Xbox 360 HD-DVD Emulator Free

[AzBat]

Figured since this was specifically for the Xbox 360, I thought the news fits better here, but if the mods disagree then move it.

Amy Dullard, a program manager for HD-DVD, posted that they are giving away the HD-DVD Emulator that was announced a couple weeks back. You can can request a token at Toshiba's HD-DVD site here: http://www.thisishddvd.com/emulator/ However, the link just opens up an email message to send to somebody at Microsoft. Amy says contact her with your information and she'll make sure you get it.

Anyway, here's what she had to say in her blog about what you can do with it...

What can I do with this?

The Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator allows you to run complete HD DVD projects - video, audio, and advanced interactivity - on your Xbox 360 from an external USB drive or networked PC. If you're interested in learning more about HDi and how to create your first HDi application, start in the April 2007 section of this blog and work your way forward.

If you're interested in a tool for muxing video to test on the emulator, be sure to check out NetBlender's DoStudio MX. They also have a demo project that you can run on the emulator.

Note that you do not need to have video in your project, though. Your playlist may contain titles without PrimaryAudioVideoClip(s).

Once you have your project looking just the way you want, you can burn it to a DVD-9 and share it. More info on burning DVD-9s can be found here: http://dostudio.netblender.com/wikipapers/wiki_dvdr.asp. FYI, I use a Pioneer DVD burner, Gear Pro Professional software, and Verbatim discs. [follow up: the burner and software I have used successfully are not mentioned on NetBlender's wiki, so I mention them so people know what I have used to create discs that work on the Xbox and Toshiba players]

http://blogs.msdn.com/amyd/archive/2008/03/04/xbox-360-hd-dvd-emulator-now-free.aspx

Tommy McClain