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or a much more extensive and thorough explanation of many cd standards visit www.cdrfaq.org/faq02.html. Here is a summary of standards and commonly used identifiers.Red Book — Audio CDs, (CD-DA)Yellow Book — Data CDsGreen Book — CD-I (Compact Disc Interactive)White Book — VideoCD (VCD)Orange Book — Physical format for recordable CDsPart I - CD-MO (Magneto-Optical)Part II - CD-WO (Write-Once; includes "hybrid" spec for PhotoCD)Part III - CD-RW (Rewriteable discs)Blue Book— CD ExtraCD ExtraA mixed mode CD, 1st is Data, 2nd is CD-DA (CD Plus) - Examples: Game CD, PlayStation CD, and Enhanced CD.CD-UDFIndustry-standard incremental packet-writing file system.CD-TextPhilips' standard for encoding artist,...

Tyvek Sleeves are, in our opinion, the best long term storage sleeve. With more people using digital recording devices, long term CD storage is becoming a popular subject. Some recordable CD (CDR) companies advertise 100-200 year storage life. Some people dispute whether those figures are accurate; I doubt I’ll be around long enough to prove it one way or another. But, with a little TLC, you and I can make CDRs last a very long time. Over the years I’ve taught these simple rules for keeping CDs, CDRs, and DVDs working and enabling long term CD storage.

If a CD or DVD isn't labeled in some way, it either goes in the trash or becomes a dog toy. A recorded CD or DVD just isn't very useful if it's not labeled. Discs can be screen printed, printed on special disc printers, labeled with CD DVD labels, or marked with a permanent marker. In this article we examine a few of the most popular labeling methods.CD Screen Printing - the method used in  most large CD replication. Normally the disc surface is printed using screen printed methods. This is an expensive option unless you are running large quantities...

When you work with something like CD’s and CD drives for a long time, you forget that many people don’t know how easy it is to free a CD stuck in the drive. The other day someone needed to know how to get a stuck CD or jammed CD out of a drive. I told them about the “tool” I’ve kept handy for 12 years for un-jamming CD’s. The tool is a paper clip with one side bent out. This is one of those paper clip rule breakers. You actually do stick the metal thingy into the hole. As long...