Dolby Technologies in Packaged Media Formats
| HD DVD | Blu-ray Disc | DVD-Video | DVD-Audio | Laserdisc | |||||||||||
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| Codec | Player support | Channels (max) | Max bit rate | Player support | Channels (max) | Max bit rate | Player support | Channels (max) | Max bit rate | Player support | Channels (max) | Max bit rate | Player support | Channels (max) | Max bit rate |
| Dolby Digital | Mandatory | 5.1 | 448 kbit/s | Mandatory | 5.1 | 640 kbit/s | Mandatory | 5.1 | 448 kbit/s | Optional in video zone for playback compatibility on DVD-Video players | 5.1 | 448 kbit/s | Optional | 5.1 | 384 kbit/s |
| Dolby Digital Plus | 7.1 | 3 Mbit/s | Optional | 7.1 | 1.7 Mbit/s |
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| Dolby TrueHD | 8 | 18 Mbit/s | 8 | 18 Mbit/s | |||||||||||
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