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The White Book, which was released in 1987 by Sony, Philips, Matsushita, and JVC refers to a standard of compact disc that stores not only sound but also still pictures and motion video. These discs, most commonly found in Asia, are usually called "Video CDs" or "VCDs." In some ways, VCD can be thought of as the predecessor to SVCD and DVD. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Rainbow Books are a collection of standards defining the allowed formats of compact discs. ... The Rainbow Books are a collection of standards defining the allowed formats of compact discs. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rainbow Books. ... Categories: Rainbow Books | Computer storage | Stub ... 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. ... Video CD or VCD, or 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. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... 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. ... 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 higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the compact disc. ... The Compact Disc logo was inspired by that of the previous Compact Cassette. ... A schematic representation of hearing. ... For images in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Images. ... Look up Video in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Video CD or VCD, or Compact Disc digital video, is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. ... Super Video Compact Disc (SVCD) is a format used for storing video on standard compact discs or CD-Rs. ... DVD-R writing/reading side DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or 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. ...

Here is some information on the format of the VCD itself, as well as the audio and video stored on these discs:

• File system: ISO 9660-compliant
• Format: Mode 2/XA
• Maximum Length: Usually 74 minutes
• Audio Format
  • Format: MPEG-1 layer 2
  • Bit rate: 224 kilobits per second
  • Sample rate: 44,100 kHz (kilohertz)
  • Number of Channels: 2 (stereo)
• Video Format
  • Format: MPEG-1
  • Resolution: 352×240 pixel for NTSC video, 352×288 pixel for PAL video
  • Frame rate: 29.97 Hz (NTSC), 25 Hz (PAL)
  • Bit rate: About 1.13 Mbit/s

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