DVD-Video Information

This area contains information on DVD-Video files and their formats. This information is for people who are familiar with the structures within DVD, but lack specifics.

Overview VOB files IFO files IFO headers VMG specific tables VTS specific tables Program Chains NAV pack PCI packet DSI packet Sub-Pictures SubPictureUnit (SPU) YCbCr Color Picker Data Structures System Parameter Registers (SPRM) User Operation flags (Uops)	Virtual Machine coding Instruction Set Summary Instruction Set by value Command Details Jump and Call graphics Related info DVD/MPeg differences The MPEG Quick Reference Description of Pack Headers Description of Packetized Elementary Stream headers Audio Substream headers LPCM limitations Articles Index of all How DVD Works articles
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Other resources other standards of interest Mpeg-1&2 Okami's Programmers Corner (Archived) (word format) AC3 (Dolby Digital, A52, A52a, and A52b) ATSC	If you have questions about DVD information or about your own DVD projects, I suggest you join our forum. These questions will NOT be answered via email.

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I have never seen the DVD-Video specifications.
All information was gathered from a multitude of sources, including programs, patents, and other people's guesses, and then VERIFIED using multiple DVDs, hex dumps, and digital captures.

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