HDTV to MPEG 2 Program

[christopheramos]

Hello! Does anyone know if the program HDTVtoMPEG2 will convert HD DVD (movie files) to MPEG2? For reauthoring on a DVD+/-R ?

I want to backup my new HD DVDs, but until blanks are cheaper, I'd be okay with just backing them up on regular blank DVD media.

Thanks!
Chris

[Krispy Kritter]

No, the files are in a different format.

And that's not "backing up", that's just copying. A backup copy is true to the source. What is the point of taking a HD copy of a movie and converting it down to SD as a "backup"? It defeats the whole point of buying HD.

There is a whole forum here dedicated to DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray.

[pepegot1]

Of course you can get a HDVD burner and $15-$20 discs, if you can find them. Stick with SDVD for now and save yourself many headaches and bucks.

[[_chef_]]

And you will not find a HD-DVD burner because there is only one yet, coming in a Laptop from Toshiba...............

[pepegot1]

That's why SDVD is still king!

[[_chef_]]

SDVD???

I would prefer HD-DVD content on DVD± DL.

[jman98]

]SDVD???

I'm guessing that the original poster has invented his own abbreviation and just assumes that the entire world knows what it means. Unfortunately, that happens at the time here.

]
I would prefer HD-DVD content on DVD± DL.

HD-DVD specs support this. I have an example of such a disc and it plays fine.

[manono]

I took SDVD to mean Standard DVD. Yeah, he kind of invented it.

[Lovepeaceguru]

Does anyone know Mr Cooley's (the author) email address or can anyone suggest why, irrespective of the content of the ts file, all I ever get is:

"HDVDtoMPEG2 has stopped working....close the program"