Chip's CD Media Resource Center: Index

	Chip's CD Media Resource Center: Index By Chip Chapin
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What's Here?	Why this document? See the Introduction and find out.	Introduction • What's Here? • Why This Document?

Technology	Some important background basics. The difference between Constant Angular Velocity and Constant Linear Velocity.	CD Media Background & Basics • CAV and CLV
	CD-Digital Audio: the original flavor. More than you probably want to know about digital audio CDs.	CD-DA (Digital Audio) • CD Physical Structure -- Summary of CD Physical Specifications -- Reading with a Laser -- A Little Optics • CD-DA Logical Structure -- How Long is the Spiral? -- Bit Density & Encoding -- How Large is a Bit? -- Encoding, Frame Structure & Error Correction -- CD-DA Storage Capacity -- Error Correction & Measurement -- Frames, Blocks & Subcodes
	CD-ROM: Turning the audio CD into a medium for computer data required some reorganization of what went on the disc.	CD-ROM • Physical Structure • Logical Structure -- Disc Layout -- Sectors, Sections & Digital Data Tracks -- EDC, P-parity & Q-parity -- CD-ROM Storage Capacity -- Error Correction & Measurement -- Volume & File Structure
	CD-R: "Write-Once" recordable CDs. Low prices enable almost anyone with a computer to produce their own CD-ROMs and audio CDs.	CD-R • CD-R Standards • CD-R Compatibility Requirements • CD-R Physical Structure -- Pregroove, "Wobble" & ATIP -- Disc Application Codes -- Power Control (OPC) & Program Calibration Area (PCA) • CD-R Layout • "What Kind of CD-R is Best?" -- Colors, Dyes & Metal Layers -- Identifying the Manufacturer & Dye Type of a CD-R -- Some Opinions... • CD-R Volume & File Structure
	CD-RW: Recordable CDs that can be erased and rewritten, like a diskette or Zip disk.	CD-RW (Re-Writable) • CD-RW Physical Structure

Articles	How does recording speed affect results? Are discs recorded at 1x or 2x more reliable?	Is it Better to Record at Slower Speeds? • Data Integrity • Data Longevity • Interoperability
	Not really long enough to be an article...	Labeling -- Will A Sharpie Ruin My CD-R?

Resources	Lots of links to other on-line CD resources. Selected bibliography to dead-tree resources as well.	Resources (Links) • FAQs • Technology • Standards • Books • Other Resources • Newsgroups

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