Cdrdao - Write audio/data CD-Rs in disk-at-once mode

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This file contains some additional information. See the manual page

for usage of the tool.

Please use the write simulation mode (command 'simulate') when trying

this program the first time on your system. This will detect problems

or incompatibilities without wasting a CD-recordable. Note that you

may have to eject and reinsert the CD-R after a simulation run before

a real write can start.

Sources of Information

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Cdrdao Homepage: http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/

Download:        http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrdao/

Mailing Lists:

  cdrdao-info@lists.sourceforge.net

    Moderated list for informing about new releases or serious bugs.

    For subscribing information send an email with 'help' in the body

    to <cdrdao-info-request@lists.sourceforge.net> or visit the info page

    http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cdrdao-info.

  cdrdao-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

    Open lists for discussion about problems, implementation of new

    features etc. 

    For subscribing information send an email with 'help' in the body

    to <cdrdao-devel-request@lists.sourceforge.net> or visit the info page

    http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cdrdao-devel.

Please report bugs and suggestions to Denis Leroy <denis@poolshark.org>.

Drivers

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The following driver IDs may be used with option '--driver'. It is

possible to specify option bits which modify the behavior of the

driver. Global and driver specific options are available. Options

flags can be combined by logical 'or' and appended to the '--driver'

option, e.g.  '--driver plextor-scan:0x03'.

By default, cdrdao will try to detect if your device is MMC compliant

and use the 'generic-mmc' driver is possible.

  Global Option Bits:

     read-toc/read-cd related:

        0x00010000: Use the generic method to read the TOC of a CD for

                    commands 'read-toc' and 'read-cd'. If this flag is

                    selected multi session disks will not be handled

                    properly but some drives do not work with the

                    currently implemented method for reading the TOC

                    of a specific session.

        0x00020000: If the byte order of the audio data retrieved with 

                    'read-cd' is wrong (i.e. not big endian samples) use

                    this option.

        0x00040000: Use this option if your drive cannot read audio data

                    from the first track's pre-gap. You will get read error

                    messages in this case which should vanish if this option

                    is used.

        0x00080000: Suppresses the automatic data type detection for the

                    raw TOC data and assumes that the drive sends BCD data.

                    Use this or the following option if cdrdao reports that

                    it cannot "determine if raw toc data is BCD or HEX".

        0x00100000: Suppresses the automatic data type detection for the

                    raw TOC data and assumes that the drive sends HEX data.

                    Use this or the previous option if cdrdao reports that

                    it cannot "determine if raw toc data is BCD or HEX".

        0x00200000: Do not try to read CD-TEXT data with command 'read-toc',

                    'read-cd' or 'copy'. Some drives lock up or send junk

                    data when asked for the CD-TEXT data. 

  Available Drivers:

  plextor

     Supports CD structure analysis (command 'read-toc') for Plextor

     CD-ROM readers. Pre-gaps and index marks are detected by

     performing a binary search over the Q sub-channel for each

     track. This method is fast and gives very exact results on

     Plextor drives. The driver uses generic SCSI commands (PLAY AUDIO

     and READ SUB-CHANNEL) so it may work on other models, too, but

     result and speed is directly correlated to the digital audio

     extraction capabilities.

     Option Bits:

        read-toc/read-cd related:

           0x00000001: Force usage of the paranoia method for audio extraction

                       instead of the special Plextor method that is used

                       with Plextor drives.

           0x00000002: Use the READ10 command to read audio data instead of

                       the vendor specific READ CDDA command.

                       Only used if the paranoia DAE method is selected.

		   0x00000010: Don't slow down after a read error. Available

                               only on Plextor devices. Manufacturer

                               default is to slow down.

		   0x00000020: Start data transfer before maximum

                               speed is reached. Available only on

                               Plextor PX-20 and later. Manufacturer

                               default is to wait for maximum speed.

		   0x00000040: Don't slow down when drive pauses to

                               avoid vibrations. Available only on

                               Plextor PX-20 and later. Manufacturer

                               default is to slow down.

  plextor-scan

     This is an alternate driver for CD structure analysis with Plextor

     drives. It scans the Q sub-channels of a track linearly like the 

     'generic-mmc' driver but is faster on Plextor drives.

     Option Bits:

        read-toc/read-cd related:

           0x00000001: Read 16 bytes PQ sub-channel instead of 96 byte

                       raw P-W sub-channel data. If 'read-toc'/'read-cd'

                       fails on your drive try to select this option.

           0x00000002: Only used if option '0x00000001' is selected. If set

                       the read PQ sub-channel data is expected to contain

                       BCD instead of HEX values. If the time count that

                       is displayed while running 'read-toc' jumps you will

                       have to toggle this option.

           0x00000004: Do not take ISRC code from the sub-channel data but use

                       the appropriate SCSI command for reading the ISRC 

                       code. This option is automatically selected if 16

                       byte PQ sub-channel data with HEX values is used.

  cdd2600

     This is a native driver for the Philips CDD2000/CDD2600 drive family.

     'read-toc' is implemented like in the 'plextor' driver but it is slow

     and not very exact due to poor digital audio extraction capabilities of

     these drives. Anyway, I don't recommend doing CD structure analysis with

     the CDD2x00 because it stresses the mechanism too much. 

  generic-mmc

     This is a driver for SCSI-3/mmc compatible CD-recorders that support

     session-at-once (cue sheet based) writing. Most of the recent drives

     (ATAPI, SCSI, USB, Parallel Port) should be compatible with this or

     with the 'generic-mmc-raw' driver described below. Data track writing

     support is also available.

     'read-toc' scans linearly the Q sub-channel of each track to retrieve

     the pre-gap length and index marks. This method is very accurate but

     takes the same time like digital audio extraction. It should also work

     with recent CD-ROM readers.

     Option Bits:

        read-toc/read-cd related:

           0x00000001: See 'plextor-scan'.

           0x00000002: See 'plextor-scan'.

           0x00000004: See 'plextor-scan'.

           0x00000008: Try to retrieve the media catalog number by scanning

                       the sub-channels instead of using the appropriate

                       SCSI command. This might be an option if the CD-R/CD-ROM

                       drive does not extract the catalog number otherwise.

                       Note: A media catalog number need not be present on

                             on a CD.

           0x00000020: Use this option if the drive cannot read sub-channel

                       data along with audio data. A binary search method for

                       pre-gap and index mark extraction will be selected in

                       this case which has to play a sector before the

                       sub-channel data can be retrieved.

                       If 'read-toc'/'read-cd' works only with this option

                       you should consider to use '--fast-toc' since the

                       data retrieved with the binary search method is usually

                       not very reliable and not worth the additional time.

           0x00000100: Force using the raw R-W sub-channel reading

                       mode for audio and data tracks.

        writing related:

           0x00000010: Enable CD-TEXT writing. This must be done explicitly

                       because there is no way to detect if a recorder supports

                       CD-TEXT writing. Trying to write CD-TEXT data with

                       recorders that do not support this feature usually

                       results in an error message at the beginning of the

                       recording process and in real write mode the medium

                       will be unusable.

           0x00000040: Suppresses the activation of the BURN Proof feature.

           0x00000080: If the drive does not support packed R-W

                       sub-channel writing (the drive does not support

                       the L-EC data creation and interleaving for R-W

                       sub-channel data) you will have to specify this

                       option. Cdrdao will perform all the encoding

                       and write in raw R-W mode. If the drive does

                       not support the raw R-W writing mode, too, it

                       is not possible to write sub-channel data.

  generic-mmc-raw

     This is an alternate driver for SCSI-3/mmc compatible CD-recorders.

     It uses the raw writing interface where the driver has to provide the

     PQ sub-channel data in addition to the audio data. This writing mode

     allows using part of the lead-out area for audio data since the drive's

     firmware has no chance to prevent this. Of course, you will get some

     error message at the end of writing when the CD-R capacity is exhausted.

     Multi session recording is currently not supported.

     CD structure analysis is done like in the 'generic-mmc' driver. 

     Option Bits:

        All of 'generic-mmc' except

           0x00000010: CD-TEXT writing capability is automatically determined.

           0x00000080: R-W sub-channel writing capability is

                       automatically determined.

  ricoh-mp6200

     Supports writing with the Ricoh MP6200S CD recorder.

     CD structure analysis is done like in the 'generic-mmc' driver.

  sony-cdu920

     Driver for the Sony CDU920 recorder. Audio and data tracks are supported.

     The Sony CDU948 recorder will work with this driver, too. Use option

     '--speed 0' to get the full writing speed.

     'read-toc' uses the Q sub-channel scanning method. 

  sony-cdu948

     Driver for the Sony CDU948 recorder. It extends the 'sony-cdu920' driver

     by CD-TEXT writing and multi session mode.

  taiyo-yuden

     This is an adapted 'cdd2600' driver for Taiyo-Yuden recorders.

     'read-toc' is done with 'plextor' method.

  teac-cdr55

     Driver for the Teac CD-R55 recorder. Audio and data tracks are supported.

      'read-toc' uses the Q sub-channel scanning method.

  toshiba

     Read only driver for Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM drives. The Q sub-channel

     scanning method is used to detect pre-gaps and index marks.

  yamaha-cdr10x

     Driver for the Yamaha CDR10X recorder series that supports audio and

     data tracks. 'read-toc' uses the Q sub-channel scanning method.

SCSI Device

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Cdrdao uses Joerg Schilling's SCSI library. Thus the same SCSI device

addressing scheme applies as for 'cdrecord'. A SCSI device is

addressed by a bus/id/lun triple, e.g. '--device 0,2,0' for a device

with SCSI ID 2 on SCSI bus 0. On some systems it is also possible

(sometimes required) to specify a device node directly, e.g. '--device

/dev/sg0' can be used on Linux systems instead of the bus/id/lun

triple.

On Linux systems the generic SCSI device ('/dev/sg?') is required to

access the CD writer. Try 'cat /proc/devices' to check out if your

kernel supports the character device 'sg'. If not insert the

corresponding module ('insmod sg.o') or reconfigure and compile the

kernel. Cdrdao opens '/dev/cdrecorder' by default which should be a

link to the appropriate generic SCSI device.

ATAPI Support

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ATAPI drives use the same command set as SCSI devices so that cdrdao

also supports all ATAPI CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW drives. Either the

'generic-mmc' or the 'generic-mmc-raw' driver should work if the

recorder supports DAO writing at all.

Cdrdao access ATAPI devices through the same interface as used for

SCSI devices. Therefor the operating system must emulate the ATAPI

devices as SCSI devices. Some operating systems do this by default

(e.g. Win32), other operating system must be told to do that

(e.g. Linux, enable the IDE host adapter emulation) and some operating

system may not support that.

The same applies for USB and parallel port devices: cdrdao supports

them but the operating system must present them as SCSI devices.

It is also possible to access ATAPI devices directly by using the

syntax '--device ATAPI:0,0,0' or '--device ATA:0,0,0' based in your

operating system. This is the same syntax used by cdrecord. It is

indeed the recommended way for recent Linux systems wich no longer

relies on the ide-scsi emulation layer. Linux kernel 2.4 users should

use the '--device ATAPI:0,0,0' syntax, while kernels above 2.6 can use

the more recent ATA interface ('--device ATA:0,0,0').

Digital Audio Extraction

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The digital audio extraction is done with the help of Monty's paranoia

library except the 'plextor' driver which uses a special method for

Plextor drives. If you want to use the paranoia mode with the

'plextor' driver you will have to use option '--driver plextor:0x1'.

The output file will always contain raw signed 16 bit audio samples

with MSB-LSB (big endian) byte order. If the byte order of the output

file is not MSB-LSB you will have to use the driver option '0x20000',

e.g. '--driver plextor:0x20000'. Please do not try to use '--swap' for

writing in this case because the byte order of the audio samples that

are fed to the paranoia library is wrong, too, which will cause

malfunction of the paranoia library routines.

Even if you specify a file name with a ".wav" extension the resulting

file will be a raw audio file without any header.

'read-cd' and 'copy' will read the first track's pre-gap, too. If your

drive cannot access these audio sectors which is usually indicated by

read errors you will have to use driver option 0x40000.

Currently, cdrdao does not support as many CD-ROM drives as

cdparanoia. If audio extraction works with cdparanoia but not with

cdrdao please send me a log of a 'cdparanoia -v' run and I will

implement the required access command.

CD-TEXT Writing

---------------

CD-TEXT data is read with 'read-toc' or 'read-cd' if your drive

supports it (e.g. Teac CD-532e, HP CD-Writer+ 8100) and will be stored

in the toc-file.  It is also possible to create the CD-TEXT data

manually by editing the toc-file or by using the xcdrdao GUI.  If you

want to create your own CD-TEXT data be sure to add the fields 'TITLE'

and 'PERFORMER' to all tracks.

IMPORTANT: The CD-TEXT writing feature must be explicitly enabled with

the driver option 0x10 for the 'generic-mmc' driver (see section

Drivers).  If the driver is automatically selected for your recorder

model the driver options should be already set if your recorder is

known to write CD-TEXT data. Please report if the driver database is

not up to date or contains incorrect data.

The directory "testtocs" contains a template toc-file "cdtext.toc".

Drives Known to Work

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Recorders:

Model                               Firmware Rev.          Driver

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ACER 10x8x32                        ?                      generic-mmc-raw

ACER 2010A                          ?                      generic-mmc-raw

ACER 20x10x40                       ?                      generic-mmc-raw

ACER 4406EU                         A.AZ                   generic-mmc-raw

ACER 4x4x6                          ?                      generic-mmc-raw

ACER 8X4X32                         5.GV                   generic-mmc-raw

ACER CD-R/RW 4X4X32                 3.LS                   generic-mmc-raw

AOPEN CD-RW CRW1632                 1.11                   generic-mmc    

AOPEN CD-RW CRW2040                 1.01                   generic-mmc    

AOPEN CD-RW CRW3248                 1.12                   generic-mmc-raw

AOPEN CD-RW-241040                  ?                      generic-mmc    

AOPEN CRW1232                       ?                      generic-mmc-raw

AOPEN CRW620                        2.40                   ricoh-mp6200     10

AOPEN CRW9624                       1.70                   generic-mmc    

ARTEC RW241040                      1.02                   generic-mmc-raw

ARTEC WRA-WA48                      ?                      generic-mmc-raw

ARTEC WRR-4048                      1.01                   generic-mmc-raw

ASUS CRW-1610A                      atapi                  generic-mmc-raw

ASUS CRW-3212A                      1.0                    generic-mmc-raw

ATAPI CD-R/RW 12X8X32               9.JB                   generic-mmc-raw

ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X4X32                3.GS,3.HS              generic-mmc-raw  7

ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW6206A              1.3A                   generic-mmc-raw

BENQ CRW2410A                       P.MJ                   generic-mmc-raw

BTC BCE1610IM                       0.19,A.20              generic-mmc-raw

BTC BCE2410IM                       A.22,A.23              generic-mmc-raw

BTC BCE621E                         2.0                    generic-mmc-raw

CD-RW CDR-2440MB                    5SG1                   generic-mmc    

CREATIVE CD-RW RW1210E              LCS6                   generic-mmc    

CREATIVE CD-RW RW4424               1.12                   generic-mmc    

CREATIVE CD-RW RW8433E              1R04                   generic-mmc    

CREATIVE CD5233E                    1.00                   generic-mmc    

CYBERDRV CW018D                     120                    generic-mmc-raw

CYBERDRV CW038D                     100C,110C              generic-mmc-raw

CYBERDRV CW058D                     100D                   generic-mmc-raw

DELTA OME-W141                      1.40                   generic-mmc    

GENERIC CRD-BP1600P                 2.43                   generic-mmc    

GENERIC CRD-R800S                   1.10                   generic-mmc    

GENERIC CRD-RW2                     1.12                   generic-mmc      9

Goldstar 8120B                      ?                      generic-mmc-raw

GRUNDIG CDR100IPW                   1.26                   cdd2600        

HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8160B            1.02                   generic-mmc-raw

HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B            1.00,1.01,1.04         generic-mmc-raw

HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4120B           2.01                   generic-mmc    

HP 9510i                            1.0e                   generic-mmc    

HP CD-Writer 4020                   1.27                   cdd2600        

HP CD-Writer 6020                   1.07                   cdd2600        

HP CD-Writer+ 7100                  3.01                   generic-mmc-raw

HP CD-Writer+ 7200                  3.01                   generic-mmc-raw

HP CD-Writer+ 7570                  1.0a                   generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 8100                  1.0g                   generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 8200                  1.0f                   generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 8290                  1.3c                   generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 9100                  1.0c                   generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 9110                  1.0                    generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 9200                  1.0c, 1.0e             generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 9300                  1.0b                   generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 9600                  1.0a                   generic-mmc      5

HP CD-Writer+ 9700                  1.0M                   generic-mmc    

HP DVD Writer 100j                  1.34                   generic-mmc    

HP DVD Writer 200j                  1.06                   generic-mmc-raw

IDE-CD R/RW 16x10A                  P1.5                   generic-mmc    

IDE-CD R/RW 2x2x24                  1.4                    generic-mmc-raw

IDE-CD R/RW 4x4x24                  1.5C                   generic-mmc-raw

IDE-CD R/RW 4x4x32                  1.3B,1.4B              generic-mmc-raw

IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32                  1.3B,1.4B,1.5          generic-mmc-raw

IDE-CD ReWritable-2x2x6             3.09                   generic-mmc-raw

IMATION IMW121032IAB                2.4B                   generic-mmc    

IMS 522                             1.05                   cdd2600        

IMS CDD2000                         1.25,1.26              cdd2600        

IOMEGA ZIPCD 4x650                  1.04                   generic-mmc-raw

JVC R2626                           1.10,2.29              teac-cdr55     

JVC XR-W2010                        1.51                   teac-cdr55     

KODAK PCD-225                       1.06                   cdd2600        

LG 8088B                            ?                      generic-mmc    

LG 8120B                            1.03                   generic-mmc    

LG CD-ROM CDR-8428B                 1.0                    generic-mmc    

LG CD-RW CED-8080B                  1.05,1.06              generic-mmc    

LG CD-RW CED-8081B                  1.00,1.05,1.06         generic-mmc    

LG CD-RW CED-8083B                  1.06,1.09,1.1          generic-mmc    

LG CD-RW GCE-8240B                  1.06                   generic-mmc    

LG COMBO                            1.0                    generic-mmc    

LG HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4080N        0010                   generic-mmc    

LITE-ON LTR-0841                    MS10, MS84             generic-mmc    

LITE-ON LTR-12101B                  LS15                   generic-mmc-raw

LITE-ON LTR-16101B                  TSON                   generic-mmc-raw

LITE-ON LTR-16102C                  US52                   generic-mmc-raw

LITE-ON LTR-24102B                  5S07                   generic-mmc    

LITE-ON LTR-32123S                  XS0X                   generic-mmc-raw

LITE-ON LTR-32125W                  WBS4                   generic-mmc    

LITE-ON LTR-40125S                  ZS08                   generic-mmc-raw

LITE-ON LTR-48125W                  VS04,VS06              generic-mmc-raw

MATSHITA CD-R   CW-7502             X.14, X.17             generic-mmc      5

MATSHITA CD-R   CW-7503             1.04, 1.8              generic-mmc    

MATSHITA CD-R   CW-7582             1.00, 1.05, 1.10       generic-mmc    

MATSHITA CD-R   CW-7585             1.04                   generic-mmc    

MATSHITA CD-R   CW-7586             1.01,1.08              generic-mmc    

MATSHITA CDRRW01                    1.34                   generic-mmc    

MATSHITA UJDA360                    ?                      generic-mmc    

MATSHITA UJDA710                    1.50                   generic-mmc    

MATSHITA UJDA720                    ?                      generic-mmc    

MEMOREX 24MAX 1040                  ?                      generic-mmc    

MEMOREX 40MAXX 1248AJ               ZWS1                   generic-mmc    

MEMOREX CD-RW4224                   1.17                   generic-mmc    

MEMOREX CDRW-2216                   1.0b                   generic-mmc-raw

MEMOREX CR-622                      D4.0                   generic-mmc-raw  5

MEMOREX CRW-1662                    D4.0                   generic-mmc-raw

MEMOREX CRW620                      1.20                   ricoh-mp6200   

MICROSOLUTIONS BACKPACK CD REWRITER ?                      generic-mmc    

MITSUMI 2801                        1.10                   generic-mmc-raw

MITSUMI CR-4801                     2.02                   generic-mmc      2

MITSUMI CR-4802                     1.2B, 1.4D             generic-mmc-raw  4

MITSUMI CR-4804                     2.4C                   generic-mmc-raw

MITSUMI CR-48X5                     1.2A                   generic-mmc    

MITSUMI CR-48X5TE                   1.6A                   generic-mmc    

MITSUMI CR-48X8TE                   1.1E                   generic-mmc    

MITSUMI CR-48XATE                   1.0C                   generic-mmc    

OLYMPIC RWD RW4224                  ?                      generic-mmc    

OTI -975 SOCRATES                   ?                      generic-mmc-raw

PANASONIC CD-R   CW-7582            1.05                   generic-mmc    

PHILIPS CDD 3801/31                 ?                      generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS CDD2000                     1.25, 1.26             cdd2600        

PHILIPS CDD2600                     1.07                   cdd2600        

PHILIPS CDD3600                     2.00                   generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS CDD3610                     2.02, 3.01, 3.09       generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS CDD4201                     1.5C                   generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS CDD4801                     C1.3                   generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS CDD522                      ?                      cdd2600        

PHILIPS CDRW1610A                   P1.4                   generic-mmc    

PHILIPS CDRW2412A                   P1.5                   generic-mmc    

PHILIPS CDRW400                     ?                      generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS OMNIWRITER26                1.20                   ricoh-mp6200   

PHILIPS PCA460RW                    1.0e,1.0g              generic-mmc    

PHILIPS PCRW1208                    3.1,4.0                generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS PCRW120899                  ?                      generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS PCRW404                     1.06,1.4b              generic-mmc-raw

PHILIPS PCRW804                     1.5,2.0                generic-mmc-raw

PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-114             2.06                   generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R   PX-R412              1.04, 1.06, 1.07       generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R   PX-R820              1.03, 1.07             generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R   PX-W1210             1.02,1.04,1.05         generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R   PX-W124              1.02                   generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R   PX-W1610             1.00                   generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R   PX-W4220             1.01, 1.02             generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R   PX-W8220             1.01                   generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R   PX-W8432             1.03, 1.05             generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W241040             1.04                   generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W2410a              1.03,1.04              generic-mmc    

PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012A              1.00,1.01              generic-mmc    

QPS CRD-BP 1500P                    6.38                   generic-mmc-raw

RICOH CD-R/RW MP7040                1.4                    generic-mmc    

RICOH CD-R/RW MP7060                1.30, 1.50, 1.70       generic-mmc    

RICOH CD-R/RW MP7063A               1.80                   generic-mmc    

RICOH CD-R/RW MP7080                1.10                   generic-mmc    

RICOH CD-R/RW MP7083A               1.20                   generic-mmc    

RICOH DVD/CDRW MP9060               1.50                   generic-mmc    

RICOH MP6200                        2.20, 2.03, 1.20, 2.40 ricoh-mp6200   

RICOH MP6201                        ?                      ricoh-mp6200   

SAF CD-R2006PLUS                    2.05                   teac-cdr55     

SAF CD-R4012                        6.0J, 6.0L             teac-cdr55     

SAF CD-R8020                        1.24                   generic-mmc    

SAF CD-RW 226                       1.12                   teac-cdr55     

SAF CD-RW4224A                      1.20                   generic-mmc    

SAF CD-RW6424                       1.30                   generic-mmc    

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-204B             BS21                   generic-mmc-raw

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-206              1.40                   generic-mmc    

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-208              BS01, BS02             generic-mmc-raw

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-212B             BS05,Q001              generic-mmc-raw

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-224              R201                   generic-mmc-raw

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B             BS02                   generic-mmc    

SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-308B            BS03,BS04,T100         generic-mmc    

SAMSUNG SW-232                      R300,R301              generic-mmc-raw

SANYO CRD-BP3                       1.03                   generic-mmc    

SONY CD-R   CDU920                  ?                      sony-cdu920    

SONY CD-R   CDU924                  1.1d                   sony-cdu920    

SONY CD-R   CDU948                  1.0j                   sony-cdu948      5

SONY CD-RW  CRX700E                 1.4r                   generic-mmc    

SONY CRX-815                        ?                      generic-mmc    

SONY CRX100                         1.0m                   generic-mmc      5

SONY CRX120                         1.0j                   generic-mmc      5

SONY CRX140                         1.0n                   generic-mmc      5

SONY CRX145                         1.0b                   generic-mmc      5

SONY CRX160E                        1.0e,1.0g              generic-mmc    

SONY CRX175A1                       5YS2                   generic-mmc    

SONY CRX175E                        ?                      generic-mmc    

SONY CRX185E1                       XYS2                   generic-mmc    

SONY CRX195E1                       ?                      generic-mmc-raw

T.YUDEN CD-WO EW-50                 2.15, 2.16, 2.18       taiyo-yuden    

TDK 4800                            s7s5                   generic-mmc    

TDK CDRW121032                      1.02                   generic-mmc    

TDK CDRW321040B                     X7S2                   generic-mmc    

TDK CDRW8432                        1.07                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-R50                         ?                      teac-cdr55     

TEAC CD-R55                         1.0k,1.0n,1.0r         teac-cdr55     

TEAC CD-R56                         ?                      generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-R58                         1.0J, 1.0H             generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-W216E                       1.0A                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-W512EB                      2.0B                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-W512SB                      1.0H                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-W516EB                      1.0A,1.0B              generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-W516EC                      1.8C                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-W524E                       1.0b                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-W54E                        1.1B                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-W58E                        1.0A                   generic-mmc-raw

TORiSAN CDW-U4424                   1.10                   generic-mmc      11

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1612            1004                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1002            1030                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1202            1020                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2002            ?                      toshiba        

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2102            15                     toshiba        

TOSHIBA R/RW 4x4x24                 ?                      generic-mmc-raw

TRAXDATA 241040                     ?                      generic-mmc    

TRAXDATA 2832                       ?                      generic-mmc-raw

TRAXDATA CDR4120                    5.0G, 5.0J, 5.0N       teac-cdr55     

TRAXDATA CDRW2260+                  3.01                   generic-mmc-raw

TRAXDATA CDRW4260                   1.0f                   generic-mmc    

TRAXDATA CRW2260 PRO                2.0                    generic-mmc-raw

WAITEC WT2444EI                     1.04                   generic-mmc-raw

WAITEC WT4424                       1.01                   generic-mmc-raw

WAITEC WT624                        7.0F                   generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CDR100                       1.0, 1.1               yamaha-cdr10x  

YAMAHA CDR102                       1.00, 1.01             yamaha-cdr10x  

YAMAHA CDR200                       1.0k                   generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CDR400                       1.0k, 1.0n             generic-mmc      1,5

YAMAHA CRW2100                      1.0D, 1.0H             generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CRW2200                      ?                      generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CRW2260                      1.0f                   generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CRW3200                      1.0d                   generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CRW4001                      1.0q                   generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CRW4260                      1.0h, 1.0q             generic-mmc      5

YAMAHA CRW4416                      1.0b                   generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CRW6416                      1.0c, 1.0d             generic-mmc      8

YAMAHA CRW8424                      1.0d                   generic-mmc    

YAMAHA CRW8824                      1.0                    generic-mmc    

_NEC 7900                           ?                      generic-mmc-raw

_NEC NR-7700A                       1.01                   generic-mmc    

_NEC NR-7800A                       1.01,1.0B              generic-mmc-raw

Readers (command 'read-toc', 'read-cd'):

Model                               Firmware Rev.          Driver         

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

ASUS CD-S340                        1.60                   generic-mmc    

ASUS CD-S400                        2.40                   generic-mmc    

ASUS CD-S500/A                      1.0K                   generic-mmc    

ASUS DVD-ROM E608                   1.10                   generic-mmc    

E-IDE CD-950E/TKU                   A41                    generic-mmc    

E-IDE CD-ROM 36X/AKU                U23                    generic-mmc      3

E-IDE CD-ROM 52X/AKH                A6E                    generic-mmc    

FUNAI E295X                         1.01                   generic-mmc    

HITACHI CDR-7730                    ?                      generic-mmc    

HITACHI CDR-8435                    0010                   generic-mmc    

HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-2500             A011                   plextor        

LG CD-ROM CRD-8480C                 1.04                   generic-mmc    

LG CD-ROM CRD-8482B                 1.00                   generic-mmc    

LG CD-ROM CRD-8521B                 1.01,1.06              generic-mmc    

LG DVD-ROM DRN8080B                 LAB8                   generic-mmc    

LITE-ON CD-ROM                      ?                      generic-mmc    

LITE-ON LTD-163                     ghr3                   generic-mmc    

LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163D              ?                      generic-mmc    

MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-506              8S04                   plextor        

MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-588              LS15                   generic-mmc    

MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-589              GS0H                   generic-mmc    

MATSHITA CR-8008                    8.0e                   plextor        

MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8585            ?                      generic-mmc    

MEMOREX CD-233E                     U10A                   generic-mmc      6

MITSUMI CD-ROM FX4820               D02A                   generic-mmc    

NAKAMICH MJ-5.16S                   1.07                   plextor        

OPTICS_S 8622                       ?                      generic-mmc    

PHILIPS 36X/AKU                     ?                      generic-mmc    

PHILIPS CD-ROM PCCD052              F50P                   generic-mmc    

PHILIPS E-IDE CD-ROM 36X            U23                    generic-mmc    

PIONEER CD-ROM DR-U03               1.01                   plextor        

PIONEER CD-ROM DR-U06               1.05                   plextor        

PIONEER CD-ROM DR-U10               1.07                   plextor        

PIONEER CD-ROM DR-U12               1.06                   plextor        

PIONEER CD-ROM DR-U16               1.06                   plextor        

PIONEER CD-ROM DR-U32               1.00                   generic-mmc    

PIONEER DVD-103                     1.09, 1.15             generic-mmc    

PIONEER DVD-104                     1.11                   generic-mmc    

PIONEER DVD-105                     1.11                   generic-mmc    

PIONEER DVD-303                     1.09                   plextor        

PIONEER DVD-305                     1.03                   plextor        

PLEXTOR CD-ROM                      ?                      plextor-scan   

PLEXTOR PX-40TS                     1.11                   plextor-scan   

PLEXTOR PX-40TW                     ?                      plextor-scan   

PLEXTOR PX-63                       ?                      plextor-scan   

SONY CD-ROM                         ?                      plextor        

SONY CD-ROM CDU-76                  1.1c                   plextor        

SONY CD-ROM CDU31A-02               ?                      generic-mmc    

SONY CD-ROM CDU4821                 S0.P                   generic-mmc    

SONY CDU5211                        YYS2                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-524E                        3.0B                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-532E                        1.0A                   generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-532S                        1.0A                   teac-cdr55     

TEAC CD-540E                        1.0A,1.0C              generic-mmc    

TEAC CD-ROM CD-532S                 1.0A                   plextor-scan   

TOSHIBA 1504                        1008                   toshiba        

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3206B             ?                      generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3601B             1885                   toshiba        

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5302TA            1095                   toshiba        

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5701TA            0167                   toshiba        

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6102B             1112                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6201TA            1037                   toshiba        

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6302B             1012                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6401TA            1009                   toshiba        

TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6402B             1008                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-2102             1015                   toshiba        

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2202            1020,1021              generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2302            1021                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2402            1317                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1102            1426                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1401            1008                   generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1402            ?                      generic-mmc    

TOSHIBA XM-5401                     1036                   plextor        

Notes:

  1) Writing with firmware revision 1.0i does not work.

  2) read-toc with plextor driver.

  3) Sold as Philips PCA36XCD CD-ROM.

  4) The generic-mmc driver will also work but the firmware seems to

  create wrong sub-channel data in some cases.

  5) See notes at the end of this file.

  6) This drive seems to ignore ISRC Codes and the Catalog Number.

  7) Firmware version 3.DS does not work well in DAO mode. Update to 3.GS!

  8) With firmware 1.0c and Adaptec 2940U2W the transmission must be

  set to asynchron according to Adaptec and Yamaha.

  9) Sanyo OEM 32x/12x/4x CD-RW drive.

  10) The firmware reports an empty vendor string so that the driver

  will not be selected automatically. Please use the --driver option.

  11) As with Toast and Nero it`s best to write and rewrite at 2x.

Example for CD Copying

----------------------

The following command will copy the CD in the source drive specified

with option '--source-device' to the CD-R/CD-RW inserted in the

destination drive specified with option '--device'. Only a single

session will be copied which can be selected with option '--session'

(default: 1st session). If you want to keep the session open you will

have to use option '--multi'.

        cdrdao copy --source-device 0,2,0 --device 0,5,0 --buffers 64

The option '--buffers' is used to adjust the ring buffer size. Each

buffer holds 1 second audio data. Dividing the specified number of

buffers by the writing speed gives the approx. time for which data

input my be stalled, e.g. 64 buffers and writing at 4x speed results

in 16 seconds.

On the fly copying is selected with option '--on-the-fly'. No

intermediate data will be stored on the disk in this case.

If the source CD contains audio tracks and the source drive is slow

you should consider to reduce the audio extraction quality with option

'--paranoia-mode 0' or reduce the writing speed to 2x. For

'--paranoia-mode 0' you will need a perfect CD-ROM drive that can

provide an accurate audio stream.

The standard generic SCSI interface of Linux kernels < 2.2.6 cannot

handle multiple commands in parallel. Since the reading and the

writing part of cdrdao use the generic SCSI interface mutual blocking

will occur. This results in low fill rates of cdrdao's ring buffer and

very likely produces buffer under runs.

To avoid these problems you should apply Heiko Eissfeldt's sg-buffer

patch which can be downloaded from:

	ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/alpha/

It is available for 2.0.x and 2.1.x kernels. For 2.2.x kernels with

x < 6 the "SG-2.2.tar.gz" patch should be used. Kernel versions >= 2.2.6

do not need any patch.

I strongly recommend to perform some simulation runs before trying real

writing.

Example for composing an audio CD

---------------------------------

Assume three existing audio files 'audio1.wav', 'audio2.wav' and

'audio3.wav' that go in three tracks. We do not want a pause between

track 1 and 2 (no pre-gap). The first 10 seconds of 'audio1.wav'

should be used as pre-gap for track 3. Here is the toc-file:

// Track 1

TRACK AUDIO

FILE "audio1.wav" 0  // take all audio data from 'audio1.wav', length is taken

                     // from file

// Track 2

TRACK AUDIO

FILE "audio2.wav" 0  // take all audio data from 'audio2.wav', length is taken

                     // from file, no pre-gap

// Track 3

TRACK AUDIO

FILE "audio1.wav" 0 0:10:0 // take first 10 seconds from 'audio1.wav'

START                      // everything before this line goes into the pre-gap

FILE "audio3.wav" 0  // take all audio data from 'audio3.wav', length is taken

                     // from file

Type 'cdrdao show-toc example.toc' to check for the correct syntax of

the toc-file. Note that even for the command 'show-toc' the audio

files must exist if the length of the audio files is not specified

like in the example.

Type 'cdrdao read-test example.toc' to check if all audio files can be

read without error (optional).

Type 'cdrdao simulate example.toc' to perform a write simulation

(optional).

Type 'cdrdao write example.toc' to create the audio CD.

Notes about some CD recorder models

-----------------------------------

MATSHITA/PANASONIC CW-7502

    This drive will only produce useful disks with the recent firmware

    revision X.17. The X depends on the drive hardware revision. 

    Thanks to Jeroen Steenblik <jeroens@esrac.ele.tue.nl> for adapting

    the generic-mmc driver to the CW-7502 recorder. He spend a lot of time

    and wasted many CD-Rs until it was obvious that the pre-X.14

    firmware does not completely comply with the SCSI-3/mmc standard. 

    Here are Jeroen's notes for upgrading the firmware:

    The update can be found at the Plasmon technical website,

    http://tech.plasmon.co.uk/, choose 'Download Files' and obtain the

    X.17 firmware for the CDR480. This includes all instructions.

    One thing I might add, when downloading the two files in the sequence

    described in their document, my drive refused the second file. I had

    to reboot after downloading the first file and only then I could download

    the second. Quite scary stuff. Swapping the download sequence should

    prevent this (so I've read). 

MEMOREX CR-622

    Submitted by Bryan E. Chafy <bchafy@ccs.neu.edu>:

    The drive as shipped comes with firmware that does not support DAO.

    The firmware lives on a PROM, it is not flashable.

    You need an EPROM burner, a 27c020 PLCC EPROM, and the

    D4.0 ROM image for the CRW-1622 (can download it from Memorex web site,

    the name of the image is d39e.dat).

    The ROM is socketed at the rear of the drive, you will see it when you

    remove the top cover.  Mine had a sticker on it with the numbers E07/885B.

    Note, this is for the CR-622 (and its sister the CDR-622 wearnes drive),

    NOT the CRW-1622.  The CRW-1622 drive is flash-upgradeable).

    IMHO, Wearnes/Memorex should be sending us new ROM's free of charge because

    the box clearly states the CR-622 supports DAO.

    The new firmware does not turn the CR-622 into a cd-rw capable drive.

    You can still only burn cd-r media.

YAMAHA CDR400, CRW4260

    These drives sometimes have problems with writing at 4x speed. The

    resulting disk is hard read for some reason. Disks written at 1x or

    2x speed are fine. Yamaha's support is aware of this problem. It might

    be related to the actual firmware revision.

    I successfully wrote CD-Rs at 4x speed with a CDR400t and firmware

    revision 1.0k.

HP CD-Writer+ 75XX, HP CD-Writer+ 8100, SONY CRX100, HP CD-Writer+ 8200

    The firmware restricts the possible disk types in multi session

    mode (DAO only) to one of the following:

     o Pure audio CD.

     o CD-EXTRA where the 1st session contains only audio tracks and the

       2nd session contains 1 data track.

    Further restrictions:

     o The length of the 1st track's pre-gap is restricted to a certain

       amount.

     o Cue sheets with ISRC codes are rejected of the COPY flag is set.

       This might be fixed in future versions.

SONY CD-R CDU948

    The firmware restricts the possible disk types in DAO mode to one of

    the following:

     o Pure audio CD.

     o Mixed mode CD where the 1st track is a data track followed by at

       least 1 audio track.

     o CD-EXTRA where the 1st session contains only audio tracks and the

       2nd session contains 1 data track.

    The length of the 1st track's pre-gap is restricted to a certain

    amount, too.

    If you want to create a pure data CD you will have to append a dummy

    audio track to the toc-file, e.g. with:

        TRACK AUDIO

	PREGAP 0:2:0

	SILENCE 0:4:0