DVD-Video


A video format for displaying full-length digital movies. A number of manufacturers are just beginning to sell DVD-Video players, which attach to a television just like a videocassette player. Unlike DVD-ROMs, the Digital-Video format includes a Content Scrambling System (CSS) to prevent users from copying discs. This means that today’s DVD-ROM players cannot play DVD-Video discs without a software or hardware upgrade to decode the encrypted discs.

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  • DVD Video file system

    DVD-Video discs use UDF with all required data specified by UDF and ISO 13346 to allow playing in computer systems. The DVD-Video files must be no larger than 1 GB in size and be recorded as a single extent in one continuous sequence. The first directory on the disc must be the VIDEO_TS directory containing […]

  • DVD file system

    See Universal Disk Format (UDF). See DVD Video file system.

  • DVD authoring

    The term used to describe the process of creating a DVD. Authoring includes tasks such as creating the DVD navigation structure, laying out the assets, designing the DVD menus, final production and more.

  • DVD navigation data

    DVD-Video offers five different types of navigation data that provides efficient interaction for users, which include the following: Video Manager Information (VMGI) Video Title Set Information (VTSI) Program Chain Information (PGCI) Presentation Control Information (PCI) Data Search Information (DSI)

  • DVD+R

    Short for DVD+Recordable, a recordable DVD format similar to CD-R. A DVD+R can only record data once and then the data becomes permanent on the disc. The disc can not be recorded onto a second time. DVD+R and DVD+RW formats are supported by Philips, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Ricoh, Yamaha and others. For comparison and contrast, […]


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