Operation Manual

Chapter 4: Configuration
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• The Aspect Ratio depends on the DVD title. 16:9 is the ratio
for most widescreen titled DVDs and widescreen televisions
nowadays.
• The Display Mode is read from your DVD title.
• Source picture resolution is the size of the resolution. The
DVD standard is 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL).
• Frame Rate is number of frames per second. 30 is the
standard for NTSC and 25 for PAL (MPEG-1 and 2).
• Source picture letterboxed denotes if DVD title is letterboxed
(4:3 screen ratio).
• Bitrate is the maximum bitrate size for the entire movie.
Audio Attributes
• The Audio Coding mode is the decoding mode, for example,
Dolby Digital (AC-3).
• The Sampling Rate determines the sound frequency range;
the higher, the better the quality.
• The Audio application mode displays the audio mode of
some DVD titles (such as karaoke or Surround sound titles),
but is not available for most DVDs.
• Number of Audio Channels calculates the total number of
audio channels for a given DVD title.
• Bitrate is naturally a lot smaller in size as compared to video
here and is measured in kilobits per second as opposed to
megabits per second for video.
• Number of Audio Streams calculates the total number of
streams (i.e. languages, commentaries or karaoke) for a given
DVD title. Each stream will have a different total for audio
channels. For e.g., some streams may support Dolby Digital
5.1 (6 channels total), while some may just be your basic two
channels.