Operation Manual

CyberLink PowerDVD
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MCAM, IMC3, etc. is displayed and may include other formats.
After installing CyberLink PowerDVD, the diagnostic program
will automatically determine the best format.
Surface Type: The default commonly used that supports display
captions is overlay, Hardware Video Accelerator or Hardware
Video Accelerator (DxVA). Occasionally, it may display off-screen.
It is recommended that you either lower your screen resolution,
reduce color depth, or reinstall Microsoft DirectX to make overlay
mode available for optimal performance.
Note: We recommend using DDraw compliant display cards to utilize the
Overlay feature.
Video Attributes
These attributes outline the statistics of the current disc or other media
types. Some of these attributes will be explained briefly.
•The Video compression mode for DVD is MPEG-2 or MPEG-1
and for VCD, MPEG-1. SVCD may be either.
The first figure for TV system is the number of horizontal lines.
The second is number of fields (e.g. 525/60 is standard for NTSC
television signals).
•The Aspect Ratio depends on the disc title. 16:9 is the ratio for
most widescreen titled discs and widescreen televisions.
•The Display Mode is read from your disc title.
Source picture resolution is the size of the resolution. The disc
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 disc 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.