Viewing Restriction
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This is a DVD video function that "Restricts playing of discs that support viewing restrictions, in accordance with the regulated levels of each country." Restrictions differ by DVD video and may completely prevent playing of the video or may skip or insert alternate scenes for extreme scenes.
This is the largest unit for divisions of video or songs recorded on a DVD video. Usually a single movie is treated as a title by video software and a single album (or song) is treated as a single title by music software. The consecutive numbers attached to titles are called title numbers.
This is a unit for divisions of video or songs recorded on a DVD video, but it is a smaller unit than a title. A single title is made up of several chapters, and the consecutive numbers attached to chapters are called chapter numbers.
This is one feature of DVD video, where viewpoints of the same scene are changed by recording from several different angles (camera positions), allowing the viewer to select the preferred angle.
This is one feature of DVD video, where the same scene is recorded with several different languages and subtitles, allowing the viewer to select the preferred language.
DVD players and DVD discs have a region code that enables playing by geographic marketing regions, and a disc cannot be played if the number recorded on the disc is not included in the region codes of the player. Refer to page 68 for details on region codes.
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