Is there anything special I need to do in order to read info on a PS2 DVD-R for Authoring disc? 

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Here&#8217;s what my researching has brought up: 



"The DVD-R(A) format continues to be aimed at the professional user and other differences between the formats are consistent with their relative market positioning. Principal amongst these is the DVD-R(A) Cutting Master Format (CMF) feature. This allows 4.7GB "authoring" media to be used as a direct replacement for DLT mastering tapes in the title replication process. This is accomplished by using a portion of the DVD-R's lead-in area to store the DDP (Disc Description Protocol) header information as normally used on DLT master tapes. The elimination of the need to use DLT will result is significant time saving in the final stage of authoring. Since the "authoring" and "general" formats use different recording laser wavelengths - 635nm and 650nm respectively - their media are incompatible for writing. For playback, there is no compatibility consideration and both types of media can be read equally well by DVD Video player or any DVD-ROM drive that supports DVD-R media."




[SCEE CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT]
PlayStation 2 CD/DVD-Rom Generator 2.0
Copyright (C) 2004 by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Jul. 2004
================================================== ====================

CD/DVD-ROM Generator Ver.2.00 

From this version of the CD/DVD-ROM Generator, DVD for General media can be
written with the Pioneer DVD-R/RW writer DVR-A07-J (Drive name: DVR-107D). 
Following this change, master discs can now be generated with DVD for 
General media supporting 8x write speed.

Other changes and additions are as follows:

- A function for adding dummy data to the outermost area of DVD-ROM 
master discs has been added.


- Writing and verifying DVD-ROM master discs "on the fly" is now supported.

- There is now no limit on the speed when writing or verifying CD-ROM 
master discs "on the fly".

- Master discs targeting mainland China can now be generated.

Master discs can still be generated with earlier versions if none of these 
additional functions is required.


-- Supported Drives --

- Drives for Generating CD-ROM Master Discs

SONY CDU921S
SONY CDU921S mk2
SONY CDU921S-PR firmware ver.1.0k
PLEXTOR Plex Master firmware ver.2.03
Hoei Sangyo DSR-8000pm (DPM88 required)
Hoei Sangyo DSR-8000cs (DPM88 required)

- Drives for Generating DVD-ROM Master Discs

- Drives for DVD for Authoring
PIONEER DVR-S201 firmware ver2.02 and later
Hoei Sangyo DSR-8000dp (DPM88 required)

- Drives for DVD for General
PIONEER DVR-S303
PIONEER DVR-A04-J (Drive name: DVR-104)
PIONEER DVR-A05-J (Drive name: DVR-105)
PIONEER DVR-A07-J (Drive name: DVR-107D)
Hoei Sangyo DSR-4000dp-5 (PIONEER DVR-A04 mounted) (DPM88 required)
Hoei Sangyo DSR-4000dp-10 (PIONEER DVR-A04 mounted) (DPM88 required)
Hoei Sangyo DSR-4000dp-5 (PIONEER DVR-A05 mounted) (DPM88 required)
Hoei Sangyo DSR-4000dp-10 (PIONEER DVR-A05 mounted) (DPM88 required)


* DPM88 is software developed by Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd. for the 
simultaneous generation of multiple CD/DVD master discs for 
PlayStation 2.
* Production of SONY drives CDU921S, CDU921S mk2, and CDU921S-PR has 
been discontinued.
* CD/DVD-ROM Generator Ver.2.00 cannot write to CD-R/RW discs with the
drives for DVD for General.
* Production of DVD for General drives DVR-A04-J and DVR-A05-J has been
discontinued.
* As has been announced, using high-speed discs with drives DVR-S303 
and DVR-104 may cause damage to the discs and to the drives.
Please take a look at the following document for more information:
SCE-NET &gt; General Info 
&gt; Notes on using DVD-R/RW writers; DVR-A04-J and DVR-S303


-- Supported Media --

- CD-R

Taiyo Yuden
- CD-R71PS

- DVD-R for Authoring

Taiyo Yuden
- DVD-R47PS (with the PS Family Logo) (*1)
- DR47A-TP (*1)

Pioneer Video
- DVS-R4700SP (*1)

Verbatim
- #93702 (USA)
- #93966 (USA)
- #93964 (USA)
- #94049 (USA)
- #43129 (Europe)

Hoei Sangyo
- DSR47AP50

- DVD-R for General

Taiyo Yuden
- DVD-R47PSG (supporting 2x write speed) (with the PS Family Logo) (*1, *2)
- DR47D-TP (supporting 2x write speed) (*1, *2)
- DVDR-D47WPY (supporting 4x write speed)
- DVDR-D47TY (supporting 4x write speed)
- DVD-R47PSG8 (supporting 8x write speed)
- DVD-R47TYA (supporting 8x write speed)
- DVD-R47WPYA (supporting 8x write speed)

TDK
- DVD-R47K (supporting 8x write speed) (Japan, Taiwan)
- DVD-R47PW8XLY (supporting 8x write speed) (Japan, Taiwan)
- DVD-R47EC (supporting 8x write speed) (Europe)
- DVD-R47ECY (supporting 8x write speed) (Europe)
- DVD-R47D (supporting 8x write speed) (North America)
- DVD-R47DCB25 (supporting 8x write speed) (North America)
- DVD-R47AC (supporting 8x write speed) (Australia, mainland China, 
Hong Kong, Singapore)
- DVD-R47CB25AC (supporting 8x write speed) (Australia, mainland China, 
Hong Kong, Singapore)
Verbatim
- #43273 (supporting 8x write speed) (Europe)
- #43469 (supporting 8x write speed) (Europe)
- #94854 (supporting 8x write speed) (USA)
- #94971 (supporting 8x write speed) (USA)

Pioneer Video
- DVS-R470SDF (supporting 2x write speed) (*1)

Hoei Sangyo
- DSR47GP50 (supporting 2x write speed)
- DSR47GP50H (supporting 8x write speed)

Maxell
- DR47C (supporting 8x write speed)
- DR47PWC (supporting 8x write speed)


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Notes

*1
Production of this media has been discontinued.

*2
With the DVR-S303 drive, the write speed is 1x.