Are 'Graph Data' reports only generated on supported burners?

[AlbertEinstein]

Are "Graph Data" reports only generated if the burner supports them? I have many of these reports on my Windows PC but I've never really thought about looking at them in the past. My limited research suggests that these reports use a feature called PIPO which is mostly exposed on Lite-On drives. So, I don't want to be looking at reports that are meaningless with no connection to reality. So, this is why I ask. These are the capabilities of my LG BD-R Bluray burner.

 

Edited Friday at 02:05 PM by AlbertEinstein

[dbminter]

As far as I am aware of, though I don't know this for certain, graphs are only available for drives that support them.

[AlbertEinstein]

Well, that's a jolly good bit of news to me Irish ears....wait...I'm not Irish...I'm just happy to hear that! Of course, I would hope it's true as well. :)

[AlbertEinstein]

My burner doesn't support PIPO in the firmware even though it might in the hardware. I don't know:

So, yes, the graph reports that ImageBurn generates are valid for my media but they're metrics I wasn't really looking for. They don't say much about the burn quality of the disc. On the bright side, the reports show that the RPMs on my drive are basically a flatline. So, that is good news. And the more I think about that, if the RPMs were consistent across the entire verify period then that would seem to imply there were no read errors or even pauses during the verify. So, if my theory is true, that is valuable information about the quality of the burn, just have to read between the lines a bit.

I'm starting to believe that the low quality discs I've bought a few times are the reason for the disc constantly hunting for a good lock on the disc. I seriously need to buy a pack of Verbatim just once to see if this is true. 99% sure it is at this point because the LG drive seems to be of good quality. I think it's 10+ years old now and still works.

Edited yesterday at 12:35 AM by AlbertEinstein