1131Chapter 30
Optical Disc Formats for Audio
Reproduction and Recording
by Ken Pohlmann
30.1 Introduction........................................................................... 1133
30.2 CD Specifications...................................................................... 1133
30.2.1 Pit Track.......................................................................... 1133
30.2.2 Data Encoding...................................................................... 1134
30.2.3 Subcode........................................................................... 1135
30.2.4 EFM Encoding..................................................................... 1137
30.3 CD Player Design...................................................................... 1137
30.3.1 Optical Pickup...................................................................... 1137
30.3.2 Data Decoding...................................................................... 1140
30.3.3 Signal Reconstruction................................................................ 1140
30.4 Other CD Formats...................................................................... 1141
30.4.1 CD-ROM.......................................................................... 1141
30.4.2 CD-R............................................................................. 1142
30.4.3 CD-RW........................................................................... 1143
30.5 Super Audio CD....................................................................... 1144
30.5.1 SACD Specifications................................................................. 1144
30.5.2 Direct Stream Digital Coding.......................................................... 1144
30.6 DVD Disc Format...................................................................... 1145
30.6.1 DVD Disc Manufacturing............................................................. 1146
30.6.2 DVD File Format and Coding.......................................................... 1146
30.7 DVD-Video........................................................................... 1147
30.7.1 Audio Contents..................................................................... 1148
30.8 DVD-Audio........................................................................... 1148
30.8.1 File Organization.................................................................... 1149
30.8.2 Contents and Features................................................................ 1149
30.8.3 Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP)...................................................... 1151
30.9 Other DVD Formats.................................................................... 1151
30.10 HD DVD Format...................................................................... 1152
30.11 Blu-ray Disc Format................................................................... 1153
References................................................................................ 1154
Bibliography............................................................................... 1154