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Our Tools

Having invested early in DVD development technology with one of the first Scenarist systems in the Philadelphia market, Cubist has continued to be a market innovator with the development of their Blu-ray authoring and compression studio. The quality and level of craftsmanship we provide for every project is reflected in the tools we use:

Blu-ray Authoring

  • Sonic Scenarist® BD (HDMV) Authoring for Blu-ray Disc
  • Sonic Scenarist® BD-J Authoring for Blu-ray Disc
  • Sonic CineVision® AVC Encoder
  • Sony Blu-code Encoder BAE-VX1000
  • 42 TB Shared San Storage – 8GB/4GB/2GB Fibre Channel System
  • Dolby® Digital Surround AC3 Encoder
  • DTS-HD Surround Audio Encoder, DTS-HD StreamPlayer, DTS-HD StreamTools
  • CBR and VBR MPEG-2 Encoding using
  • Sonic SD-2000 Encoder
  • Bravo XR-Blu Disc Publisher
  • Super DLT Mastering & Archive

Blu-ray Disc QC

  • Sony Reference Software Emulator
  • Sony Reference Hardware Emulator
  • Scenarist QC
  • QC protocols encompassing software emulation and Profile 1, 1.1, 2.0 and PS3 set-top players
  • Sonic Scenarist Advanced Content Emulator
  • Sonic Scenarist BD Emulator
  • Sony Playstation 3
  • Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Player
  • Panasonic DMP-BD30K Blu-ray Player
  • Panasonic DMP-BD10 Blu-ray Player
  • Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray Player
  • InterVideo WinDVD
  • Cyberlink PowerDVD

Media Processing

  • Sony HDCAM SR (SRW-5800/1)
  • Sony HDCAM (HDW-M2000)
  • Sony HDV (HVRM10)
  • Panasonic DVCPro HD (AJ-HD1400)
  • Sony Digital Betacam (DVW-A500)
  • Ampex Betacam SP (CVR 75)
  • Sony DVCAM (DSR-1500)
  • Sony J-30 SDI - Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, Betacam SX, MPEG IMX, PAL

Our Blu-ray development team continues to seek out and evaluate the latest in authoring and encoding tools as part of our on-going research and development efforts.