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Chapter 4: DVD Standards

Chapter 19: Responsible Media Use

CD-R/DVD: Disc Recording Demystified

Optical discs can be created on the desktop by any computer user and they can be used to efficiently distribute digital information in a wide range of formats. Audio content on CDs, photographs on Photo CDs, digital video on Video CDs and DVD-Video discs, and many other kinds of content can be burned to disc using techniques demonstrated in this book. The bundled CD-ROM contains label artwork templates, trial versions of CD-related applications, and more. Interviews with industry experts clarify difficult concepts and illustrate how different kinds of material can be successfully distributed on disc.

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