I do not know if you have you ever been concerned about the new formats Blu-ray and HD-DVD made. Right now each side wants customers to his side to give as many films (if they appear to) be discontinued.
It is eg possible with some effort. even a Blu-ray to produce. What it does do is currently not entirely trivial: one has for example. a so-called HDV camera and wants to get his films in such a medium. This time you first need the necessary hardware and software. Also there because of Blu-ray, the two formats BDAV and BDMV. BDAV is really only useful to the video to bring the camera with no menus to Blu-ray and play them.
It's too easy ..:-). Finally, you really have to menus (BDMV) and as the world begins again to be more complicated.
in the standard DVD had been a normal menu to navigate where you could and could also display relevant sub-chapter, etc..
With the new formats is still a little "luxury" and become more comfortable for the user. He no longer has to necessarily first to the menu and then select, but can in the current film to find its settings without stopping the movie or to stop and then start again. But it is still possible to "normal" menu as in the new formats to create.
is present but relatively difficult to create menus for the current film, because while there are the appropriate software, but, I is the key once from Krass, pigs expensive. The best software allows to create an admittedly Blu-ray, but to use only with "normal" menu, ie without the new nice features ...
So once you have such a HDV camera and wants to bring his film to Blu-ray has already announced some work and sweat.
For a "normal" (default menu) Blu-ray read the movie times in an appropriate editing program. Since then the necessary parts if necessary new "composite" and then output. Now, in the expenditure, then surprises. The new HD formats support not only a style but three. MPEG2-HD, VC1 and H.264. All so abtrakte things ..:-). So now you have to decide what format you want to bring on the new disc ... Hmm. But as It Again. The programs currently support only MPEG2_HD cheap, so no H.264 or VC1, the promises smaller files with the same quality. If you have a cheap program, the case is clear - MPEG2-HD. If you have a so-called Encoder (converter) that supports the other one can use the. So all formats of the encoder is currently dominated Sonic Cinevison.
With the encoder alone done it as yet. Then we headed to the known authors (Create Disc). In the simplest case, you have a video that you want to play simple, with no menus. One might also simply read from the video camera if it does not need a cut and then burn directly to Blu-ray disc. Burn? Yes but not with the DVD burner which you may have, but again with a new hardware you need to buy. A so-called Blu-ray burner, then burn DVD and CD's. But can he turn not burn HD-DVD's. This would be needed then just an HD DVD burner. There is no device can do both. And HD-DVD burner is also no.
So now you have to write the software BDAV on Blu-ray. Wonderful. Thus, So my "simple" video is ready. But now that the DVD player ... No wait, yes is a Blu-ray. Hmm, that was needed to ensure a Blu-ray player. So buy the next device that you need to. But not every player will play Blu-ray BDAV ... which one should now take note. So
would be smarter to Blu-ray disc with menus and BDMV formats. Currently, there is a single relatively inexpensive program, which can then also on a Blu-ray player is going ... (Sonic DVDit Pro HD). But not every Blu-ray player currently plays BDMV Blu-ray disc burned Hmm yes what is the complicated for the world.
Now we would like may also have a brand new menu, where you can navigate in the current film. This is currently possible, but not trivial, and certainly not cheap. This "pig expensive" software can and can use one then the latest possible features. For Blu-ray can be called that without progamming reach the appropriate software. For HD-DVD, everything must be programmed to do even in a Java (programming language)-like format. There is no brave new visual aids (Tools. .:-)). For Blu-ray has to at least help, such as a Photoshop plugin. The authors can create the Blu-ray is not Java.
Blu-ray compatible also m2t not with so-called virgin.. That is, a tape recorded on an HDV video, which is read into the computer, you can not directly use for a Blu-ray although the inventor is ..:-). For HD-DVD goes directly.
We went to the play possibilities. Only he who believes his European HDV tape on a normal European HD-DVD player to play (I do not speak of a gaming console) is currently one other are wrong. PAL and 25fps is probably a foreign word for the HD-DVD player manufacturers. Either to convert to U.S. standard (29.97) or wait until hopefully soon to see a firmware update. For Blu-ray does this
also a film laid over the HD-DVD's menu be realized only with programming, welding and more expensive software.
It is to be the better soon, better to use and less sweaty software and hardware will appear, so you can look at his pleasure, not only from the HDV tape. Yes
the reputation I have almost forgotten. After all the effort to try to seek a roundabout way, and should, of course, the corresponding LCD or plasma are available, so you can also look at everything. One can of course also see on a normal TV, but then is not what Blu-ray or HD-DVD actually offers.
All in all consuming, sweaty, expensive and relatively complex ... :-)
