CD-i Full Functional Specification (Green Book)
On this page, you will find documents related to the official specification of the CD-i system, a.k.a. the Green Book. Most of them are in Portable Document Format, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print them.
Compact Disc Interactive Full Functional Specification
Philips Consumer Electronics B.V. - May 1994
This document is the official specification of the CD-i system. It was originally licensed under strict non-disclosure agreements but has been freely available online since at least August 2011.
Download cdi_may94_r2.pdf (4420 KB - PDF)
Changes from March, 1993 to May, 1994
Philips Consumer Electronics B.V. - May 1994
This document lists the changes between the March, 1993 and the May, 1994 version of the "CD-I Full Functional Specification", adding the DC_SetAR function and FMV-related CSD attributes and clarifying and correcting some minor issues.
Download cdi_may94_chg.pdf (109 KB - PDF)
Changes from September, 1990 to March, 1993
Philips Consumer Electronics B.V. - March 1993
This document lists the changes between the September, 1990 and the March, 1993 version of the "CD-I Full Functional Specification", adding chapter IX on FMV and clarifying and correcting lots of minor issues according to the implementation of CD-RTOS 1.1.
Download cdi_mar93_chg.pdf (228 KB - PDF)
Recommendation for the implementation of full motion
This document recommends the combination of the FMV extension with a 1MB RAM extension. This combination is present in all released FMV cartridges and players with built-in FMV capability.
Download cdi_fmv_rec.pdf (180 KB - PDF)
