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VCD, SVCD And DVD

DVD

resolutions

Allowable picture resolutions are:

MPEG-2, 525/60 (NTSC): 720x480, 704x480, 352x480, 352x240
MPEG-2, 625/50 (PAL): 720x576, 704x576, 352x576, 352x288
MPEG-1, 525/60 (NTSC): 352x240
MPEG-1, 625/50 (PAL): 352x288

DVD-Video MPEG-2

Resolutions

NTSC (4:3): 352x240, 352x480, 704x480, 720x480
NTSC (16:9 widescreen): 704x480, 720x480
PAL (4:3) 352x288, 352x576, 704x576, 720x576
PAL (16:9 widescreen): 704x576, 720x576

Video bit-rates

Up to 10.08Mb/s total combined bitrate. Up to 9.8Mb/s max video bit-rate. CBR, CVBR, or VBR

Audio specs

AC3 Dolby Digital stereo or surround. Average AC3 stereo is 192-384k. Average surround is 448k or higher.
LPCM uncompressed 1536k WAV/AIFF.
DTS, same bit-rate as AC3.
MPEG Layer II (MP2) stereo, 192-256k bit-rate, not officially supported in the spec