Our PC friends have DVDInfo to tell them the actual manufacturer of DVD media. Is there such an application for Mac? [Possibly this query is better placed in another forum but I doubt whether the PC people would know. More likely to get the answer from a Mac user]
You can use DVD Media Inspector http://homepage.mac.com/raktajino/dvdmediainspector/dvdmediainspector-1.0b1.dmg
I tried that with a Memorex 4x DVD-R media and it said that it was manufactured by Ritek, here is the output!: read DVD structure [0E] 00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 76 0E 14 .l...@....R..v.. 88 9A 80 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 47 00 04 30 34 00 .....RITEKG..04. 00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 06 08 12 11 ................ 86 67 80 00 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 08 05 1B 0E .g.............. 10 08 09 00 09 97 06 0D 0B 80 00 00 0A 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 10 00 0B 04 1D 18 A8 88 85 00 0C 89 AC 88 ................ 80 00 00 00 0D 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..............
I personally can't get the program to work....it is definitely not a dmg file as it will not attach to desktop. Sorry can someone help me?
According to the babelfish translation of the page - these are the system requirements to run the software: Enviroments hardware requirement Mac OS X 10.3.3 Super the DVD-R drive which supported Drive and the like of Apple, the entry to DVD-R media. We verified operation with the following drive. IMac (Flat LCD) Super Drive (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104 A227) There are times when reading of media information is not supported depending upon the DVD-R drive which you have used. With the following drive it could not grasp media information. PowerBook G4 12 inch Super Drive (MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-815) Perhaps, it operates even with DVD+R/RW drive, but for the present operation is lack of confirmation.
Ok this is fun. So what manufacturer is this: VDSPMS..AB 30 31 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 06 0B 10 11 01 MG
http://www.mdmm.com/support/faq/docs/DVD Media Compatibility.pdf PS. Sorry about the 3 previous attemps to post the link.
Hi Londor, Wow, thank you so much to *you* for the reference to DVD Media Inspector! It seems to be the only DVD Demystefier for Macs. We're using Mac OS 10.3.5, Toast 6.0.7, OWC's FireWire/USB DVR-107D DVD+_R/+_RW. The application worked like a charm. A BIG Thank-You to raktajino. People who have questions about DVDs should go to this ever-so-helpful site. They even offer opinions, imagine that! http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm We are photographers and worry constantly about burning speed, reliability and longevity of media. Thank you again raktajino and Londor.
