CD-ROM XA

Optical disc authoring

Optical disc Optical disc drive Optical disc authoring Authoring software Recording technologies Recording modes Packet writing
Optical media types
Laserdisc (LD), Video Single Disc (VSD) Compact Disc (CD): Red Book, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, 5.1 Music Disc, SACD, PhotoCD, CD Video (CDV), Video CD (VCD), SVCD, CD+G, CD-Text, CD-ROM XA, CD-i GD-ROM MiniDisc (MD) (Hi-MD) DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RW DL, DVD+RW DL, DVD-RAM, DVD-D Ultra Density Optical (UDO) Universal Media Disc (UMD) HD DVD: HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RW Blu-ray Disc (BD): BD-R, BD-RE High-Definition Versatile Disc (HVD) High definition Versatile Multilayer Disc (HD VMD)
Standards
Rainbow Books File systems ISO 9660 Joliet Rock Ridge El Torito Apple ISO 9660 Extensions Universal Disk Format (UDF) Mount Rainier
Further reading
History of optical storage media High definition optical disc format war
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CD-ROM XA is an extension of the Yellow Book Mode 2 standard for CD-ROMs that combines compressed audio, visual and computer data, allowing all to be accessed simultaneously. It was intended as a bridge between CD-ROM and CD-i (Green Book), and was developed by Sony and Philips. "XA" stands for "eXtended Architecture".

Mode 2

2336-byte disk sectors, usually used for CD-ROM/XA

CD-ROM/XA Mode 2 defines two forms:

1. CD-ROM XAMode 2 Form 1: 2048 bytes of data, with error correction, usually used for computer data
2. CD-ROM XAMode 2 Form 2: 2324 bytes of data, no ECC, usually used for compressed audio, video or picture

Bibliography

• McFadden, Andy (2002-12-20). "What is XA? CDPLUS? CD-i? MODE1 vs MODE2? Red/yellow/blue book?". CD-Recordable FAQ. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
• Sony Storage Support - What are CD-ROM Mode-1, Mode-2 and XA?

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