HD DVD playback in Apple DVD Player? at DVinfo.net

James Burland · March 14th, 2007, 02:14 PM

Is there another app on the Mac that will author HD DVD in the same fashion as DVD Studio Pro. In others words, I want to get my HD footage onto a regular DVD and have Apple DVD Player play it back - any solutions?

Harrison Murchison · March 15th, 2007, 01:27 PM

Haven't seen anything else yet. I'll keep looking though.

Pinnacle makes a PC product that you might be able to run if you have an Intel Mac and something like Parallels virualization.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSit...tech+specs.htm

Troy Teuscher · March 16th, 2007, 07:48 AM

There is an article at www.kenstone.net that talks about this.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage...vds_young.html

Fred Tims · March 17th, 2007, 08:10 AM

To get DVDSP to burn an HD DVD that plays in DVD Player as well as a Toshiba set top player, you need to encode your video into MPEG2 HD and your audio into AIFF.
H.264 and AC3 do not work (yet?) Menus do not work either. Chapter stops work fine.
The down side to MPEG2 HD / AIFF is the bandwidth. You can only get about 30 mins. on a standard 4.7GB disc. The up side: it looks great.

My old G4 dual 1GHZ is apparently too slow. Discs play fine on my G5.

Steve Benner · March 18th, 2007, 07:06 PM

The problems with HD DVD's and playing in the Toshiba and Xbox players is completely fixed. Menu's work as well. As far as I know though, DVD Studio Pro is the only App on Mac's that burn HD DVD's. Hopefully at NAB, we will get full Blu lazer support as well.

James Burland · March 19th, 2007, 04:07 PM

Fred: Does that means that it's possible to 'manually' create a HD DVD that plays on Apple's DVD player, without the use of DVD Studio?

Fred Tims · March 20th, 2007, 07:58 AM

I am not aware of any other Mac application that creates HD DVD.

March 14th, 2007, 02:14 PM	#1
James Burland Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Weymouth, UK Posts: 29	HD DVD playback in Apple DVD Player? Is there another app on the Mac that will author HD DVD in the same fashion as DVD Studio Pro. In others words, I want to get my HD footage onto a regular DVD and have Apple DVD Player play it back - any solutions?

March 16th, 2007, 07:48 AM	#3
Troy Teuscher Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 31	Creating Hi-Def DVDs Using 4.7GB Type 5 DVDs There is an article at www.kenstone.net that talks about this. http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage...vds_young.html

March 17th, 2007, 08:10 AM	#4
Fred Tims Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 82	HD DVD on a Mac To get DVDSP to burn an HD DVD that plays in DVD Player as well as a Toshiba set top player, you need to encode your video into MPEG2 HD and your audio into AIFF. H.264 and AC3 do not work (yet?) Menus do not work either. Chapter stops work fine. The down side to MPEG2 HD / AIFF is the bandwidth. You can only get about 30 mins. on a standard 4.7GB disc. The up side: it looks great. My old G4 dual 1GHZ is apparently too slow. Discs play fine on my G5.

March 20th, 2007, 07:58 AM	#7
Fred Tims Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 82	Besides DVDSP I am not aware of any other Mac application that creates HD DVD.

March 15th, 2007, 01:27 PM	#2
Harrison Murchison Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 243	Haven't seen anything else yet. I'll keep looking though. Pinnacle makes a PC product that you might be able to run if you have an Intel Mac and something like Parallels virualization. http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSit...tech+specs.htm

March 18th, 2007, 07:06 PM	#5
Steve Benner Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 590	The problems with HD DVD's and playing in the Toshiba and Xbox players is completely fixed. Menu's work as well. As far as I know though, DVD Studio Pro is the only App on Mac's that burn HD DVD's. Hopefully at NAB, we will get full Blu lazer support as well.

March 19th, 2007, 04:07 PM	#6
James Burland Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Weymouth, UK Posts: 29	Fred: Does that means that it's possible to 'manually' create a HD DVD that plays on Apple's DVD player, without the use of DVD Studio?