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DVD-Video
Format used to store digital video on DVD discs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs. DVD-Video was the dominant consumer home video format in Asia, North America,[5] Europe, and Australia in the 2000s until it was supplanted by the high-definition Blu-ray Disc, before eventually both were replaced by streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and an MPEG-2 decoder (e.g., a DVD player, or a computer DVD drive with a software DVD player). Commercial DVD movies are encoded using a combination of MPEG-2 compressed video and audio of varying formats (often multi-channel formats as described below). Typically, the data rate for DVD movies ranges from 3 to 9.5 Mbit/s, and the bit rate is usually adaptive. DVD-Video was first available in Japan on November 1, 1996 (with major releases beginning December 20, 1996),[4] followed by a release on March 26, 1997, in the United States—to line up with the 69th Academy Awards that same day.[6]
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Media type | Optical disc |
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Capacity | Up to 8.5 GB (4 hours at typical bit rates) |
Standard | DVD Books, Part 3, DVD-Video Book (Book B), DVD Video Recording Book[1][2][3] |
Developed by | DVD Forum |
Usage | Video storage |
Extended from | LaserDisc Video CD |
Extended to | HD DVD Blu-ray Disc |
Released | November 1, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-11-01) (Japan)[4]
March 26, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-26) (United States) |
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The DVD-Video specification was created by DVD Forum and can be obtained from DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation for a fee of $5,000.[7][8] The specification is not publicly available and every subscriber must sign a non-disclosure agreement. Certain information in the DVD Book is proprietary and confidential.[7]