HD DVD-Video Guide
Attribution: Evan-Amos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Definition
HD DVD-Video is the name used by Redump.info for audio/video content released on HD DVD media. Most HD DVD-Video discs will be encrypted and protected with early versions of Advanced Access Content System (AACS). Redump.info hashes HD DVD-Video with encryption intact.
General Notes
- Can have AACS protection up to AACS 4 (Maybe higher but unlikely)
- Hash PFI/DMI and put in comments (unknown if needed but just in case)
- Warner Bros discs have high defect rate, recommend dumping twice, reconstruction from multiple discs may be necessary.
Drives
Drives tested with matching dumps:
- Xbox 360 HD-DVD Drive
- LG GGC-H20L
Untested drives listed [/DiscImageCreator:_Optical_Disc_Drive_Compatibility#HD_DVD-ROM here]
General Eligibility Criteria
Most HD-DVD-Video discs that are eligible for Redump include game-related video (promotional, game coverage, etc), and in most cases, the Category should be "Video". However, there are some other cases:
- HD-DVD Movies with game demos are allowed. -> (Demos for PS3, PC, etc—NOT Flash games) --- Category for these should be "Demos"
- HD-DVD Games are allowed, but games must be the primary content of the disc and be interactive. --- Category for these should be "Games"
- Interactive driving theory test / highway code etc. instructional videos are not eligible.
- Movies and TV shows based on video games, drawing inspiration from them, or with video game "themes" are not eligible for redump. This includes but is not limited to movies like Pixels, Mario and Zelda cartoons, etc.
Languages
As a general rule, the consideration for whether a language should be added to the field relies on whether the user can access the main content of the disc in that language (i.e. watch a film the whole way through, play all levels of an interactive HD-DVD-Video).
In most cases, this will mean that all audio and subtitle languages available should be added to the field, however there may be some nuanced cases where a different approach is required - for example where certain subtitles/languages are only available for certain features or titles e.g. https://redump.info/disc/80741/
Editions / Filename Suffix
Where an audio CD is bundled as a bonus disc with a game, the edition and Filename Suffix should always be set to "X Game Bundle".
Please note that where an audio CD is bundled as a bonus disc with a book or magazine, the edition may be set as "Book Bundle" / "Magazine Bundle", but the Filename Suffix should be left blank.
Pre-Order Bonus discs, First-Print Bonus discs, and other similar types of discs/editions that are not always bundled, do not use the Filename Suffix field. Additionally, if multiple editions of a disc exist, but not ALL of them are bundles, do not use the Filename Suffix field. For example, if a disc has an Original release and a PC Game Bundle release, there is no Filename Suffix unless one is required due to a collision.
The following standardised terms are used:
- 3DO Game Bundle (3DO)
- 3DS Game Bundle (3DS)
- AJCD Game Bundle (Atari Jaguar CD)
- CD-i Game Bundle (CD-i)
- DC Game Bundle (Dreamcast)
- FMT Game Bundle (FM Towns)
- GB Game Bundle (Game Boy)
- MCD Game Bundle (Mega CD / Sega CD)
- Multisystem Game Bundle (same disc verified as being bundled with the game for multiple systems)
- N64 Game Bundle (Nintendo 64)
- NDS Game Bundle (Nintendo DS)
- NSW Game Bundle (Nintendo Switch)
- PC Game Bundle (PC)
- PC-88 Game Bundle (PC-88)
- PC-98 Game Bundle (PC-98)
- PCE Game Bundle (PC Engine)
- PS2 Game Bundle (PlayStation 2)
- PS3 Game Bundle (PlayStation 3)
- PS4 Game Bundle (PlayStation 4)
- PS5 Game Bundle (PlayStation 5)
- PSP Game Bundle (PlayStation Portable)
- PSV Game Bundle (PlayStation Vita)
- PSX Game Bundle (PlayStation)
- QIS Game Bundle (Bandai Playdia Quick Interactive System)
- SFC Game Bundle (Super Famicom / SNES)
- SMD Game Bundle (Genesis / Mega Drive)
- SS Game Bundle (Saturn)
- Wii Game Bundle (Wii)
- Wii U Game Bundle (Wii U)
- Xbox Game Bundle (Xbox)
- Xbox 360 Game Bundle (Xbox 360)
- Xbox One Game Bundle (Xbox One)
Discs bundled with multiple releases
If the disc is bundled with a release of the game for more than one system and both copies are dumped (see e.g. https://redump.info/disc/81769/), then the Edition field should represent each individual system (PS3 Game Bundle, PS4 Game Bundle), while the Filename Suffix field should use the single term "Multisystem Game Bundle".
If a disc is known to be bundled with a release of the game for more than one system, but it is not clear which bundle version has been dumped (i.e. because the dumper only possesses a loose copy of the disc), then information about which releases are known should be added to comments along with a note stating "Exact bundle dumped unconfirmed". Neither Edition nor Filename Suffix fields should be filled in this case.