Release/Format

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Description

This field describes what kind of medium is a Release distributed on.

The values may be:

• CD

• Audio CD, mixed-mode CD, data CD, ... (Wikipedia)

• DVD

• DVD-audio, DVD-video (Wikipedia)

• SACD

• Super audio CD (Wikipedia)

• DualDisc

• (Wikipedia)

• LaserDisc

• (Wikipedia)

• MiniDisc

• (Wikipedia)

• Vinyl

• (Wikipedia) (including 78 RPMs)

• Cassette

• Audio cassette (Wikipedia)

• 4-Track

• 4-track cartridge (Wikipedia)

• 8-Track

• 8-track cartridge (Wikipedia)

• Reel-To-Reel

• (Wikipedia)

• DAT

• Digital audio tape (Wikipedia)

• Digital Media

• Internet releases (MP3, FLAC, ogg-vorbis, WMA...)

• Other

• Other formats