{"id":144,"date":"2005-11-08T17:01:56","date_gmt":"2005-11-09T00:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/?p=144"},"modified":"2005-11-08T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2005-11-09T00:05:11","slug":"new-formatproblem-ratdvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/new-formatproblem-ratdvd\/","title":{"rendered":"New Format\/Problem: ratDVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might think I would hear about these things sooner. Here is a project that has been around since last May that I just learned about yesterday:<\/p>\n


\n\"ratDVD
\nratDVD Official Site<\/em><\/a>
\n<\/center><\/p>\n

From what I gather based on the website, it is a container format that allows complete encapsulation of a DVD for internet distribution. It can retain menus, navigation, subtitles, special features, etc. It apparently also transcodes video to a custom format named XEB. It also uses some custom variant of the Dolby AC-3 codec called AC-3 VS (virtual surround). These details are a bit sketchy since there is not much code available. The developer claims to want to work with the Linux community to come up with a suitable playback solution.<\/p>\n

My first impulse at seeing this was similar to my reaction towards Matroska<\/a>: Special Microsoft operatives attempting to distract open source multimedia hackers from focusing on more important matters. Not to be outdone in the more-work-for-the-community department, the Matroska developers have a draft of a similarly capable system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An impromptu search on BitTorrent networks reveals that people are already pressing ratDVD into service for its stated purpose, e.g., making available for P2P distribution such niche-interest media content as Star Wars Episode III<\/em> and full seasons of 24<\/em>. So I imagine the demand for this format will eventually grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like we don’t have enough to work on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t