TNG-DVD

Workflows & Authoring

DVD WORKFLOWS

What do you want to do? ! Plan your project
Assess your audience/consumer
Acquire your assets. * " Shoot your video
" " Collect your images Record your audio
Digitize and edit your assets. * !

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Prepare Menus & Graphics * ! Do it from scratch, or.
Take advantage of ready-made templates in software
Convert assets to simple streams ! Do it as a separate task, unless.
Your DVD authoring software handles this chore
Author your DVD * ! Create your navigation and play features, or.
! Use ready-made templates in software
Programming * ! For HDi and Blu-ray, incorporate a programmer into
the entire workow and QA process HDi = XML, ECMAScript, Javascript BD-J = Java Programming
Preview / Emulate your DVD authoring * ! Use built in preview or emulation functions (and

programming)

Build or MUX your DVD authoring *
Burn your DVD-Video disc * ! Use the built-in feature of your DVD software
Test your nished DVD-Video disc * ! Play your disc in set top boxes, PCs & Macs Duplicate or Replicate your DVD ! DIY or Outsourced
Duplication uses DVD-R or DVD+R media * Replication uses glass masters and stamping
Label your DVD ! Use sticky labels (not preferred)
Direct-print onto specially prepared DVDs Lightscribe Technology ! Use professional silk screening
Package your DVD * " Use jewel cases, Amaray cases, or other choices
" " ! Use slip sheets, inserts and booklets Use shrinkwrap and security stickers http://www.discmakers.com
Start another DVD project ! Your previous experiences always help produce a
! better, new DVD project
STORAGE REQUIREMENTS SD DVDs
Source&materials, transcoded simple video audio streams, authoring, and
muxed builds all occupy about 30 Gigabytes of storage for a SS SL project
! TNG DVDs With High Denition video and audio streams, plus additional programming,
storage can achieve 1 Terabyte!!

DVD TNG Workows

AUTHORING & WORKFLOWS

! ABSTRACTION

Authoring tools offer a level of ABSTRACTION in which functions and coding are generated in the background Navigation & Interactivity are created through GUI and Point & Click user interfaces, sometimes through WYSIWYG layouts Abstraction simplies authoring, but can hide functionality and exibility options

! DECLARATIVE Authoring

A DVD author must rst predict all the different ways in which an end user might navigate and display content In a deterministic and hierarchical fashion, the author must spell out every action and every condition in scripting and commands Describes SD DVD and HD DVD Standard authoring techniques

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STANDARD

ADVANCED HDi

! PROCEDURAL Authoring
Intelligence through algorithms The state or condition of a disc title or player can be determined at any given moment Next step disc title or player behaviors are then deduced Commands are conditional statements (if-then) and organized into loops Describes HDi, HDMV, & BD-J authoring techniques

STANDARD HDMV

ADVANCED BD-J
Formal programming skills are required Additional personnel required Additional unit testing required Thorough Quality Assurance and Testing required (with hardware/Player considerations) Alters the basic workow of what we have come to consider as a "normal" DVD authoring process

SOURCES

ELEMENTARY STREAMS

AUTHOR

! Similar to SD DVD workows and authoring ! Requires no specialized scripting or programming skills ! All possible functions and commands are exposed within the environment

of the authoring tool

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! With additional TNG-DVD features Enhanced menu button behaviors Multiple language menus No more complicated Program Chains to achieve results
8 commands (not 1) per button "Resume" Permission Flag enhancement

via additional system parameters
Workow diagrams courtesy Sonic Solutions

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to SD DVD ! Dissimilarauthoring or HD DVD Standard

Conceptually different

HDi authoring uses scripting code that is very similar to building web page experiences XHTML Extensible Hypertext Markup Language XML Extensible Markup Language ECMAScript / Javascript
to SD DVD ! Dissimlar authoring or HD DVD Standard
Not Java Programming Not a total GUI interface in authoring Muxing code, assets, and formatting requires special considerations and authoring software functionalities

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! Somewhat similar to SD DVD authoring However.
Specication differences New terminologies Interactive graphics and animations AACS content protection Enhanced navigation commands/options Enhanced menu effects Popover menus Browse-able slideshows
! Somewhat similar to SD DVD authoring In- and Out-of-Mux Content In-Mux Content contains audio multiplexed streams of video,
and graphics (like SD DVD) Out-of-Mux Content is secondary streams of content layered over the primary content Additional video Additional audio Menus Slideshow graphics Subtitles
! Somewhat similar to SD DVD authoring Out-of-Mux Content All Out-of-Mux Content must be loaded into a player's buffer
before playback of the primary multiplexed stream starts
The end user can experience a delay while Out-of-Mux Content
is buffered and displayed, followed by the primary stream
! Totally different than any other authoring Comparable to software programming Like having a
"quick game of Monopoly"

. NOT!

! Totally different than any other authoring Comparable to software programming
BD-J Applications enable advanced interactive elements for a disc title
A BD-J Coder (using Java Language) creates BD-J Applications
Compiled BD-J Objects (BDJO's) are used by the DVD author to create and multiplex the nished disc title The BD-J player uses Java Virtual Machine to launch and run the BD-J Objects
The assets are divorced from the programming commands In HDMV, a "MovieObject" controls the commands and disc playback In BD-J, a "BDJObject" controls the commands and playback.

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Website

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SD DVD and HD DVD (right now)

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Adobe Encore CS3

SD DVD and Blu-ray

Avid DVD

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Ulead MovieFactory
SD DVD, Blu-ray & HD DVD
Roxio DVDit Pro and Pro HD

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CyberLink DVD Suite
SD DVD, Blu-ray, and HD DVD

Sony Blu-Print

Blu-ray HDMV & BD-J

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DVD TNG HD Media

! Authoring for any DVD

February 20, 2007 NetBlender released DoStudio to next generation DVD developers. DoStudio (DVD One Studio) is the latest component added to DVD One, NetBlenders first-of-kind solution for creating advanced content for HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and DVDs. DVD One allows DVD developers to produce highly interactive applications for all three DVD formats from a single graphical authoring environment. ($99/ month subscription model)

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Core's Ulead HD DVD Authoring Suite (VC-1 streams) CyberLink PowerProducer 4 Pinnacle HD DVD Authoring Pack Apple DVD Studio Pro Sonic Scenarist HD NetBlender from DoStudio
Sonic Scenarist Advanced Content Authoring (SACA) Toshiba Advanced Content Multiplexer InterVideo Ulead Advanced Content Multiplexer NetBlender from DoStudio Editors for XML and Javascript <oXygen/> Microsoft Visual Basic Notepad Eclipse XMLSpy Text editors BBEdit

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Consumer level CyberLink PowerProducer 4 ArcSoft Totalmedia Extreme Prosumer and professional levels Roxio DVDit Pro HD Sonic Scenarist BRE Sony Pictures Blu-Print Netblender from DoStudio Java Development Tools Eclipse (integrated development environment) Java Developer Kit (JDK) NetBeans (JDK+ integrated development environment)