134 The other books are: (MPEG-2)
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This article is from the MPEG FAQ, by Frank Gadegast phade@cs.tu-berlin.de with numerous contributions by others.
134 The other books are: (MPEG-2)
Red Book: this is the original Compact Disc Audio specification (circa
1980). All other books (Yellow, Green, Orange, White) are identical at
the low-level, sharing a common base with Red Book. This grandfather
specification defines sectors, tracks, and channel coding (8/14 EFM
outer forward error correction (FEC), 8-bit polynomial interleaved
Reed-Soloman inner forward error correction, etc), and physical
parameters (disc diameter 12 cm, laser wavelength 0.8 microns, track
pitch, land-to-pit spacing, digital modulation, etc.).
Yellow Book: first CD-ROM specification (circa 1986). Later appended
by the CD-ROM XA spec.
Green Book: CD-I (Compact Disc Interactive).
Orange Book: Kodak Photo CD
ISO 9660: (circa 1988) describes file structure for CD-ROM XA (circa
1988). Similar to MS-DOS, filenames are case insensitive and limited to
8 characters, and 3 extension characters (8.3 format). Many CD-ROMs
containing MPEG are nothing more than Yellow Book CD which treat
multiplexed video and audio bitstreams as an ordinary file.
Further information can be retrieved from:
Philips Consumer Electronics B.V.
Coordination Office Optical & Magnetic Media Systems
Building SWA-1
P.O. Box 80002
5600 JB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 40 736409
Fax: +31 40 732113
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