Glossary, Album, Chapter – Sony CMT-DH30 User Manual

Page 104: Divx, Dolby digital, Dvd video

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CMT-DH3.GB.3-097-194-11(1)

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Glossary

Album

Section of a music or picture piece on

a DATA CD or DATA DVD containing

MP3 audio tracks, JPEG image files or

DivX image file.

Chapter

Subdivision of a title on a DVD VIDEO.

A title is composed of several chapters.

DivX

®

Digital video technology created by

DivX, Inc. Videos encoded with DivX

technology are among the highest quality

with a relatively small file size.

Dolby Digital

This sound format for movie theaters is

more advanced than Dolby Surround

Pro Logic. In this format, the surround

speakers output stereo sound with

an expanded frequency range and a

subwoofer channel for deep bass is

independently provided. This format is

also called “5.1” because the subwoofer

channel is counted as 0.1 channel (since

it functions only when a deep bass effect

is needed). All six channels in this format

are recorded separately to realize superior

channel separation. Furthermore, since

all the signals are processed digitally, less

signal degradation occurs.

DTS

Digital audio compression technology

that the Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

developed. This technology conforms

to 5.1-channel surround. The surround

channel is stereo and there is discrete

subwoofer channel in this format. DTS

provides the same 5.1 discrete channels

of high quality digital audio. The good

channel separation is realized because the

all channel data is recorded discrete and

processed in digital.

DVD VIDEO

A disc that contains up to 8 hours of

moving pictures even though its diameter

is the same as an AUDIO CD.

The data capacity of a single-layer and

single-sided DVD VIDEO, at 4.7 GB

(Giga Byte), is 7 times that of an AUDIO

CD. Furthermore, the data capacity of a

dual-layer and single-sided DVD VIDEO

is 8.5 GB, a single-layer and double-sided

DVD VIDEO 9.4 GB, and a dual-layer

and double-sided DVD VIDEO 17 GB.

The picture data uses the MPEG 2

format, one of the worldwide standards

for digital compression technology. The

picture data is compressed to about 1/40

of its original size. The DVD VIDEO

also uses variable rate coding technology

that changes the data to be allocated

according to the status of the picture.

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