CD

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.

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+G (CD+Graphics (Karaoke))
 * CD-i (Green Book)
 * SACD (Super Audio CD or Scarlet Book)
 * VCD (Video CD or White Book)
 * Super Video CD
 * HighMAT

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)