LF DVD Media Code Viewer OS X?

[jumbotron]

I've been Googling with no luck - does such a beast exist?.... a Panther utility that will display the media code for any given +/- R disc? I've got something on my PC, but would kill to have something on my 17" Powerbook.

Thanks

[pixeljammedia]

You could use DVD Media Inspector.

[jumbotron]

thanks for the link and info - i'll give it a try

[jumbotron]

Maybe I asked the wrong question - I downloaded this utility, but it doesn't seem to list the manufacturer code - does this little app do this or do i need something else?

Thanks

[pixeljammedia]

This should show the lead-in info. This disk was manufactured by Ritek.

[jumbotron]

okay thanks for the info - i guess the 2 discs that i tried had very little disc info - it does appear that this app truncates the manufacturer data name a fair amount - if I recall the app on my pc listed more info.

[willrob]

What I've resorted to is to download the Manufacturers Data Base for DVD Identifier from CD-Freaks <<http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com>>and opening it in Text-Edit, then use DVD Media Inspector to read the code number which I look up on the list. Not perfect, but it works.

Of course the manufactuer information is only useful if you have a sense of which makers are producing reliable discs.

[jumbotron]

What I've resorted to is to download the Manufacturers Data Base for DVD Identifier from CD-Freaks <<http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com>>and opening it in Text-Edit, then use DVD Media Inspector to read the code number which I look up on the list. Not perfect, but it works.

Of course the manufactuer information is only useful if you have a sense of which makers are producing reliable discs.

Thanks for the link to the manufacturer codes - good info, but a bit of a PIA. I'm very surprised that someone hasn't written an app like DVD Identifier for the MAC - that's the app I use on my PC and it works great.

I really wanted to have something on my Powerbook - I'll go with DVD Media Inspector if that's all that's out there I guess.

Does anyone know if I can run something like DVD Identifier in OS X running Virtual PC? or would the drive not be recognized. Virtual PC seems to be so hit and miss with some apps.

[BernieR]

does DVD inspect work with DVD+R discs??

Mine shows no info at all for a DVD-ON DVD+R disc ...

Bernie