AVCHD Compatability with PC Drives

[DVD Maniac]

Im still waiting for my first backup to complete with BD Rebuilder so I haven't yet tried a burnt AVCHD on my PC media center. Reading previous posts on this subject I am hopeful that my Lite-On drive will recognise the disc as a compatible BD-R structure and play quite happily with Power DVD.

Has anyone actually achieved this yet and if so, what drive and softplayer was used?

I'm asking as I would like to avoid the expense of a standalone player....

[bobrap]

So far I have done one movie only and one full backup. Movie only played fine in PS3 and Lite-on BD player. Full backup was fine in Lite-On, read as data disc in PS3. Using PowerDVD on HTPC.

[rendez2k]

Does BD Rebuilder create BD5/9 discs or AVCHD? I understand that while similar, the two formats are actually different. I'm still trying to nail down this PS3 data disc issue and my understanding is that the official BD5/9 specs say it should be on a pressed disc rather than DVD-R/W. I was also under the impression that the PS3 fully supports AVCHD?

[DVD Maniac]

Cant talk for PS3 as I dont own one. Last night I was able to play "Speed" processed by BD Rebuilder onto a standard Single Layer DVD-R through my media centre (LG Blue Ray ROM drive + Power DVD Ultra). Full disc backuk played without a hitch and with amazing picture quality - very impressed!

[jdobbs]

...understanding is that the official BD5/9 specs say it should be on a pressed disc rather than DVD-R/WI've never heard that before -- but it would be silly for anyone to add that to a spec, which makes me doubt it. Logically the -R and ROM are the same.

The format that BD Rebuilder outputs is identical whether it is movie-only or full backup, and the movie-only seems to always work on the PS-3. That makes me think it should be possible to make the full backups work as well. I know my Sony standalone plays both well.

[Furiousflea]

Does BD Rebuilder create BD5/9 discs or AVCHD? I understand that while similar, the two formats are actually different. I'm still trying to nail down this PS3 data disc issue and my understanding is that the official BD5/9 specs say it should be on a pressed disc rather than DVD-R/W. I was also under the impression that the PS3 fully supports AVCHD?

BD Rebuilder outputs full proper "bluray" format - same as original disc.

AVCHD doesn't support menus and some advanced features....Something like that anyway...I think.

[Sophocles]

AVCHD doesn't support menus and some advanced features....Something like that anyway...I think.


If he's talking about a Lite-On pc drive then it doesn't matter, because it will play either AVCHD or BD that standalone units would reject. That's one of the reasons that I prefer to build my own playback units instead of investing in overpriced home units.

[writersblock29]

"...compatible BD-R structure and play quite happily with Power DVD."

I can only comment on PowerDVD 7 OEM, since that was what was originaly on my HTPC when I first started backing up Blu-ray. To play a burned DVD+R DL, no matter what the booktype was (DVD+R or DVD-ROM), I'd be greeted with this message: "Unsupported Disk Type." It would then refuse to play. Funny thing, however: If I created an .ISO image of the very disk that was refused, I could mount it in Daemon Tools and play it back just fine. This created a problem for me, since I like to cataloge my movies on hard drives and play them back using either MediaPortal or Windows Media Center. I wound up finding a trial of Arcsoft's Total Media Theatre, and it worked flawlessly. I uninstalled PowerDVD, purchased Total Media Theatre, and haven't had many problems since.

But again, that was my experience with PowerDVD 7 OEM. I'm not sure what PowerDVD8 (or 9 or whatever they're at now) will do. I wanted to try it out, but the trial software doesn't allow BD playback. Kind of a dumb limitation, if you ask me.