Chapter 1

170 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About DVD
• Testronic Labs (www.testroniclaboratories.com/, Burbank, CA), (818)
845-3223,
fax (818) 845-3236.
• Toshiba (Japan). Testing services and test discs. Official DVD Verification
Lab. �81-3-3457-2105, fax �81-3-5444-9202.
• Victor (Japan). Testing services and test discs. Official DVD Verification
Lab. �81-3-3289-2813, fax �81-45-450-1639.
• WAMO (www.ivyhill-wms.com, USA). Testing services and test discs.
Official DVD Forum verification lab. 1-570-383-3568,
fax 1-570-383-7487.
Also see “Other Production Tools” for tools to analyze and verify coded
bitstreams, disc images, and DLTs.
Can I Put DVD-Video Content on a CD-R or CD-RW?
NOTE: This section refers to creating original DVD-Video content,
not copying from DVD to CD. The latter is impractical, since it takes 7
to 14 CDs to hold one side of a DVD. Also, most DVD movies are
encrypted so that the files can’t be copied without special software.
There are many advantages to creating a DVD-Video volume using an
inexpensive recordable CD rather than an expensive recordable DVD. The
resulting “cDVD” (also called a “miniDVD”) is perfect for testing and for
short video programs. Unfortunately, you can put DVD-Video files on CD-R
or CD-RW media, or even on pressed CD-ROM media, but almost no settop
player can play the disc. There are a number of reasons DVD-Video
players can’t play DVD-Video content from CD media:
1. Checking for CD media is a fallback case after DVD checking for, at
which point the players are no longer looking for DVD-Video content
2. It’s simpler and cheaper for players to spin CDs at 1x speed rather
than the 9x speed required for DVD-Video content
3. Many players can’t read CD-R discs (see “Is CD-R compatible
with DVD?” in Chapter 2, “DVD’s Relationship to Other Products and
Technologies”).