DVD Authoring: The Next Generation
April 14, 2007
• 9:00AM - 6:15PM
9:00 - 10:15am
Next Gen Essentials - Overview of HD DVD & Blue-Ray
Not quite up to speed on “red laser versus blue laser”? This short session will give you the basics of Next Gen formats, and what each does. It will cover HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. It will also provide a comparison of their functions, similarities, and differences.
Audience: All users wishing to get a better understanding the Next Generation DVD formats.
Instructor: Rolf Hartley, Sonic Solutions
and Bruce Nazarian, President, Digital Media Consulting Group, Inc.
11:45am - 1:00pm
Encoding for Next Generation Discs - MPEG2, AVC, VC-1
Not one, not two but THREE different codecs are available to use in Next Gen DVD formats! This session will provide a summary and overview of MPEG-2, AVC and VC-1, and a chance to identify encoding tools and workflows available to next Gen compressionists!
Audience: All users wishing to get a better understanding of the Next Generation video formats and encoding options.
Instructor: Ben Waggoner , Senior Programmer, Video Encoding, Microsoft Corporation
2:00 - 3:15pm
Basics of BD-J-Programming Interactivity for Blu-ray Discs
To create advanced interactive features, the Blu-ray disc format uses BD-J, an implementation of Java, to create the scripts that make things happen. This session will give an overview of the methods and options available for creating BD-J programming, and point to resources where you can learn more.
Audience: All users who wish to learn more about programming Blu-ray interactivity.
Instructor: Gunther Hartwig, Project Manager, Blu-ray Sonic Solutions
3:30 - 4:45pm
Tools for Next Generation DVD Authoring
To author Next-Gen DVD discs, you need Next-Gen tools! This session will cover the gamut of tools available for authoring both HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs, on both Mac and PC platforms. It will cover both desktop and high-end applications, regardless of price.
Audience: All users who wish to learn more about software options for authoring Next Gen discs.
Instructor: Bruce Nazarian, President, Digital Media Consulting Group
5:00 - 6:15pm
Basics of HDi-Programming Interactivity for HD DVD Discs
Advanced interactive features for HD DVD are created using the HDi toolset, which is NOT like anything in SD DVD. This session will give an overview of the methods and options available for creating HDi programming, and point to resources where you can learn more about it.
Audience: All users who wish to learn more about programming HD DVD interactivity.
Instructor: Peter Torr, Microsoft
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