Scene

On a VIDEO CD with PBC functions (page 16), the menu screens, moving pictures, and still pictures are divided into sections called “scenes”. Each scene is assigned a scene number enabling you to locate the scene you want.

Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a new high quality audio disc standard that records using the DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format instead of the PCM format used for current CDs, etc. The DSD format has a sampling frequency 64 times that of current CDs, and uses 1-bit quantization to ensure a sufficient dynamic range and more faithfully reproduce the original sound over a vastly wider playback range and audible range than current CDs.

There are various types of Super Audio CD as follows.

•Super Audio CD (single layer disc)

Discs with only a single HD (high density) layer (high density signal layer for Super Audio CD)

•Super Audio CD (dual layer disc)

Discs with two HD layers that allow long- time playback. These discs have a two-layer structure but only one side is read, so there is no need to turn over the disc.

•Super Audio CD+CD (hybrid disc) Two-layer discs with a HD layer and a CD layer. These discs have a two-layer structure but only one side is read, so there is no need to turn over the disc. In addition, the CD layer contents can be played even by a normal CD player.

•Two-channel + multi-channel Super Audio CD discs

Super Audio CD discs with both a two- channel area and a multi-channel area recorded in the HD layer.

Title

The longest sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD; a movie, etc., for a picture piece on video software; or an album, etc., for a music piece on audio software. Each title is assigned a title number enabling you to locate the title you want.

Track

Sections of a picture or a music piece on a CD, VIDEO CD, MP3 or JPEG. Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to locate the track you want.

Disc

DVDTitle structure

Chapter

Disc

VIDEO CD/ Track

CD/Super

Audio CD

structure Index

Disc

MP3Album structure

Track

Disc

JPEG Album structure

File

VIDEO CD

A compact disc that contains moving pictures. The picture data uses the MPEG 1 format, one of the worldwide standards for digital compression technology. The picture data is compressed to about 1/140 of its original size. Consequently, a 12 cm VIDEO CD can contain up to 74 minutes of moving pictures.

VIDEO CDs also contain compact audio data. Sounds outside the range of human hearing are compressed while the sounds we can hear are not compressed. VIDEO CDs can hold 6 times the audio information of conventional audio CDs.

There are 2 versions of VIDEO CDs.

•Version 1.1: You can play only moving pictures and sounds.

•Version 2.0: You can play high-resolution

still pictures and enjoy PBC functions. This system conforms to both versions.

70GB