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Usage:
After start the program tries to determine all accessible SCSI/IDE
devices installed on your system. The devices are shown in a list.
Furthermore the program tries to identify the recorder(s) in your
system and selects it as device to read the ATIP from. A different
device may be selected by clicking the device to select in the list.
To read the ATIP/information from the media using the device selected
just press the upper of the two buttons. To put the information into
the clipboard just press the other button.
The information for min. and max. recording speed is not available
on many discs (e.g. Kodak)... most of the time you┤ll just get an
unknown min. and max. speed.
This tool is freeware and may be distributed as it is.
Any feedback, question or bug report about this program is welcome!
EMail: fwolf@gum.de
URL: http://www.gum.de/cdrid/
To be informed of new releases you can join the mailing list by sending
an EMail with Subject "SUBSCRIBE cdrid" to "ListServer@gum.de". To
remove yourself from that mailing list just send an EMail with
"UNSUBSCRIBE cdrid" as subject to "ListServer@gum.de".
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).
The program should work with most current SCSI-3 compliant recorders.
Unfortunately reading the ATIP from a CDR is specified as an optional
command so not all recorders (e.g. TEAC 55S and older ones) do not
support this feature. Furthermore there are some recorders that support
reading the ATIP with so-called vendor-unique-commands, that means
they support it by using commands that are unique to this device
(e.g. Philips/HP recorders). Support for these devices might/will be
added in one of the next versions... (I do not have very much
information on these devices!)
To use the program under Win95/98 there should be an ASPI manager
installed on the system. The ASPI layer that ships with Win9x/ME
is an old implementation from Adaptec and only works with SCSI drives
(There┤s a possibility to make it work with IDE drives, but I would not
recommend doing that!) If you┤ve got an IDE recorder connected to your
Win95/98-System you should try to upgrade to a newer ASPI manager from
Tekram┤s website
(URL: http://support.tekramusa.com/support2.nsf/view0/53E0E85676EF7DDB88256903006ABEDE?openDocument)
or:
from Adaptec┤s website
(URL: http://www.adaptec.com/support/overview/ezscsi4x.html#aspi32)
which supports IDE drives!
When using this program under WindowsNT it should always
work with either SCSI- or IDE-drives even if there┤s no ASPI manager
installed. If it┤s not working install an ASPI layer!
More technical information:
The program is currently trying to read the ATIP using two different
commands. The first command (which works on my Plextor recorder)
is the "Read TOC/PMA/ATIP" command although "Read TOC" is a mandatory
command in the SCSI3 Specs, reading the ATIP is not! So many recorders
will refuse to read the ATIP using this command. The advantage of this
method is that I can read the ATIP from unrecorded and recorded media.
If this method fails I┤ll also try "Read Session Info" command which
only gives the ATIP if there┤s an empty disc inserted in the drive.
If you know of any other method reading the ATIP please let me know as
I can add support to the program then.
Devices definitely not supported right now (or never):
- HP Surestore 4020
- JVC XRW 2022
- JVC XR-W2010
- Kodak PCD 225
- Matshita CDR CW 7501
- Philips CDD 2000
- Ricoh RO-1420n
- Teac CD-R50s
- Teac CD-R55
- Traxdata CDR 4120 Pro
- Yamaha CDR 100
- Yamaha CDR 102
Version History:
V1.23 - Fixed a bug related to faulty Intel PIIX-Busmaster drivers
reporting a larger maximum transfer length than actually
supported.
Fixed another bug causing the message "Could not initialize
interface" to appear on systems with non-Adaptec ASPI layer
running WindowsNT.
Improved detection of IDE CD-Recorders - still not perfect!
Added this little Textfile (DOC?) to the archive.
V1.24 - Fixed a minor bug introduced with V1.23 which caused the
program not to identify wrong data anymore.
Added support for more drives using another SCSI-3 command.
V1.25 - Fixed a bug printing the minutes of the ATIP in Hex instead
of decimal! (No one noticed!)
Added 3 new manufacturers to the list.
V1.26 - Fixed a bug causing "King Pro Mediatek Inc." not to be
detected correctly.
Added 1 new manufacturer to the list.
Added more technical information to the readme.txt file.
V1.27 - Fixed a small bug in the manufacturer detection routine.
(Hopefully the last one!) :-)
Added 1 new manufacturer to the list.
V1.28 - Added 5 new manufacturers.
V1.29 - Changed some of the GUI elements.
Added Button to copy ATIP information to Clipboard.
V1.30 - Added 1 new manufacturer.
V1.31 - Added 2 new manufacturers:
(97m 15s 00f - 97m 15s 09f : TDK Corp.,
97m 15s 20f - 97m 15s 29f : Mitsubishi Corp.)
V1.32 - Added 1 new manufacturer:
(97m 22s 60f - 97m 22s 69f :
97m 45s 20f - 97m 45s 29f : Acer Media Tech, Inc.)
V1.40 - Added 2 new manufacturers:
(97m 23s 50f - 97m 23s 59f : Optrom Inc.,
97m 23s 30f - 97m 23s 39f : Audio Distributors Co., Ltd.)
Added ability to distinguish between CD-R and CD-RW media.
Added Tooltips to Buttons and Dialogbox.
Fixed weird graphics when button was disabled.
V1.41 - Added ability to read minimum and maximum recording speeds.
V1.42 - Added 3 new manufacturers:
(97m 24s 50f - 97m 24s 59f
97m 45s 50f - 97m 45s 59f : Guann Yinn Co. Ltd.,
97m 28s 00f - 97m 28s 09f
97m 49s 30f - 97m 49s 39f : Opti. Me. S. SpA,
97m 23s 20f - 97m 23s 29f : Nacar Media srl)
Fixed bug not storing all information in clipboard.
V1.43 - Fixed a severe bug causing wrong information to be
displayed with some CDR media.
- Some minor optical changes for systems with 6 or more
devices.
V1.44 - Added 2 new codes/manufacturers:
(97m 23s 60f - 97m 23s 69f : Customer Pressing Oosterhout,
97m 15s 10f - 97m 15s 19f : Ritek Co.)
V1.45 - Fixed a small bug introduced due testing.
V1.46 - Added 2 new codes/manufacturers:
(97m 28s 50f - 97m 28s 59f : Delphi Technology Inc.,
97m 29s 00f - 97m 29s 09f : Harmonic Hall Optical Disc, Ltd.)
V1.47 - Added 1 new manufacturer:
(97m 22s 30f - 97m 22s 39f : Eximpo)
V1.48 - Changed the ID of "Harmonic Hall".
V1.49 - Added 4 new manufacturers:
- Hile Optical Disc Technology Corp.
- Friendly CD-Tek Co.
- Sound Sound Multi-Media Development Limited.
- kdg mediatech AG
V1.50 - Added 4 new manufacturers:
- Taroko International Co., Ltd.
- Unidisc Technology Co., Ltd.
- Hong Kong Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
- Viva Magnetics Ltd.
V1.51 - Added 6 new manufacturers:
- Bestdisc Technology Corporation
- Wealth Fair Investment Ltd.
- General Magnetics Ltd.
- MPO
- Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
- Vivastar AG
V1.52 - Added 1 new manufacturer:
- Taroko International Co., Ltd.
Fixed a bug introduced with Version 1.51
V1.60 - Added 2 new manufacturers:
- Grand Advance Technology Ltd. (new code)
- NAN-YA Plastics Corp.
V1.61 - Added 1 new manufacturer:
- Moser Baer India Ltd.
V1.62 - More accurate information (e.g. no dye for CR-RW etc.).
Program now always exits when buggy ASPI layer present.
V1.63 - Added 1 new manufacturer:
- Advanced Digital Media S.r.l.