You need a Blu-Ray drive to read & optionally write BD blanks, but the format works just fine on DVDs, both single & dual layer.
2) If you rename the folder of the older version like I did, the new version will install & run right along side of it. #36: ".–Why the big file size difference, 39.9mb vs present 9.65mb? –If I install the new version do I need to remove the previous first?"ġ) My guess would be better compression in the setup file - the new program folder takes up ~2 MB more. For max quality possible OTOH you're usually looking at very slow encodes, using one of the higher quality x264 settings, but the results are *often* considered equivalent to the original. How well BD5/9 discs work depends on how good the content was to begin with - most Blu-Ray discs I've watched look like up-sampled DVDs, & you can very easily maintain that level of quality at the DVD max bit rate.
Third, you can then play Blu-Ray content on any PC/laptop, regardless whether it has a Blu-Ray drive or not - that might save you quite a bit of cash. Another advantage, cheaper blank discs, is going away - you can find BD blanks on sale for roughly the same price as Dual Layer DVDs. One advantage is you can defer the expense of a BD writable drive for now, just getting a reader.
AFAIK any PC/laptop DVD drive can read them, but you do need a software Blu-Ray player & Windows needs to work with UDF 2.5 for viewing - installing a player like PowerDVD with the Blu-Ray option usually takes care of older Windows versions like XP so it can read that format. It's actually in the Blu-Ray spec, though many (most?) players will display something like AVCHD after you insert the disc. Standard DVD drives do not support blue ray technology." #28: "Yes, you must have a blue ray player to read/rip/burn blue ray discs. = Linux version available.#22: ".do I need a Blu-Ray burner to use this software?"
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