Shinco 868 DVD Player
5. CD/MP3 Tests
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Shinco 868 DVD Player - Page 5
CD/MP3 Tests
- We tested both factory-pressed and used-recorded Audio CDs, and had no problem whatsoever during playback. All usual playback options, such as program play, repeat, A-B, shuffle, etc. are here. What's missing is the pitch control (offered only in MP3 CDs). Have in mind that the player has problems reading various brands of CDR media (read below).
- We tested Shinco 868 Player will all available MP3 encoding modes, Constant Bit Rate (CBR) and Variable Bit Rate (VBR):
Ripper/encoder: AudioCatalyst v2.1 (Audiograbber & Xing Encoder)
Encoding modes: Constant Bit Rate (CBR - 16, 24, 32, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112,
128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320 kbits), and Variable Bit Rate (VBR -96, 112, 160,
192 kbits)
Recording media: Princo 74 min.
Recording software: PadusDJ v3.00.712. We created one CD with all above encoded
MP3 files in order to test the player ability to play MP3 with different bitrates:
Test Results
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CBR |
Kbits - Mono |
Kbits - Joint Stereo |
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Mode |
16 |
24 |
32 |
48 |
56 |
64 |
80 |
96 |
112 |
128 |
160 |
192 |
224 |
320 |
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Result: |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
VBR |
Kbits - Joint Stereo |
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Mode (+- 10%) |
96 |
112 |
128 |
160 |
192 |
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Result: |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
MP3 Tests' Findings
Shinco 868 Player seems to support most MP3 (CBR & VBR) modes. It refused to play 12, 24, 32kbits (CBR) & 96kbits MP3 Files. However, this is not a real problem, since most mp3 files are encoded above 128kbits (CBR) and 112 (VBR) for near CD quality. The player recognized all discs written with ISO-9660 or Joliet file system, and had no problem finding MP3 tracks not only in the root, but also in sub-directories.
The drive's CDR compatibility is improved over the previous models but has a long way to become perfect. The drive doesn't like Blue Dye (Verbatim for example) and prefers light colors dye (Gold or Silver). The drive read without any problem Medea International 90min CDs but refused to read 99min CDs (probably cause they have blue dye). CD-RW compatibility also has problems. Ricoh 10x HS and Yamaha 4x RW media weren't recognized from the player (note: Yamaha 4x worked OK with the 8320 model), however Princo and TraxData 4x RW media worked fine!
Let's see how Mp3 playback displays:
You can see the file names of folders also the total number of the songs (here 82). If we go a level deeper we will see the Mp3 files (only 8 characters, ISO-9660 format):
Playback options include repeat and pitch control, but not A-B repeat (this is available only for Audio CDs and DVDs):
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