Buffalo Technology PC-P1LAN - Manual (Page 3)

Using LinkTheater
Thank you for choosing LinkTheater! This manual should help you configure and use your new LinkTheater.
Supported file formats
The following file formats can be played back using LinkTheater.
Media Server trans code compatible
format (*1)
AVI (*2), WMV, WMA, GIF
Compatible formats
• Audio files encoded in either MP3 or WAV (uncompressed)
• Image files saved/compressed in JPEG, BMP or PNG formats
• Video files encoded in MPEG-2 format
Compatible video
formats
Image section
digital compres-
sion format
• MPEG-2 standard resolution (*.MPG file, m2p file)
• Maximum resolution 720 x 480 Maximum 8Mbps (*3)
• Maximum frame rate 30fps
Audio section
d i g i t a l c o m -
pressed
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer 2 2 channel
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 2 channel
Audio section
digital uncom-
pressed
Linear PCM 2 channel
(S/P DIF) 16 bit, 48kHz
Compatible audio formats
• Linear PCM (*.WAV)
• MPEG-1 Audio Layer -3 (*.MP3)
Compatible image formats • JPEG (*4), BMP, PNG
*1: LinkTheater plays MPEG-2 and MP3 files. Other formats are transformed into MPEG-2 and MP3 for
playback.
For format transformation, your PC should meet the following requirements.
■ Minimum system requirements
[CPU] Pentium4 1.4GHz or higher, or equivalent performance CPU
[Memory] 256 MB or higher
■ Recommended system requirements
[CPU] Pentium4 1.8GHz or higher/ Celeron 1.8GHz or higher/ Pentium M 900MHz or higher
Celeron M 1.0GHz or higher, or equivalent performance CPU recommended.
[Memory] 512 MB or higher recommended.
* Low bit rates may allow some files to play from PCs that do not meet the above requirements.
* Not all files can be played.
*2: The AVI codec must be installed in your computer to convert and play AVI files.
*3: If LinkTheater is connected to an 11Mbps wireless LAN, or if playback is performed from an USB1.1
device, demanding video files (3Mbps or more) may skip or drop frames.
*4: Only baseline JPEGs can be viewed.