Sony Blu-ray Disc™ Player User Manual
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Question
What audio codecs will Blu-ray support?
Answer
Linear PCM (PLPCM) - offers up to 8
channels of uncompressed audio.
channels of uncompressed audio.
Dolby
®
Digital (DD) - format used for DVDs,
offers 5.1 channel surround sound.
Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) - extension of DD,
offers increased bitrates and 7.1 channel
surround sound.
offers increased bitrates and 7.1 channel
surround sound.
Dolby TrueHD - extension of MLP Lossless,
offers lossless encoding of up to 8 channels
of audio.
offers lossless encoding of up to 8 channels
of audio.
DTS Digital Surround - format used for
DVDs, offers 5.1 surround sound.
DVDs, offers 5.1 surround sound.
DTS-HD - extension of DTS, offers
increased bitrates and up to 8 channels of
audio.
increased bitrates and up to 8 channels of
audio.
Please note that this simply means that
Blu-ray players will have to support
playback of these audio codecs, it will be up
to the movie studios to decide which audio
codec(s) they use for their releases.
playback of these audio codecs, it will be up
to the movie studios to decide which audio
codec(s) they use for their releases.