Green Book CD-ROM
A standard {CD-ROM} format developed by {Philips} for {CD-i}.
It is {ISO 9660} compliant and uses mode 2 form 2 addressing.
It can only be played on drives which are XA ({Extended
Architecture}) compatible.
Many Green Book discs contain {CD-i} applications which can
only be played on a {CD-i} player but many others contain
films or music videos. Video CDs in Green Book format are
normally labelled "Digital Video on CD"
Green Book was obsoleted by {White book CD-ROM} in March 1994.
(1994-11-02)