About SoftDVD
™
and Dolby
®
Digital 23
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BOUT
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DVD
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OLBY
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D
IGITAL
Your Monster Sound MX300 board supports Zoran SoftDVD and
Dolby Digital audio output. This chapter describes software DVD,
the requirements necessary to run Zoran SoftDVD, and an
overview of Dolby® Digital.
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W
HAT IS
S
OFT
DVD?
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HAT IS
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OLBY
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IGITAL
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W
HAT IS
S
OFT
DVD
™
?
Software DVD is a software method for decoding DVD signals on
your system. Currently, two kinds of devices read DVD discs: a
DVD player, which connects to your TV and plays DVD movies;
and a DVD drive on your computer, which reads other forms of
DVD content like databases or interactive software.
Zoran SoftDVD™ is a software implementation of DVD that relies
on the powerful Pentium II-class CPUs. SoftDVD enables Pentium
II MMX-equipped PCs to play DVD video content without
dedicated decoding hardware. All video and audio decoding,
navigation, decryption, and 3D audio functions are handled by
software.
In addition to the excellent video quality DVD systems render,
high-quality digital audio is available—if the DVD soundtracks are
encoded with digital audio.
To install SoftDVD, follow the instructions on page 14,
Installing
Software Extras
.
