CD

File Format
Name	CD
Ontology	Physical File Formats Optical Discs CD
Released	1982

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
• Photo CD (Beige Book)
• CD-i (Green Book)
• SACD (Super Audio CD or Scarlet Book)
• VCD (Video CD or White Book)
  • Super Video CD

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)