At 08:16 �� 6/3/2002, you wrote:
>Alright DB, enough is enough! Here I am, already! > >Yes, the disk will not be region-limited, so there'll be no drive-RPC-lock >issues to contend with. And there'll be no CSS/Macrovision encoding or >anything so anally retentive either. We're not making a Hollywood >blockbuster after all! (- though the thought of Q-Celt subliminal >advertising has been considered ;) > >PAL/NTSC is an issue however. Yes, if you're using a computer system to >play the material back, then the television standard isn't normally a >problem. All good software DVD players and decoder cards should be able to >switch quite happily for an unrestricted disk. But it is for those who >might want to play the disk in their set-top boxes, outputting to their >domestic televisions, that we must produce two versions. Wouldn't help >Phoebus, Dave, Al, et al (pardon the pun) if all we did was a PAL disk now, >would it? Not for me :-) I have both NTSC AND PAL (and Secam etc...) capabilities on my home TV equipment... (I have to keep in touch with home ya know ;-) (And most new DVD players with multi-region playing capability will do that for you anyway) >We're shooting in PAL, on a mini DV camcorder - even at the US event in DC, >if all goes to plan. And we'll still have to standards-convert to produce a > >DVD for the people over there, OF the people over there! It's not a problem > >however, as it will be handled as part of the MPEG-2 encoding process. You'll need plenty of hard drive room I guarantee you that... My Digital-8 camcorder is an NTSC unfortunately (My mother in law wants to be able to watch my daughter's tapes at her house) and it gives me real trouble every time I am converting (takes hours literally) >As far as QL playback is concerned..... you're all more qualified than I am >to say how it can be done. Without dedicated MPEG-2 decoding hardware, I >have grave doubts as to the ability of anything other than a Q40/60 or rapid > >QPC-based system to handle the MPEG-2 throughput. And as for the >programming...! I'm not, by any stretch of the imagination, the right >person to answer this. However, there is one good point as far as video >playback on a QL-platform is concerned - the 15.625kHz scan rate of the >default QL modes is ideal for PAL video, though a high-colour mode will be >required (If I'm shouting down from cloud-cuckoo land on the tech of this >then please correct me!) IIRC the problem with video output is different from the Audio one (ie there's no "disconnection" of the drive) meaning you just don 't tell the drive to start and just leave it alone after that. On any QDOS based system esp. due to slave blocking as has been proven time and again, the playback would be erratic (very much so). MPEG2 software based playback takes a severe toll on even fast PCs so unless you have an MPEG2 decoder as you said I don't think it can be done (But with the ARM-QL it will and with GoldFire too due to the DSP capability) >Any enquiries about the DVDs should be made to myself or Darren. Any >suggestions on features, menu-design, imagery and stuff you might want to >see included, then let us know and we'll see what we can do. The main >editing/authoring push will start just after Manchester, though we hope to >have the layout finalised, and menus/included software prepared before then. Well you can count on me for graphics :-) hehe >A long post... so if you've made it this far, thanks for reading ;) > >Steve Reyal > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >- - -
