COMMUNICATING OPTICAL WRITE STRATEGIES VIA CENTRAL DATABASES

摘要

The present invention relates to an optical drive ( 10 ) suitable to write optical storage discs and comprising means for accessing at least one central database ( 14 ) which may be accessed by a plurality of optical drives to derive write strategy information assigned to known disc types. In accordance with the present invention the optical drive ( 10 ) is adapted to provide said central database ( 14 ) with at least a part of disc type identification information obtained from an inserted disc ( 16 ), if said inserted disc ( 16 ) is of an unknown disc type. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for determining the write strategy of an optical drive ( 10 ).