DVD Structure / Metadata

• DVD Audio
• DVD Tracks
• DVD Title
• DVD Video

• Wikipedia: DVD-Video
• doom9: DVD Structure

If looking at a DVD in a hierarchy viewset from the output of lsdvd XML, here is the structure it would follow, using lsdvd output (mostly) as a schema template:

• DVD
  • Title
  • VMG ID (“DVDVIDEO-VMG”)
  • Provider ID (“NEW_LINE”, “WARNER_BROS”, etc.)
  • Disc ID - see libdvdread
  • Serial ID
  • Tracks
    • Index (integer; starting at 1)
    • Length (float; value in seconds)
    • VTS ID (string; “DVDVIDEO-VTS”)
    • VTS (integer)
    • TTN (integer)
    • FPS (float; “29.97” for NTFS, “25” for PAL)
    • Format (string; “NTSC” or “PAL”)
    • Aspect Ratio (string; “4/3” or “16/9”)
    • Video Width (integer; “720” for NTSC, “704” for PAL)
    • Height (integer; “480” for NTSC, “576” for PAL)
    • DF (string, “Letterbox”, “Pan&Scan”)
    • Palettes
      • Colors (string)
    • Angles (integer; usually just “1”)
    • Audio
      • Index (integer; starting at “1”)
      • Langcode (string; “en”, “es”, “de”, etc.)
      • Language (string; “English”, “Espanol”, “Deutsch”, etc.)
      • Format (string; “ac3” for Dolby Digital, “dts” for DTS, “lpcm” for PCM)
      • Frequency (integer; “48000”)
      • Quantization (string; “drc”, “16bit”)
      • Channels (integer; number of audio channels, “1” for mono, “2” for stereo, “6” for surround sound, etc.)
      • AP Mode (integer; “0”, “1”, “2”)
      • Content (string)
      • Stream ID (string, starting at “0x80”)
    • Chapters
      • Index (integer; starting at “1”)
      • Length (float; number of seconds)
      • Starting Cell (integer)
    • Cells
      • Index (integer; starting at “1”)
      • Length (float; number of seconds)
    • Subtitles
      • Index (integer; starting at “1”)
      • Language Code (string, “en”)
      • Language (string, “English”)
      • Content (string)
      • Stream ID (string, starting at “0x20”)