Panasonic DVD-LS84 manual About DivX VOD content, About DivX subtitles text display

About DivX VOD content

DivX Video-on-Demand (VOD) content is encrypted for copyright protection. In order to play DivX VOD content on this unit, you first need to register the unit.

Follow the on line instructions for purchasing DivX VOD content to enter the unit’s registration code and register the unit. For more information about DivX VOD, visit www.divx.com/vod.

Display the unit’s registration code

(➜ 13, DivX Registration)

Setup
Disc	DivX Registration
Video
Audio	DivX Video-on-Demand
Display	Your registration code is : XXXXXXXX	8 alphanumeric characters
Others	To learn more visit www.divx.com/vod
	Press XXX to continue

≥We recommend that you make a note of this code for future reference.

≥After playing DivX VOD content for the first time, another registration code is then displayed in “DivX Registration”. Do not use this registration code to purchase DivX VOD content. If you use this code to purchase DivX VOD content, and then play the content on this unit, you will no longer be able to play any content that you purchased using the previous code.

≥If you purchase DivX VOD content using a registration code different from this unit’s code, you will not be able to play this content. (“Authorization Error” is displayed.)

Regarding DivX content that can only be played a set number of times

Some DivX VOD content can only be played a set number of times. When you play this content, the remaining number of plays is displayed. You cannot play this content when the number of remaining plays is zero. (“Rented Movie Expired” is displayed.)

When playing this content

≥The number of remaining plays is reduced by one if

–you turn off the unit or display “Setup” menu.

–you press [∫] twice.

–you press [:, 9] (Skip or search) etc. and arrive at another content.

About DivX subtitles text display

You can display subtitles text recorded onto the DivX video disc on this unit.

This function has no relation to the subtitles specified in DivX standard specifications and has no clear standard. Depending on the methods used to create the file, the following functions may not work.

∫Displaying subtitles text (➜ 10, Subtitle)

≥DivX video files that do not display “Text” do not contain subtitles text.

Subtitles text cannot be displayed.

≥If the subtitles text are not displayed correctly, try changing the language settings (➜ 13, Subtitle Text).

∫Types of subtitles text file that can be displayed

Subtitles text that satisfy the following conditions can be displayed on this unit.

Tips for making data discs

Format: [WMA]

Disc: CD-R/RW

Extension: “.WMA”, “.wma”

Reference:

≥Compatible compression rate: between 48 kbps and 320 kbps

≥You cannot play WMA files that are copy protected.

≥This unit is not compatible with Multiple Bit Rate (MBR: a file that contains the same content encoded at several different bit rates).

Format: [MP3]	Playback
Disc: DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW
Extension: “.MP3”, “.mp3”
Reference:
≥Sampling frequency:
DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW : 11.02, 12, 22.05, 24, 44.1 and 48 kHz
CD-R/RW : 8, 11.02, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz
≥Compatible compression rate: between 32 kbps and 320 kbps
≥This unit is not compatible with ID3 tags.

Format: [JPEG]

Disc: DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW

Extension: “.JPG”, “.jpg”, “.JPEG”, “.jpeg”

Reference:

≥JPEG files taken on a digital camera that conform to DCF (Design rule for Camera File system) Standard Version 1.0 are displayed.

–Files that have been altered, edited or saved with computer picture editing software may not be displayed.

≥This unit cannot display moving pictures, PROGRESSIVE JPEG, MOTION JPEG and other such formats, still pictures other than JPEG (e.g. TIFF) or play pictures with attached audio.

Format: [MPEG4]

Disc: DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW

Extension: “.ASF”, “.asf”

Reference:

≥You can play MPEG4 data [conforming to SD VIDEO specifications (ASF standard)/MPEG4 (Simple Profile) video system/G.726 audio system] recorded with the Panasonic SD multi cameras or DVD recorders with this unit.

≥The recording date may differ from that of the actual date.

Format: [DivX]

Disc: DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW

Extension: “.DIVX”, “.divx”, “.AVI”, “.avi”

Reference:

≥Plays all versions of DivX video (including DivX® 6) [DivX video system/MP3, Dolby Digital or MPEG audio system] with standard playback of DivX® media files.

Functions added with DivX Ultra are not supported.

≥DivX files greater than 2 GB or have no index may not play properly on this unit.

≥This unit supports all resolutions up to maximum of 720k480 (NTSC)/ 720k576 (PAL).

≥You can select up to 8 types of audio and subtitles on this unit.

≥If groups were created away from the root like “002 group” in the illustration below, the eighth one and onwards is displayed on the same vertical line in the menu screen.

≥There may be differences in the display order on the menu screen and computer screen.

≥This unit cannot play files recorded using packet writing.

≥File format: MicroDVD, SubRip, or TMPlayer

≥File extension: “.SRT”, “.srt”, “.SUB”, “.sub”, “.TXT”, or “.txt”

≥File name: No more than 44 characters excluding the file extension

≥The DivX video file and subtitles text file are inside the same folder, and the file names are the same except for the file extensions.

≥If there are more than one subtitles text files inside the same folder, they are displayed in the following order of priority: “.srt”, “.sub”, “.txt”.

∫Limitations of this unit

≥In the following situations, the subtitles cannot be displayed as

recorded.

Furthermore, depending on the methods used to create the file or the

state of the recording, only parts of the subtitles may be displayed, or

the subtitles may not be displayed at all.

– When special text or characters are included in the subtitles text.

Naming folders and files on data discs

(Files are treated as contents and folders are treated as groups on this unit.)

At the time of recording, prefix folder and file names. This should be with numbers that have an equal number of digits, and should be done in the order you want to play them (this may not work at times).

DVD-RAM

≥Discs must conform to UDF 2.0.

e.g. [MP3] root

001 group

001track.mp3

002track.mp3

003track.mp3

002group

001 track.mp3

002 track.mp3

003 group 003 track.mp3

004 track.mp3

001track.mp3

002track.mp3

003track.mp3

– When the file size is larger than 256 KB.

– When characters with styling specified are included in the subtitle

data.

Codes that specify the character style within files are displayed as

subtitle characters.

– When data with a different format exists within the subtitle data.

≥If the file name of the DivX video file is not displayed correctly on the

menu screen (the file name is displayed as “_”), the subtitles text may

not be displayed correctly.

≥The subtitles text cannot be displayed when search, Time Slip, and

other such operations are being performed.

≥The subtitles text cannot be displayed when Quick OSD, On-Screen

Menus, Navigation Menu and other such menu screens are being

displayed.

DVD-R/RW

≥Discs must conform to UDF bridge (UDF 1.02/ISO9660).

≥This unit is not compatible with multi-session. Only the default session is played.

CD-R/RW

≥Discs must conform to ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for extended

formats).	RQT9349
≥This unit is compatible with multi-session but if there are a lot of

sessions it takes more time for play to start. Keep the number of sessions to a minimum to avoid this.

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