Peter et al, It's not elusive. It's in Part 3 of the DVD-ROM Specification, as put forth by the DVD Consortium. The DVD-ROM Specification is part of the DVD Book. The following ten companies are the founding members:
* Toshiba (Tokyo) * Hitachi (Tokyo) * Matsushita (Osaka) * Mitsubishi (Tokyo) * Philips (Eindhoven) * Pioneer (Tokyo) * Sony (Tokyo) * Thomson (Paris) * Time Warner (New York City) * Victor (Yokohama) DVD-ROM Part 3 is the video logical data structure portion of the specification. Following are more specific references: * DVD System Model section 3.3. * Definition of Space and Domain, section 3.3.3 * Playback With Parental Management System, section 3.3.4 * Special Transitions, section 3.3.9 * Parental Level Change, section 3.3.9.5. * Annex G Parental_ID_Field Notes On Video Logical Data Structures: * Data structure is as follows: 1) Structure of Volume Space 2) Structure of Video Manager 3) Structure of Video Title Set 4) Structure of Video Object Set * A Title is comprised of Program Chains (PGCs) * A Title may have one or more Parental Blocks in the Title Structure * A Parental_ID_Field may contain a maximum of 16 Parental IDs Best Recommendation: Contact DVD Format/Logo and Licensing Corporation and open your checkbook. Link to DVD Format/Logo and Licensing Corp. : http://www.dvdfllc.co.jp/ * Test Specifications: Most are 50K yen. The rest are 100K yen. The rest of the DVD Book titles are as follows: * DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc (DVD-R) * DVD Specifications for Rewritable Disc (DVD-RAM) * DVD Specifications for Re-recordable Disc (DVD-RW) * DVD Specifications for DVD-RAM/DVD-RW/DVD-R for General Discs Hope this helps. George -- Author: George Mena INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
