Does anyone know? Is the information on line 6 and line 15 being relayed from the 'firmware' on the drive and displayed by Nero or is it a strictly 'Nero' affair or a mixture of both? Reason I ask is that this drive has never displayed disc information on line 15 (or equivalent) even though I have verified that all the media I have used is on the manufacturers list (displayed with each firmware issue). I have 'rolled back' the firmware to no avail.I presume that the info displayed on line 15 is a generic or fallback position for either the drive or Nero. P.S. I have never cared for this drive, but it was a gift, else it would have been heaved long since 12:18:46 PM #6 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2483 Recorder: AOPEN DUW1608/ARR, Media type: DVD-R Disc Manufacturer: TYG01 - Disc Application Code: 64, Disc Physical Code: 193 12:18:47 PM #15 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 8862 ---- DVD Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ---- Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050 Book Type: DVD-R (2), Part Version: 2.0x (5), Extended Part Version: 0.0 (0) Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <not specified> (F h) Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW) End Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 26127F h End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h (LBN: FFFD0000 h, 4193920 MB) Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist Start sector number of the current Border-Out: 0 h Start sector number of the next Border-In: 0 h Media Specific [16..63]: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
I'm lost at trying to understand what you're trying to say about firmware, but the above is an example of a successfullly burned log of mine. Below is the current "firmware" on mine -- that is, if you're trying to look for the right firmware. So, "BYX4" and "1051" are the current firmware for my burner and cd/dvd-rom drive. Recorder: <SONY DVD RW DRU-710A> Version: BYX4 CD-ROM: <TOSHIBA ODD-DVD SD-M1802>Version:1051
i think i get the gist. My old Sony drive showed this for virtually all my discs all i go by is this - - that shows firmware has detected the media correctly but this shows that the firmware is out of date. is that what you mean ?
I think I might get it after reading the questions 3 more times now. So do you mean that the "firmware" or "Nero" has anything to do (i.e. affiliate) with line #6 & #15? Yes... it is a combination of both "firmware" and "Nero". Without the latest firmware, Nero would just read the blank media as Media Type: DVD+R or DVD-R; the same thing apply to line #15 as well. If Nero is too old, then in some cases, it wouldn't show either line (sometimes not line 15). I may be wrong, so Creaky or someone with more knowlege on Nero correct me on this one. And Creaky is right, that is what I go by as well.
@alkohol @creaky Consensus says that on line #6,'firmware' should recognize the media, else a generic type is displayed, indicating a firmware bug? Contrariwise, at line #15 a normal message may be generic or verbose, depending on the drive, and not necessarily indicitive of a problem?
@attar - now i'm definitely with you. you know what, i'd never once paid attention to the line numbers as you call them (ie i've never actually noticed the #6, #15 etc, i've always skimmed over those). !!! Anyway, for both questions, a resounding yes!. as to line #15, when i first started out, what i'd read suggested that if there were no values in with all those dots, that there was a problem. However i quickly found out that this wasn't the case.
