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| + | '''DVD''' ('''Digital Versatile Disc''', formerly '''Digital Video Disc''') is an [[Optical Discs|optical disc]] storage format. DVDs can be single- or double-sided, and each side can be single- or dual-layer recorded. A variant of [[MPEG-2]] encoding is used for video streams, which results in [[Packetized Elementary Stream]] packets containing the data (including subsidiary items such as subtitles). | ||
| − | + | DVDs overtook [[VHS]] tapes as the dominant format for video sales and rentals in the 2000s. The [[HD-DVD]] and [[Blu-ray Disc]] formats dueled it out in a format war to be the successor of the DVD, with BluRay ultimately winning, but DVDs are still widely used alongside them. Digital [[Video|video formats]] (download or streaming) are increasing in popularity as a competitor to physical media. | |
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| − | DVDs overtook [[VHS]] tapes as the dominant format for video sales and rentals in the 2000s. The [[HD-DVD]] and [[ | + | |
== Encoding formats == | == Encoding formats == | ||
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* [[MiniDVD]] | * [[MiniDVD]] | ||
* [[VOB]] | * [[VOB]] | ||
| − | * [[Content | + | * [[Content Scramble System]] |
* [[CPPM|Content Protection for Prerecorded Media]] | * [[CPPM|Content Protection for Prerecorded Media]] | ||
| + | * [[M-Disc]] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:DVD]] | * [[Wikipedia:DVD]] | ||
* [http://lifehacker.com/380702/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools Five best DVD ripping tools] (Lifehacker) | * [http://lifehacker.com/380702/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools Five best DVD ripping tools] (Lifehacker) | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/05/22/promotional-dvds-smell-like-pi.html Promotional DVDs smell like pizza when played] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/02/13/tell-the-irs-that-mountains-of.html Tell the IRS that mountains of DVDs are a stupid way to distribute public records] | ||
| + | * [http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/Preserve_DVDs_BloodReport_20140901.pdf Preserving Write-Once DVDs (PDF)] | ||
| + | * [http://dvd.sourceforge.net/dvdinfo/ DVD-Video Information] | ||
| + | * [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Inside_DVD-Video/Directory_Structure WikiBooks - Inside DVD-Video/Directory Structure] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:01, 2 December 2024
DVD (Digital Versatile Disc, formerly Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage format. DVDs can be single- or double-sided, and each side can be single- or dual-layer recorded. A variant of MPEG-2 encoding is used for video streams, which results in Packetized Elementary Stream packets containing the data (including subsidiary items such as subtitles).
DVDs overtook VHS tapes as the dominant format for video sales and rentals in the 2000s. The HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats dueled it out in a format war to be the successor of the DVD, with BluRay ultimately winning, but DVDs are still widely used alongside them. Digital video formats (download or streaming) are increasing in popularity as a competitor to physical media.
