Apple Compressor 3 - Manual (Page 301)

An AVCHD disc can be thought of as a simpler HD disc that is burned to red laser media.
The resulting disc plays in Blu-ray Disc players that are compatible with the AVCHD format.
This means that you can burn a disc that contains HD video content and some basic
menu features using a standard DVD burner and play that disc in compatible Blu-ray Disc
players. See
About the H.264 for Blu-ray Disc Encoder Pane for information on creating
H.264 streams suitable for Blu-ray discs and AVCHD discs.
Important: You cannot play any disc containing Blu-ray content on a Mac computer.
You choose whether to burn a Blu-ray disc or an AVCHD disc by your choice in the Output
Device pop-up menu. The setting descriptions below identify which items do not apply
to AVCHD discs.
• Output Device pop-up menu: Use this pop-up menu to choose the device to format to.
The pop-up menu displays a list of your system’s suitable output devices, including
optical drives and the computer’s hard disk. Each device also includes the words Blu-ray
or AVCHD to indicate which type of disc it creates. Choose Hard Drive to create a disk
image (.img) file that you can burn to Blu-ray Disc media at a later time using the Disk
Utility application (available in the Utilities folder). Other settings may change depending
on the device you choose.
Note: If you choose a standard DVD burner, the disc is formatted as an AVCHD disc.
All other devices format the disc as a Blu-ray disc.
• Disc Template pop-up menu: Use this pop-up menu to choose a menu template for the
Blu-ray disc.
• Title field: Use this field to enter a name for the program on the Blu-ray disc.
• When Disc Loads pop-up menu: Use this pop-up menu to choose what happens when
the disc loads in the player.
• Show Menu: Choose this option to show the menu.
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