Table of Contents

Foreword, by Andy Parsons

Table of Figures

Table of Tables

Preface

Introduction

• About Optical Discs
• Who Needs to Know About Optical Discs?
  • Movies
  • Music Performance Video
  • Training and Productivity
  • Education
  • Computer Software
  • Computer Multimedia
  • Video Games
  • Information Publishing
  • Marketing and Communications
  • And More…
• About This Book
  • Units and Notation
  • Other Conventions

Chapter 1 – The World Before DVD

• A Brief History of Audio Technology
• A Brief History of Video Technology
  • Captured Light
  • Dancing Electrons
  • Metal Tape and Plastic Discs
• The Digital Face-Lift
• A Brief History of Data Storage Technology
• Innovations of CD

Chapter 2 – DVD Arrives

• The Long Gestation of DVD
  • Hollywood Weighs In
  • Dissension in the Ranks
  • The Referee Shows Up
  • Reconciliation
  • Product Plans
  • Turbulence
  • Glib Promises
  • Sliding Deadlines and Empty Announcements
• The Birth of DVD
  • Disillusionment
• Divx: A Tale of Two DVDs
• Ups and Downs
• The Second Year
• The Second Wind
• The Year of DVD
• DVD Gets Connected
• Patents and Protections
• Blockbusters and Logjams
  • Crackers
• The Medium of the New Millennium
• That’s No Moon, That’s a PlayStation
• DVD Turns Five
• Format Wars — The Next Generation

Chapter 3 – Technology Primer

• Gauges and Grids: Understanding Digital and Analog
• Pits and Marks and Error Correction
• Layers
• Two HDs: High Definition and High Density
• Birds Over the Phone: Understanding Video Compression
  • Compressing Single Pictures
  • Compressing Moving Pictures
• Advanced Video Codecs
• Birds Revisited: Understanding Audio Compression
  • Perceptual Coding
  • MPEG-1 Audio Coding
  • MPEG-2 Audio Coding
  • Dolby Digital Audio Coding
  • DTS Audio Coding
  • MLP & Dolby True HD Audio Encoding
  • DTS-HD
• Effects of Audio Encoding
• Speakers Everywhere
• A Few Timely Words about Jitter
• Pegs and Holes: Understanding Aspect Ratios
  • How It’s Done with DVD
  • How It Wasn’t Done with DVD
  • Widescreen TV’s
• Aspect Ratios Revisited
• Why 16:9?
• The Transfer Tango
• The Pin-Striped TV: Interlaced vs. Progressive Scanning
  • Progressive DVD Players
• New Display Technologies
  • What’s Wrong with CRT?
  • Types of New Displays
• The New Video Formats

Chapter 4 – Features

• Bells and Whistles
  • Over 2 Hours of High-Quality Digital Video and Audio
  • Widescreen Movies
  • Multiple Surround Audio Tracks
  • Karaoke
  • Subtitles
  • Different Camera Angles
  • Multistory Seamless Branching
  • Parental Lock
  • Menus
  • Interactivity
  • On-Screen Lyrics and Slideshows
  • Customization
  • Instant Access
  • Trick Play
  • Access Restrictions
  • Durability
  • Programmability
• Interoperability with ROM Players
• Availability of Features
• Beyond DVD-Video and DVD-Audio
  • Navigation & Interactivity
  • Standard Navigation
  • Advanced Navigation
  • Picture in Picture
  • Menu Noises
  • Subtitles and Captions
• Network Capabilities
• Persistent Storage

Chapter 5 – Content Protection

• Content Scrambling System (CSS)
  • CSS Technical Overview
  • CSS Authentication and Decryption
  • CSS Licensing and Compliance for PCs
• A Recipe for Resistance
• Content Protection for Prerecorded Media (CPPM)
• Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM)
• Analog Protection System (APS)
• Copy Generation Management (CGMS)
• Watermarking
• Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP)
• High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
• Summary of Content Protection Schemes
• Regional Management (RMA)
  • Regional Management on PCs
• Next-Generation Copy Protection
• Advanced Access Content System (AACS)
• Self-Protecting Digital Content (SPDC)
• Ramifications of Copy Protection
  • Effect of Copy Protection on Computers
• The Analog Hole

Chapter 6 – Overview of the Formats

• The DVD Family
• The DVD Format Specification
  • Variations and Capacities of DVD
  • Hybrids
• New Formats
  • General Similarities & Differences of HD DVD and
  • HD DVD
  • Blu-ray Disc (BD)
  • Microsoft WMV HD
  • DivX HD
  • UMD
  • FVD
  • EVD, HVD, and HDV
• Format Compatibility
• Physical Compatibility
• File System Compatibility
• Application Compatibility
• Implementation Compatibility
• New Wine in Old Bottles: DVD on CD
• Compatibility Initiatives
• Backward Compatibility
• Sideways Compatibility

Chapter 7 – Red Laser Physical Disc Formats

• Physical Composition
  • Substrates and Layers
  • Mastering and Stamping
  • Hybrid Disc Construction
  • Bonding
  • Burst Cutting Area
• Optical Pickups
• Media Storage and Longevity
• Writable DVD
  • DVD-R
  • DVD-RW
  • DVD-RAM
  • DVD+R and DVD+RW
• Phase-Change Recording
• Real-Time Recording Mode
• Summary of Writable DVD
• Data Format
  • Sector Makeup and Error Correction
  • Data Flow and Buffering
• Disc Organization
  • File Format
  • DVD-ROM Premastering
• Improvement over CD

Chapter 8 – Blue Laser Physical Disc Formats

• Physical Composition
• HD DVD Physical Format
  • HD DVD Recording
  • HD DVD Error Correction
  • HD DVD Data Modulation
• HD DVD-R and -RW Formats
  • HD DVD-RW Defect Management
• Blu-ray Physical Format
  • BD-ROM Mastering
  • BD-ROM Composition and Production
  • BD-RE Composition
  • BD-R Composition
  • BD Error Correction
  • BD Data Modulation
• BD-R/RE Recording
• BD-R/RE Defect Management

Chapter 9 – Application Details

• DVD File Format
• Real-Time Recording Mode
• DVD-Video
  • Navigation and Presentation Overview
  • Physical Data Structure
  • Domains and Spaces
  • Presentation Data Structure
  • Navigation Data
  • Summary of Data Structures
  • Menus
  • Buttons
  • Stills
  • User Operations
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Subpictures
  • Closed Captions
  • Camera Angles
  • Parental Management
  • Seamless Playback
  • Text
• DVD-Audio
  • Data Structures
  • Navigation
  • Bonus Tracks
  • Audio Formats
  • High-Frequency Audio Concerns
  • Downmixing
  • Stills and Slideshows
  • Text
• Super Audio CD (SACD)
• DVD Recording
• DVD-VR
• DVD-AR
• DVD-SR
• Universal Media Disc (UMD)
  • UMD Video
  • Organizational Structure
  • Interactivity on UMD
  • What UMD is Not
  • Where is UMD Going?
• HD DVD
• HD DVD-Video
  • Video Formats
  • Audio Formats
• Content Types on HD DVD
  • Standard Content
  • Advanced Content
  • Components of an Advanced Application
• Interactivity on HD DVD-Video
• HD DVD-VR
  • Compatibility with HD DVD-Video
• Blu-ray Disc (BD)
• BD-AV
  • Organizational Structure
• BD-MV
  • Video Formats
  • Audio Formats
• Content Types on BD-ROM
  • Organizational Structure
• HDMV (HD Movie mode)
• BD-Java (BD-J)
• Other Formats

Chapter 10 – Players

• Getting Connected
• Digital Upscaling
• Choosing a DVD Player
• Connection Spaghetti - How to Hook Up a DVD Player
  • Connector Soup
  • Audio Hookup
  • Digital Audio
  • Multichannel Analog Audio
  • Stereo/Surround Analog Audio
  • AC-3 RF Digital Audio
  • A Bit About Bass
  • Video Hookup
  • Component Video
  • S-Video
  • Composite Video
  • RF Audio/Video
  • Digital Connections
• Understanding Your DVD Player
  • Remote Control and Navigation
  • Player Setup
• Future Connections
• The Player Inside
• Next-Generation Players
• Licensing
  • New Format Licensing

Chapter 11 – Myths

• Myth: “DVD is not HDTV Compatible”
• Myth: “DVD Is Revolutionary”
• Myth: “DVD Will Fail”
• Myth: “DVD Is a Worldwide Standard”
• Myth: “Region Codes Do Not Apply to Computers”
• Myth: “A DVD-ROM Drive Makes Any PC a Movie Player”
• Myth: “Competing DVD-Video Formats are Available”
• Myth: “DVD Players Can Play CDs”
• Myth: “DVD Is Better Because It Is Digital”
• Myth: “DVD Video Is Poor Because It Is Compressed”
• Myth: “Compression Does Not Work for Animation”
• Myth: “Discs Are Too Fragile to Be Rented”
• Myth: “Dolby Digital Means 5.1 Channels”
• Myth: “The Audio Level from DVD Players Is Too Low”
• Myth: “Downmixed Audio Is Not Good because the LFE Channel Is Omitted”
• Myth: “DVD Lets You Watch Movies as They Were Meant to Be Seen”
• Myth: “DVD Crops Widescreen Movies”
• Myth: “DVD Will Replace Your VCR”
• Myth: “People Will Not Collect DVDs Like They Do CDs”
• Myth: “DVD Holds 4.7 to 18 Gigabytes”
• Myth: “DVD Holds 133 Minutes of Video”
• Myth: “DVD-Video Runs at 4.692 Mbps”
• Myth: “Some Units Cannot Play Dual-Layer or Double-Sided Discs”
• Myth: “JavaScript is Java” and “Javascript is the same as ECMAScript”

Chapter 12 – What’s Wrong with DVD

• Regional Management
• Copy Protection
• Hollywood Baggage on Computers
• NTSC versus PAL
• Tardy DVD-Audio
• Incompatible Recordable Formats
• Late-Blooming Video Recording
• Playback Incompatibilities
• Synchronization Problems
• Feeble Support of Parental Choice Features
• Not Better Enough
• No Reverse Gear
• Only Two Aspect Ratios
• Deficient Pan and Scan
• Inefficient Multitrack Audio
• Inadequate Interactivity
• Limited Graphics
• Small Discs
• No Barcode Standard
• No External Control Standard
• Poor Computer Compatibility
• No WebDVD Standard
• Escalated Obsolescence
• Summary of the Old DVD’s Shortcomings
• What’s Wrong with the New DVD
  • Two Too Many
  • Too Many Video Formats
  • Too Many Encoding Formats
  • Too Many Inputs
  • Too Many Channels
  • Not Enough Interactivity
  • Too Much Interactivity

Chapter 13 – New Interaction Paradigms

• Recreating DVD’s Success
• The New Paradigm
• The Seamless User Experience
  • Target Applications
• Creating the Paradigm
  • Designing for Interactivity
• Additional Features
• Internet Connected Players
• Local Storage
• Types of User Input

Chapter 14 – DVD in Home, Business, and Education

• How to Get the Best Picture and Sound
• Viewing Distance
• THX Certification
  • Software Certification
  • Hardware Certification
• The Appeal of DVD
• The Appeal of DVD-Video
• The Appeal of DVD-ROM
• Sales and Marketing
• Communications
• Training and Business Education
• Industrial Applications
• Classroom Education
• Care and Feeding of Discs
  • Handling and Storage
  • Cleaning and Repairing DVDs

Chapter 15 – DVD on Computers

• DVD-Video Sets the Standard
• Multimedia: Out of the Frying Pan...
  • A Slow Start
• DVD-ROM for Computers
  • Features
  • Compatibility
  • Interface
• Disc Format and I/O Drivers
• DVD-Video for Computers
  • The DVD-Video Computer
  • DVD-Video Playback
  • Decoders
• Microsoft Windows Architecture
• Apple Macintosh Architecture
• DVD-Video Playback Details
• DVD By Any Other Name: Application Types
  • Pure DVD-Video
  • Computer Bonus DVD-Video
  • Computer-augmented DVD-Video
  • Split DVD-Video/DVD-ROM
  • Multimedia DVD-ROM
  • Data Storage DVD-ROM
• DVD Production Levels
• WebDVD
  • WebDVD Applications
  • Enabling WebDVD
  • Creating WebDVD
  • Making and Accessing the Audio and Video
  • Designing the Interface
  • Synchronization
  • Connections
  • Conditional Access
• WebDVD for Windows
• WebDVD for Macintosh
• WebDVD for the Rest of the World
• Why Not WebDVD?

Chapter 16 – Production Essentials

• General DVD Production
  • CD or DVD?
  • DVD-5 or DVD-9 or DVD-10?
  • DVD-Video or DVD-ROM or Both?
• DVD-Video and DVD-Audio Production
  • Tasks and Skills
• The Production Process
  • Production Decisions
  • Service Bureau or Home Brew?
  • VBR or CBR?
  • NTSC or PAL?
  • PCM or Dolby Digital or MPEG Audio or DTS?
• Multiregion and Multilanguage Issues
• Supplemental Material
• Scheduling and Asset Management
• Project Design
• Menu Design
  • Menu Creation
  • Tips and Tricks
• Navigation Design
  • Tips and Tricks
• Balancing the Bit Budget
  • Tips and Tricks
• Asset Preparation
  • Preparing Video Assets
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Preparing Animation and Composited Video
  • Preparing Audio Assets
  • Tips and Tricks
• The Zen of Subwoofers
• Slipping Synchronization
• Preparing Subpictures
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Subpictures for Anamorphic Video
  • Subtitles
• Preparing Graphics
  • Colors
  • Image Dimensions
  • Safe Areas
• Video Artifacts
  • Tips and Tricks
• Putting It All Together (Authoring)
  • Tips and Tricks
• Formatting and Output
• Testing and Quality Control
  • Tips and Tricks
• Replication, Duplication, and Distribution
• Disc Labeling
• Package Design
  • Tips and Tricks
• Production Maxims
• DVD-ROM Production
  • File Systems and Filesnames
  • Bit Budgeting
  • A/V File Formats
• Hybrid Discs
• Impact of the New Formats
  • A Lot More Elements
  • Design vs. Authoring
  • When Authoring Becomes Programming

Chapter 17 – DVD and Beyond

• The Prediction Gallery: 1996
• Four-year Reality Check: 2000
• The Prediction Gallery: 2000
• Five-year Reality Check: 2005
• The Death of VCRs
• Hybrid DVD Systems
• The UMD Explosion
• Growth of Next-generation DVD
• Beyond Next-generation DVD
• The Death of CD-ROM
• The Interregnum of CD-RW
• Standards, Anyone?
• The Changing Face of Home Entertainment
• The Far Horizon

Appendix A – Reference Data

Appendix B – Standards Related to DVD

Appendix C – References and Information Sources

Glossary

Index

Foreword by Andy Parsons

Chapter 1 - Introduction

• What Is DVD?
  • DVD-Video versus DVD-ROM
• What Does DVD Portend?
• Who Needs to Know About DVD?
  • Movies
  • Music and Audio
  • Music Performance Video
  • Training and Productivity
  • Education
  • Computer Software
  • Computer Multimedia
  • Video Games
  • Information Publishing
  • Marketing and Communications
  • And More...
• About This Book
  • Units and Notation
  • Other Conventions

Chapter 2 - The World Before DVD

• A Brief History of Audio Technology
• A Brief History of Video Technology
  • Captured Light
  • Dancing Electrons
  • Metal Tape and Plastic Discs
  • The Digital Face-Lift
• A Brief History of Data Storage Technology
• Innovations of CD
• The Long Gestation of DVD
  • Hollywood Weighs In
  • Dissension in the Ranks
  • The Referee Shows Up
  • Reconciliation
  • Product Plans
  • Turbulence
  • Glib Promises
  • Sliding Deadlines and Empty Announcements
• The Birth of DVD
  • Disillusionment
  • Divx: A Tale of Two DVDs
  • Ups and Downs
  • The Second Year
  The Second Year
  • The Second Wind
• The Year of DVD
  • DVD Gets Connected
  • Patents and Protections
  • Blockbusters and Logjams
  • Crackers
• The Medium of the New Millennium
  • That's No Moon, That's a PlayStation!
  • DVD Turns Four

Chapter 3 - DVD Technology Primer

• Gauges and Grids: Understanding Digital and Analog
• Birds Over the Phone: Understanding Video Compression
  • Compressing Single Pictures
  • Compressing Moving Pictures
• Birds Revisited: Understanding Audio Compression
  • Perceptual Coding
  • MPEG-1 Audio Coding
  • MPEG-2 Audio Coding
  • Dolby Digital Audio Coding
  • DTS Audio Coding
  • MLP Audio Encoding
  • Effects of Audio Encoding
• A Few Timely Words About Jitter
• Pegs and Holes: Understanding Aspect Ratios
  • How It's Done with DVD
  • Widescreen TVs
  • Aspect Ratios Revisited
  • Why 16:9?
  • The Transfer Tango
  • Summary
• The Pin-Striped TV: Interlaced versus Progressive Scanning
  • Progressive DVD Players

Chapter 4 - DVD Overview

• The DVD Family
  • The DVD Format Specification
• Compatibility
  • Physical Compatibility
  • File System Compatibility
  • Application Compatibility
  • Implementation Compatibility.
  • New Wine in Old Bottles: DVD On CD
  • Compatibility Initiatives
• Bells and Whistles: DVD-Video and DVD-Audio Features
  • Over Two Hours of High-Quality Digital Video and Audio
  • Widescreen Movies
  • Multiple Surround Audio Tracks
  • Karaoke
  • Subtitles
  • Different Camera Angles
  • Multistory Seamless Branching
  • Parental Lock
  • Menus
  • Interactivity
  • On-Screen Lyrics and Slideshows
  • Customization
  • Instant Access
  • Special Effects Playback
  • Access Restrictions
  • Durability
  • Programmability
  • Availability of Features
  • Beyond DVD-Video and DVD-Audio Features
• DVD Myths
  • Myth: "DVD Is Revolutionary"
  • Myth: "DVD Will Fail"
  • Myth: "DVD Is a Worldwide Standard"
  • Myth: "Region Codes Don't Apply to Computers"
  • Myth: "A DVD-ROM Drive Makes Any PC a Movie Player"
  • Myth: "There Are Competing DVD-Video Formats"
  • Myth: "DVD Players Can Play CDs"
  • Myth: "DVD Is Better Because It's Digital"
  • Myth: "DVD Video Is Poor Because It's Compressed"
  • Myth: "Compression Doesn't Work for Animation"
  • Myth: "Discs Are Too Fragile to Be Rented"
  • Myth: "Dolby Digital Means 5.1 Channels"
  • Myth: "The Audio Level From DVD Players Is Too Low"
  • Myth: "Downmixed Audio Is No Good Because the LFE Channel Is Omitted"
  • Myth: "DVD Lets You Watch Movies As They Were Meant to Be Seen"
  • Myth: "DVD Crops Widescreen Movies"
  • Myth: "DVD Will Replace Your VCR"
  • Myth: "People Won't Collect DVDs Like They Do CDs"
  • Myth: "DVD Holds 4.7 To 18 gigabytes"
  • Myth: "DVD Holds 133 Minutes of Video"
  • Myth: "DVD-Video Runs at 4.692 Mbps"
  • Myth: "Some Units Can't Play Dual-Layer or Double-Sided Discs"
• Bits and Bytes and Bears
  • Pits and Marks and Error Correction
  • Layers
  • Variations and Capacities of DVD
  • Hybrids
  • Regional Management
  • Content Protection
  • Licensing
  • Packaging

Chapter 5 - Disc and Data Details

• Physical Composition
  • Substrates And Layers
  • Mastering And Stamping
  • Bonding
  • Burst Cutting Area
  • Optical Pickups
  • Media Storage and Longevity
• Writable DVD
  • DVD-R
  • DVD-RW
  • DVD-RAM
  • DVD+RW
  • Phase-change Recording
  • Real-Time Recording Mode
  • Summary of Writable DVD
• Data Format
  • Sector Makeup and Error Correction

Chapter 6 - Application Details: DVD-Video and DVD-Audio

• General Details
  • Data Flow And Buffering
  • Disc Organization
  • File Format
  • DVD-ROM Premastering
  • Improvement over CD
  • Data Flow and Buffering
  • File Format
• DVD-Video
  • Navigation and Presentation Overview
  • Physical Data Structure
  • Domains and Spaces
  • Presentation Data Structure
  • Navigation Data
  • Summary of Data Structures
  • Menus
  • Buttons
  • Stills
  • User Operations
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Subpictures
  • Closed Captions
  • Camera Angles
  • Parental Management
  • Seamless Playback
  • Text
• DVD-Audio
  • Data Structures
  • Navigation
  • Bonus Tracks
  • Audio Formats
  • High-Frequency Audio Concerns
  • Downmixing
  • Stills and Slideshows
  • Text
• Super Audio CD (SACD)
• DVD Recording
  • DVD-VR
  • DVD-AR
  • DVD-SR

Chapter 7 - What's Wrong with DVD

• Regional Management
• Copy Protection
• Hollywood Baggage on Computers
• NTSC versus PAL
• Tardy DVD-Audio
• Incompatible Recordable Formats
• Late-blooming Video Recording
• Playback Incompatibilities
• Synchronization Problems
• Feeble Support of Parental Choice Features
• Not Better Enough
• No Reverse Gear
• Only Two Aspect Ratios
• Deficient Pan & Scan
• Inefficient Multitrack Audio
• Inadequate Interactivity
• Limited Graphics
• Small Discs
• False Alarms
• No Bar Code Standard
• No External Control Standard
• Poor Computer Compatibility
• No WebDVD Standard
• Escalated Obsolescence
• Summary

Chapter 8 - DVD Comparison

• Laserdisc and CDV
  • Advantages of DVD-Video over Laserdisc
  • Advantages of Laserdisc over DVD-Video
  • Compatibility of Laserdisc and DVD-Video
• Videotape
  • Advantages of DVD-Video over Videotape
  • Advantages of Videotape over DVD-Video
  • Compatibility of VHS and DVD-Video
• Digital Videotape (DV, Digital8, and D-VHS)
  • Advantages of DVD-Video over Digital Videotape
  • Advantages of Digital Videotape over DVD-Video
  • Compatibility of Digital Videotape and DVD-Video
• Audio CD
  • Advantages of DVD over Audio CD
  • Advantages of Audio CD over DVD-Video
  • Compatibility of Audio CD and DVD-Video
• CD-ROM
  • Advantages of DVD-ROM over CD-ROM
  • Advantages of CD-ROM over DVD-ROM
  • Compatibility of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM
• Video CD and CD-i
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of CD-i
  • Advantages of DVD-Video over Video CD
  • Advantages of Video CD over DVD-Video
  • Compatibility of CD-i and DVD
  • Compatibility of Video CD and DVD
• Super Video CD
  • Advantages of DVD-Video over Super Video CD
  • Advantages of Super Video CD over DVD-Video
  • Compatibility of Super Video CD and DVD
• Other CD Formats
  • Compatibility of CD-R and DVD
  • Compatibility of CD-RW and DVD-ROM
  • Compatibility of Photo CD and DVD
  • Compatibility of Enhanced CD (CD Extra) and DVD
  • Compatibility of CD+G and DVD
• MovieCD
• MiniDisc (MD) and DCC
  • Advantages of DVD-Video over MiniDisc
  • Advantages of MiniDisc over DVD-Video
  • Compatibility of MiniDisc and DVD-Video
• Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
  • Advantages of DVD over DAT
  • Advantages of DAT over DVD
  • Compatibility of DAT and DVD
• Magneto-optical Drives (MO)
  • Advantages of DVD-ROM over MO
  • Advantages of MO over DVD-ROM
  • Compatibility of MO and DVD-ROM
• Other Removable Data Storage

Chapter 9 - DVD at Home

• Choosing a DVD Player
• How to Hook Up a DVD Player
  • Signal Spaghetti
  • Connector Soup
  • Audio Hookup
  • A Bit About Bass
  • Video Hookup
  • Digital Hookup
• How to Get the Best Picture
  • Viewing Distance
• THX Certification
  • Software Certification
  • Hardware Certification
• Understanding Your DVD Player
  • Remote Control and Navigation
  • Player Setup
• Care and Feeding of Discs
  • Handling and Storage
  • Cleaning and repairing DVDs
• To Buy or Not to Buy
  • Extol the Virtues
  • Beware of Bamboozling
  • DVD Is to Videotape What CD Is to Cassette Tape
  • Think of It as a CD Player That Plays Movies
  • The Computer Connection
  • On the Other Hand
  • The DVD-Video Buying Decision Quiz

Chapter 10 - DVD in Business and Education

• The Appeal of DVD
  • The Appeal of DVD-Video
  • The Appeal of DVD-ROM
• Sales and Marketing
• Communications
• Training and Business Education
• Industrial Applications
• Classroom Education

Chapter 11 - DVD on Computers

• DVD-Video Sets the Standard
• Multimedia: Out of the Frying Pan...
• A Slow Start
• DVD-ROM for Computers
  • Features
  • Compatibility
  • Interface
  • Disk Format and I/O Drivers
• DVD-Video for Computers
  • The DVD-Video Computer
  • Hardware DVD-Video Playback
  • Software DVD-Video Playback
  • DVD-Video Drivers
  • DVD-Video Details
• DVD By Any Other Name: Application Types
  • Pure DVD-Video
  • Computer Bonus DVD-Video
  • Computer-augmented DVD-Video
  • Split DVD-Video/DVD-ROM
  • Multimedia DVD-ROM
  • Data Storage DVD-ROM
  • DVD Production Levels
• WebDVD
  • WebDVD Applications
  • Enabling WebDVD
  • Creating WebDVD
  • WebDVD for Windows
  • WebDVD for Macintosh
  • WebDVD for All Platforms
  • Why Not WebDVD?
  • Why WebDVD?
• Copy Protection Details
  • CSS
  • CPPM
  • CPRM
  • HDCP
• Region Management Details

Chapter 12 - Essentials of DVD Production

• General DVD Production
  • Project Examples
  • CD or DVD?
  • DVD-5 or DVD-9 or DVD-10?
  • DVD-Video or DVD-ROM or Both?
• DVD-Video and DVD-Audio Production
  • Tasks and Skills
  • The Production Process
  • Production Decisions
  • Multiregion and Multilanguage Issues
  • Supplemental Material
  • Scheduling and Asset Management
  • Project Design
  • Menu Design
  • Navigation Design
  • Balancing the Bit Budget
  • Asset Preparation
  • Preparing Video Assets
  • Preparing Animation and Composited Video
  • Preparing Audio Assets
  • Preparing Subpictures
  • Preparing Graphics
  • Putting It All Together (Authoring)
  • Formatting and Output
  • Testing and Quality Control
  • Replication, Duplication, and Distribution
  • Production Maxims
• DVD-ROM Production
  • File Systems and Filenames
  • Bit Budgeting
  • AV File Formats
  • Hybrid Discs

Chapter 13 - The Future of DVD

• The Prediction Gallery
• New Generations of DVD
  • The Death of VCRs
  • DVD Players, Take 2
  • Hybrid Systems
  • HD-DVD
  • No Laserdisc-Sized DVD
• DVD for Computer Multimedia
  • Faster Sooner
  • The Death of CD-ROM
  • The Interregnum of CD-RW
  • Standards, Anyone?
  • Mr. Computer Goes to Hollywood
• The Changing Face of Home Entertainment
• DVD in the Classroom
• The Far Horizon

Appendix A - Quick Reference

Appendix B - Standards Related to DVD

Appendix C - References and Information Sources

• Recommended References
• Newsletters and Industry Analyses
• Standards Organizations
• Other Related Organizations

Glossary

Index