The official AVS Guide to HD DVD Authoring. - Page 11

I have a ts file that had PTS errors. I ran it through VRD and it still does not load into womble mpegvcr. VRD says it has about 600 PTS underflows. Not sure what this means. Has anyone else come across this?

Glad you got it to work. I have created all my images with imgtool and it required the video_ts.ifo and video_ts.bup files in the video_ts folder. I assumed Nero required the same thing. My bad. I burn the images with DVD*******r or Nero Express 6.

Nero 7 burning rom does not require a vts file in udf mode ......just follow the guide it works like a charm

Every time I have converted a wmv HD file to HD DVD I get the image stuttering on panning scenes like an aerial view, has anyone found a way to do this without the stuttering?
the wmv hd of amazing caves at the MS site wmv hd showcase is a good example to try, only 84mb.

I think the best way to transfer WMV-HD to HD-DVD is to be... patient. Stick to MPEG2 source files and wait for tools that will handle VC-1 codec (wmv). Or, maybe Canopus ProCoder 2 will give you a more compliant mpeg2 file.

Don't forget to mention that burning with Roxio8 is much simpler than with Nero - and a lot more reliable.

I got this reply from Nero:

Dear valued customer,

thank you for your email and your interest in our software.

Nero 7 supports HD-DVD with the next update in October 2006. So, you can buy the software and update next month to the current version.

Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Best Regards,


Manuel Sychold
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I've yet to have a bad burn using the latest version of Nero 6.6 and the UDF options - and I've been writing to $0.99 DL disks. I've never tried Nero 7, however.

I've burned about 15 discs using nero 7 and haven't had a bad disc either. i've used several different kinds of generic discs too.

Nero 7 trial was a big download. When I buy it, do I get a serial key, or do I have to re-download the full program?

You get a key.

Just burned my first HD-DVD using instructions in this thread. Awesome! Burned some test patterns and short video clips and they are amazing.

Are there any tools to create HD slide shows from our collections of still photos?

MovieFactory 5 has a slideshow option and it seems to work with a HD-DVD project but I haven't tried it yet.
Edit
Just made my first HD slideshow with MF5 and it turned out great. Wonderful detail and color in the pictures and it sounded good too.

DSKTexas, Thanks for the news! Anticipation of this capability is one of the reasons I took the plunge on an HD-A1 (which arrived Friday). I'll have to look into Movie Factory 5. Eventually, I imagine several programs will be able to do this.

Great news for those that care...

I successfully authored a 25fps TS movie to a 29.97fps HD-DVD with no audio or video problems..i.e. stutter, sync, etc.

I first demuxed the TS file with womble mpeg-vcr, then i loaded the mpv (video only) file into dgpulldown and used the 25fps->29.97fps profile. Then i took the resulting file and remuxed the audio with the new mpv from dgpulldown using mpeg-vcr. Then I saved the newly remuxed TS file as an mpeg-2 program stream in mpeg-vcr. The file loads gracefully in VS 10+. Resulting HD-DVD plays perfect in the HD-A1

Let the fun continue...

Thanks for the tip Bitwize,tried it on a sample clip,worked perfect.

OK,I tried Bitwize's method on a bigger clip and I'm having lip sync problems.Guess I'll have to mess around with it some more.

Anyone with Dish know what the difference is between HBO-HD on channel 9440 vs. 9456? I know one's on 148° & the other on 110°. Basically, does it matter which channel I record from?

Was it a bigger clip from the same movie? Or a different one? You may have to use the audio offset feature (not sure what it's called exactly) when remuxing in mpeg-vcr, in order to put it in sync. This is a pain but one solution. Or you could use a different program for remuxing, maybe one that allows realtime playback of the mpv and apv files, so you can easily re-sync.

Anyhow, no problems here......yet...heheh.

on average, how much can you fit on a single layer DVD-R, and a dual layer DVD-R?

eg can you fit a 1 hour drama on? I have an xbox which I use to stream SD, but it can't handle HD. I'd rather not buy "yet another box" (wifes words), so it'd be good if I could just burn to cheap DVD-R or even RW and use the A1 as the HD box.

One hour HDTV program usually takes about 9GB on the harddrive. If you edit out the commercials it probably is down to around 6GB to 7GB. So it will take two SL DVDs (4.7GB) and one DL DVD.
BTW nowadays HDTV cards are so cheap and good that you can spend only $60 and schedule and record all the OTA HDTV shows on your computer. And of course later play them on your A1 player .

I'm in the UK. I have skyHD and some of my favourite shows should be starting soon in HD (battlestar galactica, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis)

But others are on SD channels which I receive. Eg House and Grey's anatomy are on five, while Lost is on E4. I'd like to watch house and lost in HD if possible, so was looking at downloading and burning onto DVD. I'm figuring its OK as both channels in the UK showing those shows are free-to-air.

Is there any software for VC-1 encoding, and will VC-1 work with this method? How about H.264?

anyone getting problems with MPEG2VCR limiting the output size? I've tried several times but I only get about 20minutes or 2GB out. Its also odd how the file system works. If I select using the '...' button, it only seems to import 30 .ts files. If I drag others or add them separately I can get all 49 in. But is MPEG2VCR only acting on those original 30?


total length of the program should be about 45 minutes

You can encode VC1 with Microsoft Beta Encoder (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...e/default.aspx) but this tool is far from Alpha. Only uncompressed HD files can be encoded and there's no tool to output VC1 files to HD-DVD.
Except professional tool like Sonic Scenarist and CineVision. (http://www.sonic.com/products/Professional/)
You can encode h264 with Apple tools or MainConcept (http://www.mainconcept.com/site/index.php?id=803) but there's no software to output HD-DVD.
I think we must be patient and wait for upgrades from Adobe (Premiere Pro) or Sony (Vegas), maybe DVD-lab Pro or Ulead.
With VC1, we will be able to have a 90 minutes HD movie burn on a DVD-R-DL with excellent results.

It is tight getting a 1 hour show to a single layer DVD-R, but you can often do it if you cut commercals. I seem to be able to get about 40 minutes per layer of the HD material that I record from my cable company.

Technically what I get over cable is 'HD Lite' because the bitrate rarely exceeds 12Mbps. Now, if the recording OTA, the bit rates are usually about 18MBps and it is much harder to fit it on a single layer. But it looks that much better.

Edit: I know it sounds lazy of me, but I've gotten very tired of cutting commercials, so I usually just dump the show to 2 DVD-RW disks. A half hour fits fine on one disk and FF past the commercials is really no big deal.

On these homemade discs, how does the picture quality on the HD A-1 compare to playing the TS files through Theatretek or Zoomplayer with Nvidia purevideo or dscaler 5 with the IVTC mod?


How does the picture quality compare to the commercial HD DVDs that you can purchase? I know it probably depends on the particular source that you are using but just wondered in general what everyone thought.



thanks

For me personally, The authored HD-DVDs look better on the HD-A1 than on my HTPC. Also, Most TS movies won't look as good as their retail HD-DVD counterparts. And of course there are movies that aren't available on HD-DVD yet that look spectacular in TS format...i.e. Gladiator.