human readable DVD/CD drive technical details

Getting a brief and more verbose details of your DVD/CD drive technical data is not really simple to understand and interpret.

This blog entry provide more information incase you are currently experiecing DVD/CD drive linux detection or even DVD/CD drive malfunctioning. There's an instance wherein your currently detected DVD/CD drive is mishaving or malfunctioning. INt in a way it is not doing what it is expected to do.

Here's a quick linux command to retrieve DVD/CD drive details.

USAGE
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# cd-drive

Here's a long list of technical data shown in a human readable form.

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The driver selected is GNU/Linux
The default device for this driver is /dev/cdrom

Drivers available...
GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver
cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver
bin/cuesheet disk image driver
Nero NRG disk image driver

CD-ROM drive supports MMC 3

Drive: /dev/cdrom
Vendor : LITE-ON
Model : DVD SHD-16P1S
Revision : GS03
Profile List Feature
Read only DVD

Core Feature
ATAPI interface

Morphing Feature
Operational Change Request/Notification not supported
Synchronous GET EVENT/STATUS NOTIFICATION supported

Removable Medium Feature
Tray type loading mechanism
can eject the medium or magazine via the normal START/STOP command
can be locked into the Logical Unit

Random Readable Feature

Multi-Read Feature

CD Read Feature
C2 Error pointers are supported
CD-Text is supported

DVD Read Feature

DVD+RW Feature

DVD+R Feature

DVD+R Double Layer Feature

Initiator- and Device-directed Power Management Feature

CD Audio External Play Feature
SCAN command is not supported
audio channels can be muted separately
audio channels can have separate volume levels
256 volume levels can be set

Ability for the device to accept new microcode via the interface Feature

Ability to respond to all commands within a specific time Feature

Ability to perform DVD CSS/CPPM authentication via RPC Feature
CSS version 1

Ability to read and write using Initiator requested performance parameters Feature

Vendor-specific code 10b Feature

Hardware : CD-ROM or DVD
Can eject : Yes
Can close tray : Yes
Can disable manual eject : Yes
Can select juke-box disc : No

Can set drive speed : No
Can read multiple sessions (e.g. PhotoCD) : Yes
Can hard reset device : No

Reading....
Can read Mode 2 Form 1 : Yes
Can read Mode 2 Form 2 : Yes
Can read (S)VCD (i.e. Mode 2 Form 1/2) : Yes
Can read C2 Errors : Yes
Can read IRSC : Yes
Can read Media Channel Number (or UPC) : Yes
Can play audio : Yes
Can read CD-DA : Yes
Can read CD-R : Yes
Can read CD-RW : Yes
Can read DVD-ROM : Yes

Writing....
Can write CD-RW : No
Can write DVD-R : No
Can write DVD-RAM : No
Can write DVD-RW : No
Can write DVD+RW : No

CD-ROM drive supports MMC 3

Drive: /dev/dvd
Vendor : LITE-ON
Model : DVD SHD-16P1S
Revision : GS03
Profile List Feature
Read only DVD

Core Feature
ATAPI interface

Morphing Feature
Operational Change Request/Notification not supported
Synchronous GET EVENT/STATUS NOTIFICATION supported

Removable Medium Feature
Tray type loading mechanism
can eject the medium or magazine via the normal START/STOP command
can be locked into the Logical Unit

Random Readable Feature

Multi-Read Feature

CD Read Feature
C2 Error pointers are supported
CD-Text is supported

DVD Read Feature

DVD+RW Feature

DVD+R Feature

DVD+R Double Layer Feature

Initiator- and Device-directed Power Management Feature

CD Audio External Play Feature
SCAN command is not supported
audio channels can be muted separately
audio channels can have separate volume levels
256 volume levels can be set

Ability for the device to accept new microcode via the interface Feature

Ability to respond to all commands within a specific time Feature

Ability to perform DVD CSS/CPPM authentication via RPC Feature
CSS version 1

Ability to read and write using Initiator requested performance parameters Feature

Vendor-specific code 10b Feature

Hardware : CD-ROM or DVD
Can eject : Yes
Can close tray : Yes
Can disable manual eject : Yes
Can select juke-box disc : No

Can set drive speed : No
Can read multiple sessions (e.g. PhotoCD) : Yes
Can hard reset device : No

Reading....
Can read Mode 2 Form 1 : Yes
Can read Mode 2 Form 2 : Yes
Can read (S)VCD (i.e. Mode 2 Form 1/2) : Yes
Can read C2 Errors : Yes
Can read IRSC : Yes
Can read Media Channel Number (or UPC) : Yes
Can play audio : Yes
Can read CD-DA : Yes
Can read CD-R : Yes
Can read CD-RW : Yes
Can read DVD-ROM : Yes

Writing....
Can write CD-RW : No
Can write DVD-R : No
Can write DVD-RAM : No
Can write DVD-RW : No
Can write DVD+RW : No

CD-ROM drive supports MMC 3

Drive: /dev/scd0
Vendor : LITE-ON
Model : DVD SHD-16P1S
Revision : GS03
Profile List Feature
Read only DVD

Core Feature
ATAPI interface

Morphing Feature
Operational Change Request/Notification not supported
Synchronous GET EVENT/STATUS NOTIFICATION supported

Removable Medium Feature
Tray type loading mechanism
can eject the medium or magazine via the normal START/STOP command
can be locked into the Logical Unit

Random Readable Feature

Multi-Read Feature

CD Read Feature
C2 Error pointers are supported
CD-Text is supported

DVD Read Feature

DVD+RW Feature

DVD+R Feature

DVD+R Double Layer Feature

Initiator- and Device-directed Power Management Feature

CD Audio Exte


rnal Play Feature
SCAN command is not supported
audio channels can be muted separately
audio channels can have separate volume levels
256 volume levels can be set

Ability for the device to accept new microcode via the interface Feature

Ability to respond to all commands within a specific time Feature

Ability to perform DVD CSS/CPPM authentication via RPC Feature
CSS version 1

Ability to read and write using Initiator requested performance parameters Feature

Vendor-specific code 10b Feature

Hardware : CD-ROM or DVD
Can eject : Yes
Can close tray : Yes
Can disable manual eject : Yes
Can select juke-box disc : No

Can set drive speed : No
Can read multiple sessions (e.g. PhotoCD) : Yes
Can hard reset device : No

Reading....
Can read Mode 2 Form 1 : Yes
Can read Mode 2 Form 2 : Yes
Can read (S)VCD (i.e. Mode 2 Form 1/2) : Yes
Can read C2 Errors : Yes
Can read IRSC : Yes
Can read Media Channel Number (or UPC) : Yes
Can play audio : Yes
Can read CD-DA : Yes
Can read CD-R : Yes
Can read CD-RW : Yes
Can read DVD-ROM : Yes

Writing....
Can write CD-RW : No
Can write DVD-R : No
Can write DVD-RAM : No
Can write DVD-RW : No
Can write DVD+RW : No

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