The Yellow Book does not actually specify how data is to be stored on, or retrieved from, CD-ROM. Over the years a number of such file systems have been developed for the CD-ROM's various operating system platforms. The most common of these … [Read more...]
CD-ROM Photo CD
Photo CD has been specified by Kodak and Philips based on the CD-i Bridge specification. It comprises the following: General Disc format including example of program area layout, index table, volume descriptor, data area, subcode Q-channel … [Read more...]
CD-ROM CD-I Bridge
CD-I Bridge is a Philips/Sony specification, for discs intended to play on CD-i players and other platforms such as the PC. It comprises: Disc format defining CD-I Bridge discs as conforming to the CD-ROM XA specification Data retrieval structure as per ISO 9660. … [Read more...]
CD-ROM Purple Book – What is Purple Book?
The informal name for specification produced by Philips and Sony in 2000 to describe their double-density compact disk (DDCD) format, which increases the storage capacity of the disc to 1.3GB through means such as increasing its number of … [Read more...]
CD-ROM Blue Book – cdrom rom
The Blue Book defines the Enhanced Music CD specification for multisession pressed disc (i.e. not recordable) comprising audio and data sessions. These discs are intended to be played on any CD audio player, on PCs and on future custom … [Read more...]
CD-ROM White Book
The White Book, finalised in 1993, defines the VideoCD specification and comprises: Disc format including use of tracks, VideoCD information area, segment play item area, audio/video tracks and CD-DA tracks Data Retrieval Structure, … [Read more...]
CD-ROM Orange Book
The Orange Book defines CD-Recordable discs with multisession capability. Part I defines CD-MO (Magneto Optical) rewritable discs; Part II defines CD-WO (Write Once) discs; Part III defines CD-RW (Rewritable) discs. All … [Read more...]
CD-ROM Green Book
The Green Book describes the CD-interactive (CD-i) disc, player and operating system and contains the following: CD-I disc format (track layout, sector structure) Data retrieval structure which is based on ISO 9660 Audio data using ADPCM levels A, B and … [Read more...]
CD-ROM XA
As a separate extension to the Yellow Book introduced in 1988 by Philips, Sony and Microsoft, the CD-ROM XA specification comprises the following: Disc format including Q channel and sector structure using Mode 2 sectors Data retrieval structure based on ISO 9660 including … [Read more...]
CD-ROM Yellow Book
The Yellow Book was written in 1984 to describe the extension of CD to store computer data, i.e. CD-ROM (Read Only Memory). This specification comprises the following: Disc specification which is a copy of part of the Red Book Optical stylus parameters (from Red … [Read more...]