The Rainbow Books are a collection of standards defining the allowed formats of Compact Discs. In computing, optical disc authoring, including CD authoring and DVD authoring, known often as burning, is the process of recording source material—video, audio or other data—onto an optical disc (compact disc or DVD). ... The optical lens of a compact disc drive. ... It has been suggested that ISO image be merged into this article or section. ... A CD recorder drive. ... Optical disc authoring software is computer software for authoring optical discs including CD-ROMs and DVDs. ... CD and DVD recorders for authoring optical discs such as CD-ROMs and DVDs have a history of various technologies. ... In optical disc authoring, there are multiple modes for recording: Dics At Once and Track At Once. ... Packet writing is an optical disc recording technology used to allow writeable CD and DVD media to be used in a similar manner to a floppy disk. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... CD redirects here. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a variation of the Compact Disc digital audio disc invented by Philips and Sony. ... Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW) is a rewritable optical disc format. ... DVD (commonly Digital Versatile Disc, previously Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... A DVD+R disc The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... DVD-R DL (Dual Layer) (Also Known as DVD-R9) is a derivative of the DVD-R format standard. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... DVD+R DL (Double Layer), also known as DVD+R9, is a derivative of the DVD+R format created by the DVD+RW Alliance. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... You can recognize a DVD-RAM immediately because visually there are lots of little rectangles distributed on the surface of the data carrier. ... A Blu-ray Disc is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital media, including high-definition video. ... Blu-ray Disc recordable refers to two optical disc formats that can be recorded with an optical disc recorder. ... HD-DVD disc HD DVD (for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical media format which is being developed as one standard for high-definition DVD. HD DVD is similar to the competing Blu-ray Disc, which also uses the same CD sized (120 mm diameter) optical data... HD DVD-R is the next generation writable disk variant of HD DVD, expected to be shipping in 2006 with a single-layer capacity of 15GB and a dual-layer capacity of 30GB. External links http://arstechnica. ... ISO 9660, a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization, defines a file system for CD-ROM media. ... Joliet is the name of an extension to the ISO 9660 file system. ... The Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol (RRIP, IEEE P1282) is an extension to the ISO 9660 volume format which adds POSIX file system semantics. ... The Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol (RRIP, IEEE P1282) is an extension to the ISO 9660 volume format which adds POSIX file system semantics. ... The El Torito Bootable CD Specification is an extension to the ISO 9660 CD-ROM specification. ... Overview Apple Macintosh computers use the HFS (or HFS+) file system on hard disks, mainly. ... The Universal Disk Format (UDF) is a format specification of a file system for storing files on optical media. ... Mount Rainier is an expansion to the Universal Disk Format (UDF). ... CD redirects here. ...

• Red Book
  • CD-DA – Digital Audio extended by CD Text,
• Yellow Book
  • CD-ROM – Read-Only Memory and
  • CD-ROM XA,
• Orange Book ^[1]
  • CD-MO – Magneto-Optical
  • CD-R alias CD-WO or CD-WORM – Recordable, Write Once or Write Once, Read Many
  • CD-RW alias CD-E – ReWritable or Erasable,
• White Book
  • VCD – Video and
  • CD-Bridge - Hybrid discs, e.g. CD-Ready,
• Blue Book
  • E-CD – Enhanced,
  • CD+ – plus and
  • CD+G – plus Graphics (karaoke) extended by CD+EG / CD+XG,
• Beige Book
  • PCD – Photo (not Picture),
• Green Book ^[2]
  • CD-i – interactive,
• Purple Book
  • DDCD – Double Density,
• Scarlet Book
  • SACD – Super Audio.

The CDDA trademark Red Book is the standard for audio CDs (Compact Disc Digital Audio system, or CDDA). ... CD-TEXT is a extension of the standard Red Book Compact Disc specification, which allows to store additional text for each track on the disk. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rainbow Books. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW) is a rewritable optical disc format. ... A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a variation of the Compact Disc digital audio disc invented by Philips and Sony. ... Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW) is a rewritable optical disc format. ... Rainbow Books: Red Book (CD Digital Audio), Yellow Book (CD-ROM and CD-ROM XA), Orange Book (CD-R and CD-RW), White Book (Video CD), Blue Book (Enhanced Music CD, CD+G and CD-Plus), Beige Book (Photo CD), Green Book (CD-i). ... Video CD (aka VCD, VideoCD, View CD, Compact Disc digital video) is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. ... The Blue Book or Enhanced Music CD specification describes the Enhanced Music CD disc format. ... Enhanced CD is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both compact disc and CD-ROM players. ... A CD+G (also known as CD+Graphics) is a special audio compact disc that contains graphics data in addition to the audio data on the disc. ... A Karaoke machine Karaoke (Japanese: カラオケ, from 空 kara, empty or void, and オーケストラ ōkesutora, orchestra) is a form of entertainment in which an amateur singer or singers sing along with recorded music on microphone. ... Compact Disc + Extended Graphics (CD+EG, also known as CD+XG) is an improved variant of the Compact Disc + Graphics (CD+G) format. ... Photo CD is a system designed by Kodak for digitising and storing photos in a CD. Launched in 1992, the disks were designed to hold nearly 100 high quality images, scanned prints and slides using special proprietary encoding. ... Picture CD is a product by Kodak, following on from the earlier Photo CD product. ... The Philips Green Book specifies the standard for interactive, multimedia compact discs designed for CD-i players[1]. This compact disc format is unusual, because it hides the initial tracks which contains the software and data files used by the CD-i players. ... CD-i or Compact Disc Interactive is the name of an interactive multimedia CD player developed and marketed by Royal Philips Electronics N.V. CD-i also refers to the multimedia Compact Disc standard utilized by the CD-i console, also known as Green Book, which was co-developed by... Double Density Compact Disc (DDCD) is a compact disc-based optical disc technology developed by Sony. ... Super Audio CD (SACD) is a read-only optical audio disc aimed at providing much higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the compact disc. ...

See also

• Mini CD (6 or 8 cm diameter),
• CD-V (analog video),
• MiniDVD (8-cm cDVD or UDF-CD), KVCD,
• SVCD (incorporating CVD and HQ-VCD),
• DVD, UMD,
• HD DVD, BD, EVD,
• CC-CD (UnCD),
• CD-MRW (packet writing),
• ML-CD, DDCD,
• XRCD, HDCD,
• HVD (holographic).

MiniCDs are smaller form-factor CDs Amongst the various formats are the CD single, an 80-mm disc. ... CD Video (also known as CDV, CD-V, or CD+V) was a format introduced in the mid-1980s that combined the technologies of compact disc and laserdisc. ... There are two types of MiniDVD cDVD, which are 80-mm versions of the 120-mm DVD mini-DVD, which are standard CDs filled with the DVD-video format // cDVD A Mini-DVD-RAM with DVD Round Holder. ... The Universal Disk Format (UDF) is a format specification of a file system for storing files on optical media. ... KVCD stands for K Video Compression Dynamics which is a non-standard modification of the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video standards for encoding digital video. ... Super Video CD (Super Video Compact Disc or SVCD) is a format used for storing video on standard compact discs. ... The China Video Disc (CVD), developed in the late 1990s, is a Chinese government-sponsored competitor to the SVCD standard. ... DVD (commonly Digital Versatile Disc, previously Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... A UMD The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on the PlayStation Portable. ... HD-DVD disc HD DVD (for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical media format which is being developed as one standard for high-definition DVD. HD DVD is similar to the competing Blu-ray Disc, which also uses the same CD sized (120 mm diameter) optical data... A Blu-ray Disc is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital media, including high-definition video. ... The Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) was announced on November 18, 2003 by Chinas Xinhua news agency as a response to the popular DVD Video format and its licensing costs (which some considered excessive). ... Copy control logo Copy Control is the name of a copy protection system used on recent EMI digital audio disc releases in some regions. ... Mount Rainier is an expansion to the Universal Disk Format (UDF). ... MultiLevel Recording (ML) was a technology developed by Calimetrics to increase the storage capacity of prerecorded and writable optical discs. ... Double Density Compact Disc (DDCD) is a optical disc technology developed by Sony using the same laser wave-length as compact disc, namely 780 nm. ... XRCD (short for eXtended Resolution Compact Disc) is a special mastering and manufacture process patented by JVC that is used for producing high fidelity redbook Compact Discs. ... High Definition Compatible Digital, or HDCD (commonly known as High Definition Compact Disc) is a patented encode-decode process that endeavors to improve the audio quality of Red Book audio CDs. ... Picture of a HVD by Optware. ...

External links

• Understanding CD-R & CD-RW by Hugh Bennett
• Another summary of the books

References

1. ^ Philips: Orange Book
2. ^ Philips: Green Book