What format can Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players read?

[malacca73]

All right. So I've got a nice h.264 video and I'm wondering if it's possible to burn this onto a standard DVD in some way so that Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players can read it. I know they're both supposed to be capable of reading h.264 files, but I was wondering if it was some special variant, or if just slapping a h.264 file on an ISO 9660 standard DVD would work. Or does it have to be in some certain directory or something?

Anyone know?

"Wha" supposed to be "What" up there, of course. Can't seem to edit titles. (Corrected for you, Worley)

[Worley]

Yes, you can. If you use a dual layer disc you'll fit approx 43 minutes of HD video on it.

I am led to believe that the HD-DVD players are better than Blu Ray at replaying this type of disk. Have a look at this thread (http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=531655&Replies=65) over on the Sony forum for an answer.

[malacca73]

Yes, you can. If you use a dual layer disc you'll fit approx 43 minutes of HD video on it.

I am led to believe that the HD-DVD players are better than Blu Ray at replaying this type of disk. Have a look at this thread (http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=531655&Replies=65) over on the Sony forum for an answer.

Thanks for that link. My eyes started glazing over when it devolved into an installation tutorial and registry nightmare. I never quite figured out if they were saying any old h.264 file would work or not.

Is that what you meant by "yes, you can"? An h.264 file residing alone on a standard DVD? Or maybe two or three - how would that come across?

Thanks again.

[bluegrass]

All right. So I've got a nice h.264 video and I'm wondering if it's possible to burn this onto a standard DVD in some way so that Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players can read it. I know they're both supposed to be capable of reading h.264 files, but I was wondering if it was some special variant, or if just slapping a h.264 file on an ISO 9660 standard DVD would work. Or does it have to be in some certain directory or something?

Anyone know?

"Wha" supposed to be "What" up there, of course. Can't seem to edit titles. (Corrected for you, Worley)

Read my comment at the following post on this forum:
http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=839

[malacca73]

Read my comment at the following post on this forum:
http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=839

So, you're saying no go without the proper NLE? Can't just drop a h.264 onto a regular DVD and have Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players recognize it? Darn. :hv20-smilie15:

[bluegrass]

So, you're saying no go without the proper NLE? Can't just drop a h.264 onto a regular DVD and have Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players recognize it? Darn. :hv20-smilie15:

One thing for sure is there isn't any compatibility between Blu ray and HD DVD. That's what all the hellabaloo is about with two different type of formats. I believe there are Blu ray burners out there but there sure in the hell isn't any cheap ones. Heck the Blu ray playerss at Best Buy run about $700 the last time I looked. I successfully created an HD DVD (albeit a short one for test), burning it on my regular DVD -R and I'll be dammed, my computer couldn't even pull up a directory of it but my Toshiba HD DVD player read it and turned on the HD DVD on the front panel and played it OK. That's another reason we aren't going to see HD burners going main stream for quite awhile. We don't even know who is going to when the war - Red or Blue. One of them is going to go the way of the Beta but when. It's a mess. Microsoft versus Sony, MGM versus Paramount and on and on. If they don't watch out, the stand alones will die and everything in entertainment will be run from a computer.

Several people here are running there entertainment center from Windows Media Center. They don't have to worry about the war between the HD players and writers, they can play all their HD stuff from their 2nd entertainment computer networked to their working computer.