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X264 Project Announces Blu-ray Encoding Support

Posted by timothy on from the news-from-mid-spectrum dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The x264 project has announced the first free software encoder to be able to generate Blu-ray compliant video. In addition, the announcement comes with a torrent of an x264-encoded Blu-ray disc containing entirely free content, such as the Open Movie Project videos. While there are still no free software Blu-ray authoring tools, hopefully this will change now that video and audio are taken care of so that everyone will be able to make their own Blu-rays without expensive proprietary software. Additionally, it seems the Criterion Collection is a friend of free software, having sponsored the effort to confirm x264's compliance with the Blu-ray spec."

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  1. Re:First! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because I fucked your dead great grandmother while you touch yourself at night.

  2. Re:Free BD Authoring Tool: Multiavchd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're kidding, aren't you? There are far more RMS-haters on Slashdot than RMS fans, at least overt ones.

  3. Re:The first question that popped into my head by Sancho · · Score: 1, Troll

    If we're going to be pedantic, it's H.264.

  4. No free tools? by Hurricane78 · · Score: -1, Troll

    While there are still no free software Blu-ray authoring tools

    Sure there are:
    http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Sonic%20Scenarist
    http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Sony%20Vegas%20Pro
    http://btjunkie.org/search?q=Adobe%20Encore

    Free: Yes.
    You didn’t say anything about open.
    Or legal in delusional mentally insane law systems. ^^

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