Table of Contents
72 relations: AIX Records, American Beauty (album), Audio bit depth, Audio mixing (recorded music), Audio signal, Automatic for the People, Backward compatibility, Bit rate, Compact disc, Compact Disc Digital Audio, Content Protection for Recordable Media, Content Scramble System, Copy protection, Data compression, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Digital watermarking, Digital-to-analog converter, Dolby Digital, DTS (company), DualDisc, DVD, DVD-Video, EMI, Fleetwood Mac, Foobar2000, Format war, Free software, Freeware, Grateful Dead, HDMI, High fidelity, High Fidelity Pure Audio, High-resolution audio, Logic Pro, Low-frequency effects, Magix Samplitude, Media player software, Meridian Lossless Packing, Microsoft Windows, Monaural sound, Naxos (company), Open-source license, Open-source software, Optical disc, Optical disc image, Peer-to-peer file sharing, Pulse-code modulation, Quadraphonic sound, R.E.M., Record label, ... Expand index (22 more) »
- Audiovisual introductions in 2000
- Digital audio storage
AIX Records
AIX Records is an independent record label specializing in the production of high-resolution audio.
American Beauty (album)
American Beauty is the fifth studio album (and sixth overall) by rock band the Grateful Dead.
See DVD-Audio and American Beauty (album)
Audio bit depth
In digital audio using pulse-code modulation (PCM), bit depth is the number of bits of information in each sample, and it directly corresponds to the resolution of each sample.
See DVD-Audio and Audio bit depth
Audio mixing (recorded music)
In sound recording and reproduction, audio mixing is the process of optimizing and combining multitrack recordings into a final mono, stereo or surround sound product.
See DVD-Audio and Audio mixing (recorded music)
Audio signal
An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically using either a changing level of electrical voltage for analog signals, or a series of binary numbers for digital signals.
See DVD-Audio and Audio signal
Automatic for the People
Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released by Warner Bros. Records on October5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States.
See DVD-Audio and Automatic for the People
Backward compatibility
In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system.
See DVD-Audio and Backward compatibility
Bit rate
In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable R) is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.
Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. DVD-Audio and compact disc are digital audio storage.
See DVD-Audio and Compact disc
Compact Disc Digital Audio
Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs.
See DVD-Audio and Compact Disc Digital Audio
Content Protection for Recordable Media
Content Protection for Recordable Media and Pre-Recorded Media (CPRM / CPPM) is a mechanism for controlling the copying, moving, and deletion of digital media on a host device, such as a personal computer, or other player.
See DVD-Audio and Content Protection for Recordable Media
Content Scramble System
The Content Scramble System (CSS) is a digital rights management (DRM) and encryption system employed on many commercially produced DVD-Video discs.
See DVD-Audio and Content Scramble System
Copy protection
Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy prevention and copy restriction, is any measure to enforce copyright by preventing the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media.
See DVD-Audio and Copy protection
Data compression
In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation.
See DVD-Audio and Data compression
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
See DVD-Audio and Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Digital watermarking
A digital watermark is a kind of marker covertly embedded in a noise-tolerant signal such as audio, video or image data.
See DVD-Audio and Digital watermarking
Digital-to-analog converter
In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC, D/A, D2A, or D-to-A) is a system that converts a digital signal into an analog signal.
See DVD-Audio and Digital-to-analog converter
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with Dolby AC-3 (see below), is the name for a family of audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories.
See DVD-Audio and Dolby Digital
DTS (company)
DTS, Inc. (originally Digital Theater Systems) is an American company.
See DVD-Audio and DTS (company)
DualDisc
The DualDisc is a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including MJJ Productions Inc., EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). DVD-Audio and DualDisc are DVD and digital audio storage.
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. DVD-Audio and DVD are digital audio storage.
DVD-Video
DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs. DVD-Audio and DVD-Video are DVD.
EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1967 by guitarist and singer Peter Green.
See DVD-Audio and Fleetwood Mac
Foobar2000
foobar2000 (often abbreviated as fb2k or f2k) is a freeware audio player for Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android and macOS developed by Peter Pawłowski.
Format war
A format war is a competition between similar but mutually incompatible technical standards that compete for the same market, such as for data storage devices and recording formats for electronic media.
Free software
Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
See DVD-Audio and Free software
Freeware
Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user.
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California, known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia.
See DVD-Audio and Grateful Dead
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controller, to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device.
High fidelity
High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound.
See DVD-Audio and High fidelity
High Fidelity Pure Audio
High Fidelity Pure Audio, occasionally abbreviated as HFPA, is a marketing initiative, spearheaded by Sony Music Universal Music Group, for audio-only Blu-ray optical discs. DVD-Audio and High Fidelity Pure Audio are digital audio storage.
See DVD-Audio and High Fidelity Pure Audio
High-resolution audio
High-resolution audio (high-definition audio or HD audio) is a term for audio files with greater than 44.1 kHz sample rate or higher than 16-bit audio bit depth.
See DVD-Audio and High-resolution audio
Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a proprietary digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform developed by Apple Inc. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software developer C-Lab which later went by Emagic.
Low-frequency effects
The low-frequency effects (LFE) channel is a band-limited audio track that is used for reproducing deep and intense low-frequency sounds in the 3–120 Hz frequency range.
See DVD-Audio and Low-frequency effects
Magix Samplitude
MAGIX Samplitude/ Sequoia is a computer program made by MAGIX for recording, editing, mixing, mastering and outputting audio.
See DVD-Audio and Magix Samplitude
Media player software
Media player software is a type of application software for playing multimedia computer files like audio and video files.
See DVD-Audio and Media player software
Meridian Lossless Packing
Meridian Lossless Packing, also known as Packed PCM (PPCM), is a lossless compression technique for PCM audio data developed by Meridian Audio, Ltd. MLP is the standard lossless compression method for DVD-Audio content (often advertised with the Advanced Resolution logo) and typically provides about 1.5:1 compression on most music material. DVD-Audio and Meridian Lossless Packing are DVD.
See DVD-Audio and Meridian Lossless Packing
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
See DVD-Audio and Microsoft Windows
Monaural sound
Monaural sound or monophonic sound (often shortened to mono) is sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position.
See DVD-Audio and Monaural sound
Naxos (company)
Naxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints, and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres.
See DVD-Audio and Naxos (company)
Open-source license
Open-source licenses are software licenses that allow content to be used, modified, and shared.
See DVD-Audio and Open-source license
Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
See DVD-Audio and Open-source software
Optical disc
An optical disc is a flat, usuallyNon-circular optical discs exist for fashion purposes; see shaped compact disc. DVD-Audio and optical disc are DVD.
See DVD-Audio and Optical disc
Optical disc image
An optical disc image (or ISO image, from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media) is a disk image that contains everything that would be written to an optical disc, disk sector by disc sector, including the optical disc file system.
See DVD-Audio and Optical disc image
Peer-to-peer file sharing
Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology.
See DVD-Audio and Peer-to-peer file sharing
Pulse-code modulation
Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent analog signals.
See DVD-Audio and Pulse-code modulation
Quadraphonic sound
Quadraphonic (or quadrophonic and sometimes quadrasonic) sound – equivalent to what is now called 4.0 surround sound – uses four audio channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of a listening space.
See DVD-Audio and Quadraphonic sound
R.E.M.
R.E.M. were an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia.
Record label
"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.
See DVD-Audio and Record label
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.
See DVD-Audio and Recording Industry Association of America
Robert Normandeau
Robert Normandeau (born March 11, 1955) is a Canadian electroacoustic music composer.
See DVD-Audio and Robert Normandeau
Rumours (album)
Rumours is the eleventh studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 4 February 1977 in the United States and on 11 February 1977 in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records.
See DVD-Audio and Rumours (album)
S/PDIF
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a type of digital audio interface used in consumer audio equipment to output audio over relatively short distances.
Sampling (signal processing)
In signal processing, sampling is the reduction of a continuous-time signal to a discrete-time signal.
See DVD-Audio and Sampling (signal processing)
SD card
Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary, non-volatile, flash memory card format the SD Association (SDA) developed for use in portable devices.
Sonic Solutions
Sonic Solutions was an American computer software company headquartered in Novato, California.
See DVD-Audio and Sonic Solutions
Steinberg
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH (trading as Steinberg) is a German musical software and hardware company based in Hamburg.
Stereophonic sound
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective.
See DVD-Audio and Stereophonic sound
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD (SACD) is an optical disc format for audio storage introduced in 1999. DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD are DVD and digital audio storage.
See DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD
Surround sound
Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener (surround channels).
See DVD-Audio and Surround sound
Teldec
Teldec (Telefunken-Decca Schallplatten GmbH) is a German record label in Hamburg, Germany.
Timeline of audio formats
An audio format is a medium for sound recording and reproduction.
See DVD-Audio and Timeline of audio formats
TOSLINK
TOSLINK (Toshiba Link) is a standardized optical fiber connector system.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
See DVD-Audio and United States
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law.
See DVD-Audio and Universal Music Group
VLC media player
VLC media player (previously the VideoLAN Client and commonly known as simply VLC) is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project.
See DVD-Audio and VLC media player
Warner Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label.
See DVD-Audio and Warner Records
WAV
Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; pronounced or) is an audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on personal computers.
44,100 Hz
In digital audio, 44,100 Hz (alternately represented as 44.1 kHz) is a common sampling frequency.
4C Entity
The 4C Entity is a digital rights management (DRM) consortium formed by IBM, Intel, Panasonic and Toshiba that has established and licensed interoperable cryptographic protection mechanisms for removable media technologies.
5.1 surround sound
5.1 surround sound ("five-point one") is the common name for surround sound audio systems.
See DVD-Audio and 5.1 surround sound
See also
Audiovisual introductions in 2000
- ClearPlay
- D6 HDTV VTR
- DVD-Audio
- High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
- HitClips
- Motion capture
- Naim NAIT
- Ultra Density Optical
Digital audio storage
- Blu-spec
- Blue Book (CD standard)
- CD single
- Compact disc
- DVD
- DVD-Audio
- DVDplus
- DataPlay
- Direct Stream Digital
- DualDisc
- Extended Resolution Compact Disc
- High Definition Compatible Digital
- High Fidelity Pure Audio
- HighMAT
- Holographic data storage
- Mini CD
- Optical discs
- SHM-CD
- SlotMusic
- Sony Multimedia CD-ROM Player
- Super Audio CD
- Super Bit Mapping
References
Also known as AUDIO TS, Audio DVD, Audio-DVD, Audiodvd, D.V.D.A., DVD Audio, DVD-A, DVDA, HDAD.

