[cdvdburn] Re: Patched CDFSSoftATAPI for IYONIX - testers needed
- From: David <dswis@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cdvdburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:31:25 +0100
In message <c6fdb1934f.steffen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Steffen Huber <steffen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> thanks to the open sourcing of RISC OS by RISCOS Open Ltd, I finally
> had the chance to take a closer look at the standard CDFSSoftATAPI
> driver as delivered in RISC OS 5. One of the problems of this driver
> always was lack of compatibility when using it with DVD writers
> in conjunction with DVD media.
> I think I have identified the reason why it didn't work e.g. with
> LG drives, and have produced a quick-hack-patched version which
> allows my Blu-Ray LG drive to read both BD-RE and DVD-RAM media
> via CDFS.
> For simplicity, I had to remove a few features from the driver,
> namely:
> - Get/SetParameters support (tried to set read speed, timeout
> and retry settings in an incompatible manner)
> - Multisession support - for simplicity, only supports single session
> - EnquireDataMode will always return "mode 1" instead of trying to
> detect the correct type of disc
> In other words, it will help you reading Data DVDs, and you will still
> be able to read single session Data CDs, but it ruins pretty much
> everything else ;-)
> So I am looking for a few brave and fearless testers with:
> - an IYONIX
> - a drive (DVD-ROM or DVD Writer) which previously wasn't able to read
> Data DVDs
> Steffen
I'd be delighted to help - but I've got a stack of DVD+R... and I
don't think CDVDBurn will... burn!!
Best wishes
--
Dave Wisnia, Leeds, UK
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