is there a guide that converts a DVD movie into a BD-like format...

[jarthel]

that is then burnt into a blank DVD?

the reason I want to perform such a conversion:

1. will be buying a full hd very soon. would be nice to watch the dvds upsampled to full hd size (without using the tv's or player's upsampling features)

2. it seems standard used in BD is more efficient than the one used in DVDs (mpeg2?)

I fount this guide: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=134402

BUT it doesn't seemed complete. there are no steps mentioned on how to prepare the DVD.

I have used xvid in the past and I know how to create .d2v files and prepare the avisynth files. but what happens if the dvd is episodic and each episode has its own VTS?

thank you very much :)

ps. or maybe you can point me to a complete guide? thanks again

[mmace]

what will you be using to play back the video file?
I'm not sure any Blu-ray players allow playback of BDMV on a DVD, plus you're not likely to get a decent bitrate on a video file if you're squashing it onto a DVD

[jarthel]

what will you be using to play back the video file?
I'm not sure any Blu-ray players allow playback of BDMV on a DVD, plus you're not likely to get a decent bitrate on a video file if you're squashing it onto a DVD

from what jdobbs has said, the format isn't really BD but AVCHD. and his standalone player plays it fine.

[mezzanine]

that is then burnt into a blank DVD?

the reason I want to perform such a conversion:

1. will be buying a full hd very soon. would be nice to watch the dvds upsampled to full hd size (without using the tv's or player's upsampling features)

2. it seems standard used in BD is more efficient than the one used in DVDs (mpeg2?)

I fount this guide: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=134402

BUT it doesn't seemed complete. there are no steps mentioned on how to prepare the DVD.

I have used xvid in the past and I know how to create .d2v files and prepare the avisynth files. but what happens if the dvd is episodic and each episode has its own VTS?

thank you very much :)

ps. or maybe you can point me to a complete guide? thanks again

There is a tool DVD2DVD-R. You can use it to demux the video,ac3, chapters and sup subtitles. Then re-encode video (maybe apply some smart 720p upscaling avisynth filters like limitedsharpen) with megui to x264 rawavc format and mux with tsmuxer using blu-ray format.
This should work....

Keep in mind that blu-ray players are doing a decent job upscaling SD to HD.

[jarthel]

Keep in mind that blu-ray players are doing a decent job upscaling SD to HD.

but not as good as some avs filters out there?

upscaling all the way to 1920x1080 (full hd resolution) from dvd resolution is a lost cause?

[frank]

Upscaling is upscaling whether in player or in avisynth. In fact you'll never get more resolution (= more information) or more quality. It's a physical law.
Like music: When you resample a low frequency song with higher samplerate/bitrate then you never get more quality! Only the file size is growing up.
Stay on DVD and play it on your blu-ray player.

[atreides93]

It seems to me that this is a huge waste :) But its your free time, so its up to you of course. But I can't imagine the upscaling would be visibly better if you did it in software first instead of just using the built-in upconversion of your DVD player.

[jarthel]

It seems to me that this is a huge waste :) But its your free time, so its up to you of course. But I can't imagine the upscaling would be visibly better if you did it in software first instead of just using the built-in upconversion of your DVD player.

I need to have my quadcore intel do some work! :) very hard to load all 4 cores to 100% unless I plan to use prime95. :(