Appendix

Appendix

ISO 9660 format

This is the international standard for the format logic of DVD/CD-ROM folders and files. For the ISO9660 format, there are regulations for the following two levels:

!Level 1:

The file name is in 8.3 format (the name consists of up to eight characters, half-byte English capital letters, half-byte numerals and the “_” sign, with a file-extension of three characters).

!Level 2:

The file name can have up to 31 characters (including the separation mark “.” and a file extension). Each folder contains less than eight hierarchies.

!Extended formats Joliet:

File names can have up to 64 characters. Romeo:

File names can have up to 128 characters.

JPEG

This stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, and is an international still image compression standard.

MP3

MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3. It is an audio compression standard established by a working group (MPEG) of the ISO (Interna- tional Organization for Standardization). MP3 is able to compress audio data to about 1/10th the size of a conventional disc.

MPEG

This stands for Moving Pictures Experts Group, and is an international video image compression standard.

Multi-angle

With regular TV programs, although multiple cameras are used to simultaneously shoot scenes, only images from one camera at a time are transmitted to your TV. Some DVDs feature scenes shot from multiple angles, letting you choose your viewing angle as desired.

Multi-audio (Multilingual dialog) Some videos feature dialog recorded in multiple languages or audio recorded in multiple tracks. For example, dialog in up to eight languages can be recorded on a single DVD-Vi- deo, letting you choose the language as desired.

Multi-session

Multi-session is a recording method that allows additional data to be recorded later. When recording data on a CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW, etc., all data from beginning to end is treated as a single unit or session. Multi-session is a method of recording more than two sessions in one disc.

Multi-subtitle

For example, subtitles in up to 32 languages can be recorded on a single DVD-Video, letting you choose as desired.

Packet write

This is a general term for a method of writing individual files to a CD-R, etc. whenever re- quired, just as is done with files on floppy or hard disks.

Parental lock

Some DVD-Video discs with violent or adult-oriented scenes feature parental lock which prevents children from viewing such scenes. With this kind of disc, if you set the unit’s parental lock level, playback of scenes inappropriate for children will be disabled, or these scenes will be skipped.

Phone book

An address book on user’s phone is collectively referred to as “Phone book”. Depending on the cellular phone, the phone book may be called a name such as “Contacts”, “Business card” or something else.

Point Of Interest (POI)

Any of a range of locations stored in the data, such as railway stations, shops, restaurants, and amusement parks.

226 En