QPxTool History *********************************************** ** 0.6.0 (2006-08-25) - scons is used to compile stuff (get it at http://scons.org) - transport and vendor-specific code moved to separate libraries, you can use it for you purposes, but API is far to be stable - more informative SCSI error reporting - stability improved:) - Pi/Cx graph plot rewritten (readability improved) new: - POF on Plextor drives - C1/C2 on Pioneer drives - generic C2 scan on drives supported C2-pointers - changes in Pioneer PIE/PIF scan (especialy DVR-111 support improved) - one-pass PIE/PIF sum8 scan on many drives (separate PIF sum1 on Plextor & Nec only) - scale for all tests (except TA) in saved html - SecuRec support - Pioneer QuietMode support (for XL modifications) - pioquiet - console Pioneer QuietMode control tool fixed: - fixed CD-R detection problems on some drives - changed CD track list reading algorythm, now it should also work on old MMC-1 drives - transfer rate can be performed on Audio-CD now if drive can do DAE - spinup is a time controled now, not fixed sectors count - problem with resolving png's path if it's relative (then saving results as html) - various minor bugfixes - some bugfixes in pxcontrol *********************************************** ** 0.5.4 (2006-07-13) new: - pxcontrol 0.9 - console Plextor control tool - more drives support fixed: - some minor bugfixes *********************************************** ** 0.5.3 (2006-06-05) new: - PIE/PIF on Lite-On drives - BenQ support (Cx and PIE/PIF) *********************************************** ** 0.5.2 (2006-05-29) new: - PIE/PIF scan on NEC drives fixed: - manual vendor-specific command set selection didn't work in 0.5.0 NB: some drives may hang, if you selected Lite-On commands *********************************************** ** 0.5.1 (2006-05-27) - To get full fuctionality of Plextor PX-755/760 you need Plexluthor patched FW. can be found at this page: http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=4&manufactor=38 new: - Extended CD scan for Plextor drives. it shows BLER, E11, E21, E31, E12, E22, E32! (this graphs automatically included in saved html if Cx checked) - autoclearing tests results before new scan - manual selection of vendor-specific command set for you drive, if automatic recognition fails. Please report INQUIRY of your drive and command set, if it works! fixed: - more realistic PIE/PIF scan results on Pioneer drives. now it runs with 8ECC interval, also results changed interpreting *********************************************** ** 0.5.0 (2006-03-19) - some optimizations for lower CPU usage new: - Plextor PX-755 now realy works! (with patched FW) - Plextor PX-130 support - PIE/PIF scan on Pioneer drives - C1/C2 scan on LiteOn drives - disc lock and eject ability - full VariRec support: separate Laserpower & Strategy change for CD & DVD - PoweRec support - shows GigaRec rate of inserted CD - Silent Mode support - Bitsetting for DVD+R & DVD+R DL - Simulation on DVD+R(W) - AutoStrategy support - PlexEraser support - FE/TE test fixed: - drive selection is disabled during scan to prevent some problems - fixed speed detection problems on some DVD drives supported Realtime Streaming but refuses GET_PERFORMANCE command *********************************************** ** 0.4.3 (2006-01-26) problem: - PX-7[55|60] are not really supported due to 'authorised commands' new: - shows CD-R(W) manufacturer - Jitter in percentage - spindown setting (works correctly on all drives I have) - reduced CPU usage during Transfer Rate test - supported speeds detection instead fixed speeds list fixed: - maximum speed selection now sets meximum speed on ALL drives *********************************************** ** 0.4.2 (2005-12-09) new: - Plextor PX-755 support (same as PX760, but can't write DVD+/-R at 18x) fixed: - fixed average CD read speed (it was multiplyed by 100) - fixed Segmentation Fault then selecting CD-ROM drive *********************************************** ** 0.4.1 (2005-11-29) fixed: - 'C2/PIF' in Pi/Cx tab was called 'C1/PIF' in 0.4.0 - some minor bugfixes *********************************************** ** 0.4.0 (2005-11-05) - C1/C2 on NEC drives tested. It works. new: - tracks information displaying (type, duration...) - TA results clearing - results saving as .html or individual .png's *********************************************** ** 0.3.5.8 (2005-10-30) fixed: - transfer rate can't run on CD's in 0.3.5 *********************************************** ** 0.3.5 (2005-10-30) - improvements in media check code - changes in Capabilities page: "V" = drive supported this feature "X" = unsupported "?" = detection incomplete new: - C1/C2 scan on NEC drives. UNTESTED! fixed: - now correctly detects DVD+/-R(W)[DL] even if drive is DVD-ROM. only one problem - can't differ DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite from Sequential - some minor bugfixes *********************************************** ** 0.3.4 (2005-10-25) - some GUI changes new: - Plextor PX-760 support - result clearing ability fixed: - speed setting method now different for CD and DVD - swaped DVD-RW Sequential and Restricted Overwrite *********************************************** ** 0.3.3 (2005-10-21) - some GUI changes, added status and menu bar - test order changed: now Transfer Rate runs first new: - simple build script added to prevent come compilation problems fixed: - C1/C2/CU total & max error rate were zeroed at the end of scan - now zeroing writable size if drive is not writer, because readers can't perfectly detect free size *********************************************** ** 0.3.2 (2005-10-07) new: - more drive capabilities detection fixed: - segmentation fault then trying to turn SpeedRead _on_ in 0.3.1 *********************************************** ** 0.3.1 (2005-10-06) new: - shows current sector during test - test duration (for all tests, except TA) - realtime average error rate calculating, not only at the end of test - average speed - reading writer info from RMA (only for DVD-R) fixed: - Plextor Hide CD-R and SingleSession goes off while detecting it (bug only in 0.3.0) - DVD DL media testing *********************************************** ** 0.3.0 (2005-10-02) new: - read/write capabilities detection CD-ROM/R/RW DDCD-ROM/R/RW DVD-ROM/RAM/-R/-RW/-RDL/+R/+RW/+RDL BD-ROM/R/RE - general capabilities detection fixed: - for stability improvement all GUI operations moved to main thread (to prevent X assync reply error) - media type detection problems on MMC-1 drives - CD transfer rate test on drives not supported CD-DA commands *********************************************** ** 0.2.1 (2005-09-21) - added hdu..hdz, sr16..sr21 to scan list fixed: - spinup disc before transfer rate test - broken error calculation in 0.2.0 *********************************************** ** 0.2.0 (2005-09-20) - HISTORY renamed to ChangeLog new: - PX-708A2 support - PX-714 support (same as PX-716) - vertical grid - grid for read transfer rate test - fixed horizontal scale: 750 sectors/pix for CD 4368 sectors/pix for DVD fixed: - missing Plextor Premium ID string - main thread goes down during tests in older versions *********************************************** ** 0.1.2 (2005-09-09) - transport code reorganisation fixed: - fatal error, then exit by window controls, not 'exit' button *********************************************** ** 0.1.1 (2005-09-08) - some code cleanups fixed: - real DVD transfer rate was limited to 3x *********************************************** ** 0.1 (2005-09-04) first release drives supported for disc quality testing: - Plextor: - PlexWriter Premium - PX-712 - PX-716 features: - bus scaning (hda..hdt, sr0..sr15) - detecting media type (CD-ROM/R/RW, DVD-ROM/RAM/R/RDL/RW/+R/+RW/+RDL) and MID code for DVD's - Plextor features: - GigaRec - Hide-CDR - Single-Session - Speed Read - Read transfer rate test - CD quality tests: - C1/C2/CU (logarythmic scale) - Beta/Jitter - DVD quality tests: - PIE (sum8) (logarythmic scale) - PIF (sum1) (logarythmic scale) - Beta/Jitter - TA (only PX-716 supported this)