Video Attributes

These attributes outline the statistics of the current DVD or other media types. Some of these attributes will be explained briefly.

• The Video compression mode for DVD is MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 and for VCD, MPEG-1. SVCD may be either.

• The first figure for TV system is the number of horizontal lines. The second is number of fields (e.g. 525/60 is standard for NTSC television signals).

• The Aspect Ratio depends on the DVD title. 16:9 is the ratio for most widescreen titled DVDs and widescreen televisions nowadays.

• The Display Mode is read from your DVD title.

• Source picture resolution is the size of the resolution. The DVD standard is 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL).

• Frame Rate is number of frames per second. 30 is the standard for NTSC and 25 for PAL (MPEG-1 and 2).

• Source picture letterboxed denotes if DVD title is letterboxed (4:3 screen ratio).

• Bitrate is the maximum bitrate size for the entire movie.