For all of you that have the urge to creaate HD-content that are the quality of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray movies, I suggest you check out this new app from Micro$oft. Windows Media Encoder Studio Edition... http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoderse/default.aspx With this app you can create you own high quality HD-Content using one of the best codecs out right now which is VC-1 (A.K.A. WMV9-HD). I don't like micro$oft, but I love VC-1 and HD-DVD! Universal does too... http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/apr06/04-24HDDVDPR.mspx VC-1 in the industry... http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/apr06/04-24VC1PR.mspx What is VC-1... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VC1 Ced
Here's an article that should be of interest: HD Encoding Face-Off: WMV-HD (VC-1) vs. DivX-HD (MPEG4) http://www.denguru.com/2006/07/05/hd_encoding_face_off/
That is a well written artical! It shows a balanced and objective method of testing and a logical resolve. Thanks for posting that link, Ced
Do i need a HD-DVD burner or something?? Or will my DVD+R DL disc works? And do you mean by changing the files from a bad quality (e.g. dvd) to a high quality?
For people that want to make true [bold]Blu-ray master[/bold]... Sony's Blu Print: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/news/ShowRelease.asp?ReleaseID=634&CatID= A really cool cam from Sony (1 of 2) that lets you record in 6 Channel Dolby! http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...goryName=dcc_DICamcorders_HighDefinitionVideo All of the stuff Sony only works with MPEG-2, of course. Ced
Don't forget about audio! Dolby audio mastering technology... http://www.dolby.com/professional/pro_audio_engineering/solutions_dvd3.html#truehd DTS audio mastering technology... http://www.dtsonline.com/pro-audio/products.php?ID=1002434300 Ced
I am using the little brothers of the mpeg-4 HD encoder and VC-1 encoder trying to compress some DVDs and I am getting horrible results, even worse (partially at least) than mpeg-2 at the same bitrate. Is there a big difference between VC-1 and WMV9 and mpeg-4 main profile and mpeg-4 High Profile? What I am trying to do is lower the resolution of the DVD and half the framerate in order to get the filesize down to about 1/4 to 1/3 the original. Well, I guess I can try out the VC-1 for myself thanks to the link you provided. Oh, and is it possible to get chapters into the encoded files? Thanks for your input.
