Exported movie looks like poo!

Douglas Turner · January 22nd, 2007, 09:04 PM

You can create menu structures with WMV... if you'd like details, you can send off to Microsoft for developer's info, and they'll kindly send you a DVD with code, examples etc.

Have you watched an SD DVD vs. a 1080 WMV on a high def display? You'd have to have 110 year old eyes not to appreciate the difference :)

My eyes are both 35 years old... and both of them want high def content if they'll willing to let their 35 year old fingers hand over their hard-earnt for a $5000 TV.

720 displays are just a stop-gap... 1080 is only 'just' coming out in Australia(!) - but it's just a manner of time until it's the standard here :)

Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will fail of course (and be laserdisc-style collectors items), in preference to on-demand, IPTV etc - and what about taking your 16GB SD card into Blockbuster and downloading the lastest movie in seconds?! Solid-state, no moving parts... surely that's the future!

Dave Campbell · January 22nd, 2007, 10:00 PM

I TOTALLY agree that physcial media is already cave man time. I want to stream EVERYTHING from the internet!

Now, I have the MS developer kit. But, I believe the disc can only be played on a PC. I need my output to be able to be played on a cheap machine everyone has. And, from what I know, today, and many days to come, it is a DVD player which is NOT in a computer.

Am I wrong?

Dave

Douglas Turner · January 23rd, 2007, 05:25 AM

But what are you going to use to stream from the internet?....

A PC!

It'll take a couple of years, but the line will blur (and has been erradicated in our household*) between Console, PC, DVD, TV and HiFi.

Yep, you're right though, today, DVD is king. But don't rule out the market of early adopters out there - if your low budget movie is one of only a few low budget movies available on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, then you'll get sales just because of the format it's on!

We were having this conversation only a decade or so ago re: VHS vs DVD... and VHS is dead, buried (Betamax is laughing in its grave)!

*this assumes your set-up has a high WAF (wife acceptance factor) - or you have a hi-tech wife... fortunately my wife knows her way around a mouse... I'm lucky I guess

Dave Campbell · January 23rd, 2007, 09:20 AM

Yea, whats wrong with streaming from the internet?
I am looking forward to seeing the new Microsoft Home Server s/w that HP will ship first. May use this for my video server that I kinda have going now.

Am lucky I have a WAF!!! Kids love it though since I have computers everywhere. :o)

I am just a family guy who likes to help folks convert their VHS tapes into DVD's etc, so non of them are early adopters.

Just wish there was a WMV player that would play the menus a PC can.

Dave

January 22nd, 2007, 09:04 PM	#16
Douglas Turner Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 132	You can create menu structures with WMV... if you'd like details, you can send off to Microsoft for developer's info, and they'll kindly send you a DVD with code, examples etc. Have you watched an SD DVD vs. a 1080 WMV on a high def display? You'd have to have 110 year old eyes not to appreciate the difference :) My eyes are both 35 years old... and both of them want high def content if they'll willing to let their 35 year old fingers hand over their hard-earnt for a $5000 TV. 720 displays are just a stop-gap... 1080 is only 'just' coming out in Australia(!) - but it's just a manner of time until it's the standard here :) Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will fail of course (and be laserdisc-style collectors items), in preference to on-demand, IPTV etc - and what about taking your 16GB SD card into Blockbuster and downloading the lastest movie in seconds?! Solid-state, no moving parts... surely that's the future!

January 22nd, 2007, 10:00 PM	#17
Dave Campbell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 568	I TOTALLY agree that physcial media is already cave man time. I want to stream EVERYTHING from the internet! Now, I have the MS developer kit. But, I believe the disc can only be played on a PC. I need my output to be able to be played on a cheap machine everyone has. And, from what I know, today, and many days to come, it is a DVD player which is NOT in a computer. Am I wrong? Dave

January 23rd, 2007, 05:25 AM	#18
Douglas Turner Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 132	But what are you going to use to stream from the internet?.... A PC! It'll take a couple of years, but the line will blur (and has been erradicated in our household) between Console, PC, DVD, TV and HiFi. Yep, you're right though, today, DVD is king. But don't rule out the market of early adopters out there - if your low budget movie is one of only a few low budget movies available on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, then you'll get sales just because of the format it's on! We were having this conversation only a decade or so ago re: VHS vs DVD... and VHS is dead, buried (Betamax is laughing in its grave)! this assumes your set-up has a high WAF (wife acceptance factor) - or you have a hi-tech wife... fortunately my wife knows her way around a mouse... I'm lucky I guess

January 23rd, 2007, 09:20 AM	#19
Dave Campbell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 568	Yea, whats wrong with streaming from the internet? I am looking forward to seeing the new Microsoft Home Server s/w that HP will ship first. May use this for my video server that I kinda have going now. Am lucky I have a WAF!!! Kids love it though since I have computers everywhere. :o) I am just a family guy who likes to help folks convert their VHS tapes into DVD's etc, so non of them are early adopters. Just wish there was a WMV player that would play the menus a PC can. Dave