A Short Glossary Of Dvd Terminology - RCA RC5500P User Manual

A Short Glossary of DVD Terminology

A Short Glossary of DVD Terminology
Angles When making a DVD, the studio can incorporate
various camera angles which you can select by using the
ANGLE button on the remote. Note that not all DVDs
contain multiple camera angles.
Author Menu The Author menu is the menu on a disc
that allows you to change settings for that disc. We call it
the "Author" menu because its features are "authored" by
the maker of the disc, and may vary from disc to disc.
Chapter Each Title on a DVD can be divided into
chapters (similar to tracks on an audio CD).
Dolby Digital This format is used when 5.1-channel
audio signals are recorded onto the digital track of film. It
provides five separate (discrete) channels: left, right,
center, left rear, right rear, and common subwoofer.
If you have a Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder, you will
obtain the full benefit of Pro Logic from the same DVD
movies that provide full 5.1-channel Dolby Digital
soundtracks, as well as from titles with the Dolby
Surround mark.
Title A DVD may contain several different titles; for
example, if a disc contains four different movies, each
might be considered a title (and each may have several
Chapters within it).
Subtitling Because so much information can be stored
on a DVD, many discs may contain foreign language
subtitles.
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