What Audio Codecs will Blu-ray
Support?
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Linear PCM (LPCM) - up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio.
(mandatory)
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Dolby Digital (DD) - format used for DVDs, 5.1-channel surround
sound. (mandatory)
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Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) - extension of Dolby Digital,
7.1-channel surround sound. (optional)
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Dolby TrueHD - lossless encoding of up to 8 channels of audio.
(optional)
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DTS Digital Surround - format used for DVDs, 5.1-channel
surround sound. (mandatory)
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DTS-HD High Resolution Audio - extension of DTS, 7.1-channel
surround sound. (optional)
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DTS-HD Master Audio - lossless encoding of up to 8 channels of
audio. (optional)
Please note that this simply means that Blu-ray players and
recorders will have to support playback of these audio codecs,
it will still be up to the movie studios to decide which audio
codec(s) they use for their releases.
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