Operation Manual

Chapter 4: Configuration
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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
disc titles (such as karaoke or Surround sound titles), but is not
available for most discs.
• Number of Audio Channels calculates the total number of
audio channels for a given disc 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
disc 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.
Subpicture Attribute
•For the Number of Subtitles, there is a tally of the number of
subtitles available.
Hardware Information
Hardware Information displays information pertinent to disc playback.
The first section includes the CPU processor and its accompanying
clock speed and a list of CPU instruction sets CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra
is optimized for:
• Processor: either Intel, AMD, Transmeta or VIA
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