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Recording
Playback
Editing
Function Setup
Others
Introduction
Marks on DVD video discs
The following are examples of marks and the meanings.
4 : 3
L B
1 6 : 9 L B
1 6 : 9 P S
2
2
3
Mark
Meanings
Number of audio streams
recorded in the disc.
(2 streams such as English and
Japanese in this example.)
Number of subtitle languages
recorded in the disc.
(2 subtitle languages are
recorded in this example.)
Number of camera angles
recorded in the disc.
(3 camera angles are recorded in
this example.)
Pictures are recorded in the
standard picture shape
(4:3 aspect ratio).
Pictures are recorded in the letter
box picture shape (4:3 aspect
ratio with horizontal black bars in
the top and bottom of pictures).
Pictures are recorded in the 16:9
wide picture shape.
TVs with 4:3 aspect ratio will
display them in the letter box
style.
Pictures are recorded in the 16:9
wide picture shape.
TVs with 4:3 aspect ratio will
display them in the pan scan style
(one or both sides of pictures
are cut).
Actual picture shape may vary
depending on the aspect ratio or
mode selection of the TV.
Structure of disc contents
Normally, DVD video discs are divided into titles, and the
titles are subdivided into chapters.
VIDEO CDs/audio CDs are divided into tracks.
Title
:
Divided contents of a DVD video disc.
Roughly corresponds to a story title in short
stories.
Chapter
: Divided contents of a title. This corresponds
to a chapter in a story.
Track
:
Divided contents of a VIDEO CD or an audio
CD.
Each title, chapter, or track is assigned a number, which
is called “title number”, “chapter number”, or “track
number” respectively.
Some discs may not have these numbers.
When you record on the HDD or a DVD-RAM disc, one
recording will always equal one title. You can divide a title
into several chapters by marking borders in it to facilitate
scene search.
DVD video disc
Title 1
Title
2
Chapter 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2 Chapter 3
Chapter 1
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
VIDEO CD / audio CD
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