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Overview
Everything you need to design and produce high definition DVDs-from three of the most well-known specialists in the industry
High Definition DVD Handbook is your one-stop resource for mastering the new HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats and successfully applying them to the entire DVD process-from authoring to design to production. You'll see how to fully utilize the amazing new resolution and features of high definition DVD, understand the major differences between the formats, navigate complex specs, and set up for either small- or large-scale production. Featuring a foreword by Jim Taylor, coauthor of DVD Demystified, this practical, irreverent guide:
Taking DVD Demystified to the next level, High Definition DVD Handbook is your guide to the new wave of DVD production.
“should be required reading in any world-class DVD facility.”
-Benn Carr, VP of New Technology, Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, CA
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Meet the Author
Mark Johnson is vice president of technology at
Technology Creative Services, a Thomson company.
Charles Crawford is the cofounder of Televised
Production Services and Heritage Series, LLC, production companies.
Christen Armbrust is a senior process engineer at
Technicolor Creative Services.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Table of Figures and Tables xv
Preface xix
Introduction 1
About this Book 2
About the Disc 7
Standards and Conventions 7
Other Conventions 8
Bits, Bytes, Units and Notations 9
Lights, Camera...Action! 1
Film or Tape or ? ? 1
Television Systems: A Primer 2
Frame Rates 4
High Definition Image Resolutions 6
Chroma Subsampling and Bit Depth 8
High Definition Data Streams 8
Film Formats 10
Video Formats 11
Pictures and Sound 1
High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) 2
HD Disc Players 2
Settop Players 3
HD Disc Recorders 4
Additional Player Considerations 6
HDTV Displays 7
What's Wrong with CRT? 7
Types of New Displays 8
HD Video Displays Meet HD Discs 9
Coding Technologies 1
Creation of a Format 1
Audio Coding Technologies 2
Mandatory vs. Optional Codecs 3
Choosing a Primary Audio Codec 5
Choosing a Secondary Audio Codec 14
Video Coding Technologies 17
Differences Between HD DVD and Blu-ray 18
Choosing a Video Codec 18
Persistent Storage 1
Technically Speaking 1
Potential Uses 3
Persistent Storage Implementations 3
HD DVD 3
Blu-ray: Binding Unit Data Area (BUDA) and the Virtual File System (VFS) 9
Conclusion and Comment 12
Network/Streaming Technologies 1
Creativity Requirement 5
Design and Planning 6
Implementation 6
Summary 8
The HD DVD Format 1
Standard Content 2
Similarities to DVD 3
Key Differences from DVD 4
When is HD DVD Standard Content Appropriate? 11
Advanced Content 12
Structure of Advanced Content 13
Structure of an Advanced Application 16
When is HD DVD Advanced Content Appropriate? 19
- The Blu-ray Disc Format 1
Format Comparisons 2
Comparing HDMV to HD DVD Standard Content 3
Comparing BD-Java to HD DVD Advanced Content 3
HD Movie Mode 5
BD-Java 14
Relation of BD-J to HDMV 21
When is BD-J Appropriate? 22
Compression and Authoring Tools 1
Audio Compression 1
Video Compression 2
Authoring Tools 3
HD DVD Standard Content 5
HD DVD Advanced Content 5
BD HDMV & BD-J Authoring 6
Subtitling 6
Summary 6
Setting Up for Production 1
Preparing for Production Capability 2
Single-User/Consumer Production 5
Small Scale Prosumer/Corporate Operation 7
Large-Scale/Hollywood Operations 15
Conclusions and Other Recommendations 23
Project Design and Planning 1
Project Design 2
Project Flowchart 9
User Interactivity 11
Authoring and Programming 13
Quality Control 13
Scheduling 14
Ready, Aim, Fire 17
Graphic Design 1
Design and Planning 8
Implementation 9
Graphics Basics for HD DVD 10
Graphics Basics for Blu-Ray 10
Summary 11
Compression 1
Audio 2
Video 4
Getting Started with a New Encoder 6
Advanced Encoding Techniques 7
Summary 9
Authoring/Programming 1
HD DVD Standard Content 1
HD DVD Advanced Content 4
Markup vs. Script 11
Blu-rayHDMV 11
BD-J 17
Basic Architecture 18
Quality Control (QC) 1
Setting Up for Quality 2
Quality Checking Techniques 4
Visual Inspection Checklists 7
Test Plans 9
Test Reports 9
The Player Challenge 10
Summary 12
So, You Think You're Done 1
Replication Workflow 2
Disc Format Configurations 3
HD Disc Packaging 6
Advanced Access Content System (AACS) 1
Objectives 2
Ecosystem 2
Technology Overview 3
Analog Sunset 6
HD DVD Implementation 8
Blu-ray Implementation 12
AACS Production Workflow 14
Online Connections and Network Content 15
Managed Copy 17
Blu-ray Disc's BD+ 1
BD-ROM Mark 2
SPDC (Self-Protecting Digital Content) 2
Counter Measures 4
Native Code 4
Media Transform 5
Workflow 6
When to Use SPDC 7
About The Disc A-1
Glossary G-1
Index I-1