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Blu-ray and Final Cut Studio

Outputting the Blu-ray Disc

Once you are satisfied with your design, it is time to burn the Blu-ray disc.  In order to create a Blu-ray disc, you must have a compatible Blu-ray burner attached to your Mac and the appropriate optical media to burn to.  If you don’t have a Blu-ray burner you can choose to create a disk image file (.img)  that can be moved to another machine for burning using the Disk Utility application. You can also choose to create an AVCHD disc using the SuperDrive on your Mac.

1. Click the Output Device pop-up menu to choose the device you want to format to. The pop-up menu displays a list of all of the devices attached to your Mac that are suitable for output.  Each device includes the words Blu-ray or AVCHD to indicate which type of disc will be created.

Note: At this time, you cannot play any disc containing Blu-ray content on a Mac computer. You will need to use a standalone set-top box or video game system to check the disc.

2. Click the Submit button to submit the batch containing your job. A dialog appears where you can name this submission and set its priority.

3. Click the Submit button to start the encoding process and eventually the disc burning.

4. Click the Batch Monitor button to view the progress of the batch. Switch to the Batch Monitor application and click on the targeted cluster (usually This Computer) to see a detailed progress report about the job. When burning a disc, your Mac will prompt you to insert a blank disc at the appropriate time.  Load the media into the correct burner. For Blu-ray use an appropriate third-party burner and for AVCHD use your SuperDrive.

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