[MacDV]HDV 16:9 vs 4:3

[Granville Kennedy]

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Doing this research on a dial-up connection can be tedious, but 
curiosity wouldn't let me avoid it!

 From Apple's own site on iDVD5 :

> So it’s only natural that iDVD would also let you import the 
> high-definition video (HDV) and 16:9 widescreen formats (both HDV and 
> SDV) you can edit in iMovie HD. iDVD, in fact, quickly and easily 
> converts them to a standard definition DVD format, letting you create 
> DVD projects of stunning quality.

And from the DVDSP3 page :

> Apple’s revolutionary digital media encoding and compression tool now 
> encodes HD to superb quality SD MPEG-2 in a single step.

So if SD MPEG-2 means standard definition, then neither app actually 
supports HD DVD creation.  That leaves the question of Toast's 
abilities open for the moment... but it also seems to support both 
MPEG-1 and -2.  I'm not even sure there is a HD spec for use on a DVD - 
it may have to wait for the new DVD formats to be resolved.  My guess 
is the higher density DVD's combined with MPEG-4 will bring allow for 
the creation of HD DVD's.  Maybe I should get one of the El Gato cards 
or boxes before the hardware enabled DRM becomes the standard, and then 
happily bide my time for the software and standards to catch up.  Not 
that you can receive a decent HD broadcasts in the hills of Pittsburgh 
:-)

Later,
		Joey Kennedy.

On Feb 13, 2005, at 2:55 PM, Kunga wrote:

> I was under the impression that iDVD 5 and DVDSP 3 can both make High 
> Definition DVDs from the appropriate HDV edited source material in 
> 780p if not 1080i. I do not think the quote you site is correct. I 
> also think Toast 6 can burn HDV creations and play them in 780p if not 
> 1080i. But I may be wrong. This view is based on assumptions not hard 
> fact.
>
> We are certainly in a confusing time of transition with some of the 
> parts not adding up to a sum of the parts.
>
> k

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