SCSI Multimedia Commands (MMC) defines a
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI, ) is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, electrical, optical and logical interface ...
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ATAPI
ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) is a protocol that has been added to Parallel ATA and Serial ATA so that a greater variety of devices can be connected to a computer than with the ATA command set alone. It carries SCSI commands and responses through ...
based command set for accessing and controlling
devices of type 05h. Such devices read or write optical media:
CD,
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...
,
BD.
T10 subcommittee is responsible for developing MMC as well as other
SCSI command set standards. It was approved in December 1997 by ANSI.
[http://www.13thmonkey.org/documentation/SCSI/x3_304_1997.pdf (MMC-3)]
See also
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Mount Rainier
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(MRW)
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Layer Jump Recording (LJR)
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Optical disc recording modes
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Small Form Factor committee (SFF)
References
SCSI
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