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Posted by Smarty on 05/20/06 02:09
It is really extremely simple, Max. I have been doing it for some time with
excellent results. Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus comes with the required
"template" and software to totally master an HD-DVD which can be played in
the Toshiba player using standard red 4.7 GB disks. It is true that the
length of the problem will be limited to around 20 minutes, since the 4.7 GB
disk has far less capacity than the newer blue-laser disks used in HD-DVD
and BluRay players. (Many home HDV movies are well suited to a short 20
minutes disk anyway, since the longer home movies tend to put everybody to
sleep!!)
There is a bug in Ulead's software which has a negative effect on menus, but
I imagine they will fix this in an update. Specifically, the end of play of
a particular track does not return back to the menu but instead loops in
some cases. I have only seen this in some disks I have authored and have not
made a real attempt to narrow it down yet.
Much to the credit of Ulead, the HD-DVDs look wonderful and seem to preserve
all of the HDV detail, color saturation, etc. You can also play these disks
incidentally on any Macintosh running Tiger (OSX 10.4) since the Mac DVD
Player software has properly handled HD-DVD format for almost a year now. In
fact, I have been authoring and playing HD-DVDs using Apple software for
nearly a year, and these disks also play on the Toshiba with no issues I can
detect.
None of the other low cost DVD authoring software on the market yet offers
HD-DVD authoring to a red laser DVD that I am aware of. I own and use 9
different authoring suites and Ulead seems to be the only one on the PC for
the moment as far as I know. On the Mac, the only choice is Final Cut Studio
Pro HD.
Hope this helps,
Smarty
"Maxheadspace" <maxheadspace@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:XbSdnWmrpsUsxfPZRVn-rg@comcast.com...
> Greetings! I want to author HD-DVD video using standard (red laser) DVD-R
> disks, which I have heard can be done when played on the new Toshiba
> HD-DVD
> player. What software is capable of doing this? Are there any special
> steps to doing this? I also heard that menus don't work with this
> arrangement, and the video is limited to 15 to 20 minutes.
>
> My Computer:
>
> Pentium D 830
> Windows XP Pro
> 2 GB DDR2 RAM
> Standard DVD +/- R /RW drive/burner (dual layer capable)
>
> Current Software:
>
> Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
> Adobe After Effects 6.5
> Adobe Encore 1.5
>
> Camera:
>
> JVC GY-HD100 (normally 720p30, but sometimes 720p24)
>
> Any help and suggestions are welcome.
>
> Thanks much!
> Max.
>
>
>
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