Compressed Audio Compatibility - Pioneer DVR-640H-S Operating Instructions Manual

Before you start
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• Multi-session playback: Yes (except CD-
Audio and Video CD/Super VCD)
• Unfinalized disc playback: CD-Audio
only

Compressed audio compatibility

• Compatible media: CD-ROM, CD-R,
CD-RW
DVR-640H-S only: USB
• Compatible formats: MPEG-1 Audio
Layer 3 (MP3), Windows Media Audio
(WMA)
• Sampling rates: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz or
48 kHz
• Bit-rates: Any (128 Kbps or higher
recommended)
• Variable bit-rate (VBR) MP3 playback:
Yes
• VBR WMA playback: No
• WMA encoder compatibility: Windows
Media Codec 8 (files encoded using
Windows Media Codec 9 may be playable
but some parts of the specification are not
supported; specifically, Pro, Lossless,
Voice and VBR)
• DRM (Digital Rights Management)
playback: No
• File extensions: .mp3, .wma (these must
be used for the recorder to recognize
MP3 and WMA files – do not use for
other file types)
• File structure: Up to 99 folders / 999 files
(if these limits are exceeded, only files
and folders up to these limits are
playable)
Note
1 DRM (digital rights management) copy protection is a technology designed to prevent unauthorized copying by
restricting playback, etc. of compressed audio files on devices other than the PC (or other recording equipment)
used to record it. For detailed information, please see the instruction manuals or help files that came with your
PC and/or software.
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WMA (Windows Media Audio)
compatibility
The Windows Media
box indicates that this recorder 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
®
Windows XP, Windows Media
Windows Media
Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows
logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries.
DivX video compatibility
1
file
DivX is a compressed digital video format
created by the DivX
Inc. This recorder 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.
®
logo printed on the
®
Player for
®
Player 9 or
®
Player 10 series.
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video codec from DivX,