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Originally posted by KCK
So why don't you check the SD-M1201 specifications? It can't read any CD-RW, or just UDF ones?
just UDF. Other CD-R/CD-RW formats are fine. I have the spec sheet on the drive, but it isn't explicit concering "multi-read" compliant.
maybe you can glean something from the following:
3. Specifications
3.1.Performance
(1) Applicable Disc *1 DVD: DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18),
DVD-R (read)
CD : CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM,
CD-ROM XA, CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD, Video-CD)
Multisession CD (Phto-CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-R,
CD-RW), CD-R (read), CD-RW (read)
(2) Data Capacity
User Data/Block DVD-ROM: 2,048 Byte/Block
CD-ROM : 2,048 Byte/Block (Mode 1)
2,336 Byte/Block (Mode 2)
Data Cpacity/Disc: (1 GB=230 Byte, 1 MB=220 Byte, 1 KB=210 Byte)
DVD-5 : 4.377 GB (4.700 Billion Byte)
DVD-9 : 7.959 GB (8.545 Billion Byte)
DVD-10: 8.754 GB (9.400 Billion Byte)
DVD-18: 15.917 GB (17.091 Billion Byte)
CD (Mode-1): 656.5 MB (688.4 Million Byte)
CD (Mode-2): 748.8 MB (785.2 Million Byte)
(3) Rotational Speed
DVD : Approx. 2,900 rpm (2.1-5X)
CD : Approx. 6,900 rpm (13.8-32X)
CD-RW: Approx. 4,300 rpm (8.6-20X)
CD Audio, Video CD : Approx. 1,200-2,000 rpm (4-5.7X)
(4) Transfer Rate
( 1 KByte=210 Byte=1,024 Bytes, 1 Mbyte=220 Byte=1,048,576 Bytes)
Sustained Block Transfer Rate DVD: 1,399-3,380 Block/s
CD : 1,034-2,400 Block/s
Sustained Data Transfer Rate DVD: 2,797-6,760 KByte/s
CD : Mode 1 2,069-4,800 KByte/s
Mode 2 2,360-5,475 KByte/s
Burst ( SCSI Interface ) 20 MByte/s ( Sync )
5 MByte/s ( Async )
**** Additional Features ****
CD Multisession Dis Spec (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA)compliant
CD-R and CD-RW Disc Spec. compliant (Read)
Multimedia PC-3 Spec compliant
Windows PC98 Spec compliant
RPC2 Compliant
CD-DA Transfer through SCSI Bus
Subcode P,Q,R-W Transfer through over SCSI
CD Text Support
Built-in Mode-1ECC and Mode-2EDC (DVD/CD-ROM)
Embedded CD-ROM XA type ECC
Thanks loads for your opinion here.