"Blu-Ray Disc" drop down greyed out ?

[BlizzardUK]

For some reason the choice drop down for Blu-Ray is greyed out. I want to do Blu-Ray 25gb to BD9 but it wont give me any other choice other than BD25 to BD25 as it is not clickable, it just shows "Blu-Ray Disc". I am trying to shrink down a blu-ray I created in other software onto a DVD9.

I think I have tried everything, but maybe I am missing something simple ?

Any advice, thanks.

[touchdown_1]

For some reason the choice drop down for Blu-Ray is greyed out. I want to do Blu-Ray 25gb to BD9 but it wont give me any other choice other than BD25 to BD25 as it is not clickable, it just shows "Blu-Ray Disc". I am trying to shrink down a blu-ray I created in other software onto a DVD9.

I think I have tried everything, but maybe I am missing something simple ?

Any advice, thanks.

Hi BlizzardUK,
Are you working with a paid subscription ?

[BlizzardUK]

Nope, literally just downloaded the trial after seeing it on CDFreaks, but on the download page it says "fully functional for 30 days" so I presumed everything would be working ?

EDIT : Just noticed a link for another newer version under the main download link. Maybe I have downloaded an older version ? I will install the beta now.

[BlizzardUK]

What I have noticed on the beta I just downloaded is that it allows me to encode the main movie to BD9 but not the whole disc ? Is there an option to convert the entire blu-ray to BD9 inc menus and extras ? As otherwise surely "Full Disc" is just identical to the clone mode. Is it because I am using the trial ?

[touchdown_1]

What I have noticed on the beta I just downloaded is that it allows me to encode the main movie to BD9 but not the whole disc ? Is there an option to convert the entire blu-ray to BD9 inc menus and extras ? As otherwise surely "Full Disc" is just identical to the clone mode. Is it because I am using the trial ?

I am not really sure BlizzardUK, I am going to pass this one off to one of the Mods.

[W&B]

Main Movie is supported only for now. its in the change log for version 6100

[BlizzardUK]

Main Movie is supported only for now. its in the change log for version 6100

Ah right, okay, I see, I went to the change log and just saw this........

New: Added "compress BD-50 to single BD-25, BD-9 or BD-5" feature. For now only "Main Movie" mode is supported, "Full Disc" mode will be supported later.

So I guess it is just a matter of waiting ? One other thing is that my own created blu-rays are 1080i. Is there a converting option for this in the pipeline ? As surely converting my "i" original in to "p" would add wasted bandwidth disc space that isn't there to start with ? I guess I am probably the only person converting home made blu-rays though.

[W&B]

yep, pull up a chair and wait lol. as for the other question I have no idea to be honest and I'll leave that one for someone else.

[BlizzardUK]

If they do manage to get the BD25/50 to BD9 full disc feature working then I will be sure to buy the software.

[W&B]

I already purchased a lifetime sub back when the Blu-ray option was 1st introduced and am mainly interested in the full disc backup and compression to BD25 but missed a post or changelog somewhere along the line about the added BD9 and BD5 feature. So thats a added bonus, when everything gets smoothed out.