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Grass Valley Imagestore 750 v.3.0.1 User Manual

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‘Preferred Down-mix Mode’

The preferred stereo down-mix mode setting indicates the type of stereo down-mix pre-
ferred by the mastering engineer. This information may be used by the Dolby Digital (AC-3)
decoder to configure the type of stereo down-mix automatically, but can also be overridden
or ignored. Choices include the following:

Not indicated.

Lt/Rt down-mix preferred.

Lo/Ro down-mix preferred.

Note: For information on down-mix options, see

Down-Mix Options

on page 115.

‘Lt/Rt Center Mix Level’

This setting indicates the nominal down-mix level of the center channel with respect to the
left and right channels in a Lt/Rt down-mix. Choices include the following:

1.414 (+3.0

dB)

1.189 (+1.5

dB)

1.000 (0.0

dB)

0.841 (–1.5

dB)

0.707 (–3.0

dB)

0.595 (–4.5

dB)

0.500 (–6.0

dB)

0.000 (–inf dB)

Note: The meaning of this field is defined as described only if the audio coding mode is
3/0, 3/1 or 3/2. If the audio coding mode is 1/0, 2/0, 2/1, or 2/2 then the meaning of this
field is reserved.

‘Lt/Rt Surround Mix Level’

This setting indicates the nominal down-mix level of the surround channels with respect to
the left and right channels in a Lt/Rt down-mix. Choices include the following:

0.841 (–1.5

dB)

0.707 (–3.0

dB)

0.595 (–4.5

dB)

0.500 (–6.0

dB)

0.000 (–inf dB)

Note: The meaning of this field is defined as described only if the audio coding mode is
2/1, 3/1, 2/2 or 3/2. If the audio coding mode is 1/0, 2/0 or 3/0 then the meaning of this
field is reserved.

‘Lo/Ro Center Mix Level’

This setting indicates the nominal down-mix level of the center channel with respect to the
left and right channels in a Lo/Ro down-mix. Choices include the following:

0.841 (–1.5

dB)

0.707 (–3.0

dB)

0.595 (–4.5

dB)

0.500 (–6.0

dB)