Optical Media and DVD Authoring

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Optical Media and DVD Authoring

• Michael Baltimore Ph.D.
• Chris Whitehead MCSE

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The Wonderful World of DVD

• Subtitle Where did all those
• VHS tapes go?

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Conceptualization Teaching and Learning

• Adopting a Video Frame of Mind
• Teaching Efficiency
• Student Learning Styles
• Publishing Opportunities

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DVD Interactivity

• Making it interactive
• Command mode
• Knowledge seeking
• Stimulation and self expression
• Community
• When there is something compelling
• For teaching, training procedures, or skills
• Multiple angles
• Group shot
• Up close
• Individual perspective

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DVD Possibilities

• There is no compromise in video or audio quality
• Its very small and portable
• Delivers broadcast quality video in the field
• Can be first time training or reference
• Instead of a training manual full motion video
• Look at DVD as library
• Researchers can have entire references on 2 disk
• On-demand

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Conceptualization Teaching and Learning

• What is the student getting from your interest
  and development in this technology?

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Technology Requirements/Why DVD?

• DVD is an extension of CD technology
• Main reasons for choosing DVD over CD are storage
  capacity and multimedia quality
• 9.8 GB vs 680 MB
• 8 hours of high quality video
• 30 hours of VHS quality video
• Up to 8 tracks of digital audio

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Technology Requirements/Why DVD?

• Up to 8 tracks of digital audio
• Up to 32 subtitle/karaoke tracks
• Automatic "seamless" branching of video
• Up to 9 camera angles
• Menus and simple interactive features

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Technology RequirementsHardware/Software

• Computer
• Video capturing device
• Video encoding hardware/software
• Image editing software
• Transcoding software
• Menu creation/multiplexing software
• CDRW or DVDRW

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Creation Process

• Storyboard/Preplan
• Create Content
• Encode
• Edit
• Transcode
• Build/Multiplex
• Make Disk

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Create Content

• Becoming a camera guru
• Knowledge of Broadcast Camera Techniques Easier
  Than You Think!

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Camera Techniques

• Prosumer Videography
• Broadcast Videography
• Basic Video Camcorder Use
• Examples

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Encode

• Convert from tape (analog or digital) to digital
• VHS or DV to AVI
• Hardware encoder
• Capture card
• High-end encoder
• Software to manage encoding process

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Edit

• Manipulating the captured video
• Software
• Photoshop
• Premiere

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Video Editing
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Video Editing

• Using the Monitor window
• Selecting an editing workspace
• Using the Timeline window
• Editing In and Out points
• Using named duplicate clips and unnamed instances
  of clips
• Using markers

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Transcode

• Convert from AVI (uncompressed) to MPEG
  (compressed)
• MPEG I
• MPEG II

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Build/Multiplex

• Add audio
• Add layers
• Add menus

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Making the Disk

• Hardware
• CDRW
• DVD RAM
• DVD-RW
• DVDRW
• Software
• Roxio Easy CD Creator
• ULead DVD Movie Factory
• Pinnacle Express
• Cleaner 5
• Pinnacle Impressions
• Sony Vizaro

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Types of Optical Media

• CD-R
• CDRW
• DVD RAM
• DVD-RW
• DVDRW

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Types of Optical Media

• CDs and DVDs are the same disks, just formatted
  differently

CD
DVD
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Types of Optical Media Formats
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Object Media Players

• CD-ROM Player
• CD-ROM hardware/software
• Stand-alone
• SVCD Player
• CD-ROM hardware/software
• Stand-alone
• DVD Player
• DVD hardware/software
• Stand-alone

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DVD Showcase
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Resources

• Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. DVDRW
  DVDReWritable Introduction. Retrieved September
  20, 2002, from http//www.licensing.philips.com/in
  formation/dvdrw/
• Taylor, J. (2001). DVD Demystified (Second ed.).
  New York McGraw-Hill.
• Taylor, J. (2002). DVD Frequently Asked Questions
  (and Answers). Retrieved September 20, 2002, from
  http//www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
• Toshiba America Inc. (2002). Retrieved September
  20, 2002, from http//www.toshiba.com/taissdd/

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The Future of DVD

• Future of DVD
• Whatever creativity allows
• People with dreams
• Combining the interactivity of computers with
  the quality and the dramatic impact that we know
  video can have, is extremely exciting.
• Jim Taylor

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Optical MediaandDVD Authoring
The End of the Beginning
Michael Baltimore Ph.D. Chris Whitehead MCSE