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TheHappyFriar wrote on 1/26/2006, 5:47 AM
no we don't. as there's no HD/blue ray burners we can buy yet & they normally cupport a tech after, not before (IE 64-bit) it comes out I doubt it will right out of the box.

an update may though, like V4 supported HD with the "b" update.
bStro wrote on 1/26/2006, 9:37 AM
There are two categories of people who ever know what's going to be added to the next version of DVDA or any other Sony software:

1) Those who work for Sony.

2) Those who are beta testing that software.

And neither one of them is going to announce those features publiciy a single day before the software is released. Ever. (Not intentially, anyhow.)

Rob

PS: I am neither of the above, so no, I'm not being a tease. ;-)
Espen wrote on 1/27/2006, 6:17 AM
You can make a "mini-dvd" using an ordinary 700Mb CD. With Highdef-feature you might create a "mini-HD-DVD" burning the files on an ordinary DVD.

Then we could create - although space-limited - inexpensive highdef-discs before a HD-/BluRay-burner is in our PC.

That's why I'm asking...

So if anobody at Sony is reading this: It's a good idea to let us make "mini-highdef-discs" on ordinary DVDs :-)

Espen
bStro wrote on 1/27/2006, 9:22 AM
Nothing wrong with asking, but I can be 99.9% sure that, unless Sony does an about-face on their current practice, it's not gonna happen. They're pretty strict about (at least trying to) keep DVDA in line with the official DVD specifications.

This is why, I'm guessing, DVDA doesn't do mini-DVDs, VCDs & SVCDs, PAL and NTSC on the same disc, DVDs with MPEG1, DVDs with MPEG2, or DVDs with non-standard resolutions. Also doesn't do DVDs with MPEG audio, but that's actually a bit unfair to those in PAL countries 'cause it's fairly standard there.

Of course, if "mini-HD-DVDs" become part of the HD-DVD (or whatever it's being called) specs, then that may be a different matter.
ScottW wrote on 1/27/2006, 9:51 AM
http://www.sonic.com/products/Professional/Producer/ProducerHD/quicklook.aspx
bStro wrote on 1/27/2006, 7:43 PM
Is there any difference between that and putting a HD WMV into an Extra folder using DVDA?

Rob
ScottW wrote on 1/28/2006, 7:33 AM
My guess is that the software allows you to construct menus that WM player understands. - I got a demo DVD from microsoft that has some sample scripts for menus - very interactive and very impressive, but as its a scripting language kinda time consuming to build menus.
bStro wrote on 1/28/2006, 11:22 AM
Interesting. Just did a search and found MS's page on this concept.

WMV HD DVD-ROM

I'll contact them to see if I can get a sample disc (address at the bottom of the page), though the last time I tried watching an HD WMV, my system wasn't quite up to the task.