Andy McFadden's CD-Recordable FAQ
- The standard FAQ for CD-R and CD-RW. Besides general questions and answers, its major sections cover encoding, media, hardware, software and common problems. Updated monthly.
CD Freaks.com - Website that offers daily news and background information on CD-R and DVD related subjects, both software and hardware. Has hardware reviews and forum.
CD Information Center - General information source with links and a few articles about the CD and DVD industry. Includes an CD bibliography.
CD Media Resource Center - A guide to audio and data CD media technology. Includes a discussion of the influence of laser wavelength on track geometry, and also covers encoding (EFM, parity, subcode channels), capacity analysis and data structures.
CD Media World - News and technology articles related to writable CDs. Includes a list of CD-R dye types and manufacturers, and a reference list of CD-writing software.
CD Speed - Has essential tools for CD/DVD drive and media quality control and a good explantion of CAV, CLV, Z-CLV and P-CAV technology.
CDR-Info.com - Website that contains news and announcements of new products, reviews and articles.
CDRlabs.com - Website that offers news and reviews on CD-R and DVD drives, mainly focused on hardware.
The Coaster Factory - Has information about offsets and the real size of CD-Rs.
How Stuff Works: DVDs - An illustrated explanation of the technology behind DVD media and players. It includes some animations.
An index of the ECMA standards - Lists all documents regarding the ECMA standards, including optical storage and data compression.
Jim Taylor's DVD FAQ - The official FAQ of the Internet DVD newsgroups. Its primary emphasis is on video, but there is a section on data DVDs that describes each format.
LP to CDR Tips - Page of notes describing the author's experience of transferring LPs to CDR over the last few years, with particular emphasis on the restoration of WAV files on hard disk.
Orange Forum - Home of the industry group promoting CD-R and CD-RW. Basic tutorial illustrated with cartoons.
OSTA - Optical Storage Technology Association - OSTA is an industry group promoting use of writable optical storage technology. This is the home of the Universal Disc Format (UDF) specification and other technology references.
Philips Standards and Licensing - Standards - The source for obtaining many definitive CD specifications, including the Red Book (CD-DA), Yellow Book (CD-ROM), and Orange Book (CD-R/CD-RW).
Primer on CD-R - Site describing technologies, possible problems and solutions
Recording to CD: More than Meets the Ear - This article includes an description of the physical structure and encoding of data on CDs. It covers the frame and block levels including EFM, interleaving and subcode channels.
Resources CD-R - This resource is intended to be parts of a primer on recordable Compact Disc formats.
Rm.com - Safety advice for CD ROM drives that develop small cracks.
Toshiba DVD-RAM White Paper - An introduction to DVD-RAM technology. Includes brief comparison with DVD-R and DVD-RW.
Video Help - Contains information on how to make VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs that can be played on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV, Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM, WMV and ASF. Has also a list of standalone DVD Players with compatibility information such as CD-R/W, DVD±R/W, VCD, SVCD, and MP3.
- The standard FAQ for CD-R and CD-RW. Besides general questions and answers, its major sections cover encoding, media, hardware, software and common problems. Updated monthly.
