Dual format DVD-R with HD-DVD and SD DVD content?

[EricM]

Hello.

It just occured to me that since HD-DVD format can be burned to standard DVD-Rs could I create a dual format disc?

The HD-DVDs have different folder names (HVDVD_TS vs VIDEO_TS)

Could i put both these folders on a standard dvd-r where it would play standard dvd in dvd player and HD-DVD in HD-DVD player?

Im pretty sure that standard dvd player will ignore the HVDVD_TS folder and play the VIDEO_TS because they ignore any other folders on the disc, but not sure about HD-DVD player if it will play the HD content since they read both formats.

Anyone tried this?

Thanks,
Eric

[guns1inger]

Theoretically it should work, however with only 20 minutes of HD DVD material on a DVD9, you don't have much space to play with.

[yoda313]

Theoretically it should work, however with only 20 minutes of HD DVD material on a DVD9, you don't have much space to play with.

So that would be 10 minutes of high def on a single layer disc then huh guns1inger??? Sounds like it would be strictly limited to short demos or movie trailers at the long shot - maybe two music videos??

[guns1inger]

Pretty much. OK for store demos, or short HD home grown animation, but not much else.

[GeorgeW]

You can get ~20 minutes of HD-DVD (non-recompressed HDV mpeg2) onto a DVD5 disc (40 minutes on DVD9).

Regards,
George

[guns1inger]

Still not much if you are sharing with SD material