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Exception Handling

An HD DVD player may throw exceptions during the execution of script, and if not caught will result in a player crash (showing an error code of 0x4094C00C on Toshiba or 0xC667000B on Xbox). While it's always a good idea to check conditions which could Read More...
Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 11:46 AM by Amy | 2 Comments
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HD DVD FAQs

General Why is Microsoft involved in HD DVD? Microsoft supports HD DVD because the mandatory player features such as persistent storage, picture-in-picture, and network connectivity lead to greater interactivity and a better, more consistent user experience. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:09 PM by Amy | 1 Comments

Saving Resume Information, part II

In a previous post , I stated that when you press the stop button on your player, you have 2 seconds to continue to execute code before the player shuts down. But, that statement needs to be qualified. If you try to delay the application_end (or the deprecated Read More...
Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 3:15 PM by Amy | 0 Comments
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Very Simple Network Example

I have received a couple requests for an example of networking, so I put something very basic together to show some simple functionality. What it does have: Functionality to download a file from a server to persistent storage Calculation of percentage Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:36 PM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Saving Resume Information

If you've purchased a DVD player in the last few years or used a software player, likely you've experienced a built in player feature that remembers where you last left off in the movie and allows you to resume play from that point. That functionality Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 19, 2007 6:20 PM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Attachment(s): ResumePlay.zip

Persistent Storage Management

One of the great features mandatory on every HD DVD player is at least 128 MB of persistent storage. Many discs on the market are taking advantage of this feature to allow you to do things like save bookmarked scenes, download new trailers, or cache your Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:16 PM by Amy | 1 Comments
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Attachment(s): PStorLabel.zip

Blackjack

Today's game example is inspired by Ocean's 13 (available on HD DVD this fall). Blackjack is one of my favorite casino games, but I was too busy at NAB this year to make it to the tables. So, here it is for you in HDi (with some graphics assistance from Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:38 PM by Amy | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): blackjack.zip

Sliding Puzzle

There have been a lot of JavaScript games created for the web. And, because HDi is based on web standards, with a little tweaking, you can easily turn many of them into games for HD DVD. And, as long as we're tweaking, we might as well add the cool additional Read More...
Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 6:20 PM by Amy | 2 Comments
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Attachment(s): sliding_puzzle.zip
 
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