unable to burn an HD DVD in HD.264 format

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unable to burn an HD DVD in HD.264 format

When I attempt to burn a DVD with an H.264 10.3Mbps file using DVD Studio Pro I get the following message: "VIDEO_TS folder found in Build Location ....The Build Location folder contains a VIDEO_TS folder(standard DVD content). You must remove the VIDEO_TS folder from the Build Location in order to proceed with Build/Format of a HD DVD project." The H.264 file includes both video and audio, and is a Quicktime movie. If this doesn't work, is there an HD selection in compressor that will allow a 1080i video suitable for DVD? I'm unable to find a VIDEO_TS folder linked to this video anywhere on my hard drive.

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Nov 14, 2014 3:38 PM

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Answer 1

Shane Ross

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Nov 14, 2014 6:31 PM in response to Mickey Oksner

Well, you first need to know that an HD DVD will only play on one of three things: 1) A Mac with a Superdrive. 2) A Toshiba HD DVD player...but those have been discontinued as they lost the battle to BluRay. 3) An XBOX 360.

It won't play on regular DVD players...nor BluRay players. If you want a DVD to play on a regular DVD player, you need to use the DVD BEST QUALITY presets...and know that it'll be standard definition, not high definition. If you want BluRay...you need to get BluRay authoring software, and a BluRay burner.

You can use Compressor to author a BluRay playable disc...it just needs to be under 30-40 min...

Creating a Blu Ray from FCP7

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Answer 2

Nov 14, 2014 6:52 PM in response to Shane Ross

not the answer I wanted. Is there an external superdrive DVD burner compatible with the early 2008 Mac Pro that would allow HD storage?

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Answer 3

Meg The Dog

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Nov 14, 2014 7:11 PM in response to Mickey Oksner

What exactly are you trying to do?

Make an optical disc that is compatible with set top players, or just burn the file to an optical disc for storage/transport/etc.?

MtD

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Answer 4

Shane Ross

Level 8

43,110 points

Nov 14, 2014 7:13 PM in response to Mickey Oksner

What is your goal? HD Storage? Or a playable HD disc? BluRay is the format that won the HD war for high def disks, and there are plenty of BluRay burners out there. And the software to encode for that is called Toast. And that disc will play on currently available BluRay players.

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