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. [...]
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What’s on a DVD?
August 3, 2010 – 3:55 am
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
AUDIO_TS is used for DVD Audio and contains the audio files, whereas VIDEO_TS [...]
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs comparison
July 12, 2010 – 1:45 am
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.
One of the main targets for this comparison [...]
SVCD vs. VCD
July 6, 2010 – 5:07 am
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 [...]
Is your PC ready for Blu-ray/HD DVD Playback?
July 1, 2010 – 2:17 am
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 H.264 movies [...]
What is Letterbox?
June 30, 2010 – 5:31 am
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 [...]
How to make my DVD-ROM / DVD Writer and Software DVD Player Region Free?
June 22, 2010 – 11:57 pm
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 [...]
What is SVCD?
April 27, 2010 – 4:16 am
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 [...]
What is VCD?
April 26, 2010 – 3:43 am
Video CD, works on many DVD players, there are software players on almost every operating systems, doesn’t need a fast computer but the image is VHS-like. Video is MPEG1 at 1150kbit/s and audio MPEG1 audio layer 2 at 224kbit/s.
What is VKI?
April 21, 2010 – 4:15 am
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 [...]
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