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 Formats and
Compatibility |
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DVD-R Forum: Format History |
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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1Q |
2Q |
3Q |
4Q |
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Capacity
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Specifications
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| 3,95 GB |
Physical
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File System |
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| 4,7 GB |
For Authoring |
Physical |
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(LD : 635 nm) |
File System |
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For General |
Physical |
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(LD : 650 nm) |
File System |
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Ver. 1.0 |
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Ver. 1.9 |
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Ver. 2.0 |
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Ver. 1.9 |
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Ver. 2.0 |
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DVD books |
The defacto standard for DVD-Video is DVD 1.0. DVD 1.0 was created by
a consortium of companies including: Matsushita, the parent company
of Panasonic in the US, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson,
Time Warner, Toshiba, and JVC.
The specification is broken down into 'books', labeled A through E pertaining
to different applications. They are :
 Book A; DVD-ROM, which
is a read only specification
Book B, DVD-Video, containing the video specification
Book C, DVD-Audio, which
contains the audio specifications
Book D, DVD-R, which contains the
write once read many specifications
Book E, DVD-E (erasable or rewritable),
which contains the rewritable specifications
DVD-RAM falls under book E, which implies a very high degree of re-writability.
In the case of DVD-Video and DVD-Audio there is also an Application
Layer specification which defines the software application and the functions
built into video and audio players.
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Categorization of DVD-R |
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Physical items
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Authoring
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General
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| Writing Wavelenght |
635 nm
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650 nm
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| Pre-pit Addressing |
Increment
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Decrement
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| Start user data
area |
003000h
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FFCFFFh
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| Wobble frequency |
140 KHz
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140 KHz
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Pre-Recording
(CSS key protect) |
NO
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Mandatory
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Serialization
(CPRM) |
NO
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YES
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Compatibility of DVD-R Recorders and
Discs |
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Recorder
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Disc
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3.95 GB
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4.7 GB Authoring
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4.7 GB General
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version 1.0
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version 1.9
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version 2.0
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version 2.0
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| version 1.0 |
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YES
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NO
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NO
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NO
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| version 1.9 for Authoring |
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YES
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YES
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NO
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NO
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| (after up-date to version 2.0) |
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YES
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YES
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YES
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NO
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| version 2.0 for Authoring |
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YES
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NO
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YES
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NO
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| version 2.0 for General |
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NO
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NO
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NO
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YES
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DVD Multi Consumer Electronics
Device
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DVD Multi Computer
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Player
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Audio-only player
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Video-only player
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Recorder
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Drive
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Recorder
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DVD-Rom disc
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won't play
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won't play
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won't play
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won't play, can't record
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won't play
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reads, can't write
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DVD-Video disc
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plays
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won't play
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plays
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plays, can't record
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plays
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plays1, can't right
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DVD-Audio disc
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plays
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plays
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won't play
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won't play
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plays
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plays2, can't right
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DVD-R disc
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plays
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plays (audio)
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plays (video)
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plays (video)
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reads
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reads, writes
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DVD-RW disc
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plays
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plays (audio)
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plays (video)
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plays (video)
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reads
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reads, writes
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DVD-RAM disc
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plays
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plays (audio)
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plays (video)
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plays (video)
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reads
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reads, writes
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Used with permission from DVD Demystified,
2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill
1 can play if computer has DVD-Video decoder
2 can play if computer has DVD-Audio decoder |
For an explanation of the
different DVD formats, see
DVD Demystified.
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