MPEG/MPG: a video file format offering excellent quality in a relatively small file, a family of standards used for coding audiovisual information for the internet, DVD and other storage media. It is the compression standard for SD (standard definition) DVD. MOV: MOV is a file extension used by the QuickTime-wrapped files, can be created by [...]
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What is ISRC code?
June 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Creating content, Replication process
The ISRC is a unique international identifier for sound and/or music video recordings. An ISRC is required to sell music through a digital retailer – iTunes, Napster, eMusic, and the like. The code is encoded at the mastering stage of the recording. In the case of music videos, the ISRC appears in the time clock [...]
How to make CD tracks show up on iTunes
May 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Creating content
Most music player programs such as iTunes and Window Media Player connects to internet databases such as Gracenote to retreive audio track inforrmation. So the trick is the send your CD information to gracenote so anyone with an internet connection using iTunes will be able to see the name of the songs, album name, year, [...]
Tags:CDDB·Gracenote·iTunes·track names
What is PAL and NTSC
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content
PAL and NTSC are television standards that are used in different parts of the world. United States is a NTSC country while most of Europe and Asia are in PAL. What does that really mean? Well if you bring a DVD or tape from overseas, chances are it will not play in the US. The [...]
Tags:dvd·ntsc·pal·television standard
Macrovision RipGuard copy protection
March 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content, Replication process
Macrovision Ripguard protects most burning and decrypting made from a computer, it prevents the ripping of content from the original DVD. Setting up the DVD master is a little bit tricky. First, your authoring software need to support a DLT drive, because the content will be written and submitted in a DLT format. The DLT [...]
What is Macrovision ACP copy protection?
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content, Replication process
Macrovision ACP copy protection prevents and distorts copies made with an analog device such as VCR, DVD recorder or other analog recording devices. The protection needs to be enabled, or “flagged” during the authoring stage and the authoring software should support Macrovision ACP Type II. The content can either be written to a DLT, or [...]
What is region coding, do I need it?
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Creating content
DVDs can be region coded so that a US made DVD cannot be played in Asia, Europe etc. There are currently 6 regions, such codes are established to allow titles to be distributed in different parts of the world at different times. This is a good option if you plan to have a release for [...]
Tags:dvd·region coding
Make a skip-free DVD master
December 5th, 2005 · No Comments · Creating content
Here’s the burning question, how do you ensure the disc you made will not skip or freeze on playback? While there are no guarantees that a duplicated DVD-R will play on EVERY DVD player, here are a few pointers to ensure the highest percentage of compatibility: 1. Keep maximum bit rate under 7. Some older [...]
Worst woes for a first time producer (part 2): Preparing the master
March 4th, 2005 · No Comments · Creating content
It might be trivial to write about this. However a master that is poorly prepared and kept is indeed a waste of time and effort! So, we have to at least talk about it once. How to burn the master? Use a high quality media. A reputable brand DVD goes a long way. Maxell, TDK, [...]
Worst woes for a first time DVD producer (part 1): encoding
February 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Creating content
How much can you fit on a DVD? DVD video quality is measured in terms of kbit/s. Since there is a finite number of bits you can store on a DVD, if the video is longer, you cannot store as many bits per second. In plain English, when creating DVD, keep in mind that for [...]
Tags:bit rate·dvd·dvd authoring·encoding
