MIL-CD

MIL-CD or Music Interactive Live CD is a compact disc format created by the video game company Sega in 1999.[1]

Optical discs
General Optical disc Optical disc drive Optical disc authoring Authoring software Recording technologies Recording modes Packet writing Burst cutting area
Optical media types Compact disc (CD): CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, 5.1 Music Disc, Super Audio CD (SACD), Photo CD, CD Video (CDV), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), CD+G, CD-Text, CD-ROM XA, CD-i, MIL-CD, Mini CD DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DS, DVD+R DS, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-D, DVD-A, HVD, EcoDisc, MiniDVD Blu-ray Disc (BD): BD-R & BD-RE, Blu-ray 3D, Mini Blu-ray Disc Ultra HD Blu-ray Universal Media Disc (UMD) Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) Forward Versatile Disc (FVD) Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) China Blue High-definition Disc (CBHD) HD DVD: HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RAM High-Definition Versatile Multilayer Disc (HD VMD) VCDHD GD-ROM Personal Video Disc (PVD) MiniDisc (MD), Hi-MD LaserDisc (LD), LD-ROM, LV-ROM Video Single Disc (VSD) Ultra Density Optical (UDO) Stacked Volumetric Optical Disk (SVOD) Five dimensional disc (5D DVD) Nintendo optical disc (NOD) Archival Disc Professional Disc Dataplay
Standards SFF ATAPI/MMC Mount Rainier (packet writing) Mount Fuji (layer jump recording) Rainbow Books File systems ISO 9660 Joliet Romeo Rock Ridge / SUSP El Torito Apple ISO 9660 Extensions Universal Disk Format (UDF) ISO 13490
See also History of optical storage media High-definition optical disc format war

The main purpose of MIL-CD was to add multimedia functions to music CDs, for use in Sega's Dreamcast games console. For example, MIL-CD music releases were to feature enhanced navigational menus, internet capabilities, and full-screen video. It was similar to tests done with Audio CD/CD-ROM combo disks on PCs, DVD-Video/DVD-ROM combo disks on PCs, game systems and DVD Players, as well as game/video combo discs for systems like the PlayStation 3.

The Dreamcast's support for the MIL-CD format allowed hackers to bypass the Dreamcast security, allowing the creation of such utilities as the Bleemcast PlayStation emulator, the creation of homebrew titles for the machine, and ability to run bootlegged games and games from other regions via Code Breaker or older apps like Utopia bootdisk.

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History of Dreamcast Homebrew

Optical storage media
Blu-ray (2006)	BD-R (2006) BD-RE (2006) BD-R XL (2010) BD-RE XL (2010)
Professional Disc (2003)	PDD (2004)
DVD (1995)	DVD-R (1997) DVD-RW (1999) DVD+RW (2001) DVD+R (2002) DVD+R DL (2004) DVD-R DL (2005)
Compact disc (1982)	CD-R (1988) CD-i (1991) CD-RW (1997)
Discontinued	Microform (1870) Optical tape (20th century) Optical disc (20th century) LaserDisc (1978) WORM (1979) GD-ROM (1997) MIL-CD (1999) DataPlay (2002) UDO (2003) ProData (2003) UMD (2004) HD DVD (2006)
Magneto-optic Kerr effect (1877)	MO disc (1980s) MiniDisc (1992) Hi-MD (2004)
Optical Assist	Laser turntable (1986) Floptical (1991) Super DLT (1998)

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MIL-CD

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