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PeterDuke wrote on 6/21/2014, 7:14 PM
@Kimberly

I think that you are too cautious. I am sure that a 24p BD will play everywhere, provided that you use a reputable brand disc. However, I am happy to test anything on my gear here in Oz if you would still like it done.
Kimberly wrote on 6/22/2014, 1:16 AM
@ VMP and PeterDuke:

I have divers from all over the world coming to the boat so I want to make sure my disks will play properly for them. Most guests are from the USA and Canada, but we get our share of Aussies, Brits, and to a lesser extent, Europeans, South Africans, and South Americans. I give a refund if the diver gets home and the disk doesn't play; most people want the disk more so than a refund.

It was news to me about the BD being potentially playable worldwide. I am jazzed! I use Verbatim disks and I've had good luck with those.

Regards,

Kimberly

PS. I am an accountant by trade and we tend to be a cautious lot : )
Arthur.S wrote on 6/22/2014, 1:47 PM
As VMP sez, BD players are far better than DVD players all round. You never see a layer change on a DL DVD played on a BD player. None that I've ever owned anyways.
PeterDuke wrote on 6/22/2014, 7:06 PM
"You never see a layer change on a DL DVD played on a BD player."

I've never seen a layer change on any DVD played on my DVD player either. I always make sure that the marker to be used for the layer break is not in the body of a scene/clip, however. I have never noticed a layer break on a commercial DVD either.
Chienworks wrote on 6/23/2014, 7:57 AM
In the thousands of times i've watched DL DVDs, i've only ever seen the layer change hiccup once, and that was on a commercial release. The other times i've watched the same DVD it wasn't noticeable.

I remember it surprising all of us, when the action just sort of stopped for a quarter of a second while the audio continued, then the action started up again while the audio was off for quarter of a second. We all kinda looked at each other like, "did that just happen?"
earthrisers wrote on 6/23/2014, 10:41 AM
Logging another endorsement for good ol' DVD.
Format choice depends on content and on intended market.
We do exclusively event videography (not movie production) -- mainly school talent shows & graduations & such.
Parents always want to be able to go directly to the scene involving their own kid... Easy with a selection menu, impossible (far as I know) with USB stick, etc.

And in our community, which is relatively affluent (median-ly, anyway), BluRay ownership seems to be the minority. No customer ever asks for BluRay. DVD on standard "up-rezzing" DVD player works fine.
Arthur.S wrote on 6/23/2014, 12:45 PM
Uprezzing is nowhere near the quality of a 'true' HD Blu-ray. Although I have to say, some players do a great job of it.

The layer break (I'm talkin' commercial DVD) is one of those things that has got better over time, but still there on badly authored discs played on cheap players. Used to REALLY get my goat when my 50 quid burner in my PC sailed through with NO layer change visible no matter how stupidly it was placed, yet my high end player in my Home Cinema setup showed every single one. The reason at the time was burners used RAM which buffered it, hardware players - no matter how expensive - didn't. That's got better thank God!!
The absolute WORST layer break I've ever seen was VIRUS (the film was sh 1 tee too) :-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120458/
VMP wrote on 6/23/2014, 1:08 PM
Arthur.S Indeed that's a good point.
Since I have the BD player I have totally forgotten about the layer change pause.
This used to happen with the DVD player, Philips, Sony and LG. Not with the Sony BD player.

VMP
Laurence wrote on 6/25/2014, 3:46 PM
I wonder how batch changing the footage speed from 25th to 29.97fps in ProDad ReSpeedr would look. I'll bet it would look great.
PeterDuke wrote on 6/25/2014, 6:27 PM
" changing the footage speed from 25th (25fps) to 29.97fps"

If it is DVD, you would also have to change the 720x576 pixels to 720x480.

The more changes, the lower the quality in principle, but might not be too noticeable in practice.
Terje wrote on 6/27/2014, 2:54 AM
>> How do you construct a nice large informative label for this media?

Depends on what Media Server you use and how it displays it. Filename?

>> Can you place them on the bookshelf

Sure, the Playstation 3 can go on the book shelf, but I prefer it closer to my TV. Very long HDMI cables are expensive.

>> Can you lay them across the coffee

I can make the background of my PS3 a coffe table and if I show them as Icons it'll be attractive. Sorta. I could do it on a webpage on my home media server too, but the PS3 interface for the web browser is not ideal.

>> How do you mail them?

Usually by sharing a link to BOX or One Drive.

>> Do you have to declare contents of the envelope at the post?

What's an envelope? What does it do "at the post", and where is that?

Just being facetious.