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5. Common Terms and Abbreviations
The terms and abbreviations found in Table 5-1 are commonly used throughout this manual.
Term or Abbreviation
Meaning
CA Coherent Acoustics
Constant Bit Rate - used in the DTS-HD core substream,
CBR
maximum value 1.5 Mbps
The portion of the DTS-HD stream that contains the backwards
Core Substream compatible component that can be decoded by legacy DTS
decoders.
Cs Center Surround
Sometimes known as the 'reference offset' value. Instructs the
Dialog Normalization decoder to reduce the level of its outputs by the amount
specified within the bit stream.
dBFS "DeciBels [relative to] Full Scale,:
ES Extended Surround used in 6.x ES Matrix channel layouts
The portion of the DTS-HD stream that contains the VBR
Extension Substream
lossless extension or the CBR High Resolution extension
Fs Sampling Frequency - typically in Hz or kHz
GUI Graphical User Interface
HD High Definition
INF Infinity
kbps Bit rate in kilobits per second
DTS-HD Express - Low Bit Rate technology used with
LBR
Secondary and Sub-Audio
LPCM Linear Pulse Code Modulation
LeqA Level EQuivalent A [-weighted]
Ls Left Surround
MAS DTS-HD Master Audio Suite
Mbps Bit rate in megabits per second
Rs Right Surround
SAS DTS Surround Audio Suite
TC Timecode
VBR Variable bit rate – used in the DTS-HD extension substream
Table 5-1 Common Terms and Abbreviations
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