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Is it planned to create a tool that can convert existing standart DVD content to hd-dvd application, that declares the same list of video titles and chapters?
[158 byte] By [Polina] at [2008-2-11]
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# 1

HD DVD supports "Standard Content" which is basically the same as normal DVD but with hi-def video and a few extensions (like more colours for your sub-picture). So you don't really need to do anything.

If you want the snazzy new menus though, you pretty much have to start from scratch. Someone may come out with a tool that takes normal DVD metadata and puts it into the XML Playlist format (can't be that hard) but I don't know of anything at the moment. You'd still have a lot to do though just coding the menu system in iHD (or taking a template and filling that in).

PeterTorr-MSFT at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Audio and Video Development,HD DVD Interactivity Authoring...
# 2

OK,

If I have standard dvd content (VIDEO_TS folder), can't I reference it in the ihd playlist (xpl) and add an application section to a title?

This would be a nice feature. Such a disk can be inserted into standard dvd player as well as into hd-dvd player. And the hd-dvd player will provide richer content.

Polina at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Audio and Video Development,HD DVD Interactivity Authoring...
# 3
You could create a dual-format DVD. Put your DVD Video stuff in the VIDEO_TS folder and put your HD DVD content in the appropriate HVDVD_TS and ADV_OBJ folders.
As long as the file system is UDF 1.02 and the media is DVD-5 or -9 this disc will run on regular DVD Video players and the Toshiba HD DVD player.

Note: This disc does conform with the DVD Video spec. but not with the latest HD DVD specification.

GunnarAdler at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Audio and Video Development,HD DVD Interactivity Authoring...
# 4

What about current version of iHD-Simulator? Will it process such folder structures?

What .xpl file should look like?

Polina at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Audio and Video Development,HD DVD Interactivity Authoring...
# 5
No. You cannot re-use DVD Video content for the HD DVD part and vice versa.
DVD Video and HD DVD content just sit on the same disc but they are independent!
GunnarAdler at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Audio and Video Development,HD DVD Interactivity Authoring...
# 6
Polina wrote:
Is it planned to create a tool that can convert existing standart DVD content to hd-dvd application, that declares the same list of video titles and chapters?

FYI: http://www.apple.com/de/finalcutstudio/quicktours/?quicktours/delivery/qt_dvsp_1_convert_sd_to_hd
GunnarAdler at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Audio and Video Development,HD DVD Interactivity Authoring...
# 7
Yes, but that's to convert SD DVD into Type 1/Standard Content HD-DVD.
Authoring type 1 isn't that much different from authoring a classic DVD.
GerritL at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,Audio and Video Development,HD DVD Interactivity Authoring...
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