is the FirmwareCreationDate - it is retrieved with the GET CONFIGURATION command for the 'Firmware Information Feature (010Ch)' (MMC-6) (NULx4) means that there are 4 NUL characters in a row )įIRMWARE CR. The 'VendorSpecific' Part is really a specific one - I've noticed a lot of special characters in this area and very often there are NUL characters in this area - to save space in the table I've decided to shorten repeated NUL characters: e.g. The first 3 columns (VENDOR, PRODUCT-IDENTIF., REV.) and 'VENDOR SPECIFIC' are simply retrieved with the INQUIRY command (for details look in the SPC3R23 specification). So please download the most current FindVUK release and simply execute the included batchfile 'FindVUK - ShowDriveDetailsForAllDrives.bat' - it will start FindVUK with the command line parameter 'showdrivedetails' and this simply checks all optical drives for their features (only bluray drives are interesting at the moment).įinally a text-file 'PleasePostInDoom9Dorum.txt' will be created in the FindVUK directory and it includes the interesting details about the found drives.Īnd now a few words about the different columns in the list: I'd like to create a comprehensive list of bluray drives and their features and I've included a new feature in the FindVUK () tool that allows to easily read all interesting information from the drive so that it can be posted here. (but for example I've bought all my drives as used drives and never encountered a problem with them - so at the moment 2 of my 3 drives are not BusEncryptionCapable :) )

Although busencryption is already supported by libaacs and other tools, it still requires a valid host certificate - so the easiest way to circumvent problems is to take care when buying a drive and choose one that isn't BusEncryptionCapable )Īt the moment it seems as if more or less all vendors started to make their drives BusEncryptionCapable in the year 2012 - so I guess that there are no new drives available that aren't BEC :(

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