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<p><b>Disc Description Protocol</b> (<b>DDP</b>) is a format for specifying the content of <a href="Optical_disc" title="Optical disc">optical discs</a>, including <a href="Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CDs</a> and <a href="DVD" title="DVD">DVDs</a>.
</p><p>DDP is commonly used for delivery of disc premasters for duplication. DDP is a <a href="Proprietary_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Proprietary format">proprietary format</a> and is the property of <a href="DCA%2C_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="DCA, Inc.">DCA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The file format specification is not freely available.
</p><p>The DDP must contain 4 parts:<sup id="cite_ref-Rumsey_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rumsey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ol><li>Audio image(s) (.DAT file(s))</li>
<li>DDP Identifier (DDPID)</li>
<li>DDP Stream descriptor (DDPMS)</li>
<li>Subcode descriptor (PQDESCR)</li></ol>
<p>An optional text file, containing the track titles and timings, can also be included.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software">Software</h2></div>
<p><b>Windows PC:</b>
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<ul><li>Adobe Encore</li>
<li>Cockos Reaper</li>
<li>DCA Viper</li>
<li>DDP Mastering Tools (command line)</li>
<li>Eclipse Image Encoder</li>
<li>Gear Pro Mastering</li>
<li>HOFA CD Burn & DDP</li>
<li>Magix Sequoia</li>
<li>Merging Pyramix</li>
<li>PreSonus Studio One Professional</li>
<li>SADiE</li>
<li>Sonoris DDP Creator</li>
<li>Steinberg WaveLab</li></ul>
<p><b>macOS:</b>
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<ul><li>Triumph Mastering Suite</li>
<li>Adobe Encore×</li>
<li>Audiofile Engineering Triumph (previously Wave Editor)</li>
<li>Audiofile Triumph</li>
<li>Cockos Reaper</li>
<li>DDP Mastering Tools (command line)</li>
<li>DSP-Quattro</li>
<li>HOFA CD Burn & DDP</li>
<li>PreSonus Studio One Professional</li>
<li>Sonic Studio soundBlade and PMCD</li>
<li>Sonoris DDP Creator for Mac</li>
<li>Steinberg WaveLab</li></ul>
<p><b>Linux:</b>
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<ul><li>DDP Mastering Tools (command line)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="PMCD" title="PMCD">PMCD</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dcainc.com/products/ddplicense/index.html">"Disc Description Protocol"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 4,</span> 2019</span>. <q>DDP was invented by Doug Carson and DCA ... and continues to be licensed and kept current by DCA. ... DDP® is a registered trademark of Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. and is protected by U.S. Copyright. Disc Description Protocol and the DDP Logo are trademarks of DCA, Inc.</q></cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Rumsey-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rumsey_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Francis Rumsey, Desktop Audio Technology, 2004, Focal Press</span>
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<ul><li><a href="Cue_sheet_(computing)" title="Cue sheet (computing)">BIN+CUE</a></li>
<li><a href="Direct_Access_Archive" title="Direct Access Archive">DAA</a></li>
<li><a href="IMG_(file_format)" title="IMG (file format)">IMG</a>+<a href="CloneCD_Control_File" title="CloneCD Control File">CCD+SUB</a></li>
<li><a href="Optical_disc_image" title="Optical disc image">ISO</a></li>
<li><a href="UltraISO#ISZ_format" title="UltraISO">ISZ</a></li>
<li><a href="Media_Descriptor_File" title="Media Descriptor File">MDF+MDS</a></li>
<li><a href="Daemon_Tools#File_format" title="Daemon Tools">MDX</a></li>
<li><a href="NRG_(file_format)" title="NRG (file format)">NRG</a></li>
<li><a href="MagicISO#Universal_Image_Format" title="MagicISO">UIF</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Apple_Disk_Image" title="Apple Disk Image">DMG</a></li>
<li><a href="Fast_Virtual_Disk" title="Fast Virtual Disk">FVD</a></li>
<li><a href="IMG_(file_format)" title="IMG (file format)">IMG</a></li>
<li><a href="Optical_disc_image" title="Optical disc image">ISO</a></li>
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<li><a href="Qcow" title="Qcow">QCOW</a></li>
<li><a href="Universal_Disk_Image_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Disk Image Format">UDIF</a></li>
<li><a href="VirtualBox#VirtualBox_Disk_Image" title="VirtualBox">VDI</a></li>
<li><a href="VHD_(file_format)" title="VHD (file format)">VHD</a></li>
<li><a href="VMDK" title="VMDK">VMDK</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Imaging_Format" title="Windows Imaging Format">WIM</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Amiga_Disk_File" title="Amiga Disk File">ADF, ADZ</a></li>
<li><a href="Disk_Copy" title="Disk Copy">DC42, DART</a></li>
<li><a href="Disk_Masher_System" title="Disk Masher System">DMS</a></li>
<li><a href="IMG_(file_format)" title="IMG (file format)">IMG, IMA, IMZ</a></li>
<li><a href="VHD_(file_format)#Virtual_Floppy_Disk_(VFD)" title="VHD (file format)">VFD</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Compact_Disc_Digital_Audio" title="Compact Disc Digital Audio">CDDA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Convention: Any item in this table that has the form of "A+B" or "A+B+C" indicates a disk format that spans multiple files, where A contains the bulk of the data, and B and C are <a href="Sidecar_file" title="Sidecar file">sidecar files</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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