DVD - MPeg differences DVD uses a subset of MPeg standards ISO/IEC 11172 (MPeg-1) and ISO/IEC 13818 (MPeg-2).
Restrictions
Streams - 1 video, up to 8 audio Coding - MPeg-1 vbr/cbr, MPeg-2 MP@ML or SP@ML vbr/cbr Data rate
MPeg-1 maximum video 1856Kbps, maximum audio 384Kbps Mpeg-2 maximum video 9800Kbps, maximum audio 912Kbps note: audio options other than MPeg exist, see extensions Image size
Mpeg-1 352x240 (NTSC) or 352x288 (PAL/SECAM) Mpeg-2 720x480, 704x480, 352x480 (NTSC) 720x576, 704x576, 352x576 (PAL/SECAM) Frame rate
coded - 24fps progressive, 29.97fps interlaced (NTSC only), 25fps interlaced (PAL/SECAM only) displayed - 29.97 (NTSC) and 25fps (PAL/SECAM) Color space
color primaries and transfer characteristics NTSC - 4 (ITU-R BT.470 M) or 6 (SMPTE 170 M) PAL - 5 (ITU-R BT.470 B or G) matrix coefficients (RGB to YCbCr) 5 (ITU-R BT.470 B or G) or 6 (SMPTE 170 M) Audio sampling rate - 48KHz (MPeg audio only, other audio formats have their own rates) Aspect ratio - either 4:3 or 16:9 GOP max
MPeg-1 18 frames (NTSC), 15 frames (PAL/SECAM) MPeg-2 36 fields (NTSC), 30 fields (PAL/SECAM) note: typical rate is .5 seconds, with one GOP per VOBU note: GOP's are NOT optional pack size - fixed at 2048 bytes, system stream level (one DVD sector) Low delay - not permitted
Extensions
Private stream 1 (Audio and subpictures)
sub-stream 0x20 to 0x3f are subpictures sub-stream 0x80 to 0x87 are AC3 audio sub-stream 0x88 to 0x8f are DTS audio sub-stream 0xA0 to 0xA7 are LPCM audio Private stream 2 (Navigation) - see PCI packet and DSI packet