[PLUG] Who makes good media?

Kyle Accardi sandbox at pacifier.com
Mon Dec 8 00:45:03 UTC 2003


Robert wrote:

> Here is a description from the program:
> 
> Background information:
> 
> This small tool was developed to read the ATIP from a CDR media
> using a CD recorder - right now there´s no CDROM reader that can
> do this (At least I don´t know of!).
> The ATIP tells who has manufactured the disc and what dye type
> they used. (The ATIP doesn´t tell the exact dye type - it just
> tells if the recording strategy to be used for this media is
> a "long strategy type" (e.g. Cyanine) or "short strategy type"
> (e.g. Phthalocyanine).

cdrecord -atip provides this:

# cdrecord -atip dev=1,0,0
Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: '1,0,0'
scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info    : 'PLEXTOR '
Identifikation : 'CD-R   PX-W1610A'
Revision       : '1.00'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO
ATIP info from disk:
   Indicated writing power: 4
   Is not unrestricted
   Is not erasable
   Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3)
   ATIP start of lead in:  -12525 (97:15/00)
   ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
Disk type:    Long strategy type (Cyanine, AZO or similar)
Manuf. index: 26
Manufacturer: TDK Corporation


Just never looked up which types are more preferable.  A+ sounds good to me...

--
Kyle Accardi





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