Differences In Audio Recording - Panasonic HVX200A - Camcorder - 1080p Manual Book

2. Advantages of DVCPRO HD

2-4 Differences in Audio Recording

DVCPRO HD format supports professional-level audio specifications with up to
eight channels of uncompressed 48-kHz, 16-bit digital sound. AG-HVX200 itself
can record up to four channels of audio.
In HDV, audio recorded in MP2 format is compressed to 384 kilobits per second.
Comparison between HDV and DVCPRO HD in Audio Recording
Compression
Sampling
Quantizing
Channel
15
HDV
Compressed
(MP2:MPEG-1
Audio Layer II)
48 kHz
16 bit
2 channels
Compressed
(MPEG-2
Audio Layer II)
48 kHz
16 bit
4 channels
with AG-HVX200)
DVCPRO HD
Uncompressed
(Linear PCM)
48 kHz
16 bit
8 channels
(4 channels