[vdr] Re: DVD and MPEG Audio

[Szymon Polom <polom@convergence.de>]

Hallo Dave,

On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 07:37:54PM +0100, Dave Chapman (dave@dchapman.com) wrote:
> On Thursday 25 July 2002 15:53, Stephan Schreiber wrote:

> > According to DVD specifications there must be at least one PCM or AC3 track,
> > but most stand-alone players don't complain if you present them only mpeg
> > audio.

> Yes and No. :-)

> PAL disks must have MPEG or Linear PCM audio (AC3 is optional)
> 
> NTSC disks must have AC3 or Linear PCM audio (MPEG is optional)
> 
> So PAL video with only MPEG audio is a perfectly legal disk. (but NTSC with 
> only MPEG isn't).

Your information is outdated. As of Version 1.1 of the DVD Video Standard
either MPEG or AC3 audio is allowed as the mandatory stream.

Bye... Szymon.
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