This question is occasionally\u00a0raised by mastering houses whether it is better to submit the master in DDP format or in Redbook CD format. \u00a0The answer is: either way, the result will be the same.<\/p>\n
DDP is the\u00a0acronym for Disc Description Protocol. \u00a0It is the native format used by many types of equipment in the disc replication industry. \u00a0According to Wikipedia, DDP is a format for specifying the content of optical discs, including CDs and DVDs. \u00a0It is commonly used for the delivery of disc masters for duplication.<\/p>\n
Some replicators, especially many brokers, will refuse to accept DDP format because they don’t have the equipment to reverse the DDP to a physical copy. \u00a0These replicators will only accept Redbook CD as master. \u00a0Well, there is nothing wrong with that because by its digital nature a copy of a Redbook CD should be exactly the same as the master. There is one catch though. \u00a0The equipment used to make the copy has to be compatible with the Redbook standard. \u00a0Otherwise not all the information will be carried over to the new copy. \u00a0For example, some CD-ROM drives cannot copy CD-Text and CD+G information. \u00a0In that case, supplying a DDP image will be safer. \u00a0So to eliminate such possibility, we encourage the submission of DDP if all possible.<\/p>\n\n\n
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This question is occasionally\u00a0raised by mastering houses whether it is better to submit the master in DDP format or in Redbook CD format. \u00a0The answer is: either way, the result will be the same. DDP is the\u00a0acronym for Disc Description … Continue reading