DVD-Audio

DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio release of Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Media typeOptical disc
EncodingMeridian Lossless Packing or uncompressed LPCM[1]
Capacityup to 8.5 GB
Read mechanism640 nm wavelength semiconductor laser
StandardDVD Books, Part 4, DVD-Audio Book, DVD Audio Recording Book [2][3][4]
Developed byDVD Forum
UsageAudio storage
Extended from
Extended toHigh 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ DVD FLLC (2009–02) DVD Book Construction - list of all available DVD Books, Retrieved on 2009-07-24
  3. ^ a b DVD FLLC DVD Format Book - History of Supplements for DVD Books, Retrieved on 2009-07-24
  4. ^ MPEG.org, DVD Books overview Archived 1 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 2009-07-24
  5. ^ Jack Schofield: No taste for high-quality audio. The Guardian, 1 August 2007