Many people who would like to burn a disc may usually ask: what kinds of disc can I burn? This article will tell you something about the types of CDs and DVDs can be burned.
1. CD.
Normally, you can use either a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc for burning. But it depends on the type of removable storage that your CD burner supports, and your preference. You should keep in your mind that not all CD players can play CD-RW discs. You can use a player to burn the following types of CDs: Read More
Due to high definition and huge capacity, DVDs are widely welcome all over the world. I have large numbers of DVDs that contain classical movies which are favored by the people all over the world. But unfortunately, because of the region-limited some of them are not played with my DVD player. Read More
What exactly is on a DVD disc? What are VOB, IFO and BUP files? All this will be explained here.
When you access the DVD drive you’ll see at least 2 directories:
22.08.2000 03:20 <DIR> AUDIO_TS
22.08.2000 05:53 <DIR> VIDEO_TS Read More
Moscow State University Graphics & Multimedia Laboratory has finished 6-th H.264 codecs comparison.
It is intended for practical researchers and developers in the field of high-end video compression.
We have tested newest implementations of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs and compare with XviD (MPEG-4 ASP) and Theora encoders. Read More
Super Video CD, mainly used in Asian countries. Uses MPEG2 Video and therefore much better image quality – LaserDisc-like and also offers High quality surround sound. Furthermore it can take advantage of hardware decoders and there are players for many operating systems. However there are only a few – mostly Asian made Read More
Currently, there aren’t many commercially available PCs that can play back high definition DVDs due to the limited availability of Blu-ray/HD DVD hardware. The amount of movies available is also a problem. To test high definition DVD, we are going to approximate it by playing back some high definition Read More
The process of letterboxing consists of taking a movie frame (as shot by the camera of the camera guy on a Hollywood movie set), resize it so that it fits on a 4:3 screen without stretching, then add black bars on top and bottom to fill the entire screen. Read More
How do I make my DVD drive region free (remove region codes/country codes/zone locks)?
Use DVD Ghost to make your region locked DVD drive and your software player region free. You can also “patch” your DVD drives firmware, you find patched DVD drives firmwareshere (freeware but it may be a bit tricky and “dangerous”). Read More
Super Video CD, mainly used in Asian countries. Uses MPEG2 Video and therefore much better image quality – LaserDisc-like and also offers High quality surround sound. Furthermore it can take advantage of hardware decoders and there are players for many operating systems. However there are only a few – mostly Read More
Variable Keyframe Interval. Basically that means that keyframes will not be inserted in regular intervals as in the regular DivX codecs but where they are needed. There are 2 ways of VKI: The first is that the encoder analyzes the compressed frame, compares it against the original and re-encodes the frame again as a keyframe if the quality Read More
