DVD-Video audio spec

Audio formats allowed on DVD-Video discs:

	Linear PCM	Dolby Digital	MPEG audio	DTS	SDDS**
Sampling frequency	48 or 96* kHz	48 kHz	48 kHz	48kHz	48kHz
Number of bits per sample	16/20/24*	compressed (16/20/24)	compressed (16)	compressed(20)	compressed(?)
Data transfer rate	768-6144kbps	64-448kbps	32-912kbps	64-1536kbps	?-1280kbps
Number of channels	1-8*	1-5.1	1-7.1	1-5.1	5.1-7.1

* not all combinations supported due to 6144kbps bandwidth limit. All channels has to have the same sampling frequency and number of bits per sample.
** not yet available on any software or supported by any player or consumer decoder.

On actual discs containing at least one soundtrack:

	NTSC	PAL
Mandatory	Dolby Digital or Linear PCM	Dolby Digital or MPEG audio or Linear PCM
Optional extra track(s)	Any of the allowed audio formats	Any of the allowed audio formats

For genereral information about the format go back to the main page
Last update 17. October Use this for all questions about DVD