Meridian America 598 manual Mpeg Audio, Menus, Mpeg Video

DVD-Audio MHR MPEG Audio

Glossary

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A DVD containing audio tracks in one or more of a number of alternative formats to provide higher quality or higher capacity than CD, multi-channel audio, together with the option of still images or video. A DVD-Audio disc may also include lower quality versions of the material in DVD-Video format for compatibility with players that do not support DVD-Audio.

DVD-Video

A DVD containing video tracks together with one or more soundtracks, menus, and other entertainment features.

Menus

The flexible system for choosing options and configuring settings in Meridian products. On the 598 the menus are controlled by the <, >, A, and Vkeys on the front panel or the MSR.

Meridian High Resolution is a proprietary secure encoding format using encryption and anti-copy methods that allows secure transfer of audio streams between elements of a Meridian-only system for the purpose of playback only. It provides a secure copyright protection environment and has the very important benefit of lowering jitter and improving sound quality on all material.

MLP

MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) is an audio format that increases the amount of information that can be recorded on a CD or DVD, without any loss of quality. MLP is a mandatory format for DVD-Audio.

MPEG Audio is a digital encoding system developed by the Motion Picture Expert Group. Like Dolby Digital it provides five full-frequency range channels and an additional Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel.

MPEG Video

MPEG Video is a video compression technique used to encode video for DVD- Video discs.

MSF

Meridian Settings File, a file containing settings and User Types for one or more Meridian Products.

MSR

The Meridian System Remote, or handset.