Anyone knows BD Reauthor?

[framura]

Hi,

I found on Sonic web site BD Reauthor tool from Sonic/DVDLogic: anyone tried this tools and can indicate me if really works as indicated (demux all BD objects, video/audio/subtitle/graphic/menu and so on, create Scenarist project with each above objects)?

Thanks in advance

[rik1138]

I've tried it on a few projects. It definitely works as far as getting everything demuxed (including subtitles, graphics, etc). Out of the 4 titles I tried it on, only 2 would actually open in Scenarist (and one of them I originally created in Scenarist, so that doesn't surprise me). They were all HDMV titles. The one that did work, worked perfectly. I was able to fix some problems with the original disc, and replace a few assets (and tidy up the menu navigation... Horribly programmed disc), and lay out a new one. I know play my BD-R copy instead of the original I bought. :)

I'm not sure why the other two projects wouldn't open, (I know one was done on Blu-Print, I'm not sure about the other) Scenarist just sat there for over an hour and I force-closed it. The software has been updated a few times since I tried it, so maybe it works better now... With Sonic working directly with the company that makes it, they _should_ be able to make it work pretty good. (And, now that I think about it, Scenarist has been updated several times since I tried it, so maybe that has helped too...)

Of course, most studio titles are programmed with Java code, so using it on any of those would just get you all the individual assets. Re-programming something would require some good Java skills...

Rik