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6.2 Content Specifications
The ProPLAY is a dedicated solid-state MPEG playback machine. Here are the
recommended specifications for content creation:
• You can use the following media types:
• MPEG-1
• MPEG-2
• MPEG Stills
• JPG (800x600)
• MPEG-1 encoding rates:
• Screen size:
• PAL: 352 x 288
• NTSC: 352 x 240
• Bit Rate: 260kBps (2 Mbit/s)
• Audio Stream Type: MPEG-1 Layer 2
• Audio Bit Rate: 224 Kbit/s, 44.1 kHz at 16 bits sample rate
• Frame Rate: PAL: 25 Hz / NTSC: 30 Hz
• MPEG-2 encoding rates
• Screen size (recommended):
• PAL: 720 x 576
• NTSC: 720 x 480
• Bit Rate: 640kBps (5 Mbit/s)
• Audio Stream Type: MPEG-1 Layer 2
• Audio Bit Rate: 224 Kbit/s, 48 kHz at 16 bits sample rate
• Frame Rate: PAL: 25 Hz / NTSC: 30 Hz
• You can use different MPEG-2 source resolutions, but if you do, the
playback machine scales the output, which results in some loss on
quality. It is therefore best to use the optimal resolution as your input
resolution:
MPEG-2 / PAL (25 Hz)
Source Resolution Output Resolution
720 x 576 (recommended) 720 x 576
704 x 576 720 x 576
352 x 576 720 x 576
352 x 288 720 x 576