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Disc / content format playback
compatibility
This player is compatible with a wide range of
disc types (media) and formats. Playable discs
will generally feature one of the following logos
on the disc and/or disc packaging. Note
however that some disc types, such as
recordable CD and DVD, may be in an
unplayable format—see below for further
compatibility information.
Please also note that recordable discs cannot be
recorded using this player.
•
is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo
Licensing Corporation.
• is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
• Also compatible with KODAK Picture CD
This player supports the IEC’s Super VCD stan-
dard. Compared to the Video CD standard,
Super VCD offers superior picture quality, and
allows two stereo soundtracks to be recorded.
Super VCD also supports the widescreen size.
CD-R/RW compatibility
• Compatible formats: CD-Audio, Video CD/
Super VCD, ISO 9660 CD-ROM* containing
MP3, WMA, JPEG or DivX video files
*
ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD
physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1.
Romeo and Joliet file systems are both
compatible with this player.
• Multi-session playback: No
• Unfinalized disc playback: No
•File structure (may differ): Up to 299 folders
on a disc; up to 648 folders and files
(combined) within each folder
DVD-R/RW compatibility
• Compatible formats: DVD-Video, Video
Recording (VR)*
*
Edit points may not play exactly as edited;
screen may go momentarily blank at edited
points.
• Unfinalized playback: No
• WMA/MP3/JPEG file playback on DVD-R/
RW: No
Compressed audio compatibility
•Compatible formats: MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
(MP3), Windows Media Audio (WMA)
• Sampling rates: 32, 44.1 or 48kHz
• Bit-rates: Any (128Kbps or higher
recommended)
• VBR (variable bit rate) MP3 playback: No
• VBR WMA playback: No
• WMA lossless encoding compatible: No
• DRM (Digital Rights Management)
compatible: Yes (DRM-protected audio
files will
not
play in this player—see also
DRM
in the
Glossary
on page 42)
•File extensions: .mp3, .wma (these must be
used for the player to recognize MP3 and
WMA files – do not use for other file types)
DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW
Video CD
Fujicolor CD
Audio CD CD-R CD-RW
Super VCD
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