I am sure that this has been covered before... Authoring HD.

DVDguy · Post by **DVDguy** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:17 am

Not having alot of luck searching the forums. Sorry in advance if this has been covered.

Using MF5 Demo.

Trying to Author a HD DVD.

Open program ... select HD DVD. Opens main window... I drag a .ts file into the timeline.

File is not supported.

Rename to .mpg

File not support.

These are HD Captures... help??

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:58 am

Although written for VideoStudio 10+ I am sure you will find some answers in this Tutorial written by Jchunter
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=13872&

DVDguy · Post by **DVDguy** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:04 am

Hey sjj1805, thanks for taking some time with a NEWBIE!!

Unfortually... did not see any mention of .ts files there. I do not want to downconvert to DVD files...(Can do that now).

Want to use the Full HD file... no additional compression.

Have a A1 HD DVD player... and looking to create a short HD project on normal DVD-R, (It has been done). Will continue to dig.

tyamada · Post by **tyamada** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:32 am

You have to convert the file to be able to use it with any Ulead products.
HDTVtoMPEG2 will convert the files to MPG without any loss of quality.
Its very fast and has a excellent commercial remover. Once converted you can open the file in Movie Factory 5, Video Studio 9/10 and Media Studio Pro 8.
Link to program: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~balazer/HDTVtoMPEG2/

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:34 am

I'm sure I read a post about this during the last two weeks but am still trying to find it, not sure which of the 3 main video capture products it was in MF / VS or MSP but... I'm looking

tyamada · Post by **tyamada** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:48 am

Steve:

The posts you are probably thinking of covered .tp files they are generated by HDTV capture cards, .ts files are also generated by HDTV capture cards and are not directly usable in any Ulead NLE software without conversion by 3rd party software such as HDTVtoMPEG2 or Womble. HDTVtoMPEG2 is very fast compared to Womble, only takes a few minutes to convert and detect ads in a 1/2 hour file.

If you would like to refresh your memory here the posts.
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=13767
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=13780

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:59 am

I had just found it as well,
yes it was http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=13767
the stumbling block was it mentioned a .tp file instead of a .ts file

Thank you

DVDguy · Post by **DVDguy** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:04 am

Thanks folks.... I was getting a little confused with a program I would use in the past called HDTVtoDVD... which would make DVD compatible files from .ts files... downconverting them.

Just downloading: HDTVtoMPEG2_v1.11.87.zip now... will report back!

Thanks folks... loving this forum so far!!

DVDguy

DVDguy · Post by **DVDguy** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:20 am

Update:

OK, has a short 3 minute clip that was an origianal .ts file. Converted using HDTV To MPEG2.

Pretty quick, no problems at all really.

Opened MF5.... selected HD DVD project... dragged the new file in with no problem what so ever. did some minor changes to the menu.

Selected create HD DVD files in a temp folder.

Create an .iso image is in grey... not allowing me access.
Been reading about some concerns burning the folders... but will see what happens. Just five minutes into the creation.

Update:

22 minutes later... the 2min 30 second DVD is done.

There is a HDDVD_TS folder.. and a .tif file... and a .alb file. I have an old copy of Prassi... so I am burning just the TS Folder to a DVDR (319 meg).

Will throw it into my A1 and see if it will play.

DVDguy · Post by **DVDguy** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:19 am

Well a few hours later I just finished watching my first HD DVD Authored project on my A1.

Thanks everyone for your help.

One last important question:

""Do Not Convert Compliant MPEG Files"

Should I have that clicked... or not??

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:45 am

DVDguy wrote:Well a few hours later I just finished watching my first HD DVD Authored project on my A1.

Thanks everyone for your help.

One last important question:

""Do Not Convert Compliant MPEG Files"

Should I have that clicked... or not??

I think the title says it all. If it is already DVD compliant and you have this unchecked it will re-render (convert) your file to whatever your project settings currently have been set to. Obviously this takes quite a bit of time. If the files are already DVD compliant then there is no need for conversion. (plus associated loss of quality)

There are times you may wish to overide an already DVD compliant file from not being converted. Such as the need to reduce its size to make it fit onto the DVD disc.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:48 am

I authored a couple of HD-DVD's using some sample HDV clips from an online HDV Resource.

I used MSP8 to convert them from *.m2t to *.mpg (very quick conversion -- I don't think it re-encoded anything -- more like extracted the *.mpg from the transport stream).

In MF5 I burned the *.ISO image, and then burned the image to DVD+RW using DVDDecryptor.

Took it to my local Bestbuy to see if it would work, and it did

They did not have the remote control for the Toshiba, so we could not test menu navigation. To get it to play, we hit the STOP button, then hit the PLAY button and it went right into the movie.

I've heard some folks having problems when using multiple clips. I combined all the sample clips into one long Title for my HD-DVD.

Regards,
George

DVDguy · Post by **DVDguy** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:23 pm

George,

"In MF5 I burned the *.ISO image"

As anyone ever figured out why that selection is sometimes not available?? (Like with me?)

It's gray.... and I can not use it.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:31 pm

afaik, Ulead disabled that box in a later release (or more recent release) of the software. What version are you running

My version is pretty early, so it still has that option turned on...

Regards,
George

DVDguy · Post by **DVDguy** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:34 pm

Thanks Geoege.... "disabled features".... things like that make me think, should I drop $50 on this software?