Glossary - Sony PMC-222V Operating Instructions Manual

Glossary

PBC Playback
Playback using the menus* recorded on
VIDEO CDs with PBC functions. You
can enjoy simple interactive operations
using the PBC Playback.
Playback Control (PBC)
Signals encoded on VIDEO CDs
(Version 2.0) to control playback.
By using menus* recorded on VIDEO
CDs with PBC functions, you can enjoy
playing simple interactive software,
software with search functions, and so
on. When you insert a VIDEO CD with
PBC functions on this player, "PBC"
appears on the display.
VIDEO CD
A compact disc containing moving
pictures. Picture data is compressed to
1/120th of the original data in the MPEG
1 format (one of the worldwide
standards of digital compression
technologies) and recorded on a disc.
A 12 cm VIDEO CD can reproduce up to
74 minute's length of moving pictures.
Audio data is also compressed so that a
VIDEO CD can contain 6 times as much
audio data as an audio CD.
There are 2 versions of VIDEO CDs.
• Version 1.1: You can play only moving
pictures and sounds.
• Version 2.0: You can play still
pictures* and enjoy PBC functions.
* Please note that what you can do with
the Version 2.0 VIDEO CD differs
according to the CD you use.
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