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Discs
The CRW8424S drive is compatible with discs which meet the following
specifications:
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CD-R discs:
Use discs that conform to the Orange Book Part 2 standards. When writing
to CD-R at 6X or faster speed, you should use discs that have been designed
for high-speed recording.
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CD-RW discs:
Use discs that conform to the Orange Book Part 3 standards. When writing
to CD-RW at 4X speed, you should use discs that have been designed for
high-speed recording.
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Read-only discs:
You can read from any CD-ROM discs that conform to the Yellow Book
standard, and which bear the
logo. You can also play back any CD-
DA (audio) discs that conform to the Red Book standards, and which bear
the logo.
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The Orange Book standard defines how all recordable discs (including CD-R and CD-RW) are
written. Part 2 of the Orange Book standard relates to CD-R discs and Part 3, to CD-RW discs.
The standard was named after the color of the book’s pages. Similarly, the Red Book standard
relates to audio (CD-DA) discs and the Yellow Book standard relates to CD-ROM discs.
About CD-ROM
A CD-ROM disc is a compact disc containing high-density read-only data. It
has many applications, including the playback of music and video, the
archiving of data, as well as on-line documentation. The following are
descriptions of each CD-ROM format:
CD-DA:
Up to 74 minutes of stereo audio is written in 16-bit resolution at a
sampling rate of 44.1kHz (for a 74 minutes disc).
Data CD:
Up to 650 megabytes of computer data is stored in standard
ISO9660 format.
Video-CD:
These hold movies in which the video and audio data has been
compressed using MPEG-1 technology.
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