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White Book (CD standard)

{{short description|CD standard for storing still pictures and motion video}}

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| name = Compact Disc Digital Video

| logo = Image:VCDlogo.svg

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| caption = The closely spaced tracks on the readable surface of a Compact Disc cause light to diffract into rainbow colors

| type = Optical disc

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| capacity = 74 minutes

| read = 780 nm wavelength semiconductor laser

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| standard =

| owner = Sony & Philips

| use = Video storage

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The White Book refers to a standard of compact disc that stores not only sound but also still pictures and motion video. It was released in 1993 by Sony, Philips, Matsushita, and JVC. These discs, most commonly found in Asia, are usually called "Video CDs" (VCD). In some ways, VCD can be thought of as the successor to the Laserdisc and the predecessor to DVD. Note that Video CD should not be confused with CD Video which was an earlier and entirely different format.

Several extensions to the White Book were published in later years: VCD 2.0 in 1995, VCD-Internet in 1997, and Super Video CD (SVCD) in 1998.[http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/White-Book What is White Book?] The standard is not freely available and must be licensed from Philips.[http://www.ip.philips.com/licensing/program/15/cd-disc-joint/description_detailed Philips Licensing Programs]

The White Book also defines the more general CD-i Bridge format (also called CD-Bridge or simply "bridge discs"), which are CD-ROM XA discs with an additional Green Book CD-i specific application program. The CD-ROM XA information in bridge discs can be obtained through CD-ROM drives, while CD-i players can use the CD-i program to read bridge discs as well (hence the "bridge" status between CD-ROMs and CD-i discs). Bridge discs must conform to both the CD-ROM XA and Green Book CD-i specifications.[https://web.archive.org/web/20010306215434/http://www.ora.nsysu.edu.tw/~goldentime/cdterm08.htm CD-Bridge Disc (archived)] VCDs and SVCDs fall under the category of bridge discs, as do Photo CDs and Karaoke CDs.[http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/CD-Bridge-Disc What is CD-Bridge Disc?]

The following is a summary of the specifications for VCDs and SVCDs. For more details, see Video CD and Super Video CD.

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