Panasonic SC-HT990 Tips for making data discs, MP3, Menus, Playing data discs using navigation

Tips for making data discs

≥When there are more than 8 groups, the eighth group onwards will be displayed on one vertical line in the menu screen.

≥There may be differences in the display order on the menu screen and computer screen.

≥This unit cannot play files recorded using packet write.

DVD-RAM

≥Discs must conform to UDF 2.0.

DVD-R/RW

≥Discs must conform to UDF bridge (UDF 1.02/ISO9660).

≥This unit does not support multi-session. Only the default session is played.

CD-R/RW

≥Discs must conform to ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for extended formats).

≥This unit supports multi-session but if there are many sessions it takes more time for play to start. Keep the number of sessions to a minimum to avoid this.

Naming folders and files

(Files are treated as contents and folders are treated as groups on this unit.)

At the time of recording, prefix folder and file names. This should be with numbers that have an equal number of digits, and should be done in the order you want to play them (this may not work at times).

Files must have the extension (➜ below).

[WMA] (Extension: “.WMA” or “.wma”)

≥Compatible compression rate: between 48 kbps and 320 kbps

≥You cannot play WMA files that are copy-protected.

≥This unit does not support Multiple Bit Rate (MBR).

[MP3] (Extension: “.MP3” or “.mp3”)

≥Compatible compression rate: between 32 kbps and 320 kbps

≥This unit does not support ID3 tags.

≥Compatible sampling rates:

–DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW: 11.02, 12, 22.05, 24, 44.1 and 48 kHz

–CD-R/RW: 8, 11.02, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz

e.g. [MP3]

root

001 group

001track.mp3

002track.mp3

003track.mp3

002group

001 track.mp3

003 group 002 track.mp3

003 track.mp3

004 track.mp3

001track.mp3

002track.mp3

003track.mp3

menus

[JPEG] (Extension: “.JPG”, “.jpg”, “.JPEG” or “.jpeg”)

≥JPEG files taken on a digital camera that conform to DCF Standard (Design rule for Camera File system) Version 1.0 are displayed. Files that have been altered, edited or saved with computer picture editing software may not be displayed.

≥This unit cannot display moving pictures, MOTION JPEG and other such formats, and still pictures other than JPEG (e.g. TIFF), or play pictures with attached audio.

[MPEG4] (Extension: “.ASF” or “.asf”)

≥You can play MPEG4 data [conforming to SD VIDEO specifications (ASF standard)/MPEG4 (Simple Profile) video system/G.726 audio system] recorded with Panasonic SD multi cameras or DVD video recorders with this unit.

≥The recording date may differ from that of the actual date.

[DivX] (Extension: “.DIVX”, “.divx”, “.AVI” or “.avi”)

≥You can play all versions of DivX® video (including DivX®6) [DivX video system/MP3, Dolby Digital or MPEG audio system] with standard playback of DivX® media files. Functions added with DivX Ultra are not supported.

≥GMC (Global Motion Compensation) is not supported.

≥DivX files greater than 2 GB or have no index may not be played properly on this unit.

≥This unit supports all resolutions up to maximum of 720 k480 (NTSC)/720 k576 (PAL).

≥You can select up to 8 types of audio and subtitles on this unit.

Playing data discs using navigation

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