XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-02-18 20:51, Paul wrote:   
   > On Tue, 2/18/2025 2:32 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-02-18 15:41, Paul wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 2/18/2025 3:37 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>> On 17/02/2025 1:45 am, s|b wrote:   
   >>>>> On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:39:31 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> A lot of people have gone through life, without ever   
   >>> seeing one of those. You are more likely to have   
   >>> seen an M-O media (magneto-optical) cartridge than a DVD-RAM.   
   >>> Artists and people doing adverts in Illustrator,   
   >>> are more likely to use M-O for storage.   
   >>>   
   >>> The drive next to me, has this:   
   >>>   
   >>> GH22LP20  22X drive   
   >>>   
   >>> DVD-ROM (SL/DL)            read   
   >>> DVD-R/-RW                  read/write   
   >>> DVD-R  DL                  read/write   
   >>> DVD-RAM (V2.0 or higher)   read/write  <=== can handle raw disc, just   
   not the cart   
   >>> DVD-Video (CSS Compliant)  read   
   >>> DVD+R/+RW                  read/write   
   >>> DVD+R  DL                  read/write   
   >>> CD-R/-RW                   read/write   
   >>> CD-ROM                     read   
   >>> CD-DA (DAE)                read   
   >>> LightScribe                     write   
   >>   
   >> How did you get the list? I seem to recall a program in Linux that would   
   obtain it, but I don't remember.   
   >>   
   >   
   > You'd be surprised how hard it is to get that info :-)   
   >   
   > I got it off the back of the box.   
      
   LOL :-)   
      
   >   
   > I was going to OCR it, but reordering the unformatted lines,   
   > it was faster to just type the stuff in. It's the computer   
   > way, doncha know (computer recipe too hard, resort to   
   > chisel and stone tablet).   
   >   
   > *******   
      
   Reminds me. Yesterday night I was reading in bed "The daughters of Cain"   
   by Colin Dexter in my Kobo libra ebook reader. The chapters in this   
   particular book are preceded by a box with some Latin saying, maybe   
   poetry. I can not read Latin, I have forgotten what I learned of it. So   
   I took my phone, opened the translator app, tapped the camera icon, and   
   pointed to it.   
      
   The app translated the text, in the same appearance as the photo. Same   
   font. The letters wobble as my hand trembled a bit.   
      
   Amazing.   
      
   It appears as an actual photo/video with the letters appropriately   
   replaced with letters in my language. Seemingly as if the ebook was in   
   Spanish.   
      
   >   
   > On one occasion, I wanted to know what   
   > software was bundled with a particular DVD drive.   
   > I had to drive to the store and read the box, because   
   > no web site had the information, and only limited pictures   
   > of the box were available. The manufacturer web site did *not*   
   > have the information.   
   >   
      
   {chuckle}   
      
   > *******   
   >   
   > There was a Nero Infotool that used to give some info.   
   > There might have been a second tool like that, but it has   
   > been quite a while since the topic has come up.   
   >   
   > There is a picture of Nero Infotool here. It was actually written   
   > by an independent dev outside Nero and bundled as freeware. You could   
   > download it off the Nero FTP site, at least for a while, gratis.   
   >   
   >     https://whatsoftware.com/do-you-know-your-cd-or-dvd-drive-   
   urning-capabilities/   
   >   
   > Apparently IMGBurn has a Device Capabilities pane.   
   >   
   > I don't really know where that information is stored, and   
   > how you access it. It appears that not ever dev is a   
   > success at a job like this. It takes multiple attempts and   
   > quite a bit of work, to get your tool to output the same info   
   > as the other tools. It's almost as hard as writing   
   > a "listdir.exe" for NTFS :-) Which is a bastard.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
      
      
   As it is a long time since I had to do this, maybe I also copied from   
   the box and I have forgotten :-D   
      
   Mine is a Blue-Ray writer, though.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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