DVD Media Codes Explained
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What?
Every piece of DVD media manufactured has a unique media code on it. It tells you what the media really is and who made it.
To know what type of media you really have you need to know (and post) the media code. It's also been called the Disc ID or Unique Disc Identifier.
Why?
Simply saying "I have some Sony 8x DVD+R's" or "I'm using Memorex 4x DVD-RW's" does not help because many types of media are sold under a certain name but manufactured by many different companies!
For example, Memorox 8x DVD-R dics can be one of many different media types! Once you have the media code you can be sure of what you
really have.
How?
So how do you get this media code? Rather simple really!
For this guide I will use DVDIndentifier. It's a totally free application that works great for this purpose.
- 1 Download and install DVD Identifier.
- 2 Place the media to be identified in your ODD (optical disk drive).
- 3 Open DVD Identifier.
- 4 Select the ODD that has the media in it from the drop down menu at the top.
- 5 Click the Identify button on the right.
- 6 Click the clipboard button and then you can paste the information into your post.
- 7 The information we are realy looking for is refered to Unique Disc Identifier by this particular program. If you want you can just post that instead of using the clipboard method above.
That's it! See I told you it was simple!
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