Mastering and/or authoring is the process of burning your data to a disc that can then be used as your master
DVD Authoring
We offer a range of options for DVD authoring designed to meet both your requirements and your budget using industry standard software tools and equipment.
Generally all we need is your video footage supplied in an appropriate format* and a brief to get started. Building your complete DVD can include some or all of the following:
- Video Encoding
- Video Editing
- Branded Menu Creation
- Looping
- PAL / NTSC Conversion
We believe that DVD authoring can be quite a personal experience so we encourage you to give us as much information in your brief as possible, or better still, come in and talk through your project expectations with our team.
Blu-ray Authoring
As well as DVD, we now encode and author Blu-ray discs from your HD footage. So if you want to make the jump to High Definition we can help. Using Hollywood standard software such as Sonic Scenarist, Cinevision Encoder, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe After Effects CS4, we are able to provide you with a HD master that is duplication or replication ready. Ror more information, please visit our Blu-ray Authoring page.
*Acceptable formats: DigiBeta, DV-Cam, Mini DV-Cam, uncompressed video such as .avi & .mov files. DVD ready (pre-encoded) .m2v & .wav files are also acceptable. It may be possible to work with other formats such as a pre-authored DVD, compressed video - mpeg-1 files, but quality is not guaranteed and authoring time may be longer than quoted.
Blu-ray formats differ, please see visit the Blu-ray Authoring page for more info.
CD Authoring
We can help with your CDs too.
For data CDs we can add an autorun feature, create HTML or Adobe Flash animated splash pages and menus, turn documents into hi-res PDFs complete with secure encryption and password restricted functionality, create mpeg-1 video footage for playback on Windows Media Player or Apple Quicktime and much more!
For audio we can embed ISRCs and/or CD text, edit play order and track listings, compile and master CDs for duplication from multiple sources**, rip audio files and supply MP3 files in various compression modes and file sizes.
Also, we are an official Gracenote partner, which means that by using your ISRC codes and with a little info from you we can register your album on the Gracenote database ensuring your CD is recognised worldwide on applications such as iTunes.
And if that’s not enough, we can author you an Enhanced CD. An Enhanced CD is a combination of both audio and data. So if you’re musical masterpiece doesn’t fill the full 80-minute, 700MB capacity of the disc, we can add some data that can be accessed by your fan's PC or Mac. Maybe a splash menu page with links to your website or MySpace page, or your lyrics as printable PDFs. We can even encode your band's music video to mpeg-1 or QuickTime format to be played on any computer.
Please note that we are unable to do any audio editing, mixing, mastering or level-adjustments, but if you are looking for an engineeer to polish up your tracks, please visit MusicMing.com the UK Music Directory for help finding one in your area.
**Audio Sources:
Best - .wav, .aiff or an Audio CD.
Better - High bitrate .mp3
Not Recommended: .cda files.
Get your free Mastering Pack
Here at Alpha, we strive to deliver your the "Perfect" disc. Many people just focus on the artwork or packaging, but it's also important to get the data of the disc just right. That's why we will send you 2 Grade-A, DVD-Rs and 2 Grade-A, CD-Rs to practice and perfect the disc content.
Just fill out the form below and we'll rush you an Alpha Duplication Mastering Pack.
