Rendering 720p to DVD!

jgastelb

jgastelb

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I need to render HVX footage (720p) to a dvd in it's best possible settings. Should I use the HD 720-24p? The output says that it will be an ATSC. Is that going to play on most dvd players? Any help would be appreciated.
Jgastelb
 
NOT POSSIBLE !
dvd video disc (and its authoring applications) will not accept anything above "dvd specifications" which is "720x480" for NTSC and "720x576" if its a pal dvd. The hardware chips located in dvd players universally accept only this resolution.

You can burn 720p or even a 1080p video file onto a data dvd. It will be a data file which can be played on computers and MAYBE some niche hd dvd players. But no standard dvd player is going to make this possible.
 
Thats because thats a totally different technology. It employs a blue laser which is much thinner than the red laser used in standard dvd players etc. The beam is thinner hence more data could fit onto the same size dvd disc. But ive heard even the disc has a slightly different method of so called DYE which is used to make the dvd thereby optimized for the blue laser. How would you burn a HD DVD,,,,well id say by getting yourself a BlueRay Burner. That coupled with some niche software will burn HD dvds not to mention burning a bigger hole in your pocket. They cost about 1000 USD i think. In five yrs from now our kids will be burning stuff on them since they would probably cost 50$ by then. So wait. Thats the best you can do. I think dvd will stand for a long time to come. Not everyones wanting to throw away their dvd players just because hd is on the horizon. But the poor mans option right now to burn a hd dvd is to burn it as a data file onto a normal dvd and then use that dvd on a pc dvd rom to play or project. OR....create a HD file and play directly from hard disk on a reasonably powerful computer.
 
Minor point of order: if you want to burn HD-DVD's, you would need to buy an HD-DVD burner (if there is such a thing yet). The distinction needs to be made between the generic term "high-definition DVD" (which could be either one of two competing formats) and the specific term "HD-DVD" (which is an actual format of high-definition DVD, and one that's completely separate from "Blu-Ray," the other compteting format). Blu-Ray discs don't play in HD-DVD players, and vice versa. The whole thing is pretty much "VHS vs. BetaMax 2: The Sequel."

And that concludes today's episode of "HD Sucks." :)
 
You can burn about 30-50 minutes of HD on a standard DVD and play it back on an HD-DVD player by encoding it to spec (if it isn't already) and burning it into the correct folder structure.

This works in DVD Studio 4.1.2, Pinnacle Studio with optional HD-DVD plugin, and Ulead Movie Factory with Nero 6 or 7.

There's a tutorial here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705146
 
Gaz > WOW,,,ok thats some news at last. Hmmm ill look into those soon. That should be a boon for some of my commercial applications. So far the only way out was to get a HD DVD player that accepts Raw Video Files too. Such as the buffalo player etc. These will just read your normal dvd and show the list of hd files on it. Then select and play. Thats it. Maybe the pinnacle software etc which you mentioned figures/has a way to put the HD DVD file folder structure so that any HD player accepts it like a normal HD DVD except that it would be lower capacity which the player doesnt care about anyway. Its the folder structure and coding which tells the chip this is a movie dvd or movie hd dvd. So i guess that kind of software should work. At least theorotically..... Have you actually tried it ??
 
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