Technology reference material for CD and DVD drives and media: how they work, terminology and industry standards.
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The standard FAQ for CD-R and CD-RW. Besides general questions and answers, its major sections cover encoding, media, hardware, software and common problems. Updated monthly.
General information source with links and a few articles about the CD and DVD industry. Includes an CD bibliography.
News and technology articles related to writable CDs. Includes a list of CD-R dye types and manufacturers, and a reference list of CD-writing software.
Has essential tools for CD/DVD drive and media quality control and a good explanation of CAV, CLV, Z-CLV and P-CAV technology.
Website that contains news and announcements of new products, reviews and articles.
Website that offers news and reviews on CD-R and DVD drives, mainly focused on hardware.
Article on DVD Audio that dispels many myths about the DVD-A multi-channel audio format.
This is the primary industry association for DVD. Site resources include technology briefs, conference schedules and news archives.
Document that explains the differences between DVD-R authoring and General DVD media.
Website that offers articles and software about DVD recording.
Explanation of the technology of CD-RW drives, contains interactive flash animations.
Detailed descriptions and animations explain the technology used in a compact disc.
An illustrated explanation of the technology behind DVD media and players. It includes some animations.
Page of notes describing the author's experience of transferring LPs to CDR over the last few years, with particular emphasis on the restoration of WAV files on hard disk.
OSTA is an industry group promoting use of writable optical storage technology. This is the home of the Universal Disc Format (UDF) specification and other technology references.
Contains information on how to make VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs that can be played on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV, Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM, WMV and ASF. Has also a list of standalone DVD Players with compatibility information such as CD-R/W, DVD±R/W, VCD, SVCD, and MP3.
The standard FAQ for CD-R and CD-RW. Besides general questions and answers, its major sections cover encoding, media, hardware, software and common problems. Updated monthly.
Explanation of the technology of CD-RW drives, contains interactive flash animations.
Has essential tools for CD/DVD drive and media quality control and a good explanation of CAV, CLV, Z-CLV and P-CAV technology.
General information source with links and a few articles about the CD and DVD industry. Includes an CD bibliography.
News and technology articles related to writable CDs. Includes a list of CD-R dye types and manufacturers, and a reference list of CD-writing software.
Website that offers news and reviews on CD-R and DVD drives, mainly focused on hardware.
OSTA is an industry group promoting use of writable optical storage technology. This is the home of the Universal Disc Format (UDF) specification and other technology references.
Website that offers articles and software about DVD recording.
Contains information on how to make VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs that can be played on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV, Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM, WMV and ASF. Has also a list of standalone DVD Players with compatibility information such as CD-R/W, DVD±R/W, VCD, SVCD, and MP3.
Detailed descriptions and animations explain the technology used in a compact disc.
This is the primary industry association for DVD. Site resources include technology briefs, conference schedules and news archives.
Page of notes describing the author's experience of transferring LPs to CDR over the last few years, with particular emphasis on the restoration of WAV files on hard disk.
Article on DVD Audio that dispels many myths about the DVD-A multi-channel audio format.
Website that contains news and announcements of new products, reviews and articles.
Document that explains the differences between DVD-R authoring and General DVD media.
An illustrated explanation of the technology behind DVD media and players. It includes some animations.
