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Display Information
• Video Mode: Refer to Video Configuration on p.58.
• Display Mode: N/A is displayed during stop mode. Usually
DirectDraw is displayed if hardware was set up properly.
• FourCC Code: FourCC Code is a Windows' designation for
the digital video format standard. Often YV12, YUY2, UYVY,
MCS3, MCAM, IMC3, etc. is displayed and may include
other formats. After installing PowerDVD, the diagnostic
program will automatically determine the best format.
• Surface Type: The default commonly used that supports
display captions is “overlay”, “Hardware Video Accelerator”
or “Hardware Video Accelerator (DxVA)”. Occasionally, it
may display “off-screen”. It is recommended that you either
lower your screen resolution, reduce color depth, or reinstall
Microsoft DirectX to make overlay mode available for
optimal performance.
Note: We recommend using DDraw compliant display cards to
utilize the Overlay feature.
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).
