Encoding guide for the Blade HD

Containers
+ MPG
+ MPEG
+ TS
+ PS
+ M2TS
+ AVI

Video
+ MPEG program streams (MPEG-PS)
+ MPEG transport streams (MPEG-TS)
+ MPEG1 system streams (MPEG1-SS)
+ MPEG2 (Most Variations)
+ MPEG4 (Has limitations)
+ VOB (as on DVDs)
+ DIVX
+ XVID

Audio
+ PCM (mono or stereo)
+ AC3 (Supporting upto 7.1 optical output(Optional))
+ DTS
+ AAC (ADTS input format)
+ MPG Audio (Version1 Layer2)

Bitrates
The following bitrate settings are recommended:-
+ Constant Bitrate (2 Pass encode to ensure a more consistent bitrate)
+ Upto 25 Mbps (Overall)
+ Audio supporting up to 224Kbps.

Syncing
For creating files for syncing:-
Make sure that created files to sync are exactly the same file length (to the frame).

This is only a guide to what is supported by the BladeHD.
Some encoding/transcoding programs do not have the ability to correctly build files with recognised codecs, more with a codec that is meant to emulate a real codec. This could cause playback issues on the BladeHD. The BladeHD will only play files created using a genuine codec.