dvd media pages and DVD-RAM

[dik1]

Hi ho,

Can you please add DVD-RAM to the media types drop down list?
(Some numbers for the Ritek/Meritline $4 DVD-RAM would be most helpful)

Also, it would be nice if the media page knew (pre-selected) my burner
and settop player on these pages:
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmediaform.php?addnewmedia=1

Crap, going multi topic here, but why do i have to put in a name and email
if i am registered and flogged in? Also, it would be nice if i could edit my media (and settop entries) as my familiarity with them increased. It's like the database is too separate an app from the forums.

dik
/me DVD-RAM

[Baldrick]

Can you get a "media code" from dvd-ram discs???

[Baldrick]

In future versions(=a few months away) of the media list I may add so you can edit your posts and also so you can use your forum user account.

[Baldrick]

Bump


Can you get a "media code" or similiar from dvd-ram discs???

[Craig Tucker]

Patience Baldrick, you only waited 21 days

[pbhalerao]

Interested to know, what is the significance of the media code?

[Baldrick]

Interested to know, what is the significance of the media code?

Just a media name isn't enough...it could be different names for same media and then it helps to search for the media code. Same media name could also have different versions.

Example
3 memorex dvd-rs with same features but different media codes

18 same media but different media names


maybe not that big problem with so few dvd-ram...but it would help.

[pbhalerao]

Cool. I understand now.

Thanks a lot.

[The village idiot]

Ummm, let me get some tools, and I'll check and see if -RAM has a media code.

[The village idiot]

OK, I don't know what any of this means since this is the first time I've used DVDinfo tool. But here is what I found:
cheapo CompUSA brand
00000220 0C 09 0A 0B 0B 09 0A 0B 0B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000230 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000240 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000250 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................


Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
MediaCode
Format Type UDF 2.00
Volume Name PANA-UDF
Application id
Implementation id MEI_ODSD
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 10/19/2002 20:18:19
Format Capacity 4.27GB(4.58GB)
Free Blocks 0
Book Type DVD-RAM
Media Type DVD-RAM
Data area starting sector 31000h
Data area end sector 22211Fh
Linear Density 0.280um/bit
Track Density 0.615um/track
Number of Layers 1

Panasonic non-cartridge type
00000220 0C 09 0A 0B 0B 09 0A 0B 0B 4D 61 74 73 75 73 68 .........Matsush
00000230 69 74 61 20 45 6C 65 63 74 72 69 63 20 49 6E 64 ita Electric Ind
00000240 75 73 74 72 69 61 6C 20 43 4F 2E 2C 4C 54 44 2E ustrial CO.,LTD.
00000250 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4D 30 31 4A 30 30 30 . M01J000


Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
MediaCode MatsushitaElectricIndustrialCO.,LTD.M01J0002
Format Type UDF 2.00
Volume Name MEI_UDF
Application id
Implementation id MEI_VED
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 1/31/2002 11:51:14
Format Capacity 4.27GB(4.58GB)
Free Blocks 0
Book Type DVD-RAM
Media Type DVD-RAM
Data area starting sector 31000h
Data area end sector 22211Fh
Linear Density 0.280um/bit
Track Density 0.615um/track
Number of Layers 1

Imation brand
00000220 0D 09 0A 0B 0C 09 0A 0B 0C 4D 58 4C 36 0D 20 20 .........MXL6.
00000230 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
00000240 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
00000250 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .......


Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
MediaCode MXL6
Format Type UDF 2.00
Volume Name PANA-UDF
Application id
Implementation id MEI_ODSD
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 10/26/2002 17:08:11
Format Capacity 4.27GB(4.58GB)
Free Blocks 0
Book Type DVD-RAM
Media Type DVD-RAM
Data area starting sector 31000h
Data area end sector 22211Fh
Linear Density 0.280um/bit
Track Density 0.615um/track
Number of Layers 1

[The village idiot]

Does that help?