LPCM Audio Limitations

DVD-Video allows LPCM streams having 1 to 8 channels of 16, 20, or 24 bits per sample, 48K or 96K samples per second. However, due to the bitrate limitation of 6144Kbps not all combinations are possible

sample rate	sample quantization	Number of channels
sample rate	sample quantization	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
48K	16	768	1536	2304	3072	3840	4608	5376	6144
	20	960	1920	2880	3840	4800	5760	6720	7680
	24	1152	2304	3456	4608	5760	6912	8064	9216
96K	16	1536	3072	4608	6144	7680	9216	10752	12288
	20	1920	3840	5760	7680	9600	11520	13440	15360
	24	2304	4608	6912	9216	11520	13824	16128	18432

Values in red exceed DVD-Video bitrate limitations.

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