Dolby Laboratories DVD26 manual Playing MP3S, MP3 compatibility information

MP3 compatibility information

•The CD-ROM must be ISO 9660 compatible.

•Mono or stereo MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 format, 44.1 or 48kHz, fixed bit-rate. Incompatible files will not play and a questionmark will be displayed.

•Not compatible with variable bit-rate (VBR) files.

•This player only plays tracks that are named with the file extension “.mp3” or “.MP3”.

•This player is not compatible with multi-session discs. If you try and play a multi-session disc, only the first session will be played.

•Use CD-R or CD-RW media for recording your MP3 files. The disc must be finalized in order to play.

•Audio encoded at 128Kbps should sound close to re- gular audio CD quality. Although this player will play lower bit-rate MP3 tracks, the sound quality becomes noticeably worse at lower bit-rates.

•Only the first 11 characters of folder and track names (excluding the “.mp3” extension) are displayed.

•This player can recognize a maximum of 250 folders and 250 tracks. Discs containing more than 250 folders or tracks will play, but only the first 250 folders/tracks.

PLAYING MP3'S

This chapter explains how to play MP3 -files on CD-Rom discs.

Caution!

•DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs recorded using a personal computer or a DVD or CD recorder may not play if the disc is damaged or dirty, or if there is dirt or condensation on the player’s lens.

•If you record a disc using a personal computer, even if it is recorded in a compatible format, there are cases in which it may not play because of the settings of the application software used to create the disc. (Check with the software publisher for more detailed infor- mation.)

•Unfinalized DVD-R/RW discs cannot be played.

•Unfinalized CD-R/RW discs can be played, but not all time information (playing time, etc.) will be displayed.

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