First a basic question about terminology used.
1) The resolution of a video file is written or said as just "1080".
The "i" or "p" is written or said for the player. In other words video files are always termed as 480 or 576 or 1080. Whereas in players they use the term 480i/p, 576i/p or 1080i/p. Is that correct?? Or video files themselves can be interlaced or progressive too??
2) Which program can give me the complete information/properties of a video file. (Gspot doesn't tell if it is interlaced or progressive)
3) I understand that DVD standards for video resolutions are 720×480 (NTSC) or 720×576 (PAL). (i.e. 480i/p or 576i/p)
Is it possible to author a DVD with higher resolution video file and then play them in a regular DVD player??
I have a 1080pavi file. Can I author a regular DVD out of it with the exact same resolution and then play it back in my regular DVD player??
If so how??
(BTW I have tried a lot of programs to convert a video file with resolutions higher than NTSC/PAL to DVD vob, but all of them downconvert them NTSC/PAL or below. Its as if its inbuilt in the program to make the output .vob files to be NTSC/PAL or below.)
^ thats a very good question! that would certainly be a good reason to get a divx player, *bleep* the next gen format war, piracy FTW! it certainly seems like they should because some of the dvd/divx players come with hdmi ports, why in gods name would a normal dvd player need an hdmi port?
anyway, i have the answers to all your questions...
1. yes a dvd can hold high def video, about 2 hours from what i can understand, and it wont be full bandwith obviously.
2. although it can be done, the dvd-r wont be able to be played aside form on a computer or a high def player, not a normal dvd player.
3. to do the "high def movie on a normal dvd-r" trick youll need a program called "ulead dvd". there are diferent settings for making hd or blu ray compatable high def dvd-rs.
As far as I know you cannot play a 1080p video on a standard DVD player. Many newer DVD players will upconvert a standard Dvd image to a 1080i image through electronic manipulation of the signal. Standard Dvd does not have the speed required to read a image that would be either 10801 or 1080p. This is what I have been led to belive from reading info on this topic.
