'Mini' Blu-ray (DVD5/DVD9) with HD menu voor PS3
updated: 26-09-2009


Tested with:
- Output from After Effects CS/CS4
- Sony DVD Architect 5.x
- Playstation 3

Necessary downloads:
- INDEX.BDMV [thanks to Uwe Hollydoc & www.hdtvtotal.com]
- BDedit v0.17b for editing INDEX.BDMV (freeware)

Optional downloads:
- ImgBurn (freeware) to burn your final UDF 2.5 DVD [if you don't have Nero]
- Daemon Tools lite (free for non-commercial usage)
- UDF 2.5 Filesystem for XP (Vista supports UDF 2.5 natively)
  TIP: thdudf.inf and thdudf.sys from Toshiba UDF 2.5 Filesystem wil do fine, just google for it...

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Step 1) Edit and export your footage with your favorite editor

With below After Effects export settings DVD Architect will not recompress the video!
(no de-muxing, frame serving and/or muxing etc needed)

Export settings AVCHD:
Blu-ray H.264 1920x1080 pixels
Frame Rate: 25 (fps), interlaced, Field Order: Upper
Widescreen 16:9
Minimum bitrate: 15 (Mbps)
Target bitrate: 18 (Mbps)
Don't multiplex -> export as seperate files -> *.m4v *.wav

Export settings HDV:
Blu-ray MPEG2 1440x1080 pixels
Frame Rate: 25 (fps), interlaced, Field Order: Upper
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9 (1.333)
Minimum bitrate: 14 (Mbps)
Target bitrate: 16 (Mbps)
Maximum bitrate: 18 (Mbps)
Don't multiplex -> export as seperate files -> *.m2v and *.wav


Step 2) Start a new DVD Architect Project, insert your footage, design your menu and when finished -> Make Blu-ray-> Prepare -> ISO.

Note1: You can have a motion menu with sound, just use *.m2v and *.wav.
Note2: You can choose PCM audio, but if disksize is critical choose AC3
 
 
Step 3) Next mount your ISO (my mount is X:) and copy both dirs BDMV and CERTIFICATE from the ISO to a dir on your
           harddisk (like F:\NEW) Mount with 'Daemon Tools Lite' or something..

Step 4) Open the X:\BDMV\INDEX.BDMV file from the mounted ISO with BDedit (this is only for reference)
 
Step 5) Copy the downloaded INDEX.BDMV to 'F:\NEW\BDMV' [overwrite]

Step 6) Open the INDEX.BDMV file from 'F:\NEW\BDMV' with BDedit (this is for editing)

Step 7) Edit all information in de left window (marked red below) make it the same as the reference file in step 4
           (don't touch MovieObject.bdmv)

Below a already edited INDEX.BDMV
Step 8) Save index.bdmv and delete the backup files (check BDedit options to disable backup files)

Step 9) Burn both dirs BDMV and CERTIFICATE from F:\NEW to the root of a UDF 2.5 DVD (With Nero or the free ImgBurn)


Mission Accomplished!