3.10 Does DVD work with barcodes?
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This article is from the DVD Formats FAQ, by jtfrog@usa.net (Jim Taylor) with numerous contributions by others.
3.10 Does DVD work with barcodes?
If your humble FAQ author and other long-time developers of laserdisc had
prevailed, all DVD players would support barcodes. This would have made for
really cool printed supplements and educational discs. But the rejection of
our recommendations after an all-star meeting in August 1995 is another
story for another day.
So the answer is "mostly no." A few industrial players, the Pioneer
LD-V7200, Pioneer LD-V7400, and Philips ProDVD-170 support barcodes,
including compatibility with the LaserBarCode standard. The DVD must be
authored with one_sequential_PGC titles in order for timecode search to
work. More info can be found in the Pioneer technical manuals.
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