cDVD
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cDVD discs, also known as mini-DVD[1] discs (not to be confused with 8 cm DVDs), are regular data CDs that contain MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 video structured in accordance with the DVD-Video specifications (namely, a VIDEO_TS directory containing properly-authored IFO/BUP and VOB files). Such discs must be written in the so-called "Mode 1", which is compatible with both the ISO 9660 and UDF 1.02 filesystems, and therefore limits the amount of data that can be stored on an 80-minute CD to 700 MB.
By using non-standard resolutions, long GOPs, more B-frames, and high-compression quantization matrices, it is possible to store up to 2 hours of video with audio and subtitles on a regular 80-minute CD. Until 2003, few standalone DVD-players had drives capable of spinning a CD at the 8X rate needed to keep up with the maximum data stream allowed by the DVD-Video specifications, but today, many models contain drives similar to those used on desktop computers, and more versatile firmware as well, so that the proper playback of compact DVDs is often supported, but rarely documented (especially in North America and Europe).
See also[]
- Video CD (VCD) and Super Video CD (SVCD) - standards for video on CDs
- BD9 & BD5 - Blu-ray Disc Movie content on DVDs, explicitly allowed by the Blu-ray standard
- AVCHD - a digital video specification loosely based on BDMV which can also be played from Blu-ray and non-Blu-ray sources
- MiniDVD - 8 cm DVDs
References[]
- ^ Wang, Wally (2006). The Book of Nero 7: CD and DVD Burning Made Easy. No Starch Press. p. 49. ISBN 9781593271107. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
External links[]
- 120 mm discs
- Video storage
- Computer storage stubs