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).