Chapter 2

DVD FORMAT SPECIFICATIONS

The DVD Forum has released separate books to document each of the following DVD specifications (listed with the current version at the time of this writing).

•   DVD-Video v1.11

•   DVD-ROM v1.02

•   DVD-Audio v1.2

•   DVD-R v2.0

•   DVD-RAM v2.1

•   DVD-RW v1.1

•   DVD-Video Recording v1.1

•   DVD Stream Recording v1.0

Each of the listed formats are “official” DVD formats, which means they have gone through a formal submission and review procedure and they have been approved by a vote of DVD Forum member companies. The submission, review, and approval process can take up to two years for a new DVD format. The DVD Forum is currently developing specification for advanced interactive content, also know as WebDVD, ...

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