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Playable Discs
“DVD VIDEO” and “CD” logos are trademarks.
*1
MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) is a standard format
defined by ISO/MPEG which compresses audio data.
*2
A logical format of files and folders on DATA-CDs,
defined by ISO (International Organization for
Standardization).
Discs that cannot be played
• CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are not
recorded in music CD or Video CD format, or do
not contain MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image
files.
• Data part of CD-Extras
• DVD-ROMs that are not recorded in DVD
Video format, or do not contain MP3 audio
tracks or JPEG image files.
• DVD Audio discs
• HD layer on Super Audio CDs
• DVD VIDEOs with a different region code
(see page 33)
• A disc recorded in a color system other than
NTSC, such as PAL or SECAM
• A disc recorded in AVCHD format
Disc Type Disc Logo
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Characteristics
DVD VIDEO
Discs such as movies that can be purchased or
rented
DVD-RAM —
DVD-RAMs recorded by another recording
device. 12 cm discs without cartridges, or
removable from their cartridges can be played.
VIDEO CD
VIDEO CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in VIDEO CD
format (with PBC function)
CD
Music CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music CD
format that can be purchased
DATA CD
CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs created on a PC or
similar device in music format, or MP3
*1
or
JPEG format that conforms to ISO9660
*2
Level
1/Level 2
DATA DVD —
DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/
DVD-Rs in MP3
*1
or JPEG format conforming
to Universal Disk Format (UDF)
8 cm DVD+RW/
DVD-RW/DVD-R
——
8 cm DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs, and DVD-Rs
recorded with a DVD video camera (Still images
recorded with a DVD video camera cannot be
played.)
DVD
RAM
VCD
CD
DATA CD
DATA DVD
