CD
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
The CD (Compact Disc) is a popular medium for recorded sound as well as computer data, developed by Philips and Sony. It is a laser-read optical disc. Discs of the same size were later used for the DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats, allowing the same player to support all of these formats.
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Types
- CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio or Red Book)
- CD-Extra (Blue Book)
- CD-MIDI
- CD-ROM (Yellow Book)
- CD-ROM XA
- DD-CD (Double-density Compact Disc)
- Enhanced CD
- Linked MultiSession
- Photo CD (Beige Book)
- CD-i (Green Book)
- SACD (Super Audio CD or Scarlet Book)
- VCD (Video CD or White Book)
Imaging/Ripping CDs
- ForensicsWiki:Disk Imaging
- CD imaging notes + sample tool output by User:Johanvanderknijff
- Developing a Robust Migration Workflow for Preserving and Curating Hand-held Media html, pdf pre-print.
- SPRUCE/OPF Audio CD Preservation
- Preserving optical media from the command line
Format information
- CD Formats overview - GNU libcdio documentation
- Compact Disc Structure (byuu.net)
Links
- Wikipedia article
- How It's Made: Compact Discs (video)
- Entourage Music Supervisor Throws Out CDs On The Street
- Establishing a Workflow Model for Audio CD Preservation
- It turns out that your CD drives really don't like having CDs explode inside them
- A Slow-Motion Revolution - History of the CD-ROM (including CD-I)
- Video: Introducing the amazing Compact Disc (1982)
