JohnV
24th January 2005, 14:18
Nero Digital Information Thread
updated 13th February 2007
Coming updates from Nero:
-HD-DVD, Blu Ray BDMV and AVCHD authoring support in NeroVision
-Nero Digital™ Audio+ will get a completely new codec addition
-Big changes in Recode encoding architechture (possibly more information can be released soon)
-Video codec updates for increased quality, updated MPEG4 ASP codec
-Audio codec speed up and tweaks for increased quality
-Nero Digital profile updates: Ipod 5.5G AVC profile, PS3 AVC playback compatibility
-Nero Digital profile updates: Cinema-AVC and HDTV-AVC -profiles will be supporting AC3 audio
News 2007:
Feb: Nero Digital AAC Encoder 1.0.7.0 released (http://www.nero.com/nerodigital/enu/Nero_Digital_Audio.html)
Jan: Nero Digital™ Audio+ Codec Wins Blind Listening Test at 48 kbps (http://www.nero.com/enu/showpress.php?id=1033)
Jan: Nero Announces Sigma Designs is First Partner to Receive Nero Digital™ AVC High Profile Certification (http://www.nero.com/enu/showpress.php?id=1022)
Jan: Nero Announces Nero Digital™ AVC High Profile Certification Program for Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (http://www.nero.com/enu/showpress.php?id=1025)
News 2006:
Sep: High profile AVC support added to Recode (increased quality) along with new better quality AAC audio encoding support (http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/nero7-up.php)
News 2005:
July: Nero Digital Pro released (http://www.nero.com/eng/Upgrade_to_Nero_Digital_Pro.html)
June: Free Nero Digital 30 day Trial (http://www.nerodigital.com/eng/Try_Nero_Digital.html)
June: AVC High Profile encoder Beta test 2 feedback on Doom9 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=95890)
May: Ateme's beta test 2 starts on Doom9: High Profile AVC encoder (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94634)
May: Nero Digital AVC wins c't magazine video codec quality comparison! (http://www.heise.de/ct/05/10/146/)
Mar: Nero Digital™ certified Xoro DVD players available (http://www.nero.com/en/PR_2005_03_11.html)
Mar: Nero ShowTime Mobile Beta available (http://www.nero.com/en/Nero_ShowTime_Mobile.html)
Jan: Nero Vision Express 3.0.1.27 supports Nero Digital export (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88812)
Jan: VCPS content protection support announced for Nero Digital (http://www.nero.com/en/PR_2005_01_05.html)
Jan: Nero ShowTime Mobile announced (http://www.nero.com/en/PR_2005_01_06-2.html)
News 2004:
Dec: Nero Digital AVC wins in video quality in Doom9 2004 codec shootout (http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/codecs-104-1.htm)
Dec: Recode 2.2 adds support for AVC (http://www.nerodigital.com/eng/PR_2004_12_09.html)
Oct: Beta test1 of the AVC-video codec on Doom9 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82036)
What is Nero Digital?
Nero Digital™ is a collection of various different audio and video codecs, co-developed by Nero AG and Ateme, which is completely following the MPEG-4 standard
Nero Digital includes three different codecs, following:
- ISO 14496-10 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=674815#post674819), MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Main Profile video
- ISO 14496-2 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73022#post461587), MPEG-4 Simple and Advanced Simple Profile video (as also produced by XviD, DivX5, 3ivx...)
- ISO 14496-3 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68300#post424070), MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)
Regarding the container Nero Digital also follows the MPEG-4 standard and uses the container format defined under ISO 14496-14 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723) (uses the .mp4 extension)
Read more about the MPEG-4 standard (description of the codecs/codec options) in the posts linked to above
Read more about the MP4 container (list of available tools, players...) in the MP4 FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723)
Main features of Nero Digital:
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Main Profile video
- MPEG-4 Simple and Advanced Simple Profile video
- MPEG-4 Video from 32*32 to 2048x1536 (AVC max reso), 8176x8176 (ASP max reso) High Definition resolutions
- AAC-LC and High Efficiency-AAC audio with up to 5.1 surround sound
- AAC Audio support from 8kbps to 480kbps
- 2 separate audio streams support
- Chapter support
- Multiple Subtitle track support (Subtitles are in DVD Subpicture format (aka VobSub))
How to encode with Nero Digital?
NeroDigital streams can be created with Nero Recode2 or NeroVision softwares available in the Nero 7 Retail package or Nero demo download (http://www.nero.com/en/nero-prog.php).
- Recode2 Encoding Guide on Doom9 (http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/nerodigital-mainmovie.htm)
- descriptions of the different encoding options can be found here for MPEG-4 ASP (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73022#post461587) and MPEG-4 AVC (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=674815#post674819)
How to play Nero Digital?
As Nero Digital follows 100% the MPEG-4 standard you should be able to play the created .mp4 files with any player supporting .mp4 and the used codec (features), both hardware and software
For a complete list of the available MP4 players you can use have a look at the MP4 FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723)
Nero's own player is called Nero Showtime and is available in the Nero 7 package (http://www.nero.com/en/nero-prog.php), available for free evaluation.
Another player supporting Nero Digital chapters, subtitles and multiple audio streams is the free VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)
Does my favourite player doesnt give me Chapters, Subtitles or multiple audio streams?
In order to use other DirectShow based player with Nero Digital streams including chapters,subtitles and multiple audio streams, install the latest ffdshow[/URL] (and enable h.264 and aac decoding in ffdshow) and Haali Media Splitter (MatroskaSplitter) (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/). For a proper subtitle support with ffdshow (ffdshow subs a bit buggy), install the latest VSFilters (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84359).
3rd party encoding profiles in Recode:
-Playback in Sony PSP supported using Recode's Memory Stick Video (PSP compatible) -profile.
-iPod Video (and coming IPod Video 5.5G AVC) -profiles
-PS3 AVC playback support (coming)
Hardware playback of Nero Digital:
As it goes for software players, also all hardware players supporting the .mp4 container and the used codec (settings) should play the ND files, as they are following 100% the MPEG-4 standard
For a complete list of the available MP4 hardware players have a look at the MP4 FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723)
List of Nero Digital Officially Certified Hardware Devices:
NeroDigital MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (ISO 14496-2/-3) playback supporting devices:
- Link for supported devices (http://www.nero.com/nerodigital/eng/DVD_Player_Recorder.html)
To avoid interoperability problems Nero has created private MPEG-4 Profiles and the Nero Certification:
All Nero certified players should be able to handle
- MPEG-4 ASP video (most handle the "Standard Profile": not allowing QPEL and GMC)
- MPEG-4 AAC audio (with Standard Profile: AAC-LC, not multichannel, AAC-HE not with full quality)
- Chapters
- VobSub Subtitles
- 2 Audio streams
Official press releases:
http://www.nerodigital.com/eng/Press.html
Official homepage:
http://www.nerodigital.com
updated 13th February 2007
Coming updates from Nero:
-HD-DVD, Blu Ray BDMV and AVCHD authoring support in NeroVision
-Nero Digital™ Audio+ will get a completely new codec addition
-Big changes in Recode encoding architechture (possibly more information can be released soon)
-Video codec updates for increased quality, updated MPEG4 ASP codec
-Audio codec speed up and tweaks for increased quality
-Nero Digital profile updates: Ipod 5.5G AVC profile, PS3 AVC playback compatibility
-Nero Digital profile updates: Cinema-AVC and HDTV-AVC -profiles will be supporting AC3 audio
News 2007:
Feb: Nero Digital AAC Encoder 1.0.7.0 released (http://www.nero.com/nerodigital/enu/Nero_Digital_Audio.html)
Jan: Nero Digital™ Audio+ Codec Wins Blind Listening Test at 48 kbps (http://www.nero.com/enu/showpress.php?id=1033)
Jan: Nero Announces Sigma Designs is First Partner to Receive Nero Digital™ AVC High Profile Certification (http://www.nero.com/enu/showpress.php?id=1022)
Jan: Nero Announces Nero Digital™ AVC High Profile Certification Program for Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (http://www.nero.com/enu/showpress.php?id=1025)
News 2006:
Sep: High profile AVC support added to Recode (increased quality) along with new better quality AAC audio encoding support (http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/nero7-up.php)
News 2005:
July: Nero Digital Pro released (http://www.nero.com/eng/Upgrade_to_Nero_Digital_Pro.html)
June: Free Nero Digital 30 day Trial (http://www.nerodigital.com/eng/Try_Nero_Digital.html)
June: AVC High Profile encoder Beta test 2 feedback on Doom9 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=95890)
May: Ateme's beta test 2 starts on Doom9: High Profile AVC encoder (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94634)
May: Nero Digital AVC wins c't magazine video codec quality comparison! (http://www.heise.de/ct/05/10/146/)
Mar: Nero Digital™ certified Xoro DVD players available (http://www.nero.com/en/PR_2005_03_11.html)
Mar: Nero ShowTime Mobile Beta available (http://www.nero.com/en/Nero_ShowTime_Mobile.html)
Jan: Nero Vision Express 3.0.1.27 supports Nero Digital export (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88812)
Jan: VCPS content protection support announced for Nero Digital (http://www.nero.com/en/PR_2005_01_05.html)
Jan: Nero ShowTime Mobile announced (http://www.nero.com/en/PR_2005_01_06-2.html)
News 2004:
Dec: Nero Digital AVC wins in video quality in Doom9 2004 codec shootout (http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/codecs-104-1.htm)
Dec: Recode 2.2 adds support for AVC (http://www.nerodigital.com/eng/PR_2004_12_09.html)
Oct: Beta test1 of the AVC-video codec on Doom9 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82036)
What is Nero Digital?
Nero Digital™ is a collection of various different audio and video codecs, co-developed by Nero AG and Ateme, which is completely following the MPEG-4 standard
Nero Digital includes three different codecs, following:
- ISO 14496-10 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=674815#post674819), MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Main Profile video
- ISO 14496-2 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73022#post461587), MPEG-4 Simple and Advanced Simple Profile video (as also produced by XviD, DivX5, 3ivx...)
- ISO 14496-3 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68300#post424070), MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)
Regarding the container Nero Digital also follows the MPEG-4 standard and uses the container format defined under ISO 14496-14 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723) (uses the .mp4 extension)
Read more about the MPEG-4 standard (description of the codecs/codec options) in the posts linked to above
Read more about the MP4 container (list of available tools, players...) in the MP4 FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723)
Main features of Nero Digital:
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Main Profile video
- MPEG-4 Simple and Advanced Simple Profile video
- MPEG-4 Video from 32*32 to 2048x1536 (AVC max reso), 8176x8176 (ASP max reso) High Definition resolutions
- AAC-LC and High Efficiency-AAC audio with up to 5.1 surround sound
- AAC Audio support from 8kbps to 480kbps
- 2 separate audio streams support
- Chapter support
- Multiple Subtitle track support (Subtitles are in DVD Subpicture format (aka VobSub))
How to encode with Nero Digital?
NeroDigital streams can be created with Nero Recode2 or NeroVision softwares available in the Nero 7 Retail package or Nero demo download (http://www.nero.com/en/nero-prog.php).
- Recode2 Encoding Guide on Doom9 (http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/nerodigital-mainmovie.htm)
- descriptions of the different encoding options can be found here for MPEG-4 ASP (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73022#post461587) and MPEG-4 AVC (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=674815#post674819)
How to play Nero Digital?
As Nero Digital follows 100% the MPEG-4 standard you should be able to play the created .mp4 files with any player supporting .mp4 and the used codec (features), both hardware and software
For a complete list of the available MP4 players you can use have a look at the MP4 FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723)
Nero's own player is called Nero Showtime and is available in the Nero 7 package (http://www.nero.com/en/nero-prog.php), available for free evaluation.
Another player supporting Nero Digital chapters, subtitles and multiple audio streams is the free VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)
Does my favourite player doesnt give me Chapters, Subtitles or multiple audio streams?
In order to use other DirectShow based player with Nero Digital streams including chapters,subtitles and multiple audio streams, install the latest ffdshow[/URL] (and enable h.264 and aac decoding in ffdshow) and Haali Media Splitter (MatroskaSplitter) (http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/). For a proper subtitle support with ffdshow (ffdshow subs a bit buggy), install the latest VSFilters (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84359).
3rd party encoding profiles in Recode:
-Playback in Sony PSP supported using Recode's Memory Stick Video (PSP compatible) -profile.
-iPod Video (and coming IPod Video 5.5G AVC) -profiles
-PS3 AVC playback support (coming)
Hardware playback of Nero Digital:
As it goes for software players, also all hardware players supporting the .mp4 container and the used codec (settings) should play the ND files, as they are following 100% the MPEG-4 standard
For a complete list of the available MP4 hardware players have a look at the MP4 FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62723)
List of Nero Digital Officially Certified Hardware Devices:
NeroDigital MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (ISO 14496-2/-3) playback supporting devices:
- Link for supported devices (http://www.nero.com/nerodigital/eng/DVD_Player_Recorder.html)
To avoid interoperability problems Nero has created private MPEG-4 Profiles and the Nero Certification:
All Nero certified players should be able to handle
- MPEG-4 ASP video (most handle the "Standard Profile": not allowing QPEL and GMC)
- MPEG-4 AAC audio (with Standard Profile: AAC-LC, not multichannel, AAC-HE not with full quality)
- Chapters
- VobSub Subtitles
- 2 Audio streams
Official press releases:
http://www.nerodigital.com/eng/Press.html
Official homepage:
http://www.nerodigital.com