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- 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)
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- - 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".
-
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- MakeCD V3.1: MakeCD 3.27 (23.01.98)
- makecdromfs.module V10.2 (20-12-1997)
- ReadWrite.module 12.26 (23.01.98)
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- 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
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-
- 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.
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