What is XA? CDPLUS? CD-i? MODE1 vs MODE2? Red/yellow/blue book?
(2002/12/20) A quick summary of standards and commonly used identifiers: Red Book = physical format for audio CDs (a/k/a CD-DA) Yellow Book = physical format for data CDs Green Book = physical format for CD-i Orange Book = physical format for recordable CDs Part I = CD-MO (Magneto-Optical) Part II = CD-WO (Write-Once; includes “hybrid” spec for PhotoCD) Part III = CD-RW (ReWritable; originally called CD-E) White Book = format for VideoCD (often written “VCD”) Blue Book = CD Extra (occasionally used to refer to LaserDisc format) CD Extra = a two-session CD, 1st is CD-DA, 2nd is data (a/k/a CD Plus) MODE-1 = standard 2048-byte Yellow Book sectors, with error correction MODE-2 = 2336-byte sectors, usually used for CD-ROM/XA CD-ROM/XA = eXtended Architecture; CD-ROM/XA MODE-2 defines two forms: FORM-1 = 2048 bytes of data, with error correction, for data FORM-2 = 2324 bytes of data, no ecc, for audio
