PIP - Picture in picture

[alphadec]

There are more and more BD with this feature.

Does this work on all BD profiles or is this a BD-Live only. ?

[McBain]

PiP is supported by Profile 1.1 (Final Standard Profile) and Profile 2 (BD-Live) players.

[JadedRaverLA]

Well, there are three types of PiP that have currently been used, and a fourth is possible in the future.

The main type "BonusView" requires dual-stream video processing, and necessitates a Profile 1.1 player.

The older type used mainly by Warner on some titles worked by having two separate encodes of the film on the disc. Those titles work in all players.

Some titles (such as Disney's "Cars") have a sort of PiP-type feature that comes in and out throughout the movie. This works by using seamless branching to jump to separate encodes for the portions that have the PiP-like feature. These titles also work in all players.

It's also possible that future titles could have PiP commentary and other similar features that are downloadable from the internet rather than on the disc. This would require a Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) to use.

Confused, yet? The main thing is the BonusView type, so generally you'd want to have at least a Profile 1.1 player to use this feature on most titles.

[lgans316]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

[alphadec]

Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

Well, there are three types of PiP that have currently been used, and a fourth is possible in the future.

The main type "BonusView" requires dual-stream video processing, and necessitates a Profile 1.1 player.

The older type used mainly by Warner on some titles worked by having two separate encodes of the film on the disc. Those titles work in all players.

Some titles (such as Disney's "Cars") have a sort of PiP-type feature that comes in and out throughout the movie. This works by using seamless branching to jump to separate encodes for the portions that have the PiP-like feature. These titles also work in all players.

It's also possible that future titles could have PiP commentary and other similar features that are downloadable from the internet rather than on the disc. This would require a Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) to use.

Confused, yet? The main thing is the BonusView type, so generally you'd want to have at least a Profile 1.1 player to use this feature on most titles.

Thanks for the reply.

The reason I ask is that films like "The Descent", "The Mummy" is using PIP but they say nothing about that u need a Profile 2.0 BD player to see this.

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by alphadec

Thanks for the reply.

The reason I ask is that films like "The Descent", "The Mummy" is using PIP but they say nothing about that u need a Profile 2.0 BD player to see this.

Typically, the disc runs a small Java applet that detects your players capabilities, and only offers menu choices that you can use. So, no PiP options show up on players that can't handle BonusView (ie, aren't at least Profile 1.1), and no internet options shop up on non-BD-Live players.