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US 2004/0167645 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for disc playback
AssigneeAlpine Electronics, Inc.
InventorMasaru Kimura
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Abstract
In a disc playback apparatus for playing back audio signals recorded on a disc medium, a system controller detects a channel format of the audio signals that can be outputted from the playback apparatus. When content is recorded on a disc so as to be played back in a channel format other than the player channel format, it is not played back.
Claims23
A method for playing back audio signals recorded on a disc, comprising the acts of:
- providing a disc player;
- providing a disc;
- determining a player channel format of audio signals outputted from the disc player;
- reviewing the disc to identify content compatible with the player channel format of the disc player;
- and
- prohibiting playback of content incompatible with the player channel format.
3 more elements
A method for playing back audio signals recorded on a disc, comprising the acts of:
- providing a disc player;
- providing a disc;
- detecting a disc player audio output channel type;
- retrieving audio manager data from the disc;
- acquiring audio title set information from the disc;
- placing audio title set information in a table if the content of the audio title set is compatible with the disc player audio output channel type;
- and
- playing back audio signals corresponding to the audio title set information in the table.
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An audio signal disc playback apparatus for playing back audio signals recorded on a disc, comprising:
- a disc player operable to output audio signals from content stored on a disc;
- a channel setting section operable to set a channel format of the audio signals outputted from the disc player;
- and
- a playback control section operable to determine whether content is recorded on the disc is in a channel format other than the set channel format, and to prohibit content that is incompatible with the set channel format from being played back.
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