Yamaha DVD-S559 CD-R/RW compatibility, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RWcompatibility, About WMA, About DivX

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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.

Super VCD

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, DVD-R/RWcompatibility

•Compatible formats: DVD-Video, Video Recording (VR)*

*DVD-RW only. 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, 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	English
WMA files – do not use for other file types)
DRM in the Glossary on page 39)
• File extensions: .mp3, .wma (these must be
used for the player to recognize MP3 and

About WMA

The Windows Media® logo indicates that this player can playback Windows Media Audio content.

WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. WMA content can be encoded by using Windows

Media® Player version 7, 7.1, Windows Media®

Player for Windows® XP, or Windows Media® Player 9 Series.

Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other countries.

About DivX

DivX is a compressed digital video format

created by the DivX® video codec from DivXNetworks, Inc. This player can play DivX video files burned on CD-R/RW/ROM discs. Keeping the same terminology as DVD-Video, individual DivX video files are called "Titles". When naming files/titles on a CD-R/RW disc prior to burning, keep in mind that by default they will be played in alphabetical order.

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