http://www.avchd-info.org/format/index.html
AVCHD format specification overview
| Recording Media |
8cm DVD media/
SD Memory Card/"Memory Stick"/
Built-in Media |
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Video Signal |
1080/60i
1080/50i
1080/24p |
720/60p
720/50p
720/24p |
480/60i |
576/50i |
| Pixels (horizontal x vertical) |
1920×1080
1440×1080 |
1280×720 |
720×480 |
720×576 |
| Aspect ratio |
16:9 |
16:9 |
4:3, 16:9 |
4:3, 16:9 |
| Compression technology |
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 |
Luminance
sampling frequency |
74.25MHz
55.7MHz |
74.25MHz |
13.5MHz |
13.5MHz |
| Sampling structure |
4:2:0 |
| Quantifying bit number |
8 bit (luminance/color contrast) |
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Compression technology |
Dolby Digital (AC-3) |
Linear PCM |
Bit rate after
compression |
64 ～ 640kbps |
1.5Mbps (2 channels) |
| Audio channels |
1-5.1 channels |
1-7.1 channels |
| System |
MPEG-2 Transport Stream |
| System bit rate |
～24Mbps
(～18Mbps for DVD) |