I just confirmed a successful workflow for making a high def dvd (standard DVD media) that plays in my LG 390 bluray dvd player.

I fused an HDV timeline to a file and imported the file into a Studio Plus 12 project (I don't know much about Studio at this point, just installed it).

The Studio timeline format was set to 1080i.  I then chose to make a DVD in the AVCHD format and burned a standard DVD.  It looks pretty good, much clearer than a standard DVD.  As expected, you are limited to the length, around 23 minutes or so.

The rendering was darn slow.  Probably 15% to 20% of real time.

I also tried to make an HD DVD type of disk.  It rendered really fast, as if it were just copying material.  Too bad it won't play in my bluray player -- just says "empty folder".  What a shame the HD DVD format is not supported in bluray players.

I also tried making a BluRay dvd.  The process worked, it made a file, but it did not try to burn the DVD.  I assume it needed to recognize a real BluRay DVD burner.  Rendering was similarly slow to AVCHD process.  I wonder if it is possible to make a bluray disk on standard DVD media somehow.

-SB

You can make an AVCHD disk with Studio 12 and std red media/burner, they are without menus, and are not supported in all players. Compiling an image file vs a successful burn are  two different things.

HDDVD hybird disks are super fast to create because there was no transcoding needed, just moving files. 

Rather that wrestling with Studio/Liquid conflicts, TmpGe Authoring Works 4 for about $100US is a good alternative. 

I've got my eye on TmpGenc, sounds very good.  I have an old lite version of it.

Is there going to be any support in the future for HD DVD disks?

What kind of hi def can TmpGenc make from a liquid fused file?  Is a fused file the best approach, or another?

Regards,

-SB

Unlikely outside of China to see any HDDVD development. The Chinese have developed their own version of HDDVD.

Tmpge markets both Express ( a transcoder APP)  and  Authoring Works 4, a disk authoring APP. I edit within Liquid in the native format that I Tape in, mostly HDV 30p. I fuse, then import into AW4.

Maybe the fear of HD DVD is that it is easier to steal hi-def material and remaster it for inexpensive distribution -- something the bluray community would want to suppress naturally.  Too bad in a way, since LE can go to an HD DVD format so blazingly fast.  But probably HDV format will go extinct before long, replaced by a full HD format of some sort, I would guess.  Eventually HD timelines should go faster to disk when editing and burning formats become more compatible.

We bought a couple of HD DVD players when the bottom fell out of the market after Toshiba decided to discontinue the format.  I then made several short HD DVDs (on standard DVDs) of short personal programs and also, a few demos for showing the advantages of using High Definition.  They did the job until the prices of BluRay players came down to a reasonable level.

BTW, I also have used double layer disks with both formats, and if my player played a single layer version, it played the double layer, giving me approximately double the time.