DVDINFO Problem

[MCD]

I cant seem to get DVDINFO to show the media code. When I try to click on the option to show the complete code i get an error saying " your drive does not support the commands required to read MID codes on blank +R/RW media" Its a dvd-r in the drive and it is home movie which works perfectly in all stand alones. I have a Matashita drive which is strickly a dvd-r drive, so why am i getting the error??? Can anybody help me out???

[MCD]

Well after several attempts, it appears my drive is a cheap a$$ drive that wont display the media code. So my question is, is there any other way to get the media code? I read on another post that dvd decrypter can give you the media code. I am mainly concerned about getting the actual manufacturer so I know if it is good or bad. Can dvd decrypter do this, and if so how do I do this?

[jlc_38]

Have you burned the disc your trying to read? I have a TDK 420N 4x +R burner and I have to burn before I can get DVDinfo to read the manufacture code. Some burners are like that. I freaked out the first time I tried reading blank media. I thought I'd boughten crap blanks. Turned out there were ok after I learned the burn first trick.

[Synergy]

I have a Matashita drive which is strickly a dvd-r drive, so why am i getting the error??? Can anybody help me out???

Unfortunately, your Matashita drive is one of the few which are not supported by DVDINFO. Try other programs such as DVD Identifier or Alcohol.

[MCD]

Thanks for the recommendation Synergy, I tried DVD Identifier but no luck. All the lines just say “ unsupported” I tried putting every BURNED disc I have as well as all the Blank discs I have and neither of these programs will work. It is definitely the burner’s fault.
It just flat out wont read these codes. I would give alcohol a shot, but I hate to keep loading useless programs on my system if it is the burners fault anyway. I kinda got the feeling different programs wont make any difference. But I read a different thread that some guy said “ a person could always use dvd decrypter to read the media code :P ”
I dont know if he was joking or serious. I have dvd decrypter and don't see any options anywhere for this, unless i have an outdated version. But boy, I sure wish i could get it to work somehow so I can see what media I have is good or not. I know I cant be the only poor sucker in the world that has this drive. Any other ideas, or am I just S.O.L ??

[Synergy]

Any other ideas, or am I just S.O.L ??

Looks like you are out of luck with the current burner since all programs basically use the same approach reading the info. Another possibility is that some DVD-ROM drives (such as Lite-On) can also read the Mfr ID info on burned DVD discs with DVDINFO, but this seems to work only on DVD+R/RW discs, not on DVD-R/RW discs, at least on my Lite-On 163 drive.