Does DVD Movie Factory 6 support encoding 480i60 content to high-bitrate AVC/h.264 and authoring to a HD-DVD-compatible DVD3X (a HD-DVD-format disc burned on DVD+/-R(DL) physical media)? Or is it limited to MPEG-2?
More importantly, if I author such a disc, but don't have a HD-DVD player yet, can I rip the disc to AVI to view under Windows or Linux in the meantime? Or is it hopelessly naive to assume that I can author my own un-encrypted discs and freely rip them at will?
Basically, what I'm trying to accomplish is burning my old VHS tapes to an archival medium that someday I'll be able to play directly, but in the meantime can rip at will to watch on my computer as raw MPEG-4 files. DVD just isn't good enough, because the 9mbit max bitrate isn't high enough to preserve the videos -- grain, noise, and all -- well enough to let me throw away the tapes once and for all in good conscience... but x264 at CQ=16 seems to be capable of achieving ~99.2% of the original DV-AVI's quality, in 1/3 to 1/2 the total size.
Actually, that reminds me... assuming DMF6+ CAN encode to AVC/H.264, how much freedom does its encoder give you to push it to the limits of what a real-world player can actually play back? For instance, does it allow multiple reference frames, B-frame pyramids, CABAC, Trellis encoding, mixed block sizes, etc? Or at the very least, can it scan a file encoded with x264 and, if it finds something wrong with it, tell me what SPECIFICALLY is wrong with it (ie, "Max frame ref = 3, you encoded with 5" or something to that effect)?
Does DMF6+ support AVC/h.264 for HD-DVD compatible DVD+R(DL)
Does DVD Movie Factory 6 support encoding 480i60 content to high-bitrate AVC/h.264 and authoring to a HD-DVD-compatible DVD3X (a HD-DVD-format disc burned on DVD+/-R(DL) physical media)? Or is it limited to MPEG-2?
Yes, the full retail version of MF6+ (Plus) with Patch# 2 along with the "HD Power Pack" http://www.ulead.com/dmf/plugin.htm
More importantly, if I author such a disc, but don't have a HD-DVD player yet, can I rip the disc to AVI to view under Windows or Linux in the meantime? Or is it hopelessly naive to assume that I can author my own un-encrypted discs and freely rip them at will?
Yes, depending on the disk format. DVD or AVCHD yes Not sure about HD-DVD, you may be able to insert those videos directly. Using lInux the only limitation is your Linux programming skills. I play these videos using mplayer, Xine & VLC, although my 3.2Ghz computer has some problems playing back avchd above 8MBS under Linux, so under Linux most of my videos for HighDefinition are either HD-Mpeg2@25MBS or HD-WMV@8MBS.
Basically, what I'm trying to accomplish is burning my old VHS tapes to an archival medium that someday I'll be able to play directly, but in the meantime can rip at will to watch on my computer as raw MPEG-4 files. DVD just isn't good enough, because the 9mbit max bitrate isn't high enough to preserve the videos -- grain, noise, and all -- well enough to let me throw away the tapes once and for all in good conscience... but x264 at CQ=16 seems to be capable of achieving ~99.2% of the original DV-AVI's quality, in 1/3 to 1/2 the total size.
Haven't tried that method yet, in theory this should work providing the VHS videos are at least good quality, neat idea.
Actually, that reminds me... assuming DMF6+ CAN encode to AVC/H.264, how much freedom does its encoder give you to push it to the limits of what a real-world player can actually play back? For instance, does it allow multiple reference frames, B-frame pyramids, CABAC, Trellis encoding, mixed block sizes, etc? Or at the very least, can it scan a file encoded with x264 and, if it finds something wrong with it, tell me what SPECIFICALLY is wrong with it (ie, "Max frame ref = 3, you encoded with 5" or something to that effect)?
I think you would need to buy the MainConcept individual H264 encoder for file analysis, but MF6+ with the above add-ons reads & displays all the file video & audio properties correctly
Yes, the full retail version of MF6+ (Plus) with Patch# 2 along with the "HD Power Pack" http://www.ulead.com/dmf/plugin.htm
More importantly, if I author such a disc, but don't have a HD-DVD player yet, can I rip the disc to AVI to view under Windows or Linux in the meantime? Or is it hopelessly naive to assume that I can author my own un-encrypted discs and freely rip them at will?
Yes, depending on the disk format. DVD or AVCHD yes Not sure about HD-DVD, you may be able to insert those videos directly. Using lInux the only limitation is your Linux programming skills. I play these videos using mplayer, Xine & VLC, although my 3.2Ghz computer has some problems playing back avchd above 8MBS under Linux, so under Linux most of my videos for HighDefinition are either HD-Mpeg2@25MBS or HD-WMV@8MBS.
Basically, what I'm trying to accomplish is burning my old VHS tapes to an archival medium that someday I'll be able to play directly, but in the meantime can rip at will to watch on my computer as raw MPEG-4 files. DVD just isn't good enough, because the 9mbit max bitrate isn't high enough to preserve the videos -- grain, noise, and all -- well enough to let me throw away the tapes once and for all in good conscience... but x264 at CQ=16 seems to be capable of achieving ~99.2% of the original DV-AVI's quality, in 1/3 to 1/2 the total size.
Haven't tried that method yet, in theory this should work providing the VHS videos are at least good quality, neat idea.
Actually, that reminds me... assuming DMF6+ CAN encode to AVC/H.264, how much freedom does its encoder give you to push it to the limits of what a real-world player can actually play back? For instance, does it allow multiple reference frames, B-frame pyramids, CABAC, Trellis encoding, mixed block sizes, etc? Or at the very least, can it scan a file encoded with x264 and, if it finds something wrong with it, tell me what SPECIFICALLY is wrong with it (ie, "Max frame ref = 3, you encoded with 5" or something to that effect)?
I think you would need to buy the MainConcept individual H264 encoder for file analysis, but MF6+ with the above add-ons reads & displays all the file video & audio properties correctly
Let me ask this question again because I'm not sure I'm reading this right. Are you saying that with MF6+ (and the plugin) I can burn a usable 3x dvd in a AVCHD format as well, and that I am not restricted to only burning 3x dvd in the mpeg2 format?etech6355 wrote:Does DVD Movie Factory 6 support encoding 480i60 content to high-bitrate AVC/h.264 and authoring to a HD-DVD-compatible DVD3X (a HD-DVD-format disc burned on DVD+/-R(DL) physical media)? Or is it limited to MPEG-2?
Yes, the full retail version of MF6+ (Plus) with Patch# 2 along with the "HD Power Pack" http://www.ulead.com/dmf/plugin.htm
Neonbob,
Thanks, I didn't pickup on that posts intentions of 3X DVD. My mistake not to be more exact.
I meant yes, he could create a hd-dvd when using avchd as source material.
As fas as I can tell this would be in the hd-mpeg2 format (as you know)....(read on)
But interesting enough I remembered seeing the term 3X somewhere's and remembered it was here http://www.ulead.com/tech/dmf/dmf_ftp.htm in the additions & corrections to Patch# 2 when released.
Although I have failed to find this dropdown box with the option of 3X DVD when selecting HD-DVD.
Also, I couldn't find where the Toshiba's firmware play these disks yet. Honestly haven't seen any yet.
Interesting enough I have burnt both mpeg2 & avc to both Blu-Ray & HD-Dvd. The Blu-Ray combination is simple & doesn't appear on my end to be a problem.
The HD-DVD may be a guessing game to find out the max-bit-rate & proper method to encode the avc/h264 videos before they are multi-plexed into an EVO file. I do have it working though and have encoded avc/h264 into EVO files, whether it's working correctly and can playback correctly is another venture. This is going to take alot of time to find the correct parameters & then which & what players will support this playback (and at what avc data-rate).
Thanks, I didn't pickup on that posts intentions of 3X DVD. My mistake not to be more exact.
I meant yes, he could create a hd-dvd when using avchd as source material.
As fas as I can tell this would be in the hd-mpeg2 format (as you know)....(read on)
But interesting enough I remembered seeing the term 3X somewhere's and remembered it was here http://www.ulead.com/tech/dmf/dmf_ftp.htm in the additions & corrections to Patch# 2 when released.
Although I have failed to find this dropdown box with the option of 3X DVD when selecting HD-DVD.
Also, I couldn't find where the Toshiba's firmware play these disks yet. Honestly haven't seen any yet.
Interesting enough I have burnt both mpeg2 & avc to both Blu-Ray & HD-Dvd. The Blu-Ray combination is simple & doesn't appear on my end to be a problem.
The HD-DVD may be a guessing game to find out the max-bit-rate & proper method to encode the avc/h264 videos before they are multi-plexed into an EVO file. I do have it working though and have encoded avc/h264 into EVO files, whether it's working correctly and can playback correctly is another venture. This is going to take alot of time to find the correct parameters & then which & what players will support this playback (and at what avc data-rate).