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Glossary
Decoder
A decoder restores the coded audio signals on DVDs to normal.
This is called decoding.
Dolby Digital
This is a method of coding digital signals developed by Dolby
Laboratories. Apart from stereo (2-channel) audio, these signals can
also be multi-channel audio. A large amount of audio information can
be recorded on one disc using this method.
DTS (Digital Theater Systems)
This surround system is used in many movie theaters around the
world. There is good separation between the channels, so realistic
sound effects are possible.
Dynamic range
Dynamic range is the difference between the lowest level of sound
that can be heard above the noise of the equipment and the highest
level of sound before distortion occurs.
Film and video
DVD-Videos are recorded using either film or video. This unit can
determine which type has been used, then uses the most suitable
method of progressive output.
For NTSC
Film is 24 or 30 frames per second, with motion picture film generally
being 24 frames per second.
Video is 60 fields per second (two fields making up one frame).
For PAL
Film is 25 frames per second.
Video is 50 fields per second (two fields making up one frame).
Frame still and field still
Frames are the still pictures that go together to make a moving picture.
There are about 30 frames shown each second.
One frame is made up of two fields. A regular television shows these
fields one after the other to create frames.
A still is shown when you pause a moving picture. A frame still is
made up of two alternating fields, so the picture may appear blurred,
but overall quality is high.
A field still is not blurred, but it has only half the information of a frame
still so picture quality is lower.
Language code list
Abkhazian:
6566
Afar:
6565
Afrikaans:
6570
Albanian:
8381
Ameharic:
6577
Arabic:
6582
Armenian:
7289
Assamese:
6583
Aymara:
6589
Azerbaijani:
6590
Bashkir:
6665
Basque:
6985
Bengali; Bangla:
6678
Bhutani:
6890
Bihari:
6672
Breton:
6682
Bulgarian:
6671
Burmese:
7789
Byelorussian:
6669
Cambodian:
7577
Catalan:
6765
Chinese:
9072
Corsican:
6779
Croatian:
7282
Czech:
6783
Danish:
6865
Italian:
Dutch:
7876
Japanese:
English:
6978
Javanese:
Esperanto:
6979
Kannada:
Estonian:
6984
Kashmiri:
Faroese:
7079
Kazakh:
Fiji:
7074
Kirghiz:
Finnish:
7073
Korean:
French:
7082
Kurdish:
Laotian:
Frisian:
7089
Galician:
7176
Latin:
Georgian:
7565
Latvian, Lettish:
German:
6869
Lingala:
Greek:
6976
Lithuanian:
Greenlandic:
7576
Macedonian:
Guarani:
7178
Malagasy:
Gujarati:
7185
Malay:
Hausa:
7265
Malayalam:
Hebrew:
7387
Maltese:
Hindi:
7273
Maori:
Hungarian:
7285
Marathi:
Icelandic:
7383
Moldavian:
Indonesian:
7378
Mongolian:
Interlingua:
7365
Nauru:
Irish:
7165
Nepali:
Progressive/Interlace
The PAL video signal standard has 576 (or 625) interlaced (i) scan
lines, whereas progressive scanning, called 576p (or 625p), uses twice
the number of scan lines. For the NTSC standard, these are called
480i (or 525i) and 480p (or 525p) respectively.
Using progressive output, you can enjoy the high-resolution video
recorded on media such as DVD-Video.
Your television must be compatible to enjoy progressive video.
I/P/B
MPEG 2, the video compression standard adapted for use with
DVD-Video, codes frames using these 3 picture types.
I: Intra coded picture
This picture has the best quality and is the best to use when
adjusting the picture.
P: Predictive coded picture
This picture is calculated based on past I or P-pictures.
B: Bidirectionally-predictive coded picture
This picture is calculated by comparing past and future I and
P-pictures so it has the lowest volume of information.
Linear PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)
These are uncompressed digital signals, similar to those found on
CDs.
Playback control (PBC)
If a Video CD has playback control, you can select scenes and
information with menus.
Sampling frequency
Sampling is the process of converting the heights of sound wave
(analog signal) samples taken at set periods into digits (digital encoding).
Sampling frequency is the number of samples taken per second, so
larger numbers mean more faithful reproduction of the original sound.
7384
Norwegian:
7879
7465
Oriya:
7982
7487
Pashto, Pushto:
8083
7578
Persian:
7065
7583
Polish:
8076
7575
Portuguese:
8084
Punjabi:
8065
7589
7579
Quechua:
8185
7585
Rhaeto-Romance: 8277
7679
Romanian:
8279
7665
Russian:
8285
7686
Samoan:
8377
7678
Sanskrit:
8365
7684
Scots Gaelic:
7168
7775
Serbian:
8382
7771
Serbo-Croatian:
8372
7783
Shona:
8378
7776
Sindhi:
8368
7784
Singhalese:
8373
7773
Slovak:
8375
7782
Slovenian:
8376
7779
Somali:
8379
7778
Spanish:
6983
7865
Sundanese:
8385
7869
Swahili:
8387
Swedish:
8386
Tagalog:
8476
Tajik:
8471
Tamil:
8465
Tatar:
8484
Telugu:
8469
Thai:
8472
Tibetan:
6679
Tigrinya:
8473
Tonga:
8479
Turkish:
8482
Turkmen:
8475
Twi:
8487
Ukrainian:
8575
Urdu:
8582
Uzbek:
8590
Vietnamese:
8673
Volapük:
8679
Welsh:
6789
Wolof:
8779
Xhosa:
8872
Yiddish:
7473
Yoruba:
8979
Zulu:
9085
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