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SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual

• VolumeCreationDate (PVD, SVD)

Specifies the date of volume creation. When this line is not specified, the current date and time are

used.

• VolumeModificationDate (PVD, SVD)

Specifies the last date of volume modification. When this line is not specified, the current date and

time are used.

• VolumeExpirationDate (PVD, SVD)

Specifies the date of volume expiration. When this line is not specified, a special date notation of

“no expiration date” is used.

• VolumeEffectiveDate (PVD, SVD)

Specifies the date on which the volume is to become effective. When this line is not specified, the

data in the volume becomes effective immediately.

• ApplicationUse (PVD, SVD)

This line specifies the application use field. The data file in which the contents of the application use

field are stored is specified to the parameter. When the file is shorter than the field, it is filled out

with 0x00. If it is longer, an error results.

• BootSystemIdentifier (BRT)

Specifies the boot system identifier of the boot record as a character string with a parameter.

• BootIndentifier (BRT)

Specifies the boot identifier of a boot record as a character string with a parameter.

Track Definitions

Tracks are defined between <Track line> and <EndTrack line>. Each group from the

<Track line> and ending with <EndTrack line> represents a single track. The Track

line parameter specifies the type of track. There are four track types:

• CDDA : Audio tracks

• MODE0 : Mode 0 data tracks

• MODE1 : Mode 1 data tracks

• MODE2 : Mode 2 data tracks

The following lines are used for creating track definitions:

• Pause

Specifies the number of blocks to pause at the start of a track. When this line is absent, there is no

pause and playback begins immediately. The normal pause is about 2 seconds, or 150 blocks.

• Empty

Null blocks (blocks filled in with 0x00) equal to the number of blocks specified in the parameter of

this line is played back. This is used when defining lead-in or lead-out.

• Preemphasis

This line is used to specify whether to turn the preemphasis bit of the Q subcode channel ON. If the

parameter value is TRUE, the bit is turned ON; if the value is FALSE, the bit is OFF. If this line is not

specified, the default is preemphasis bit OFF.