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New version!
Opti Drive Control 1.80 released!

Changes:
Added support for Windows 10
Progress during a test is shown on the taskbar
Bug fixes and user interface improvements


9/07/2012: version 1.70
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- added seperate start button for partial test (for all read and scan functions)
- test results can be exported to CSV or HTML automatically
- Disc quality test: added jitter measurement for BD discs
- FE/TE: added support for CD and BD discs (for LiteOn Mediatek drives)
- Transfer rate test: added support for multisession CDs
- disc label can be read and shown automatically or manually
- added load/eject button
- small bug fixes and user interface improvements


13/01/2011: version 1.51
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- Improved detection of layer break of Blu-ray discs


14/09/2010: version 1.50
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- Application is resizable
- Disc quality test: POFs are shown with supported BenQ and Plextor drives
- Disc quality test: Added support for Plextor PX-8xx series
- Disc quality test: test continues when a read error occurs with Plextor drives
- FE/TE: Added support for Plextor PX-8xx series
- FE/TE: Test can now be run with CDs with Plextor drives
- FE/TE: Added support for double layer DVDs
- Transfer rate test: layer change position is shown
- Transfer rate test: fixed rotation speed display for PTP DVDs
- Transfer rate test: improved access times measurement
- Create test disc: improved support for BD and DVD-RAM
- Disc info: track path is shown
- Increased command time out value


04/04/2010: version 1.48
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- Disc Quality test: added option to set fixed scale for BD media


17/02/2010: version 1.47
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- Create test disc: CD-RW and DVD-RW data discs will be erased when direct overwrite option is enabled
- Disc Quality/CD Bler: added support for PX-755 and PX-760 with unlocked firmware versions


3/11/2009: version 1.44
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- Bug fixes:
Create test disc: unable to write unformatted DVD+RW discs
Create test disc: unable to write discs with streaming enabled


30/10/2009: version 1.43
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- Load test: message is shown if disc cannot be loaded automatically
- Bug fix: graph could only show 4.5 GB when empty DVD-R DL was loaded


29/10/2009: version 1.42
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- Bug fix: Windows cannot recognize disc when it's loaded while Opti Drive Control is active


13/09/2009: version 1.41
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- Bug fix: Disc Quality: jitter was not reported with certain LiteOn drives


9/09/2009: version 1.40
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- Added Extra Tests:
Funnel seek, random seek, random transfer / seek, transfer inner, middle and outer, layer change time
Spinup, spindown, eject, load and recognition time


28/07/2009: version 1.30
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- Added Focus Error (FE), Tracking Error (TE) test for BenQ, Plextor and LiteOn drives
- Added function to load and display Opti Drive Control and ImgBurn performance information files
- Added function to show temperature and laser current with Pioneer drives
- Disc Quality: added support for Pioneer drives
- Transfer Rate: speed is set before running the test
- Create Disc: added option to change buffer level update frequency
- Bug fixes:
Read speed could not be changed with OptiArc 724x series
Create test disc: unable to burn unformatted DVD-RW discs
Create test disc: test results file was burned incorrectly
Create test disc: incorrect ISO file size
Disc Quality: PIE/PIF/Jitter could not be scanned with older LiteOn drives and double layer DVDs
CD Bler: erratic graph was shown when certain display options were set


12/06/2009: version 1.22
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- Disc quality: added option to set the jitter scan speed for LiteOn drives
- Bug fixes;
Disc information was not always detected correctly for DVD+R disc types
Create test disc: buffer level was not correctly shown
Transfer rate: testing CDs may not be possible with external drives



9/06/2009: version 1.21
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- Disc quality: added jitter reporting for Plextor drives
- Bug fixes:
Capacity of blank DVD-R DL discs not recognized correctly
MID was not shown with HLDS drives for +R media
Fixed buffer overflow when checing write speeds
Current read speed was not the active selection


6/06/2009: version 1.20
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- Disc quality: added support for BD scanning with LiteOn BD-ROM drives
- Disc quality: added option to skip jitter scanning with LiteOn drives
- Drive info: improved detection of BD features
- Drive info: improved detection of DVD region control
- Improved read speed detection
- Bug fixes:
Transfer rate: RPM display for BDs was incorrect
Disc quality: Average C1 and C2 errors calculated incorrectly
Disc quality: scanning audio CDs could start at the wrong position


29/05/2009: version 1.10
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- Added themes and customizable graph colors
- Disc Quality, CD Bler: added option to set Y-scale to a fixed value
- Bug fixes:
Screenshot was not correctly saved when the autosave option was enabled
Transfer Rate: RPM was incorrectly displayed for double layer DVDs
Create test disc: write speed selection was ignored with some drives
Create test disc: an error in the ISO96600 structure caused errors with the verification (CD only)
Disc quality: fixed problem with excessive CPU usage when scanning DVDs
Disc quality: under certain conditions scanning with Mediatek based drives could not start
Disc quality: BenQ drives could not scan past the first layer
Disc quality: Error occured at the end of the test when scanning DVDs with Plextor drives


19/05/2009: version 1.00
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First release!




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