FPS standard for Blu-Ray disks?

[plantdoc]

What's the standard FPS for Blu-Ray disks that will play in nearly all players? If I am distributing my videos to friends and family on Blu-Ray is there any advantage to shooting at a higher FPS other than viewing directly from the camera? Will editing software create the required conversion? Thanks

Greg

 

[Sean Nelson]

The two HD standards that all BluRay players and HD televisions support are 1280 x 720 at 60fps (50 fps in PAL countries) progressive and 1920 x 1080 at 60/50fps interlaced (60 fields, 30 complete frames per second).

 

[plantdoc]

I am a bit confused. Should I set the recording device at 30p or 60p? Videos will only be viewed via Blu-Ray disks. If shot at 60p, I assume most edit software, non pro, will convert? This is in US.

Thanks

greg

 

[Sean Nelson]

What is your "recording device"? Most consumer video cameras shoot at 60i (interlaced) in 1920 x 1080 mode, which would be correct for BluRay. Depending on what editing software you're using, 30p or 60p can be converted to 60i pretty easily.

 

[buratino]

I am a bit confused. Should I set the recording device at 30p or 60p? Videos will only be viewed via Blu-Ray disks. If shot at 60p, I assume most edit software, non pro, will convert? This is in US.

If you are not after "cinematic look", shoot at 60p most of time and 30p when dealing with talking heads at low light. Blu-Rays seem to support 1920x1080 24p, 25p, 30p, 50/60i. My friends in Germany do not seem to have any trouble viewing my 1920 60i (not-50i) footage on their TV.

Also, I gave up for a while on Blu-Ray playing full HD 60p: shoot at 60p and render as 60i.

 

[Sean Nelson]

Also, I gave up for a while on Blu-Ray playing full HD 60p: shoot at 60p and render as 60i.

Most BluRay players TVs manufactured within the last year or so can do this - look for "1080p" ini the specifications.

 

[plantdoc]

Since a variety of Blu-Ray players are used, it seems a suitable approach would be to select 30p as the recording choice. 60i is not a choice. I was considering a camera with 60p but it wouldn't offer an advantage for me at this time.

Greg

 

[buratino]

Also, I gave up for a while on Blu-Ray playing full HD 60p: shoot at 60p and render as 60i.

Most BluRay players TVs manufactured within the last year or so can do this - look for "1080p" ini the specifications.

Sean,

what are authoring options (talking about 1920p60)?

 

[Sean Nelson]

Also, I gave up for a while on Blu-Ray playing full HD 60p: shoot at 60p and render as 60i.

Most BluRay players TVs manufactured within the last year or so can do this - look for "1080p" ini the specifications.

Sean,

what are authoring options (talking about 1920p60)?

This is usually written as "1080p60". I've never authored a BluRay disc in BluRay format, but I have written .MP4 clips recorded in 1080p60 format as individual files to BluRay discs and to USB flash drives and played them in my Panasonic BDT220 BluRay player attached to my Sharp television set. That works fine, because when you burn a BluRay data disc you can put anything you want on it.

But AFAIK 1080p60 isn't part of the official spec for authored BluRay content. It's certainly not part of the original spec, although there's a possibility that it may have been introduced in a recent version. So BluRay authoring software may not offer a 1080p60 option.