What Is DVD-Video?

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This section provides a quick summary about DVD-Video for movie DVD discs.

DVD-Video is a DVD format designed to store digital video (movies) on DVD. A DVD-Video disc has the following logo:

A typical movie DVD-Video disc will have 3 file systems on the disc at the same time:

• ISO 9660 File System - The original ISO standard developed for CD-ROM discs.
• UDF (Universal Disk Format) - ISO 13346 standard developed to replace ISO 9660.
• IFO File System - A partial file system providing a list of IFO and BUP files.

Here is an example of the file systems on the movie DVD "Big Fish":

Sections in This Chapter

What Is DVD?

What Is DVD-Video?

DVD Video (Movie) File Directory Structure

"Big Fish" - Movie DVD File Directory

Playing Movie DVD with Windows Media Player

Copying VOB Files - Copy Protection Error