individual subtitle units within the movie timeline
• Include graphics with buttons over video

Menu Support

• Support for motion and static menus
• Include up to 198,000 menus
• Unlimited Menu Language Support - assign the language ID of DVD menus to any supported language in the DVD specification
• Create still menus from layered Photoshop^® files
• 36 buttons per menu
• Manual and automatic button routing
• Access to four overlay channel colors
• Built-in text and picture safe areas
• Color palette control

Movie Support

• Include up to 999 movies per disc
• Access to 9 Video Angles
• Video angles with simultaneous audio/subtitle switching
• Mix 4:3 and 16:9 video material
• Support for 72 audio streams (8 streams per video angle)
• Support for up to 288 subtitle streams (32 streams per video angle)
• Movie playback mode - Random/Shuffle/Sequential
• Add and remove chapter markers within video timeline
• Timeline editing of video and audio streams
• Scrub video timeline for accurate chapter placement

Asset Management

• Join unlimited video assets
• Asset place holders for powerful template creation, prior to delivery of assets
• Organize assets into folders
• View assets in Windows Explorer-style view
• View asset details in property browser - resolution, length, file path, and encoding parameters
• Easily replace assets within the project
• Export all project assets and scripts to a TAR archive

Simulation and Emulation

• Real-time simulation of DVD navigation
• Analog audio output via PC loudspeakers
• Simulate project in real-time on VGA display
• Simulate project in real-time on external PAL/NTSC monitor (with additional hardware)
• Simulate DVD navigation in real-time using virtual DVD remote control
• View all DVD player parameters (GRPMs & SPRMs) in real-time
• Manually set all DVD player parameters for troubleshooting (GPRMs, SPRMs, and language/region settings)
• DVD Volume playback from DVD-ROM or hard drive
• Direct playback of elementary or multiplexed streams

Video and Audio Encoding Support¹

• PAL/NTSC Support
• 4:3 and 16:9 encoding support
• MPEG-1/MPEG-2 encoding
• One and two-pass CBR encoding
• Two-pass VBR encoding

Encoding Features¹

• Multiple segment-based re-encoding
• Advanced ConstantQ™ VBR optimization for the best low bit rate encoding quality
• AutoCadence™ Inverse Telecine support (IVT)
• Auto scene detection
• Adjustable GOP structure
• Frame accurate chapter point insertion
• Lowpass video filtering
• Synchronous source encoded movie preview for A/B switching

Audio Transcoder

• Dolby Digital professional transcoding
• Full control of all Dolby Digital parameters
• Support for mono, stereo, and surround transcoding
• Use .AIFF, .WAV, .PCM, or .MPA audio files (mono or stereo interleaved)
• Built-in audio preview
• Transcoding template support

Copy Protection

• Analog Copy Protection (APS) - Macrovision Type I, II, and III
• Digital Copy Protection (CSS)

Output Options

• DVD-Video/DVD-ROM Hybrid support - include data (images, PDFs etc.) for access on any DVD-equipped PC
• Dual-Layer support - Parallel and Opposite Track Path
• Layer break positioning (for Dual-Layer projects)
• Support for 8cm and 12cm discs
• Support for DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, and DVD-18 creation
• Region Coding
• Parental Blocking support
• Volume Information support
• UDF/ISO 9660 formatting

Device Support

• PlantDirect ™ - write DDP files to hard drive
• PlantDirect - transfer DVD masters directly to replicator⁴
• CD-R support
• CD-RW support
• DVD-R support
• DVD-RW support
• DVD+R support
• DVD+RW support
• DLT support (for Dual-Layer projects)
• DVD Folder (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS Folders)
• Disc Image
• Format previous builds to output device

¹ Scenarist SD workstation only