Not All Optical Discs Are Created Equally
Yesterday, I had bought some Blu-ray discs to use with my Blu-ray burner. I haven’t burnt an optical disc for quite a while so I had forgotten that individual burners have differing compatibilities with the various brands of discs and range of discs within each brand.
What this comes down to is the firmware in the burner and its table of media identification codes (MIDs) to identify the various discs that are out in the market. If a burner doesn’t have the media code for a given disc in its memory you’ll probably end up not being able to burn to the disc at all (unless you’re lucky).
Anyway, I am having a go at hacking the firmware on my burner to see if I can get it to recognise the MID on these discs. If all goes according to plan I’ll try and share some of the details on what I did to make it work.
Fingers crossed!
Boydo
My name is Boyd and I’m a Service Management Specialist with a knack for operational data gathering, transformation, analysis and reporting.
In 2012, I obtained my Masters of Science in Information Technology through the University of New South Wales @ The Australia Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA).
I was also part of an online community known as the Panasonic Insider Crew in the capacity of “Insider Guru” for Panasonic Australia where I interacted with other tech enthusiasts and find out more about Panasonic's latest gadgets.
I love technology, gadgets, and the Internet and maintain a keen interest in these areas locally, nationally, and globally. I hope by sharing my views on these topics that people will receive an honest point of view from someone with a genuine interest in these topics.
I have also written and edited articles for Neowin - you can check out my articles over @ https://www.neowin.net/news/poster/boyd_chan
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