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Advanced SDK

Standard SDK

DVD Spec

Number of Titles (max)

99

99

99

Number of Video Title Sets (max)

99

1

99

Number of menus per VTS Menu (max)

639

639

65536

Number of menus per VTS Title (max)

(Menus in Titles)

99

0

65536

Number of Camera Angles

9

1

9

Source format of Menu Background/Highlight Pattern

24-bit bmp

jpg

24-bit bmp

jpg

N/A

Number of Audio Stream in Title (max)

8

1

8

Number of Subtitle Streams (max)

8

1

32

Number of Chapters / Title (max)

99

99

99

Number of PTT / Title (max)

99

99

99

Number of Slides / Title (max)

99

99

N/A

Number of Chapter / VTS (max)

999

999

999

Number of Cells / VTS Menu (max)

10

1

255

Number of Cells / Title Program

1

(up to 9 cells in multiple angles program)

1

255

Closed Captions Support

Yes, SCC Format

Yes, SCC Format

Line21 Switch

Highlight Buttons / Menu (max)

36

36

36

Custom defined Menus/Buttons

Yes

Yes

N/A

Motion Menu with highlighted Buttons

Yes

Yes

Yes

Still Menu or Still Menu with audio

Yes

Yes

Yes

Source Slide/Still Menu Format

24-bit bitmap

jpg*

24-bit bitmap

jpg*

N/A

DVD-A like audio title

Yes

Yes

N/A

Joining video clips (segment video clips)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Menu and Subpicture aspect ratio

4:3 or 16:9

4:3 or 16:9

4:3 or 16:9

16:9 Menu/Slides Playing on 4:3 Monitor

Pan&Scan

Letterbox

Pan&Scan

Letterbox

Pan&Scan

Letterbox

Number of Subtitles for 16:9 Video

16:9

Pan&Scan

Letterbox

16:9

Pan&Scan

Letterbox

N/A

Number of Highlight Subpictures for 16:9 Menu

3

3

N/A

No. of Button Groups in 16:9 Menu

2

2

3

Button Highlight Delay

Yes

N/A

Yes

Video Manager Menu ( VMG Menu )

639

0

65536

Highlighted Pattern/Background colors

16/16 entries

16/16 entries

16/16 entries

Highlighted Pattern/Background contrast

16/16 levels

16/16 levels

16/16 levels

Jump, Link, Set and the combinations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Total Pre/Post/Cell Command counts

128 in each PGC

128 in each PGC

128 in each PGC

Cell Command support

Yes

No

Yes

General Parameter Accessibility

16 GPRM’s

16 GPRM’s

16 GPRM’s

Input MPEG video file types

Elementary,

Program,

VOB

VRO

VOB joining

VOB re-sequencing

Elementary,

Program,

VOB

VRO

N/A

Video Frame Rate

23.976 fps,

24 fps,

25 fps,

29.976 fps

23.976 fps,

24 fps,

25 fps,

29.976 fps

25 fps,

29.976 fps

MPEG encoded bases

Frame encoded

Field encoded

Frame encoded

Field encoded

N/A

Input audio file types

WAV, AC-3, DTS, MPEG1/L2,

WAV, AC-3, DTS, MPEG1/L2,

PCM, AC-3, DTS, MPEG1/L2, MPEG2, SDDS

PCM Audio Types (Packaged only in Wav)

16/48, 20/48, 24/48, 16/96, 20/96, 24/96

16/48, 20/48, 24/48, 16/96, 20/96, 24/96

16/48, 20/48, 24/48, 16/96, 20/96, 24/96

DTS Audio Types

Compact

Padded

WAV

Compact

Padded

WAV

N/A

AC-3 Audio Types

Motorola byte order

Intel byte order

Motorola byte order

Intel byte order

N/A

Audio Channels (PCM)

2

2

1 – 8

Audio Channels (AC3)

1 – 5.1

1 – 5.1

1 – 6

Audio Channels (DTS)

1 – 5.1

1 – 5.1

1 – 6

Audio Channels (MPEG 1)

1 – 2

1 – 2

1 – 2

Slide Shows Support (with or without background music)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Subtitle Encoding

Run-Length

Run-Length

Run-Length

Subtitle Extraction

Yes

Yes

N/A

Subtitle packets re-muxing

Yes

Yes

N/A

Subtitle packet de-compress to BMP picture

Yes

Yes

N/A

UOP

Yes

Yes

Yes

NextPGCn (Title & Menu)

PrevPGCn (Title & Menu)

GoUpPGCn (Title & Menu)

Yes

For Titles only

Yes

External Video Title Set (VTS-IFO) Import

Yes

No

N/A

TV System Support

NTSC & PAL

NTSC & PAL

NTSC & PAL

Two Layer Support (8.3 GB)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Layer Break Address (DVD-9)

User Defined

N/A

N/A

Disc Image Format

ISO9660/UDF 1.02

ISO9660/UDF 1.02

ISO9660/UDF 1.02

Disc Recording

DVD-R/RW

DVD+R/RW

DVD+R9

CD-R/RW

DVD-R/RW

DVD+R/RW

DVD+R9

CD-R/RW

DVD-R/RW

DVD-RAM

Multiple Disc Recording

Yes

Single disc only

N/A

DLT Tape Format

CMF (DDP 2.1)

DDP 2.0

N/A

CMF

CSS Support

Yes

(at DLT level)

No

N/A

Sector size on DLT image(s)

2048 bytes

2054 bytes