About Wma; About Divx; Compressed Audio Compatibility - Yamaha DVD-S559 Owner's Manual

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

About WMA

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The Windows Media
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
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
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created by the DivX
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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