DVD player fundamentals

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Personal Author:

Ross, John A. (John Allan), 1955-

Publication Information:

Indianapolis, Ind. : Prompt Publications, 2000

ISBN:

9780790611945

Subject Term:

DVD players

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DVD Player Fundamentals will cover every aspect of the Digital Versatile Disc starting with features, specifications, hookup, operation, user error, and more. For the professional, specific technical information will include: DVD track structure and disc construction, optical head and lens features and specifications, video signal processing, MPEG-2 technology, audio signal processing, decoding, audio path and reference signals, switch-mode power supply, tracking servo, transverse servo, system control circuits, along with other related topics.

Preface	p. ix
About the Author	p. xv
1 Optical Disc Technologies	p. 1
Premastering and Mastering	p. 1
Substrate Materials and Characteristics	p. 3
Optical Encoding Methods	p. 4
Data Conversion for Optical Discs	p. 6
Binary Numbers	p. 7
Placing Digital Information on the Disc	p. 8
Sampling Audio and Video Data	p. 9
Aliasing	p. 11
Quantization	p. 11
Oversampling	p. 12
Modulating the Data	p. 12
Encoding the Data	p. 13
Forward-Error Correction (FEC)	p. 15
Synchronization	p. 16
File Systems	p. 18
Recovering the Data During Playback	p. 18
2 CD Standards and Technologies	p. 21
Red Book Standards: CD-DA and CD-Extra	p. 21
Orange Book Standards: Magneto-Optical, Write-Once, Rewritable	p. 23
Land-groove Recording	p. 27
Green Book Standards: CD-i	p. 28
White Book Standards: Video-CD and Bridge Discs	p. 32
Yellow Book Standards: CD-ROM and CD-ROM/XA	p. 33
File Formats	p. 36
3 DVD Basics	p. 41
DVD Forum	p. 41
Comparing CD and DVD	p. 42
Storage Capacity	p. 43
Mass	p. 45
Movement and Data Rates	p. 48
DVD File Management Structure	p. 51
Forward-Error Correction (FEC)	p. 54
Encoding Methods	p. 54
EFM+	p. 55
4 DVD-Video	p. 57
Interactivity	p. 57
DVD-Video and Variable Bit-Rate Coding	p. 57
System Parameters and General Parameters	p. 58
Menus	p. 58
Subpicture Overlays	p. 60
Presentation and Playback Program Chains	p. 61
Navigation Commands	p. 61
Title Design	p. 61
Aspect Ratio	p. 62
Angles	p. 65
Audio	p. 65
Parental Control	p. 68
DVD-ROM and DVD-Video	p. 70
High-Definition TV and DVD-Video	p. 70
5 DVD and Copy Protection	p. 75
Historical Look at Digital Copyright Protection and DVD	p. 75
Copy Generation Management System	p. 77
DVD Encryption	p. 79
Digital Transmission Content Protection	p. 79
Copy Protection and DVD	p. 81
Watermarking	p. 85
Content Protection For Recordable Media (CPRM)	p. 86
Regional Playback Control (RPC)	p. 88
Regional Playback Control and Contents-Scramble System	p. 90
High-Definition DVD Encryption	p. 91
6 DVD MPEG and Dolby Signal Compression	p. 93
Converting Analog Signals into Digital Signals	p. 93
Limitations of Sampling and Quantization	p. 95
Compressing Video Signals	p. 95
Adaptive Rate Control	p. 98
MPEG Standard	p. 98
MPEG Encoding	p. 101
Compressing the Audio	p. 108
7 DVD Recordable Technologies	p. 111
DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW	p. 111
Future DVD Applications in Computing	p. 124
8 DVD Video Player Circuits: Power Supply	p. 125
Electronic Systems	p. 125
Voltage Supplies	p. 134
Rectifying the AC Line Voltage	p. 134
Filtering	p. 135
Regulation	p. 136
Voltage Dividers	p. 137
Switch-Mode Power Supplies	p. 137
DVD Video Player Power Supply	p. 143
DVD Video Player Power-Supply Regulation	p. 146
DVD Player Operating Voltages	p. 147
Overvoltage and Overcurrent Protection	p. 147
9 DVD Video Player Circuits: Optical Pickup Unit	p. 149
Basic Operation of DVD Video Player Optical Electronics	p. 149
Optical Pickup Unit	p. 152
Dual Lasers Used for DVD Readers and Players	p. 155
Next-Generation Semiconductor Laser Diode Technologies	p. 156
Read-Only Optical System Data Amplifier and Laser Supply Circuit	p. 162
Zenith DVD Video Player Optical Pickup and Servo Electronics	p. 164
10 DVD Video Player Signal Circuits	p. 169
Frequency Characteristics	p. 169
Noise	p. 173
Circuit Functions	p. 173
Rf Amplifier Stage Operation	p. 178
Automatic Gain Control	p. 179
Rf Automatic Gain Control	p. 181
Digital Signal Processing	p. 181
Zenith DVD Video Player Signal Processing	p. 181
11 DVD Video Player Encoding and Decoding	p. 189
Video Signals	p. 189
Hue, Saturation, and Chrominance	p. 192
Frequency Interleaving	p. 194
DVD-Video, NTSC, and PAL	p. 196
Zenith DVD Video Player Encoding and Decoding	p. 197
MPEG Audio/Video Decoding	p. 197
NTSC/PAL Video Encoding	p. 201
Audio Decoding	p. 205
Amplifying the Video Signal	p. 206
12 DVD Video Player Microcontroller and Customer Display Circuits	p. 209
Microcontrollers	p. 209
Embedded Microcontrollers	p. 210
Zenith DVD Video Player Control Circuits	p. 211
Main Microcontroller	p. 211
Customer Preference Controls	p. 217
Frequency Synthesis Section	p. 218
Frequency Synthesis	p. 220
Zenith DVD Video Player Customer Controls	p. 223
Customer Display Technologies	p. 227
On-Screen Channel and Menu Displays	p. 227
Zenith DVD Video Player LCD Display Circuit Operation	p. 228
Remote Controls and Remote Receivers	p. 231
Volume Control	p. 231
Zenith DVD Video Player Remote-Control Functions	p. 233
Remote-Control Transmitter Integrated Circuit	p. 234
13 DVD and Computers	p. 237
Computing System Basics	p. 238
Hardware Requirements and Support for DVD Technologies	p. 241
Bus Mastering Requirements	p. 242
ATA/ATAPI Standards	p. 242
IEEE-1394	p. 244
Hardware Decoders	p. 247
Software Support For DVD Technologies	p. 247
Software Decoders	p. 248
Windows Driver Model Streaming Class Driver	p. 248
DirectShow	p. 249
DVD-ROM/RAM Drives	p. 252
Drive Interface Cable Connections	p. 256
Device-Configuration Jumpers	p. 257
DVD-ROM Drive ATAPI Host Circuit	p. 257
Cirrus DVD Drive Manager	p. 258
Index	p. 259

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