Arcam BDP300 manual Disc & file Formats, Playable discs, Region coding

disc & file

formats

Playable discs

The player supports the following disc types:

Blu-ray 3D

Blu-ray Disc

DVD-Video

DVD-R

DVD-RW

CD-Audio

CD-R

CD-RW

Video file requirements (USB/Disc)

<<Video file compatibility with your player is limited as follows:

•Maximum resolution size: 1920x1080 (W x H) pixels

•File extensions: .wmv, .avi, .mp4, .mpeg, .mpg,

.vob, .mkv (Note: Files encoded by Divx cannot be played on this player)

•Playable Audio format: Dolby Digital, DTS,

MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3

•Sampling frequency: within 32 to 48kHz

(WMA), within 8 to 48kHz (Mp3)

•Bit rate: within 32 to 192kbps (WMA), within 32 to 320kbps (Mp3)

<<CD-R/RW, DVD R/RW, BD-R/RE Format: ISO 9660+JOLIET, UDF and UDF Bridge format

<<Maximum Files/Folder: Less than 1000. The movie file name and subtitle are limited to 180 characters.

<<Not all of the WMA and AAC Audio formats are compatible with your player.

<<HD WMA movie files contained on a USB 1.0/1.1 flash drive may not play correctly.

<<Blu-ray, DVD, or USB 2.0 are recommended to play back HD WMA movie files.

<<Your player does not support files that are recorded with GMC (Global Motion Compensation) or Qpel (Quarter pixel). Those are video encoding techniques in MPEG4 standard, like DivX.

MP3/WMA audio file requirements (USB/Disc)

<<File extensions: .mp3, .wma

<<Sampling frequency: Within 32 to 48kHz (WMA), within 8 to 48kHz (Mp3)

<<Bit rate: Within 32 to 192kbps (WMA) 32 to 320kbps (MP3)

<<CD-R/RW, DVD R/RW, BD-R/RE Format: ISO 9660+JOLIET, UDF and UDF Bridge format

<<Maximum Files/Folder: Less than 2000 (total number of files and folders)

<<Depending on the size and number of the MP3/ WMA files, it may take several minutes to read the contents of the media.

<<HD WMA movie files contained on a USB 1.0/1.1 flash drive may not play correctly. Blu-ray, DVD, or USB 2.0 are recommended to play back HD WMA movie files.

Photo file requirements (USB/Disc)

<<File extensions: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif

<<Recommended size:

•PNG: 5120 × 5120 pixels

•GIF: 10000 × 10000 pixels

•JPEG/JPG: 8192 × 8192 pixels, 32MB

<<CD-R/RW, DVD R/RW, BD-R/RE Format: ISO 9660+JOLIET, UDF, and UDF Bridge format

<<Maximum Files/Folder: Less than 1000 (total number of files and folders)

<<Progressive and lossless compression photo image files are not supported.

<<Depending on the size and number of the photo files, it may take several minutes to read the contents of the media.

Region coding

Blu-ray Disc players and Blu-ray or DVD Video discs are assigned region codes according to the region in which they are sold. If the region codes do not match, the disc will not play.

Blu-ray Disc Area region code

ANorth America, Central America, South America, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South East Asia

BEurope, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand

CIndia, China, Russia, Central and South Asia

A + B + C	All areas
DVD region	Area
code

1North America

2Europe, Japan, Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland

3Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong

4Mexico, South America, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Caribbean

5Russia, Eastern Europe, India, most of Africa, North Korea, Mongolia

6China

All All areas

Symbols indicating disc will play in North America:

Blu-ray Discs: DVDs:

Symbols indicating disc will play in Europe:

Blu-ray Discs: DVDs:

E-8