DOLBY Media Producer

[minister]

i am not sure if this is available yet, my dealer doesn't have much info and is not sure when he can get it. ...was thinking i read somewhere where it would be available in jan of ought 6. is any one using it yet? if so, how does it comare to the NEYRINCK plug-in?

thanking you!

[pneyrinck]

Dolby Media Producer is a new system for encoding audio for the forthcoming HD-DVD and Blu Ray formats. It uses the new Dolby Digital Plus technology that is not available with existing DVD players. The system is rumored to cost anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000. If you are encoding and decoding for existing DVD-Video, DVD-A, or digital television, the Neyrinck SoundCode For Dolby Digital plug-in can be used. Dolby is not licensing Dolby Digital Plus yet, so the Neyrinck plug-in can not support it.

Paul Neyrinck
www.neyrinck.com

[minister]

paul,

i appreciate you reply. and i know you know what you are doing in this arena.

but i am a bit confused by what you are saying.

you said:

Dolby Media Producer is a new system for encoding audio for the forthcoming HD-DVD and Blu Ray formats. It uses the new Dolby Digital Plus technology that is not available with existing DVD players.

...however...

this is from the dolby site

A New Dolby Software Solution for DVD-Video and DVD-Audio

Dolby Media Producer, our new suite of professional software DVD and HD creation tools, provides complete authoring support for all of today's DVD formats. It can be used to create Dolby Digital files for DVD-Video and DVD-Audio, plus MLP Lossless files for DVD-Audio. It also includes Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD technologies for use on HD disc media including HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats.

Dolby Media Producer is a suite of three seamlessly integrated separate software programs consisting of Dolby Media Encoder, Dolby Media Decoder, and Dolby Media Tools. The programs have an intuitive graphical interface and are built for Mac OS® X Tiger™, version 10.4.2 or higher.

that tells me that your above statement is inaccurate. it is for today's DVD's as well as tomorrow. so, if it were ready today, i could use it today.

and these are a suite of plug-ins. will they really cost $5,000-$10,000?

i understand your product and that people are happy with it. but i was hoping for some comparisons.

thanks

[Eric L]

Dolby's description, as I read it, is allowing for backward compatibility with standard DVDs. It does not imply that the product is currently available. (Although it does refer to "today's DVD formats") I think, as always, Dolby is trying to get out in front of the curve.

I would wait to see how the whole blue-ray vs HD-DVD pans out. But that's just me.

[minister]

hey eric!

i see... i had read about it last year, and thought that it was not just for BLUE RAY & HD DVD ... so it is really intended for the new DVD formats...but if ya wanna use it for SD DVD's, then it'll work. is that right? kinda like overkill if you are only doing plain old DVD's ....

and, yes, i have read about the blue-ray stumbles etc. so, i am with you, i'll wait that one out.

seems like the neyrink is the solution today.

thank you!