About Disc Contents

About Media Types

BD Video

Enjoy BD-specific functions including BONUSVIEW (BD-ROM Profile 1 Version 1.1), such as picture-in-picture, and BD-LIVE (page 31).

For the BD video discs compatible with BONUSVIEW/BD- LIVE, you can enjoy additional contents by copying the data from the discs or downloading it via the Internet. For instance, this function is capable of playing the original movie as the primary video while playing video commentary from the film director on a small screen as a secondary video.

DTS

DTS is a digital sound system developed by DTS, Inc. for use in cinemas.

Linear PCM

Linear PCM is a signal recording format used for Audio CDs and on some DVD and Blu-ray discs. The sound on Audio CDs is recorded at 44.1 kHz with 16 bits. (Sound is recorded between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 96 kHz with 24 bits on DVD video discs and between 48 kHz with 16 bits and 192 kHz with 24 bits on BD video discs.)

Subtitle languages

This indicates the kind of subtitles.

NOTE

• The available functions differ depending on the disc.

Title, Chapter and Track

•Blu-ray discs and DVDs are divided into “Titles” and “Chapters”. If the disc has more than one movie on it, each movie would be a separate “Title”. “Chapters”, on the other hand, are subdivisions of titles. (See Example 1.)

•Audio CDs are divided into “Tracks”. You can think of a “Track” as one tune on an Audio CD. (See Example 2.)

Example 1: Blu-ray disc or DVD

Title 1	Title 2
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3	Chapter 1

Example 2: Audio CD

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

Track 4

Icons Used on DVD Video Disc Cases

The back of the case of a DVD that is commercially available usually contains various information about the contents of the disc.

Screen aspect ratio

Movies are shot in a variety of screen modes.

Camera angle

Recorded onto some BD/DVD discs are scenes which have been simultaneously shot from a number of different angles (the same scene is shot from the front, from the left side, from the right side, etc.).

Region code

This indicates the region code (playable region code).

The Icons Used in This Operation Manual

BD VIDEO	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for BD Video discs.
BD-RE	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for BD-RE discs.
BD-R	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for BD-R discs.
DVD VIDEO	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for DVD Video discs.
DVD-RW	Indicates the functions that can be performed
DVD-R	for DVD-RW discs.
DVD-R	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for DVD-R discs.
AUDIO CD	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for Audio CDs.
CD-R	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for CD-R discs.
CD-RW	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for CD-RW discs.
USB	Indicates the functions that can be performed
	for USB memory devices.

Introduction

21. English

2. Chinese

21. English

2. Chinese

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Audio tracks and audio formats

DVD discs can contain up to 8 separate tracks with a different language on each. The first in the list is the original track.

This section also details the audio format of each soundtrack — Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG etc.

Dolby Digital

A sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc. that gives movie theatre ambience to audio output when the Player is connected to a Dolby Digital processor or amplifier.