Our coverage of digital television has, so far, focused largely on howto distribute digits through the ether and via wire. This month's meetingwill look at a way to distribute digits via atoms: DVD or "digitalvideo disc".
NUKO has long participated in MPEG-2development, including both transmission and DVD. (Rich Mizer is a memberof the SMPTE M21 working group developing MPEG standards.) After lookingat the evolution of MPEG-2 as it relates to DVD, our speakers will delveinto DVD authoring issues that include how to convert video from 4:1:1DV-format compression to MPEG's 4:2:0; program vs. transport streams; authoringsystems vs. broadcast encoders; interfaces between authoring and replication;video/audio sync; conditional access; Dolby AC-3 and optional audio formats;emulation and formatting; networking and storage; video-on-demand, e.g.,"MPEG masters"; integrating DVD and the Web; and taking advantageof the true creative capability of DVD design. "DVD isn't just formovies, anymore!"
The meeting will end with a facility tour, including NUKO's Demo Center,their engineering area, and the manufacturing plant.
If you or your colleagues are involved in any phase of DVD or otherMPEG-based work, including content development, you won't want to missNUKO's presentation.
Although in the heart of Silicon Valley, NUKO is easy to find, justa few blocks from the Montague Expressway, between I-680 and I-880. Justin case, print out this map and a set of customized directions.
Click on the map to browse, then click on DRIVING DIRECTIONSto find out how to get here.