
A Guide to Dolby Metadata Parameter Definitions
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metadatastreamwithoutExtendedBSIparameters,andExtendedBSIparameterstranslate
seamlesslytodecodersthatreadonlyuniversalparameters.
D.6.1 Universal ParametersAlluniversalparametersaresupportedbyDolbyEencodersanddecoders;allexcept
ProgramConfigurationandProgramDescriptionTextaresupportedbyallDolbyDigital
encodersanddecoders.
Program Configuration
ThisparameterdetermineshowtheaudiochannelsaregroupedwithinaDolbyE
bitstream.Uptoeightchannelscanbegroupedtogetherinindividualprograms,where
eachprogramcontainsitsownmetadata.Thedefaultsettingis5.1+2.Table D ‐3showsall
theavailableconfigurations.
Program Description Text
Thisisa32‐characterASCIItextfieldthatallowsthemetadataauthortoenteradescription
oftheaudioprogram.Forexample,thisfieldmaycontainthenameoftheprogram(Movie
ChannelPromo),adescriptionoftheprogramsource(FootballMainFeed),ortheprogram
language(Danish).
Note:Universalparametersincludebothprofessionalandconsumermetadata.TableD‐1
onpage85distinguishes betweenprofessionalconsumerparameters.
Table D-3 Program Configuration Settings
Program Configurations
5.1+24+2
5.1+2×14+2×1
4+43×2
4+2×22×2+2×1
4+2+2×12+4×1
4+4×16×1
4×24
3×2+2×12+2
2×2+4×12+2×1
5.1+24+2
5.1+2×14+2×1
4+43×2