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6.9 Requirements for DVD-ROM<br />

This appendix defines the requirements and restrictions for <strong>UDF</strong> formatted DVD-ROM<br />

discs.<br />

• DVD-ROM discs shall be mastered with the <strong>UDF</strong> file system<br />

• DVD-ROM discs shall consist of a single volume and a single partition.<br />

NOTE:. The disc may also include the ISO 9660 file system. If the disc contains both<br />

<strong>UDF</strong> and ISO 9660 file systems it shall be known as a <strong>UDF</strong> Bridge disc. This <strong>UDF</strong> Bridge<br />

disc will allow playing DVD-ROM media in computers which may only support ISO<br />

9660. As <strong>UDF</strong> computer implementations are provided, the need for ISO 9660 will<br />

disappear, and future discs should contain only <strong>UDF</strong>.<br />

If you intend to do any DVD development with <strong>UDF</strong>, please make sure that you fill out<br />

the <strong>OSTA</strong> <strong>UDF</strong> Developer Registration Form located in appendix 6.11. For planned<br />

operating system, check the Other box and write in DVD.<br />

6.9.1 Constraints imposed by <strong>UDF</strong> for DVD-Video<br />

This section describes the restrictions and requirements for <strong>UDF</strong> formatted DVD-Video<br />

discs for dedicated DVD content players. DVD-Video is one specific application of DVD-<br />

ROM using the <strong>UDF</strong> format for the home consumer market. Due to limited computing<br />

resources within a DVD player, restrictions and requirements were created so that a DVD<br />

player would not have to support every feature of the <strong>UDF</strong> specification.<br />

All DVD-Video discs shall be mastered to contain all required data as specified by ECMA<br />

167 (2 nd edition) and <strong>UDF</strong> 1.02. This will ease playing of DVD-Video in computer<br />

systems. Examples of such data include the time, date, permission bits, and a free space<br />

map (indicating no free space). While DVD player implementations may ignore these<br />

fields, a <strong>UDF</strong> computer system implementation will not. Both entertainment-based and<br />

computer-based content can reside on the same disc.<br />

NOTE: DVD-Video discs mastered according to <strong>UDF</strong> <strong>2.00</strong> may not be compatible with<br />

DVD-Video players. DVD-Video players expect media in <strong>UDF</strong> 1.02 format.<br />

In an attempt to reduce code size and improve performance, all division described is<br />

integer arithmetic; all denominators shall be 2^n, such that all divisions may be carried out<br />

via logical shift operations.<br />

• A DVD player shall only support <strong>UDF</strong> and not ISO 9660.<br />

• Originating systems shall constrain individual files to be less than than or equal to 2 30 -<br />

Logical Block Size bytes in length.<br />

<strong>UDF</strong> <strong>2.00</strong> April 3, 1998<br />

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