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
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

News: January 5, 2012 STNSoft.com has been registered, we will be moving MuxMan and Carbon to this new software related site and concentrating on video production here at MPUCoder.com
January 4, 2012: MuxMan 1.4.2 released. This corrects 2 problems - source images wider than 3:1 and some inverted images.

Other projects, natural disasters, and more features for Carbon's initial release have delayed the project.

March 18, 2011: We now have videos online demonstrating some of the effects currently available and being developed.
March 9, 2011: Development is proceeding nicely on Carbon Advanced, one new feature, deformations (click for samples), is ready to go.
A practical use of convolution filters: How to create the "CSI: Miami" moving glass pane effect.

Index of all How DVD Works articles

Other resources

other standards of interest
Mpeg-1&2 Okami's Programmers Corner (Archived) (word format)
AC3 (Dolby Digital, A52, A52a, and A52b) ATSC

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DISCLAIMER

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.

comments, suggestions, corrections concerning the information presented on these pages.

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