High-Definition DVD Handbook: Producing for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc - Brossura

Johnson, Mark; Crawford, Charles; Armbrust, Chris

9780071485852: High-Definition DVD Handbook: Producing for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0071485856 ISBN 13: 9780071485852

Casa editrice: McGraw Hill TAB, 2007

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:

Gives you comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of both new competing high definition DVD formats
Covers all-new, high definition authoring tools
Includes chapters devoted to audio and video acquisition, graphics design, compression, quality control, and replication
Reveals how to achieve new levels of interactivity through graphic user interfaces (GUIs)
Provides proven advice on avoiding production pitfalls and troubleshooting
Helps you navigate and utilize content protection and digital rights management as well as the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) standard

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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L'autore:

Mark Johnson, Ph.D (Chesire, UK) is an independent consultant in opto-electronics and measurement innovation. He is a Visiting Professor Salford and St. Etienne Universities. He has managed corporate research laboratories in the UK, US, and Germany.

Contenuti:

Foreword

Table of Figures and Tables

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Lights, Camera...Action!

Chapter 3: Pictures and Sound

Chapter 4: Coding Technologies

Chapter 5: Persistent Storage

Chapter 6: Network/Streaming Technologies

Chapter 7: The HD DVD Format

Chapter 8: The Blu-ray Disc Format