MultiMedia Commands
Encyclopedia
MultiMedia Commands defines a SCSI
/ATA
based command set for accessing multimedia
features on devices capable of such functionality. T10 subcommittee is responsible for developing it as well as other SCSI command
set standards.
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces. SCSI is most commonly used for hard disks and tape drives, but it...
/ATA
AT Attachment
Parallel ATA , originally ATA, is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, floppy drives, and optical disc drives in computers. The standard is maintained by X3/INCITS committee...
based command set for accessing multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
features on devices capable of such functionality. T10 subcommittee is responsible for developing it as well as other SCSI command
SCSI command
In SCSI computer storage, a command is the basic unit of communication. The SCSI command architecture was originally defined for parallel SCSI buses but has been carried forward with minimal change for use with Fibre Channel, iSCSI and Serial Attached SCSI....
set standards.
See also
- Mount Rainier (packet writing)Mount Rainier (packet writing)Mount Rainier is a format for writable optical discs which provides the packet writing and defect management. Its goal is the replacement of the floppy disk...
- Layer Jump Recording (LJR)Layer Jump Recording (LJR)Layer Jump Recording is a writing method used for DVD-R DL .It permits recording the disc per increments called session , aka multi-session. It also permits a faster closing of the disc by saving extraneous padding when the amount of recorded data does not fill-up the disc...
- Optical disc recording modesOptical disc recording modesIn optical disc authoring, there are multiple modes for recording, including Disc-At-Once, Track-At-Once, and Session-At-Once.-CD Disc-At-Once:...
- Small Form Factor committeeSmall Form Factor committeeThe Small Form Factor committee is an ad hoc electronics industry group formed to quickly develop interoperability specifications ....
(SFF)
External links
- MMC-6 — sixth generation CDCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
, DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
, HD DVDHD DVDHD DVD is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format...
and Blu-ray DiscBlu-ray DiscBlu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
s command set. - MMC-5 — fifth generation CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs command set.
- MMC-4 — fourth generation CD and DVD command set.
- MMC-3 — third generation CD and DVD command set.
- MMC-2 — second generation CD and DVD command set.
- MMC — first generation CD-ROM command set.