Nero like app for the Mac?

[BernieR]

Hello,

How come Mac doesnt have apps like Nero ( its detailed DVD drive info part) and DVD Identifier for PC ? It must not be very high on the list of wanted apps.....
thanks!

Bernie

[tgpo]

Hello,

How come Mac doesnt have apps like Nero ( its detailed DVD drive info part) and DVD Identifier for PC ?

Because the makers of these programs don't see a need to support us.

It must not be very high on the list of wanted apps.....

Not for me. I'm perfectly content with what we have now.

[WiseWeasel]

Discribe has a kind of DVD info function... What info did you need?

[chikanakan]

The main problem is there is no true way to detect this info from the disc. This information is not stored on the disc in a way that is useful. What is stored on the disc is a code that most then be matched to a database of manufactures that is stored in Nero or other programs that support this.

Some Taiwan Disc makers actually steal other makers codes so the the media seems to be from some one reputable.

Here is info regarding this for CD.

http://www.cds21solutions.org/en/techinfo/disc01.html

[galactica]

Toast 6 = or is better than Nero in my opintion

DVD Identifier = What's the point really of getting those media codes other than for those perfectionists who like to see what media they really have. Ritek is Ritek to me, and as long as it burns i could care less if its 00540383 or 00540382 or howerver the codes are shown.

What a strange question to post in here

[BernieR]

Discribe has a kind of DVD info function... What info did you need?

Well, i have never even used a PC but some of these tools and their graphical output looks useful:


Nero ToolKit includes the following features:
Most accurate and comprehensive drive testing available
Used by leading IT professionals and press worldwide
Makes high speed drives less noisy
Allows the printing or exporting of detailed drive related information

Nero CD-DVD Speed 2
De-facto standard benchmarking tool for CD and DVD drives
Basic and advanced drive/media tests
Graphical display of results, test protocols and easy import/export function
Create special test discs (data and audio)

Transfer rate test
DAE speed/quality test
Seek/Access times
CPU usage
Burst rate
Spin-up/spin-down times
Load/eject times

Advanced DAE test (detailed analysis)
Overburning test
CD quality test
Nero CD Speed
Nero InfoTool 2
ScanDisc function (file test and surface scan)
Media ATIP information
Reading mode detection (CAV, CLV, P-CAV, Z-CLV)
Support for UltraSpeed CD-RW
Support for CD Extra/Mixed Mode/Video CD

Nero DriveSpeed 2
Sets the CD reading speed of a CD/DVD drive on-the-fly
Reduces noise in high speed drives during playback (ideal for listening to audio CDs or playing games)
Optimize spin-up/spin-down times (ideal for games and reading damaged discs)
Increase default DAE speed (if supported by recorder)

Nero InfoTool 2
Analyzes and displays the most important information about a drive, disc, configuration and software
Information can be printed or saved to a text file
Detailed read and write feature capabilities of the drive
Display basic information such as the firmware version, buffer size, serial number, the manufacturing date and current region status (for DVD drives)
PC hardware setup and most important settings such as DMA
Name and version of the operating system, ASPI manager and recording applications.

[WiseWeasel]

Nope, none of that fancy stuff available... I guess we're a simple folk, with simple needs and desires...

[BernieR]

From PCWORLD:

"If a disc isn't properly manufactured, the consequences can be dire. At best, the disc will fail immediately during the burn process; this is a best-case scenario because then you know from the start that the disc is faulty. At worst, you may get an abundance of errors during the burn process. These errors won't interrupt the burning process, and since write-once and rewritable DVD media have built-in error correction to compensate for scratches and other abnormalities on the disc (as do their CD cousins), any errors will be virtually invisible to you.

"You'll only know they're there if you use a disc diagnostics program, such as those offered by Ahead Software or Plextor. Nor will these errors affect the playback of the disc--initially."


.......

Bernie

[lordsmurf]

Ritek is Ritek

Except when it's not ! :P
Always good to know codes.

[Lobe]

yes, that's what we need a way to verify / read codes....