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<string in about requester> = <version string(s)>
- <List of changes>
MakeCD V3.0 = MakeCD 3.22 (19.12.97)
makecdromfs.module V10.2 (20-12-1997)
ReadWrite.module 11.23 (07.01.98)
CDR_JVC_Teac.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CDR_MMC_ATAPI.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CDR_Panasonic.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CDR_Philips_2000.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CDR_Philips_2600.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CDR_Plextor_Ricoh.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CDR_Ricoh_6200.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CDR_Sony.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CDR_Yamaha_10x.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CD_ATAPI.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CD_NEC.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CD_Plextor.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CD_ROM.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CD_Sony.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
CD_Toshiba.driver 10.24 (20.12.97)
- disc-at-once
- indices (not always possible in track-at-once)
- rewrote and enhanced GUI
- renamed SCSI drivers
- new settings
- AHI support
- Formating a CD-RW is much more flexible now: can delete session only,
remove fixation, ...
- ISO image creation: a file with a list of filenames can be used to
specify files that are included in the image
- MS-DOS boot options: MakeCD can create ISO images for CD-Rs booting MS-DOS
on a PC now.
- JVC/Teac driver: mode 2 writing (without form) might work now
- CD_ATAPI.driver: Some drives incorrectly reported "wrong track type" errors
when reading CDDA.
- Bugfix: Left and right audio channel should no longer be swapped when
using Amiga audio.
- Bugfix: User aborts were ignored during writing if the IO error handling
was set to "Ignore" or "Pad".
MakeCD V3.1: MakeCD 3.27 (23.01.98)
makecdromfs.module V10.2 (20-12-1997)
ReadWrite.module 12.26 (23.01.98)
CDR_JVC_Teac.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CDR_Panasonic.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CDR_Philips_2000.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CDR_Philips_2600.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CDR_Plextor_Ricoh.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CDR_Ricoh_6200.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CDR_SCSI3_ATAPI.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CDR_Sony.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CDR_Yamaha_10x.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CD_ATAPI.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CD_NEC.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CD_Plextor.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CD_ROM.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CD_Sony.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
CD_Toshiba.driver 11.31 (23.01.98)
***************** SCSI and IO changes **********************
- Read speed can be reduced for data tracks, too.
- slightly improved generic SCSI handling
- SCSI driver now choose supported write command automatically. This
makes writing with Panasonic 7502 and HP 7500+ possible.
- recognize more drives
- MMC driver supports Panasonic/Matsushita 7502 now. However,
this drive has several problems (at least with firmware V3.02 -
V3.05 is available, but untested):
* It often forgets the correct contents of the CD-R. E.g. "Update"
after writing and fixation in test mode makes it forget the
fixation, but not the tracks. Reinsert the CD-R in such a case.
This prevents "write after test" writing.
* It sometimes reads wrong track types from a CD-R (e.g. mode 2
instead of audio).
* ISRCs in DAO don't work at the moment. Make sure your projects
don't contain any, otherwise you will get an "Illegal field in
command descriptor error". This might be fixed soon.
* In DAO mixed CDs have to be copied with raw data. The drive
cannot handle the different block sizes MakeCD uses. If you try
to use cooked data you might get a "buffer underrun" between data
and audio tracks. V3.1 will select raw data if you instruct MakeCD
to choose automatically by using data mode "writer".
* Mode 2, form 1 does not work in TAO.
* In TAO gaps between tracks of different types are too short.
- Bugfix: TOC type was chosen incorrectly for DAO if raw data was written,
resulting in wrong medium type and not working PSX copies. This also
caused Philips/Ricoh/Plextor writers to report a wrong mode for the
mode 2 data track.
- Bugfix: although none given, Philips/Ricoh wrote medium catalog number
both in TAO and DAO. This made PSX copies unusable in a PlayStation.
- Bugfix: data encoding for CDR_Plextor_Ricoh.driver was wrong, resulting
in trashed DAO CD-Rs.
- Bugfix (Philips, Plextor): didn't work with all controllers
- Bugfix: removing the source CD while MakeCD was preparing for
index scanning trapped MakeCD in a loop until the CD was inserted
again.
- Bugfix: CDR_Sony.driver couldn't write audio tracks.
- SCSI error detection failed for JVC/Teac drives when connected to some
controllers. This prevented writing to empty CD-Rs.
- Yamaha CDR10x couldn't always write all tracks with
cybppc.device V44.20, because this device doesn't report
some essential sense codes. Enhanced workaround.
- Bugfix: priority of conversion process was not always increased
- Bugfix: MMC driver still knew Ricoh MP6200S.
- MMC/ATAPI: support for writing mode 2 with block size 2332; enabled
only for Sony 928E, because mode 2 with 2336 didn't work there. Not
tested completely with Sony 928E yet.
If only mode 2 writing fails for a MMC/ATAPI writer than this optional
mode is not implemented. For known drives like the Sony 928E MakeCD selects
a substitute automatically, but not generally, because PSX copies might
be less compatible in this mode. You can enforce this workaround by
setting a environment variable with "setenv MAKECD_MODE2_MIXED". If it
works only this way, please tell Patrick.
- MMC/ATAPI: $30 and $C are recognizes as buffer underruns, too.
- Bugfix: CDs with two consecutive data tracks of the same type were
not copied properly (e.g. video CDs).
- Bugfix: Adding pause blocks to a ISO image that was written online was not
possible.
- MakeCD now adds some blocks to a created ISO image to compensate for read
errors that might occur at the end (but never did so far - only the
new Panasonic 7502 might trash the last two blocks).
- Renamed CDR_MMC_ATAPI.driver to CDR_SCSI3_ATAPI.driver because of the
confusion caused by the "ATAPI" in the name. ATAPI and MMC (Multi Media
Command set defined by SCSI 3) are so similar that only ome driver is
sufficient to cover both.
************************* GUI changes ********************************
- Several QuickHelps were rewritten.
- ISO image source file requester offers pattern gadgets and shows
.info by default.
- MakeCD can execute several user selectable commands on different
occasions, e.g. to play sounds. If a command is not set, MakeCD
flashes the screen instead to draw the intention to requesters.
- MakeCD now indicates more clearly when the write window is idle again.
- Track option gadgets are disabled if no track exists.
- Track options window is opened after adding a new track.
- Bugfix: changing tracks while pausing audio playing is possible now.
- Bugfix: lock on base dir was not freed if the advanced options
window was open when exiting the program.
- Bugfix: Pausing audio playing did not always work properly, and volume
and filter were reset at the beginning of each new track.
- Bugfix: "-" could be entered in medium catalog number gadget, although it
is an illegal character
Known problems:
- Writing ISRCs might not work properly with all MMC/SCSI3 drives.
- Triton has some problems when you keep the cursor keys pressed
to move within a listview: it might cause MakeCD to open windows.
It also doesn't calculate the width of the data mode gadget correctly.
- Ricoh MP6200S (V1.00): doesn't support medium catalog number in DAO,
swallows ISRC of first audio track in DAO
- Yamaha CDR400 (V1.0i): audio scanning gives indices that are too
high by two seconds
- The amount of free blocks is not perfectly correct, because writers
report different values depending on what was already written. Sometimes
gaps are included and sometimes not. This causes an inaccuracy of upto
3 seconds. The end of CD-R check is not affected, though.
- The Ricoh MP6200S doesn't simulate formating. Therefore MakeCD doesn't
issue the formating command at if test mode is enabled.
- Writing audio with preemphasize is not possible with CDR400 (upto V1.0d).
Yamaha didn't respond to my bug report, so I implemented a fallback
to normal audio.
- Yamaha CDR400 sometimes panics after a buffer underrun and doesn't
stop writing. Yamaha could not help with this problem yet.
- Ricoh sometimes doesn't read contents properly. Exact reason/solution
unknown, but turning disconnect off and SCSI bus reset help.
- dracoscsi.device SCSI direct still doesn't work properly. You must have
enough free memory in your first memory module or a 32MB module in the
first socket, otherwise the dracoscsi.device will fail and probably cause
crashes or read errors. The same rules apply to every other software doing
SCSI direct.