Optical disc authoring

One may test the image on target devices using rewriteable media such as CD-RW, DVD±RW and BD-RE.

[dubious – discuss] Most disc burning applications silently delete the image from the Temporary folder after making one copy.

Due to this limitation, a non-rewritable disc whose burn failed for any reason cannot be repaired.

Data can include album information and low-resolution graphics such as karaoke lyrics; however, these tracks are not compliant with the Red Book of CD audio standards.

For the command-line tool cdrdao, a so-called TOC file that can be authored inside a text editor is used to specify the details of the desired disc record.

The Joliet extension by Microsoft makes it possible to have long file names encoded in UCS-2, among other things.

Rock Ridge is a system providing file-ownership, fewer restrictions on the file names, and more.

The Apple Extensions enables Macintosh-specific creator codes, file type, and so on.

Packet writing can alternatively be implemented with UDF 1.02 and Mount Rainier extensions.

A compatibility technology called HighMAT allows visual material on the disc to be recognised, interpreted and supported by electronic play devices more efficiently.