MKV (x264) or WMV-HD -> HD-DVD ?

[LUCi5R]

Ave,

Is there anyway to encode/author a WMV-HD (WVC1/5.1) or an MKV (x264) to a DVD5/DVD9 playable in a standalone HD-DVD Player, without loosing HD resolution (eg: 1080p) & 5.1 Audio?

[diogen]

How to author hidef movies to HD DVD specs is discussed here
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705146

But it is MPEG-2 only.
I think x264 encodes are not understood as valid H.264 encodes by standalone players.
The same can be said about WMV-HD (except for the latest ProSDK).

Diogen.

[LUCi5R]

How to author hidef movies to HD DVD specs is discussed here
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705146

But it is MPEG-2 only.
I think x264 encodes are not understood as valid H.264 encodes by standalone players.
The same can be said about WMV-HD (except for the latest ProSDK).

Diogen.

Thanks for your reply.
Yeah, I'm following that guide - actually slightly different version - to convert MKV -> MPEG2 and author it as HD-DVD using ULead VideoStudio.

So as of right now, the only way to get an HD MKV authored as an HD-DVD is by converting it to MPEG2? There is no other application that accepts WMV-HD, VC-1 or MKV to author as HD-DVD?

Is there a considerable loss of quality going from MKV (x264) to MPEG2?

I'm trying to use TMPGEnc Xpress to convert my MKV -> MPEG2. I'll demux source audio and mux it using tsmuxer to my encoded MPEG2 so as to retain source audio - and then load it up in Ulead.

[diogen]

So as of right now, the only way to get an HD MKV authored as an HD-DVD is by converting it to MPEG2?I think so.
AFAIK, it's not that x264 is not a H.264 encoder.
Just some of the parameters (video buffer, B-frames, GOP size) are under NDA and nobody talks about it.
Stacy actually mentioned, GOP is 0.6 sec in HD encodes and 1 sec in BD.
There is no other application that accepts WMV-HD, VC-1 or MKV to author as HD-DVD?I think there are commercial VC-1 authoring tools.
Is there a considerable loss of quality going from MKV (x264) to MPEG2?Have never gone this way, don't know.

Diogen.

[LUCi5R]

I think there are commercial VC-1 authoring tools.

Like? I do have WMV-HD (VC-1/5.1) files, but no application that authors them to HD-DVD.

[Mr. Garibaldi]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125568

[LUCi5R]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125568

I was going through the first couple of pages - exactly what am I looking at here? Seems quite technical, definitely related, but I'm just not sure how its' implying to my case.

If I'm not wrong, I think they are using Scenarist to import x264 to create a compliant HD-DVD. Is that right? If so, yes, that's exactly what I want to do. Excepting that I have no knowledge on Scenarist. A guide or tutorial would definitely be useful.

Thanks!