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AuthoringWare
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Advanced SDK |
Standard SDK |
DVD Spec |
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Number of
Titles (max) |
99 |
99 |
99 |
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Number of
Video Title Sets (max) |
99 |
1 |
99 |
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Number of
menus per VTS Menu (max) |
639 |
639 |
65536 |
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Number of
menus per VTS Title (max)
(Menus in
Titles) |
99 |
0 |
65536 |
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Number of
Camera Angles |
9 |
1 |
9 |
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Source format
of
Menu Background/Highlight Pattern |
24-bit bmp
jpg |
24-bit bmp
jpg |
N/A |
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Number of
Audio Stream in Title (max) |
8 |
1 |
8 |
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Number of
Subtitle Streams (max) |
8 |
1 |
32 |
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Number of
Chapters / Title (max) |
99 |
99 |
99 |
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Number of
PTT / Title (max) |
99 |
99 |
99 |
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Number of
Slides / Title (max) |
99 |
99 |
N/A |
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Number of
Chapter / VTS (max) |
999 |
999 |
999 |
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Number of
Cells / VTS Menu (max) |
10 |
1 |
255 |
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Number of
Cells / Title Program |
1
(up to 9
cells in multiple angles program) |
1 |
255 |
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Closed
Captions Support |
Yes, SCC
Format |
Yes, SCC
Format |
Line21
Switch |
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Highlight
Buttons / Menu (max) |
36 |
36 |
36 |
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Custom
defined Menus/Buttons |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
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Motion Menu
with highlighted Buttons |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Still Menu
or Still Menu with audio |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Source
Slide/Still Menu Format |
24-bit
bitmap
jpg* |
24-bit
bitmap
jpg* |
N/A |
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DVD-A like
audio title |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
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Joining
video clips (segment video clips) |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
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Menu and
Subpicture aspect ratio |
4:3 or 16:9 |
4:3 or 16:9 |
4:3 or 16:9 |
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16:9
Menu/Slides Playing on 4:3 Monitor |
Pan&Scan
Letterbox |
Pan&Scan
Letterbox |
Pan&Scan
Letterbox |
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Number of Subtitles for 16:9 Video |
16:9
Pan&Scan
Letterbox |
16:9
Pan&Scan
Letterbox |
N/A |
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Number of Highlight Subpictures for 16:9 Menu |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
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No. of Button Groups in 16:9 Menu |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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Button Highlight Delay |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
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Video Manager Menu ( VMG Menu ) |
639 |
0 |
65536 |
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Highlighted Pattern/Background colors |
16/16
entries |
16/16
entries |
16/16
entries |
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Highlighted Pattern/Background contrast |
16/16
levels |
16/16
levels |
16/16
levels |
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Jump, Link, Set and the combinations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Total Pre/Post/Cell Command counts |
128 in each
PGC |
128 in each
PGC |
128 in each
PGC |
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Cell Command support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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General Parameter Accessibility |
16 GPRM’s |
16 GPRM’s |
16 GPRM’s |
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Input MPEG video file types |
Elementary,
Program,
VOB
VRO
VOB joining
VOB
re-sequencing |
Elementary,
Program,
VOB
VRO |
N/A |
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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 |
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MPEG encoded bases |
Frame
encoded
Field
encoded |
Frame
encoded
Field
encoded |
N/A |
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Input audio file types |
WAV, AC-3,
DTS, MPEG1/L2, |
WAV, AC-3,
DTS, MPEG1/L2, |
PCM, AC-3,
DTS, MPEG1/L2, MPEG2, SDDS |
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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 |
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DTS Audio Types |
Compact
Padded
WAV |
Compact
Padded
WAV |
N/A |
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AC-3 Audio Types |
Motorola
byte order
Intel byte
order |
Motorola
byte order
Intel byte
order |
N/A |
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Audio Channels (PCM) |
2 |
2 |
1 – 8 |
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Audio Channels (AC3) |
1 – 5.1 |
1 – 5.1 |
1 – 6 |
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Audio Channels (DTS) |
1 – 5.1 |
1 – 5.1 |
1 – 6 |
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Audio Channels (MPEG 1) |
1 – 2 |
1 – 2 |
1 – 2 |
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Slide Shows Support (with or without background music) |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
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Subtitle Encoding |
Run-Length
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Run-Length |
Run-Length |
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Subtitle Extraction |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
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Subtitle packets re-muxing |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
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Subtitle packet de-compress to BMP picture |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
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UOP |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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NextPGCn (Title & Menu)
PrevPGCn (Title & Menu)
GoUpPGCn (Title & Menu) |
Yes |
For Titles
only |
Yes |
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External Video Title Set (VTS-IFO) Import |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
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TV
System Support |
NTSC & PAL |
NTSC & PAL |
NTSC & PAL |
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Two Layer Support (8.3 GB) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Layer Break Address (DVD-9) |
User
Defined |
N/A |
N/A |
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Disc Image Format |
ISO9660/UDF
1.02 |
ISO9660/UDF
1.02 |
ISO9660/UDF
1.02 |
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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 |
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Multiple Disc Recording |
Yes |
Single disc
only |
N/A |
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DLT Tape Format |
CMF (DDP
2.1)
DDP 2.0 |
N/A |
CMF |
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CSS Support |
Yes
(at DLT
level) |
No |
N/A |
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Sector size on DLT image(s) |
2048 bytes
2054 bytes |
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