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Appendix B
DP600 Program Optimizer
Detailed Profile Descriptions
B.1 Understanding DP600 Profiles
ADP600profiledefinesasetofactionsandprocessesonaspecifictypeofsourcefile,
whichincludesspecificactionsonanyorallaudiodatatypesandtheconfigurations
containedwithinthem(ifapplicable).
FollowingaresomeimportantpointstorememberregardingDP600profiles:
1. TheDP600profilesandprocessesalwaysexpectandarecapableofproviding
multichannel.wavfilesthatarerestrictedtothefollowingchannelorderwithinthe
file:Left,Right,Center,LFE,LeftSurround,RightSurroundperSMPTE320MTable2.
(Failuretoadheretothisruleresultsinunintendedbehavior.)
2. AllDP600profilesandprocessesthatexpectand/orprovidemultichannelor
multiprogramaudiomustbecontainedinasinglefile(thatis,allchannelsare
interleaved).Forthisreason,theDP600doesnotsupportdiscrete(mono)inputfiles
that(together)compriseacompletemultichannelaudioprogram.
3. ForanyDP600profilesthatexpectaPCM.wavsourcefile,theDolby®metadata
chunk1isoptional.Incaseswherethemetadatachunkisnotpresent,theDP600
processesutilizeadefaultsetofmetadataparameters,exceptwherenotedinthe
profiledescriptionsprovidedonthefollowingpagesinthisappendix.Forthisreason,
theDolbymetadatachunkisrequiredtoobtainfullcontroloverany/allDolby
metadataparameters(onafile‐by‐filebasis).
4. Alldecoder‐relatedprofilesthatoutputPCM.wavfilesdefaultto16‐bitsampledepths
(unlessnotedotherwise),exceptforDolbyEdecoding,whichdefaultsto24‐bit
sampledepths.
5. Unlessotherwisenoted,manyfilesprocessedbytheDP600(thatis,theoutputfiles)
containthetextstring-corrected,whichisappendedtotheinputfilename.For
example,asourcefilenamesuchasDP600_test.mpgresultsinaprocessedfilenamed
DP600_test-corrected.mpginyourdestinationdirectory.
Note: DP600profileinformationisupdatedperiodically.Forthelatestinformationon
DP600profiles,pleasegototheDP600areaonwww.dolbysupport.com.
1TheDolbymetadatachunkspecificationisavailableuponrequest.