BD-R with wrong book type

[FSNAVI]

I encountered a problem which - I thought - should be impossible.

 

I created 9 BD-Rs with my own HD videos.

7 of 9 are showing the WRONG book type 'BD-ROM', 2 of 9 are showing the correct book type BD-R. Here the details:

 

 

 

*************Wrong Book Type**************

 

HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL06 (ATA)

Current Profile: BD-ROM

 

Disc Information:

Status: Complete

Erasable: No

Sessions: 1

Sectors: 7.339.328

Size: 15.030.943.744 bytes

Time: 1630:59:53 (MM:SS:FF)

Supported Write Speeds: 2x; 4x

 

TOC Information:

Session 1... (LBA: 0)

-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 7339327)

-> LeadOut (LBA: 7339328)

 

BD Disc Information:

Disc ID: VERBAT-IMa-00

Disc Type: BD-R

 

 

 

***************Correct Book Type************

 

HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL06 (ATA)

Current Profile: BD-R

 

Disc Information:

Status: Incomplete

Erasable: No

Sessions: 2

Sectors: 9.904.608

Size: 20.284.637.184 bytes

Time: 2201:03:33 (MM:SS:FF)

Supported Write Speeds: 2x; 4x

 

TOC Information:

Session 1... (LBA: 0)

-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 9904607)

-> LeadOut (LBA: 9904608)

 

BD Disc Information:

Disc ID: VERBAT-IMa-00

Disc Type: BD-R

 

*********************

 

 

My Samsung BlueRay Player rejects the disks with the wrong book type BD-ROM, but plays the disks with the correct book type BD-R. I used Verbatim 25GB BD-R disks only. I Have no problem at all with Verbatim BD-RE disks!

 

Any explanation for the wrong book type?

 

 

 

FSNAVI

[LIGHTNING UK!]

That's not the booktype, that's the current profile.

 

One hasn't been finalised and hence still shows as BD-R, the other has been and shows as BD-ROM (as it's no longer writable).

[FSNAVI]

That's not the booktype, that's the current profile.

 

One hasn't been finalised and hence still shows as BD-R, the other has been and shows as BD-ROM (as it's no longer writable).

 

 

Thank you for pointing to that difference. But DVDINFOPRO gave the same information:

 

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Region information N/A Blu-ray Media

Media code/Manufacturer ID N/A BD-ROM

 

UDF Format Type V2.50

UDF Volume AUSTRALIEN 2006

UDF Application id

UDF Implementation id Nero

UDF Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 02/10/2009 14:20:56

Format Capacity 22.40GB(24.05GB)

Media Type BD-ROM

Read Performance Descriptor CLV 2.0x 9158KBps

**************

 

Why is a finalized BD-RE still shown as BD-RE ?

 

 

FSNAVI

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Because BD-RE are always writable - BD-R obviously aren't!

 

I don't get your point with the DVDInfoPro stuff.

My disc info is layed out exactly as returned by the drive so you can see exactly which command / fields are returning what data. There's no trickery going on behind the scenes.

[FSNAVI]

Due to your help, I have solved my problem. As explained by you, a recorded BD-R with the status 'complete' may be considered a 'BD-ROM'. A true BD-ROM is always mass-produced by a press.

 

My Samsung BlueRay SAP recognized a completed BD-R as BD-ROM, but is expecting a mass-produced one, which may differ with respect to its reflection. Therefore the SAP is rejecting such a disk as 'wrong media'.

 

A BD-R, which is recorded as the 1st session of a mult-session disk, shows as status 'incomplete' and is therefore not considered to be a 'BD-ROM', but still a BD-R. This disk is accepted by my Samsung SAP.

 

As a result, I have to use Nero to burn a BD-R (in multi-session mode) for my SAP, but can still use ImgBurn for recording on BD-REs, which are never wrongly detected as BD-Rom.

 

 

FSNAVI

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It's only your PC burner that's classing it as a BD-ROM (because it's no longer writable).

 

The disc info still clearly states it's BD-R.

 

BD Disc Information:

Disc ID: VERBAT-IMa-00

Disc Type: BD-R

 

If your samsung thing needs a multisession BD-R then it's...erm... shit.