Here, you can download a wide selection of technical white papers prepared by the various Technical Working Groups of the Blu-ray Disc Association. These cover a wide range of topics, including physical specifications, file format, logical and application specifications and much more. The white papers will address the entire family of Blu-ray Disc formats, including BD Recordable, BD Rewritable and BD ROM.

General Blu-ray Disc format

  1. January 01, 2004
    2004-01-01T00:00:00.0000000+01:00White Paper: Blu-ray Disc Format - General
  2. January 01, 2004
    2004-01-01T00:00:00.0000000+01:00White Paper: Blu-ray Disc Format - Key Technologies
  3. January 01, 2004
    2004-01-01T00:00:00.0000000+01:00White Paper: Blu-ray Disc Format - File System Specifications

BD RE (Blu-ray Disc Rewritable)

  1. February 28, 2006
    2006-02-28T00:00:00.0000000+01:00White Paper: BD RE - Physical Format Specifications (2nd Edition, February 2006)
  2. January 01, 2004
    2004-01-01T00:00:00.0000000+01:00White Paper: BD RE - Logical and Audio Visual Application Format Specifications

BD R (Blu-ray Disc Recordable)

  1. February 28, 2006
    2006-02-28T00:00:00.0000000+01:00White Paper: BD R - Physical Specifications (February 2006)

BD ROM (Blu-ray Disc ROM / Video Distribution Format)

  1. June 27, 2006
    2006-06-27T00:00:00.0000000+02:00White Paper" BD ROM - Audio Visual Appliation Format Specifications (Update: March 2005)
  2. May 23, 2007
    2007-05-23T00:00:00.0000000+02:00White Paper: BD ROM - Physical Format Specifications (March 2007)