Hi
ala42,
Done with second patch.
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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+RW:MKM-A02-000]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+RW] - [DVD-ROM]
Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Kagaku Media]
Manufacturer ID : [MKM]
Media Type ID : [A02]
Product Revision : [Not Specified]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 1.6x-4x]
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** INFO : Drive = BENQ DVD LS DW1655 [FW BCDB]
** INFO : Write Capabilities = DVD+R DVD+R-DL DVD+RW
** INFO : Write Capabilities = DVD-R DVD-R-DL DVD-RW
** INFO : Disc = [DVD+RW:MKM-A02-000]
** INFO : Reference Speed : 1x DVD = 1385 kBps
** INFO : An Writeable Disc Is Recommended For Accurate Results
** INFO : Write Speeds (Supported By This Drive On This Disc) Listed Below

** INFO : GET PERFORMANCE Write Speed Descriptor(s)
Descriptor #1 = 5540 kBps ( 4.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
Descriptor #2 = 3324 kBps ( 2.40x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]

** INFO : MODE SENSE Write Speed Descriptor(s) [Legacy Command]
** WARNING : MODE SENSE Is Obsolete And Not Always Properly Supported
Descriptor #1 = 5540 kBps ( 4.00x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
Descriptor #2 = 3324 kBps ( 2.40x) - [CLV/Non-Pure CAV]
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** INFO : Hex Dump Of 'Media Code'-Block Listed Below
** INFO : 4-Byte Header Preceding 'Media Code'-Block Discarded
** INFO : Format 11h (Method 1) - ADIP Information
0000 : 92 0f 04 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3f 00 00 00 00 .........&.?....
0010 : 00 00 01 4d 4b 4d 00 00 00 00 00 41 30 32 00 39 ...MKM.....A02.9
0020 : 23 00 94 79 64 02 20 00 9c 7a 6c 02 20 00 9a 7b #..yd. ..zl. ..{
0030 : 68 02 20 12 12 10 e0 00 f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 h. .............
0040 : 01 00 17 38 00 29 8b 3e 02 24 00 2d 8e 38 02 24 ...8.).>.$.-.8.$
0050 : 00 2c 90 3e 02 24 44 35 30 e0 f0 30 40 00 00 00 .,.>.$D50..0@...
0060 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0070 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0080 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0090 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00a0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00b0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00c0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00d0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00e0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00f0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
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[ DVD Identifier V4.2.0 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
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Ala42,
I am going to flash back to the first firmware you sent me. All is good with the media codes that you changed especially with the MKM001. Do you need any other tests with the .cvt firmware you sent before I flash back?

As already mailed no further tests are needed with the .cvt firmware.

1655 MCSE patched BCDB mkm 001@mkm 003

MediaCodeSpeedEdit V1.0.8.1 is out. MCSE currently does not support strategy swapping with automatic renaming if the media code occurs in several tables. If you want to swap MKM 001 to MKM 003, you have to swap both the 2.4x and the 2.4x-8x MKM 001 entry to MKM 003.
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Hi
Thanks ala42

Thanks from me too Ala42, it was fun to help you.

Thanks ala, check your pm's ,btw I can't get 16x burns with TYT02@TYT03 strat swap.

I don't think there is a TYT media code.

Hi
I believe it's a typo made by DVD_PREDATOR & should be TYG02 & TYG03. TYG02 being 8x 4x & TYG03 is 16x 12x 8x 4x.

My guess is he ment YUDEN000 T02@YUDEN000 T03, at least that was what I patched for his test.

Well I had no problems with Yuden000-T02-000 @ Yuden000-T03-000 and also no problems patching TYG02 to TYG03 at 12X. I did'nt make the TYG02 16X because for me it writes better at 12X.

My question is do I swap MKM 001 2.4x to the MKM 003 2.4x and MKM 001 2.4x-8x to the MKM 003 2.4x-8x entries?

Yes, exactly.

@ala42
MCSE (1081) doesn't accept the "DCDB.CVT" file as input...

You are right Beach Hobo, I have also tryed this and it doesn't work. Strange because during the testing I loaded a .cvt file that worked perfectly.

I loaded BCDB firmware, copied Yuden000-t03-000 to yuden000-t02-000, then de-selected 16X write speed, and hit 'set speed'. But when I loaded this onto my 1655, dvdidentifier and nero still see 16X as a choice for my yuden t02 disks. When I re-load the modified .exe into MCSE, it still shows only 12x, 8x and 4x for this media type...

I known of no Benq firmware starting with 'D', and as the forum search can not find it, even with a 'B' as first letter, I have no idea what file you are talking about. By the way, that is what links are for

Sorry ala42,
It's BCDB.CVT...
Will find the link to the CVT file and post it for you...
Just hold on a few minutes...

The Link is at http://hoppy.tk/dvd-rw/benq/1655/

One of the safety checks when loading .cvt files was too paranoid. The filesize limit is increased now to allow the larger 1655 .cvt files, available with the next release. Thanks for the info.

Thanks ala42 !!!!!,
Sorry about the TYPO before...
It will not happen again...

Beach-hobo

Thanks. I did just that, and it worked. I'm doing some burn tests now to see if the strategy will work.

So I guess copying of yuden000 write strategies does not really work? I saw that zevia got bad burns from yuden000-t02s as a side effect of doing this. Looks like I need to rename strategies instead?

Hard to say,i t worked fine for alan1476 and DVD_PREDATOR at 12x, zevias's results were horrible. It would be fine if you tried both. Start with renaming, which is the safe way to see if the drive likes your T02@T03 as a reference, then try the lossless swapping.

Just to make sure I did this correctly. I highlight MKM 001-000 2.4X and then another window opens up and I choose MKM 003-000 2.4x to replace the strategy for MKM 001. And when finiished MKM-001 will be listed while MKM 003 turns into MKM 0x1. And I do the same for the row that lists 8x, 6x, 4x, and 2.4x
Is that correct?