DVD VCD SVCD specification

DVD VCD SVCD specification

DVD specification	SVCD specification	VCD specification
NTSC: Horzontal width: 720 Vertical height: 480 Frames per second: 29.97 Colour depth: 24 or 32 bits PAL: Horzontal width: 720 Vertical height: 576 Frames per second: 25 Colour depth: 24 or 32 bits	NTSC: Horzontal width: 480 Vertical height: 480 Frames per second: 29.97 Colour depth: 24 or 32 bits PAL: Horzontal width: 480 Vertical height: 576 Frames per second: 25 Colour depth: 24 or 32 bits	NTSC: Horzontal width: 352 Vertical height: 240 Frames per second: 29.97 Colour depth: 24 or 32 bits PAL: Horzontal width: 352 Vertical height: 288 Frames per second: 25 Colour depth: 24 or 32 bits

The DVD sizes can be a bit confusing. There are basicly 4 different DVD Sizes,

DVD-5, holds around 4 700 000 000 bytes and that is 4.37 computer GB where 1 kbyte is 1024 bytes* . DVD+R/DVD+RW and DVD-R/DVD-RW supports this format. Also called Single Sided Single Layered. This is the most common DVD Media, often called 4.7 GB Media.

DVD-10, holds around 9 400 000 000 bytes and that is 8.75 computer GB. DVD+R/DVD+RW and DVD-R/DVD-RW supports this format. Also called Double Sided Single Layered.

DVD-9, holds around 8 540 000 000 bytes and that is 7.95 computer GB. DVD+R supports this format. Also called Single Sided Dual Layered. This media is called DVD+R9, DVD+R DL or 8.5 GB Media.

DVD-18, holds around 17 080 000 000 bytes and that is 15.9 computer GB. DVD+R supports this format. Also called Double Sided Dual Layered.

DVD+R/DVD+RW/DVD+R DL and DVD-R/DVD-RW exact sizes
DVD-R/DVD-RW = 4 706 074 624 bytes ( 4488 MB )
DVD+R/DVD+RW = 4 700 372 992 bytes ( 4482 MB )
DVD+R DL = 8 547 993 600 bytes ( 8152 MB )

DVD File/Folder Structure

BUP = Backup files of the IFO files.
IFO = The IFO files includes information such as chapters, subtitle tracks and audio tracks.
VOB = The VOB files contains the actual video,audio,subtitles and menus.

Folder	Files	Explanation
AUDIO_TS	(undefined)	DVD Audio
VIDEO_TS	VIDEO_TS.BUP
	VIDEO_TS.IFO	The first video play item, IFO, usally a copyright notice or a menu
	VIDEO_TS.VOB	The first video play item, VOB
	VTS_01_0.BUP
	VTS_01_0.IFO	Title 01, IFO, usually the main movie
	VTS_01_0.VOB	Title 01, VOB 0, the menu for this title
	VTS_01_1.VOB	Title 01, VOB 1, the video for this title
	VTS_01_2.VOB	Title 01, VOB 2, if larger than 1 GB it will be splitted into several vobs
	VTS_01_3.VOB	Title 01, VOB 3
	VTS_01_4.VOB	Title 01, VOB 4, up to 10(0-9) VOB files if necassary
	......	......
	VTS_99_9.VOB	Up to 99(1-99) titles with max 10(0-9) VOB files each

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