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| Media type | Optical disc |
|---|---|
| Encoding | Meridian Lossless Packing or uncompressed LPCM[1] |
| Capacity | up to 8.5 GB |
| Read mechanism | 640 nm wavelength semiconductor laser |
| Standard | DVD Books, Part 4, DVD-Audio Book, DVD Audio Recording Book [2][3][4] |
| Developed by | DVD Forum |
| Usage | Audio storage |
| Extended from | |
| Extended to | High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray |
DVD-Audio (commonly abbreviated as DVD-A) is a digital format for delivering high-fidelity audio content on a DVD. DVD-Audio uses most of the storage on the disc for high-quality audio and is not intended to be a video delivery format.
The standard was published in March 1999[3] and the first discs entered the marketplace in 2000. DVD-Audio was in a format war with Super Audio CD (SACD), and along with consumers' tastes tending towards downloadable music, these factors meant that neither high-quality disc achieved considerable market traction; DVD-Audio has been described as "extinct" by 2007.[5] DVD-Audio remains a niche market but some independent online labels offer a wider choice of titles.
- ^ Jim Taylor. "DVD Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) - Details of DVD-Audio and SACD". Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ DVD FLLC (2009–02) DVD Book Construction - list of all available DVD Books, Retrieved on 2009-07-24
- ^ a b DVD FLLC DVD Format Book - History of Supplements for DVD Books, Retrieved on 2009-07-24
- ^ MPEG.org, DVD Books overview Archived 1 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 2009-07-24
- ^ Jack Schofield: No taste for high-quality audio. The Guardian, 1 August 2007