Can be old news, but I am excited.

It is what I wanted.

Burn HD DVD folders with Ulead Movie Factory 5 +, using HD DVD project, dropping your HD DVD-compliant files. it

Fire VLC, select File/ Choose Directory, point to your HDVD_TS folder.

Enjoy.

But not HD DVD movies.

It can play my video, but no audio. My HD-DVDs have Dolby Digital audio. What did you encode your HD-DVDs in? (PCM or DD?)

But not HD DVD movies.

HD DVD movies require HD DVD drive. The goal was to avoid HD DVD / BD Drive yet play HD DVD content.

Since I don't have HD DVD drive and movies, I can't test it.
it would be interesting to copy the folder from HD DVD to HDD and try to play it with VLC.

It can play my video, but no audio. My HD-DVDs have Dolby Digital audio. What did you encode your HD-DVDs in? (PCM or DD?)

I believe I used MPEG2 for sound.

But stay tuned, I just started to deal with HD DVDs.

I am a bit confused...Are you saying you are actually burning HD-DVD compliant files onto regular DVD discs or are you just creating a HD-DVD compliant directory on your hard drive and then playing it with VLC?

If you are burning on an actual disc, how much video can you fit on a sigle sided disc? Will the disc play in a HD-DVD STB player?

If you are creating on a hard drive, excuse my ignorace but, what is the point? Why not leave the material in its original form (.TS, .mpg) and just use MPC with the appropriate codec for playing?

I regularly encode HD material to x264, will this work for creating HD-DVDs?

I don't think we will ever be able to just copy a HD-DVD to our hard-drive, isn't that what all this HDCP is about? To prevent ripping DVDs?

Thanks

I am a bit confused...Are you saying you are actually burning HD-DVD compliant files onto regular DVD discs or are you just creating a HD-DVD compliant directory on your hard drive and then playing it with VLC?

If you are burning on an actual disc, how much video can you fit on a sigle sided disc? Will the disc play in a HD-DVD STB player?

If you are creating on a hard drive, excuse my ignorace but, what is the point? Why not leave the material in its original form (.TS, .mpg) and just use MPC with the appropriate codec for playing?

I regularly encode HD material to x264, will this work for creating HD-DVDs?

I don't think we will ever be able to just copy a HD-DVD to our hard-drive, isn't that what all this HDCP is about? To prevent ripping DVDs?

Thanks

Well, for me point is that I can combine and rearrange different files using MF5+ without re-rendering and then play it as a single file.

Most probably it can be done differently, but I am a big fan of virtual drives as opposed to the single drives.

As of "we will ever be able", "ever" is a pretty long time. I am sure some smart boy from "Norvey" already has it in the works :D

I am a bit confused...Are you saying you are actually burning HD-DVD compliant files onto regular DVD discs or are you just creating a HD-DVD compliant directory on your hard drive and then playing it with VLC?

If you are burning on an actual disc, how much video can you fit on a sigle sided disc? Will the disc play in a HD-DVD STB player?

If you are creating on a hard drive, excuse my ignorace but, what is the point? Why not leave the material in its original form (.TS, .mpg) and just use MPC with the appropriate codec for playing?

I regularly encode HD material to x264, will this work for creating HD-DVDs?

I don't think we will ever be able to just copy a HD-DVD to our hard-drive, isn't that what all this HDCP is about? To prevent ripping DVDs?

Thanks

Hi,
using a 360 HD Drive you can copy the complete HD DVD to your HardDisk BUT you can not play them due to AACS copy protection. Takes ~30mins for 27.4 gig (King Kong)

You can burn you MF5 HD DVD to a DVD R/DL and the Toshiba (X)A1 will play them. 360 xBox + HD addon drive as well BUT the xbox struggles with the high BR (at least for HDV 25Mbps). HDTV streams has been reported to work.

WinDVD 8 and VLC will play a MF5/VS10+ authored HDVTS folder of the harddisk. I confirm this because I did test.

To play movies of HD DVDs using the 360 HD drive you need the jap. WinDVD 7.5 version (which will restrict your output to 960x540 even if connected by HDMI with HDCP) OR wait for WinDVD 8 with HD support (Feb 2007, don't trust anouncements) OR PowerDVD + HD support (only god knows when available) OR Nero Showtime 3 + HD support (delivery promised and forgotten).

BTW. the MS HD DVD Jumpstart package + WMP 11 won't play it either.

One can get really exited about the new digital world....

sandra

casandra9,

Thanks a lot for the update.

On my PCs WinDVD 8 cannot play those files/foldrs/disks.

Only VLC can.

Right, WinDVD8 (U.S. version) doesn't have the HD DVD or BD add-ons. You have to have, as Sandra said, the Japanese version.

I don't think we will ever be able to just copy a HD-DVD to our hard-drive, isn't that what all this HDCP is about? To prevent ripping DVDs?


As of "we will ever be able", "ever" is a pretty long time. I am sure some smart boy from "Norvey" already has it in the works :D


It is amazing how life imitates HTPC posts. Less than two months later there is a working tool and there is a GUI to this tool now.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=119871&page=45

Don't ever say "ever".

Just wanted to bump this thread.

Just wanted to bump this thread.

Why?

Why?

Just to give you a chance to make intelligent comment.

Just to give you a chance to make intelligent comment.

I meant it seriously. Why did you bump the thread? Generally people bump threads when they have a question than isn't being addressed. Since you didn't have a question open I wondered why you were bumping the thread. Are *you* offering anything new?

Maybe he just wanted to bring the topic to people's attention. He might have wanted to remind people this is possible, or encourage people to try VLC.

I meant it seriously. Why did you bump the thread? Generally people bump threads when they have a question than isn't being addressed. Since you didn't have a question open I wondered why you were bumping the thread. Are *you* offering anything new?

OK, seriously now.

First, someone on this thread said we will NEVER be able to play HD DVDs from the HDD.

Just four months ago.

Second, due to the new wave of the HD DVD / BD DVD discs with the different decryption algorythms and rumors of Xbox HD DVD not being able to play those discs anymore I wanted to remind people that WinDVD and PowerDVD are not the only game in town.

Does this answer satisfy you EAS?

I never got VLC to play any HD DVD movies. regardless if they are from the 360 addon or ripped to HDD.

I never got VLC to play any HD DVD movies. regardless if they are from the 360 addon or ripped to HDD.

It will not play the movie, but it plays EVO...

I guess, but it might have been better to say that in your bump post. It seemed awfully self-aggrandizing without any addtional information.

So no real new information, but you wanted to remind people that VLC can play HD content that has had it's encryption removed. Got it. Thank you.

Truth is ..it's not yet 100%. EVO's are still not there.

It will not play the movie, but it plays EVO...
Already tried that. There must be something I am doing wrong. I tried to the play the EVO but just get sound and no picture.

I guess, but it might have been better to say that in your bump post. It seemed awfully self-aggrandizing without any addtional information..

Truth is ..it's not yet 100%. EVO's are still not there.


You have a problem with myself self-aggrandizing?

Just ignore my posts then.

Really easy, go to the Control Panel, Buddies/Ignore, add me to your Ignore list rather than posting your dissatisfaction notes.

EVOs are there if you know where to look for them.

EVO Support in VLC (http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=31127)

I think it's great that they got EVO Demuxxing working correctly. Now all they need is DD+ support and you'll have a viable open source alternative, sans the pretty interface.

How is this looking, can VLC play HDDVDs now? I'm fixin' to get the XBox addon as a gift to my nephews, but it would be nice to be able to play HDDVD on OS X (as the XBox addon is recognized via USB)..

A little up for an interesting thread!